Key Dates:

Registration Opens - 22 April 2025
Registration Ends - 28 February 2026
Warehouse Closes: 7 March 2026
Judging Date: 24 & 25 March 2026
Winners Announced: 22 April 2026

Fee Schedule:

£110 Super Early Bird - 22 April 2025 to 31 August 2025
£140 Early Bird - 1 September 2025 to 30 November 2025
£180 Regular - 1 December 2025 to 28 February 2026

Shipping Info:

Please send your samples (2 bottles per entry) to the warehouse address mentioned on the submission Labels.

The warehouse will open in October to receive the samples. Goods receiving time: Monday – Friday 9.00 am – 5.00 pm. For now, you can register your brands and get your shipping labels from your entry zone in October.

Spirits that arrive after the deadline date will not be accepted and refunds will not be issued.

IMPORTANT:

Clearly label each box of spirit using the submission label, which can be downloaded once you have entered and paid for your spirit in your account. If you send your spirits directly to our warehouse, you must tick the option: ‘Duties and Taxes payable by shipped'. If the above is not completed, we cannot guarantee that the spirits will not be stopped in Customs and arrive on time for the competition. London Spirits Competition is not responsible for tracking the shipping of your spirits, please ensure everything is in order before sending your spirits.

Import License, Declaration & Duty

All duty, shipping costs, and taxes must be prepaid by the submitter of the samples. Spirits must be Delivered Duty Paid (DDP), therefore instruction to complete the import declaration should be given to your forwarder/courier company, please choose ‘shipper accept all charges on the documentation provided by your courier company. Submitters should also be responsible for any fees related to the import declaration. Spirits cannot be accepted by our logistic partner if the charges associated with shipping have not been paid. Any penalty and additional cost incurred from the non-compliance of declaration requirement in the UK will be borne by the Submitters.

Do I Need To Insure My Spirits?

LSC and its logistic partner will not take responsibility for spirits damaged or lost whilst in transit. In the event that for reasons beyond the reasonable control of LSC, it is necessary or advisable for the LSC to be canceled, LSC cannot accept any liability whatsoever for any direct or indirect loss of profit, damage or expense of any kind incurred as the result of such cancellation.