The Cryptid Cup
Where craft beer, creativity, and cryptid mythology collide.
The Cryptid Cup is an annual brewing competition inspired by the beer recipes featured in the TIME Agency novels. Homebrewers and professional breweries alike create their interpretation of the announced recipe, submitting their entries for fan voting.
Each year follows a rhythm: the announcement of the annual recipe, the brewing and submission process, the reveal of the winning brewer, and finally, the beer release and trophy presentation at the Sacred Pour. The winner's brew becomes that year's ceremonial pour, the beer that fills pilgrim glasses when the Chupacabra's eyes illuminate and the Shrine awakens.
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Timeline
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Each year follows the same rhythm:
January – Recipe announcement
June 30 – Submission deadline
July – Public voting on mythsandmalts.com and Untappd
Early August – Winner announcement
Late September – Trophy presentation at the Sacred Pour
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The Reward
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This isn't just a brewing competition. It's a chance to enter the mythology, to see your interpretation of a fictional beer become the real liquid poured in ritual. Your recipe becomes canon. Your name enters the Hall of Champions.
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This contest is not just about brewing.
It is about entering the mythos.
Your beer becomes canon.
Your name becomes part of the story.
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