World Beverage Innovation Awards 2016: what the judges are looking for – part one

Posted: August 11, 2016
In: In the Media

There are six weeks left to enter the World Beverage Innovation Awards 2016, which will be presented at a special ceremony as part of BrauBeviale in November.

Here, four of the judges – Aparna Oak, Daniel Nguyen, Eef de Ferrante and Larry Hobbs – tell us what they’re looking for in this year’s awards.

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