Your brand deserves recognition.

The Beverage Digest Awards celebrate excellence across the beverage industry, giving brands an opportunity to earn credible recognition from top industry thought leaders.

The winners are announced below. Thank you to all who entered.

Winners and Finalists

Best Low/No Sugar Beverage

DEFY – DEFY Boost + Immunity [WINNER]
HOP WTR – HOP WTR
Marquis – Marquis
Spindrift – Blood Orange Tangerine

Best Ready-to-Drink Functional Beverage

DEFY – DEFY Boost + Immunity
Electrolit – Electrolit Cucumber Lime
Hiyo – Hiyo Organic Social Tonics
Koe Kombucha – Koe Kombucha
The Pickle Juice Company – Extra Strength Pickle Juice Shot [WINNER]

Best Water Enhancement

Kitl – Kitl Syrob Strawberry
Twinings – Cold Water Infusions [WINNER]

Best Cannabis Beverage

Canopy Growth Corporation – Deep Space Cannabis-Infused Beverages
DEFY – DEFY Recovery + CBD [WINNER]
Safari Sundays – Flyers Cannabis Cocktail

Best Hard Seltzer

Dos Equis – Dos Equis Ranch Water [WINNER]
NÜTRL Vodka Seltzer – NÜTRL Vodka Seltzer Pineapple
Spindrift – Spiced Apple Cider
The Coca-Cola Company – Topo Chico Hard Seltzer [WINNER]
The Coca-Cola Company – Topo Chico Margarita Hard Seltzer

Best Canned Cocktail

Dos Equis – Dos Equis Margarita Classic Lime
Siponey Spritz Co. - Siponey Café
Siponey Spritz Co. - Siponey Royale
The Coca-Cola Company – Fresca Mixed [WINNER]

Best Premium Drink

Eat the Change – Just Ice Tea
HOP WTR – HOP WTR
Keurig Dr Pepper – CORE Hydration
The Coca-Cola Company – Topo Chico Mixers [WINNER]
Verve Coffee Roasters – Flash Brew Oatmilk Latte Honey Lavender

Best New Brand

De Soi – Golden Hour, Champignon Dreams, Purple Lune
Hiyo – Hiyo Organic Social Tonics
Marquis – Marquis
The Coca-Cola Company – Simply Spiked [WINNER]

Best Marketing/Social Media Campaign

Health-Ade – Get that Good Gut Feeling
PepsiCo Beverages North America – Better with Pepsi [WINNER]
PepsiCo Beverages North America – MTN Dew Flamin’ Hot in Hell, Michigan
S.Pellegrino – Two Italian Stars Align: S.Pellegrino & Stanley Tucci’s Sparkling Multi-Year Partnership

Best New Drink Concept

Elmhurst 1925 – OatNog
Hiyo – Hiyo Organic Social Tonics
PepsiCo Beverages North America – Nitro Pepsi [WINNER]
PepsiCo Design & Innovation – MTN Dew Cake Smash
Silk – Nextmilk

Best Technology Innovation

Boxed Water is Better – Boxed Water
PepsiCo Beverages North America – Gatorade Smart Gx Bottle
PepsiCo Beverages North America – Nitro Pepsi
R.A Jones – Multipacker Speed-Up Kit
The Coca-Cola Company – Coca-Cola Freestyle 8100 [WINNER]

Best Brand Extension

PepsiCo Beverages North America – Nitro Pepsi [WINNER]
SLIQ Spirited Ice – SLIQ Spirited Ice Whiskey Frozen Cocktails
The Coca-Cola Company – Dunkin’ Iced Coffee Bakery Series
The Coca-Cola Company – Minute Maid Agua Frescas

Best Packaging/Label Design

Boxed Water is Better – Boxed Water
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., LTD – Inikin Volcanic Mineral Water [WINNER]
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., LTD – Satine PRO UF Milk-Limited Edition of Blue and White Porcelain
Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co., LTD – Satine PRO UF Milk-Limited Edition of the Year of the Tiger
PepsiCo Design & Innovation – Pepsi X Super Bowl LVI Alumitek Limited Edition [WINNER]
The Coca-Cola Company – Topo Chico Sabores

JUDGES Click For Bio

Judges for the Beverage Digest Awards are selected from a pool of experienced and knowledgeable experts in the beverage industry.

Mike Weinstein

Founder, INOV8 Beverage Group

Jasmine Dadlani

Chief Strategy Officer

Ken Wegner

President, The Jel Sert Company

Bill Sipper

Managing Partner, Cascadia Managing Brands

Jennifer Cue

Founder, onCue Ventures

Entry Criteria

All products entered must have been launched, created, or rebranded no earlier than January 2020.

Pre-launch products are eligible if they are in prototype/packaging stage by October 22, 2022.

Please note – judging is based on the concept, packaging, design, and 200-word submission. No sampling is involved in the process.

For each category entry, you are required to submit the following:

200-word description of why your product deserves to win
Two high-resolution product images (JPEG and PNG files only)

Note: For the category ‘Best Marketing or Social Media Campaign’ you are invited to send an additional 1-page document to include any video content or imagery relating to the entry.

For more detailed guidelines, including ideas and recommendations, more detailed descriptions of categories, and official concept rules please download the full guidelines.

Our panel of industry experts will independently review each submission against the judging criteria. They will score each entry on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 5 (highest) for each criterion and offer feedback or comments. Scores are then collated to reveal the finalists and winners in each category.

Entry Fees and Deadlines

Entry Fee: $245 (once purchased, entrants will have until Nov 4 to submit materials.)

Every fourth entry is free!

Final registration and materials submission deadline: November 4, 2022

Enter multiple categories or products (an entry is a single product in a single category).

Entry Process

Steps to Enter:

The deadline for entering the 2022 awards has passed.

Congratulations to the 2022 Winners and Finalists!

Questions about awards? Contact awards@beverage-digest.com