This year, the samples will be evaluated by an international jury consisting of 12 members, six of which will be represented by Latvian experts, but six more jury members will be involved from the Baltic States and other EU member states. Astrida Ruško (The Beer Brotherhood), a beer expert with many years of experience, will be the Head the Competition Committee, but the position of the deputy chairman of the committee is assigned to Astrida Ruško. Beer samples will be evaluated according to 50-point system (as per Ratebeer.com) in 3 categories of 18 beer styles, accessing the samples by their organoleptic properties only.