BrewDog How Do You IPA Contest
Official
Rules
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY
TO ENTER OR WIN. MAKING A PURCHASE DOES
NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. THE
FOLLOWING CONTEST IS VALID ONLY IN THE STATES OF CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY,
MI, NJ, NY, NV, OH, PA, VA, AND WI, AND IS OPEN ONLY TO QUALIFIED PERSONS (AS
DEFINED IN THE RULES BELOW) WHO ARE TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER AS OF
THE DATE OF ENTRY. VOID ELSEWHERE AND
WHEREVER PROHIBITED. BY PARTICIPATING IN
THIS CONTEST, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND THE DECISIONS
OF SPONSOR AND ADMINISTRATOR. DO NOT
PARTICIPATE IN THE CONTEST IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES AND FALL
WITHIN THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AS SET FORTH BELOW.
Contest
Name: BrewDog How Do You IPA Contest (the “Contest”).
Contest Dates: The contest registration period begins
at 12:00:00 am Eastern Time (ET) on 8/1/2025
and ends at 11:59:59 pm (ET) on 10/31/2025
(the “Registration Period”). Contest is subject to all applicable federal, state
and local laws and regulations. Void
outside the states of CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MI, NJ, NY, NV, OH, PA, VA, and
WI, and wherever prohibited or restricted by law.
Eligibility
– Who May Enter: Contest is open
only to legal U.S. residents of, and who are located within, the states of CA,
CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, MI, NJ, NY, NV, OH, PA, VA, or WI, who are age twenty-one (21) or older as of
date of entry, and have a valid U.S. driver’s license or government-issued
photo ID, except the following persons who are not eligible to enter,
participate, or win:
(a) Employees, officers, and directors of BrewDog Brewing Co., LLC (“Sponsor”), Million Dollar Media (the “Contest
Administrator”), and each of the foregoing’s respective franchisees, owners,
employees, contractors, parents, affiliated companies, subsidiaries,
distributors, retailers, printers, advertising and promotion agencies, any and
all other companies associated with the design or execution of this Contest, or
any employees, officers, directors, members, shareholders or agents of any
alcohol-beverage retailers, distributors, wholesalers or manufacturers
(collectively, “Released Parties”), and the members of the immediate families
or households, whether or not related, of any of the above. “Immediate family
members” includes, for purposes of this Contest, parents (including in-laws),
grandparents, siblings (including step-siblings),
children (including step-children), grandchildren
(including step grandchildren) and each of their respective spouses, regardless
of where they reside.
How to Enter –
Online Registration: To enter, scan the QR Code on
the applicable point-of-sale material using your mobile device’s camera or
directly visit www.HowDoYouIPA.com during the “Registration
Period.” Each entrant must fully
complete the online registration page with all required information including
his/her name, valid email address, phone number (including area code), date of
birth, state of residence, and their essay, photo, or video submission to the
question “How do you IPA your way to adventure?”. After having read and agreed to these
Official Rules, and agreeing to receive offers and updates via email from
Sponsor, click the submit button to submit your online entry.
All entries
must be fully complete for all required information and must be received by
11:59pm ET on 10/31/2025 to be eligible. Entrants may
submit either an essay, photo, or video submission with their online
registration to receive an entry to the Contest. Maximum of one entry per person and per valid
email address during the entire Registration Period.
Any incomplete or ineligible entries, or any entry submitted with
an invalid or false email address, phone number or other incorrect information will
be disqualified. Released Parties are not responsible for
lost, late, misdirected, illegible, incomplete, invalid, unintelligible,
damaged, or for entries submitted in a manner that is not expressly allowed
under these rules, or for any entry not submitted or
received due to any technical error or failure, unauthorized human
intervention, inaccurate capture or mis-entry of any required information, or
the failure to capture any such information for any reason including
programming or technical errors, or effects of hackers or failure of any
electronic equipment, computer or cellular transmissions and/or network
connections; all of which will be disqualified.
Entrants
may opt out of Email notifications at any time,
without affecting their entry, by following provided opt-out instructions. By participating and
submitting an entry, contestant agrees that Sponsor
and participating parties are authorized to contact entrant via email, mail, phone or any other form of media to
make contestant aware of information pertinent to the Contest,
and to distribute information regarding the Sponsor(s) featured products,
special events or promotional offers, or coupons. Contestants may opt-out of any further email communication at any time by
simply replying REMOVE to any email message, or
following the provided opt-out instructions.
Each
participant must submit an entry on his/her own behalf. Any entry submitted on behalf of another
individual or using another person’s email address or name, or providing any
false email addresses or information, will be disqualified and ineligible to
claim any prize. Any attempt by any
participant to obtain more than the stated number of entries allowed by using
same, multiple/different emails, identities, or any other methods void that participant's entries and
that participant may be disqualified. No
mechanically reproduced or automated entries permitted. Use of any automated system to participate is
prohibited and will result in disqualification and all such entries will be
deemed void.
In the event
of a dispute as to any entry, registration or submission, the authorized
account holder of the email address used to register, and associated with the
entry will be deemed to be the registrant and s/he must be eligible according
to these Official Rules. The “authorized account holder” is the natural person
assigned an email address by an Internet access provider, online service
provider or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses for
the domain associated with the submitted address. Proof of being the authorized account holder
may be required.
By
registering to enter Contest, you affirm that you have
read and accepted these Official Contest Rules.
All entries received become the property of
the Sponsor and will not be returned.
All entrants agree to be bound
by and abide by the official rules of the Contest.
Essay, Photo, and Video
Submission Requirements (How do you IPA your way to adventure?) Sponsor
reserves the right in its sole discretion, to disqualify any submission for any
reason that it considers to not be appropriate for the Contest. Submission restrictions include, but are not
limited to, the following requirements:
·
Submission
must be the Entrant’s own original creation;
·
May
not be, or ever have been, submitted in any
competition or contest of any kind;
·
May
not be submitted by any individual under 21 years of age;
·
May
not use any name, likeness, or any other identifying element, in whole or in
part, of any person, living or dead, without permission;
·
May
not be subject to any third-party agreement or require payment or incurrence of
any sums to obtain further permissions of any person or entity as a result of its use or exploitation of the idea or rights
therein or portions, or modified versions or derivative works thereof;
·
Except
as relates to the Sponsor or approved partners, not include trademarks or
copyrighted material not owned by Entrant, or material that is used without
permission (including but not limited to company names, works of art, or information
published on any media) or that otherwise infringes or violates the rights of
any third party (including but not limited to, copyrights, trademarks, patents,
trade secrets, logos, contract and licensing rights, rights of publicity or
privacy, moral rights (i.e., “droit morale”), or any other intellectual
property rights);
·
Not
include any unauthorized copy, text or plagiarism of
any kind;
·
Not
be considered harmful to minors in any way;
·
Not
contain profanity, inappropriate, indecent, sexually explicit, pornographic, or
obscene content or language (which shall be determined by Sponsor, in its sole
and absolute discretion);
·
Not
contain any political or politically themed or motivated messages or statements;
·
Not
defame, slander, libel, misrepresent, or contain disparaging remarks or any other content that could
adversely affect the name, reputation, or goodwill of Sponsor or any other
individuals and/or entities affiliated or associated with Sponsor, the Contest,
or any prizes, the determination of which shall remain in the sole discretion
of Sponsor;
·
Not
describe, depict or include content that may be considered unlawful, harmful,
threatening, violent, abusive, harassing, tortuous, defamatory, vulgar,
libelous, invasive of another’s privacy, hateful, or racially, religiously,
ethnically or otherwise objectionable in any manner as solely determined by Sponsor;
Representation
and Release of Rights to Essay, Photo, and/or Video Submission:
By submitting an entry, each contestant represents that s/he has sole
and exclusive ownership and proprietary rights of any content submitted; has
full permission and rights to publish and release the content; and agrees that the
content becomes the sole and exclusive property of Sponsor, and Sponsor may
publish, display, promote, or utilize content in any manner of its choosing in
relation to the promotion or advertising of the Contest or Sponsor. Entry into the Contest and upload of any
content, constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use that
contestant’s content submission, photo, name, city and state of residence
and/or likeness for purposes of
advertising and trade in any and all media now or
hereafter known worldwide in perpetuity without limitation or further
compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law. Submissions will not be acknowledged or returned
by Sponsor.
Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to disqualify any individual (and his or her entry) who tampers or
attempts to tamper with or abuse the entry process or the Contest website in
any way or who is otherwise in violation of these Official Rules, as determined
by Sponsor or the Contest judges appointed by Sponsor in their sole discretion.
Any questions regarding the number of
entries submitted, eligible nominee or the authorized account holder who
submitted the nomination shall be determined by Sponsor in its sole discretion.
ANY ATTEMPT BY ANY PERSON TO DELIBERATELY DAMAGE ANY CONTEST WEBSITE OR
UNDERMINE THE LEGITIMATE OPERATION OF THE CONTEST MAY BE A VIOLATION OF
CRIMINAL AND CIVIL LAWS AND SHOULD SUCH AN ATTEMPT BE MADE, SPONSOR RESERVES
THE RIGHT TO DISQUALIFY AND SEEK DAMAGES FROM ANY SUCH PERSON TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
Prize Winner Determination
& Notification (1 grand prize, 5 first prize, and 10 second prize winners)
Judging
of Entries: Following the close of the Registration
Period, on or about 11/1/2025, an independent panel of judges as solely
determined and appointed by Sponsor shall review, select and designate a
maximum of one (1) potential grand prize winner, five (5) potential first prize
winners, and ten (10) potential second prize winners (see prize descriptions
below) from among all eligible entries received.
Entries shall be judged by a
Sponsor-appointed independent panel pursuant to the following guidelines,
requirements and general criteria in the determination of a winning nominee
submission:
Winner Notification: Each potential winner will be notified
initially by phone and/or email beginning on or about 11/1/2025. If the
Administrator is unsuccessful in its attempt to reach and speak directly with a
selected potential grand prize winner by phone within 48-hours of the
initial notification attempt to the phone number or email address associated
with that contestant’s entry, then that contestant may be disqualified and an
alternate potential winner may be selected from among the remaining eligible
entries received and notified as per the procedures outlined above (time permitting). Note:
phone messages will not be left during the winner notification process. If entries are less than the number of
available prize awards, then associated prize award(s) shall not be
awarded. Maximum of one (1) prize per
person, email address, or household.
During
winner notification, the selected potential winner must confirm their eligibility, and indicate their willingness and ability to accept
the specified prize award. Each
potential winner will then receive official notification via email
delivery. If the selected winner does
not meet the eligibility requirements, or is unable or
unwilling to accept the prize or elects to decline the prize, s/he will be
disqualified and, at Sponsor’s discretion and time permitting, an alternate
winner will be selected from among all remaining eligible entries and notified
as per the procedures outlined above (time
permitting). Any disqualified
contestant will not receive any alternate prize substitution or
compensation. Decisions of the Administrator in the selection and determination of the
winners and all matters relating to this Contest are final and binding.
All
of the following will apply to the grand prize winner: 1) Winner will be
required to complete and return, within 3-days of date of receipt, a prize
acceptance form, including an affidavit of eligibility and a
liability/publicity release (publicity release where permitted) and a W-9 form
(for prize values over $600); 2) Winner
may be required to present a copy of a valid social security card and a valid
driver’s license as a condition of participating or receiving any prize; and 3) Winner will be issued a 1099 form
reflecting the value of the prize award and is responsible for paying all
applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state and federal
taxes) on all prizes awarded. Failure to
collect or properly claim any prize in accordance with these rules will result
in forfeiture of the prize. If forfeited
for any reason, finalist will not receive any other
prize substitution or compensation, and the prize will remain the property of Sponsor and will not be awarded, except as provided herein.
Prize Awards:
Grand Prize Award (maximum
1 winner): The grand prize winner shall be awarded a
BrewDog hotel stay and prize pack with an approximate retail value (“ARV”) of $900,
and shall include::
·
One
(1) night stay for the winner and one (1) guest (age 21 or older) at the
BrewDog Dog House Hotel in Columbus, OH;
o
Black
out dates may apply, and hotel stay must be booked a minimum of two (2) weeks
prior to date of stay, subject to availability.
·
One
(1) $50 BrewDog gift card;
·
Two
(2) BrewDog t-shirts;
·
One
(1) $500 gift card toward transportation and incidentals.
First Prize Awards (maximum
5 winners): Each first prize winner shall be awarded one
(1) $50 BrewDog gift card. Each first
prize has an ARV of $50.
Second Prize Awards (maximum
10 winners): Each second prize winner shall be awarded a
BrewDog Merch Pack with an ARV of $35, and shall include::
·
One
(1) BrewDog t-shirt;
·
One
(1) BrewDog sticker pack;
·
One
(1) BrewDog koozie.
Grand prize hotel stay dates are based upon availability, and must be completed within six (6)
months of prize acceptance or prize award may be forfeit. All transportation including air or
ground transportation, accommodations, parking, meals, gratuities, incidental
expenses, applicable taxes (including, but not limited to all local, state and
federal taxes) and any other expenses not specified herein as being included in
the prize award are the sole responsibility of winner. Sponsor is not
responsible for any travel delays, flight delays or cancellations or travel
difficulty related to prize award, redemption or use. If
travel delays or difficulty prevent arrival in time for any and
all elements of such prize award, Sponsor is not responsible for awarding
any compensation in lieu thereof. Grand
prize winner and guest agree
to comply with all applicable hotel provider rules, requirements and
regulations in connection with the prize award, redemption and
use. Sponsor and travel provider reserve the right to remove or deny entry
to any winner and/or his/her guest who do not comply with any rule,
requirement, instruction, policy, or who engage in a disruptive manner, or with
intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any other person. Winner and guest shall be solely responsible
for their behavior while traveling, must follow the instructions and direction from any travel provider or associated staff or
security. If winner or guest violates the standards of the travel
provider, behaves in an inappropriate, irresponsible or offensive manner, or is
deemed by staff or security to have violated any rule, regulation or policy of
the travel provider, or to be a security threat in any manner, the winner and
guest shall be ejected or denied travel arrangements, and shall immediately
forfeit the remaining prize award.
Gift
cards subject to the terms and conditions of the
issuing gift card provider policy. Size and style of merchandise items solely
determined and designated by Sponsor, subject to availability. All merchandise prize items are awarded ‘as is’ without warranty, express or implied. Prize winners must accept delivery of prize
in the method as solely determined and designated by Sponsor. Prize shall be shipped or emailed only to the
designated winner residential address or email address as submitted during initial
online registration and/or as provided during winner notification, via the
carrier as determined and designated by Sponsor (i.e. UPS, USPS or other Sponsor designated carrier), or as otherwise specified
by Sponsor. Allow eight (8) – twelve
(12) weeks for merchandise prize delivery.
Once
emailed, delivered/transferred via email, mobile delivery and/or shipped, prizes shall be considered as awarded and
delivered, and Sponsor shall not be responsible for actual receipt of delivery
by winner. Sponsor shall not be responsible for any
lost, late, undelivered, misdirected, damaged or stolen delivery; or any
incorrect delivery address or information provided by winner during
registration or prize claim. In the event of any delivery issues, including undelivered,
misdirected, lost or stolen deliveries, Sponsor shall have no responsibility to
replace the prize award, and prize award shall not be substituted by Sponsor
with any alternate prize award or compensation. Winner
shall look solely to designated shipper/carrier for
any lost, damaged, stolen or mis-delivered packages and not to Sponsor for any
delivery issues.
General
Prize Conditions: No
alcoholic beverage is part of any prize award.
Prize winner must accept delivery of prize in the method as solely determined and designated by
Sponsor. All other costs and expenses
related to prize acceptance, delivery, redemption or use not specified herein
as being provided are the sole responsibility of winner. All income, federal, state and local taxes are
the winner’s sole responsibility. All
prize awards are non-transferable and no cash
redemption or prize substitution allowed, except at Sponsor’s sole discretion
or as provided herein. Sponsor reserves
the right to substitute a prize with one of comparable or greater value, at its
sole discretion.
All prizes
are awarded as is, without any warranty, express or implied, by Sponsor. Failure to collect or properly claim prize in
accordance with these rules will result in forfeiture of the prize. If forfeited for any reason, participant will not receive any other prize substitution or
compensation, and the prize will
remain the property of Sponsor and will not be
awarded, except as provided herein. All properly claimed prizes will be awarded. Any unclaimed prizes will not be awarded. TOTAL ARV OF ALL AVAILABLE PRIZE AWARDS: $1,500.
Additional Rules &
Restrictions: By participating, entrants agree to abide by and be bound by
the Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor and Administrator, which
shall be final in all matters relating to this Contest. In the event an entrant wins a prize, and is later found to be in violation of these rules
he/she will be required to forfeit the prize or to reimburse Sponsor for the
stated value of the prize if such violation is discovered after winner has used the prize. Participation in Contest
constitutes permission for the Sponsor and its designees to use entrants’
names, cities and states of residence and/or likenesses for purposes of
advertising and trade in any and all media now or
hereafter known worldwide on perpetuity without limitation or further
compensation, notification or permission, unless prohibited by law. False, fraudulent or deceptive entries or
acts shall render entrants ineligible for any prize.
By
participating, entrants agree to hold all Released Parties harmless from any
claims, losses, actions, or damages of any kind, whether actual, incidental or
consequential, for injury (including but not limited to death), damages, losses
or expenses arising out of or relating to entrant’s participation in this Contest,
or the acceptance, possession or use/misuse of any prize, or participation in
prize-related activities (including but not limited to travel or activity
related thereto), and to assume all liability therefor.
Participants
are restricted to use of ordinary and typical computer
equipment, mobile phone equipment, Internet access and cellular networks.
Sponsor disclaims all liability for the inability of a participant to complete
or continue an entry due to equipment malfunction, busy lines, inadvertent
disconnections, acts beyond the Sponsor’s control, or otherwise. The Sponsor
disclaims any liability for entries not received due to technical difficulties
or transmission errors. The Sponsor disclaims all liability for any delays,
mis-delivery, loss, or failure in the delivery of any item sent by mail,
courier, express, electronic transmission, or other delivery method. Released Parties are not responsible for
mechanical, technical, electronic, communications, telephone, computer,
hardware or software errors, malfunctions or failures of any kind, including:
failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed transmission of online entries, traffic
congestion on telephone lines, the Internet or at any website or lost or
unavailable network connections which may limit an online entrant's ability to
participate in the Contest, and any injury or damage to entrant’s or any other
person’s computer or mobile phone related to or resulting from participating in
or downloading any information necessary to participate in the Contest. Released Parties are not responsible for any
other errors of any kind, whether computer, technical, typographical, printing,
human or otherwise, relating to or in connection with the Contest, including,
without limitations, errors which may occur in connection with the printing or
advertising of this Contest, administration or execution of the Contest, the
cancellation of the game, the processing of entries or in the announcement of
the prizes or prize winners. Sponsor, in
its sole discretion, reserves the right to disqualify any person tampering with
the entry process or the operation of the Contest website.
Sponsor
reserves the right to cancel, modify, reschedule or terminate the Contest for
any reason including, but not limited to acts of God, pandemics, force majeure,
government regulatory action or ruling,
fraud, misconduct, or if any technical failures destroy or threaten the
integrity of the Contest, in the opinion of the Sponsor/Administrator, or if a
computer virus, bug, or other technical problem corrupts the administration,
security, or proper conduct of the Contest as determined by
Sponsor/Administrator, in their sole discretion. In the event of early
termination of the Contest, Sponsor reserves the right to determine prize
winners from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received as of the
time/date of such termination.
In addition, by submitting any Entry, each Entrant transfers
any and all of his/her right,
title and interest in and to such Entry and content submission, including but not limited to any and all
copyrights, trademark rights, "moral rights" and any and all other
proprietary rights that may exist, throughout the world, to Sponsor
and expressly waives any rights s/he may have in such submission and/or content. Each
Entrant agrees Sponsor is the exclusive owner
of all rights in and to such Entry, and/or content, and will have the worldwide, perpetual right
to copy, display, reproduce, exhibit, edit, modify, assign, license, register
for copyright or trademark, distribute, sell or otherwise use and exploit the entry,
content submission, and all
elements and/or derivative works thereof, in whole or in part, alone or with
other materials, in any media now known or hereafter created or devised, for
any reason whatsoever.
IN CASE OF DISPUTES: By
participating, each entrant agrees that (1) any and all disputes, claims, and
causes of action arising out of or in connection with this Contest, or any
prizes awarded, shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of
class action, and any judicial proceeding shall take place in a federal or
state court within the State of New Jersey; (2) any and all claims, judgments,
and awards shall be limited to actual out-of-pocket costs incurred, including
costs associated with entering this Contest, and in no event will entrant be
entitled to received attorneys' fees or other legal costs; and (3) under no
circumstances will entrant be permitted to obtain awards for, and entrant
hereby waives all rights to claim, punitive, incidental, and consequential
damages, and any other damages, other than for actual out-of-pocket expenses,
and any and all rights to have damages multiplied or otherwise increased. All
issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and
enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of
entrant and Sponsor in connection with this Contest, shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey, without
giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law rules or provisions
(whether of the State of New Jersey or any other jurisdiction), that would cause
the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New
Jersey.
Odds: Odds of being selected as a grand prize
winner are dependent upon the total number of eligible entries received, the
skill of the entrant in the creation of their essay, photo, and/or video
submission, and the decisions of judges.
Official Rules &
Winner List: For a copy of these Official Rules, or the
name of the prize winner, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to be received
by 12/15/2025 to: BrewDog How Do You IPA Flyaway Contest, c/o Million Dollar
Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ 07095.
PLEASE SPECIFY which you are requesting, official rules or winner list.
Sponsor: This Contest is sponsored by BrewDog Brewing Co., LLC, 96 Gender Canal, Winchester, OH,
43110.
Contest Administrator:
The
Contest is administered by Million Dollar Media, P.O. Box 278, Woodbridge, NJ
07095.