Winners announced for Ontario Brewing Awards 2015

Toronto, ON – The annual Ontario Brewing Awards were announced at a gala hosted this evening at Corus Entertainment spanning 29 beer style categories.

North American Light Lager

Gold: Cool Beer Brewing Co. – Stonewall Light

Silver: Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery – Antigravity

Bronze: Laker Brewing Company – Laker Light

North American Lager

Gold: Triple Bogey Brewing Co. – Premium Lager

Silver: Laker Brewing Company – Laker Lager

Bronze: Sleeman Breweries – Original Draught

Pilsner

Gold: Steam Whistle – Pilsner

Silver: Creemore Springs Brewery Ltd – Lot 9

Bronze: Kichesippi Beer Co. – Donny’s Dort

Amber Lager

Gold: Old Flame Brewing Co.- Red

Silver: Hop City Brewing Co.- Barking Squirrel

Bronze: Cool Beer Brewing Co. – Millennium Buzz

Dark Lager

Gold: Silversmith Brewing Company – Black Lager

Silver: Hop City Brewing Co. – 8th Sin Black Lager

Bronze: F&M Brewery- StoneHammer Dunkel

Bock

Gold: Lake of Bays Brewing Company – Crazy Eyes Darcy Tucker

Silver: Creemore Springs Brewery Ltd – UrBock

Bronze: Cameron’s Brewing Co. – Rye Pale Ale

Honey / Maple Beers

Gold: Haliburton Highlands Brewing – Honey Brown Ale

Silver: Railway City Brewing Co. – Shambock

Bronze: The 3 Brewers – Maple Ale

Hefeweizen

Gold: Side Launch Brewing Company – Wheat

Silver: Smithworks Brewing Company – Hefeweizen

Bronze: Muskoka Brewery – Summer Weiss

Witbier

Gold: Mill St. Brewery – Belgian Wit

Silver: Northwinds Brewhouse – Moonlit Wit

Bronze: Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery – Solstice Saison

Flavoured Beer

Gold: Wellington Brewery – 2014: A Spice Odyssey

Silver: Trafalgar Brewing Co. – Ginger Beer

Bronze: Mill St. Brewery – Lemon Tea

Farmhouse Ales

Gold: Nickel Brook Brewing Co. – Le Paysan Saison

Silver: Cameron’s Brewing Co. – Into the Shade Saison

Bronze: Amsterdam Brewing Co. – Howl

Lagered Ales

Gold: Sawdust City Brewing Co. – Gateway Kolsch

Silver: Nickel Brook Brewing Co. – Cause and Effect

Bronze: Sleeman Breweries – Cream Ale

British Pale / Bitter

Gold: Big Rig Brewery – ESB

Silver: Wellington Brewery – Arkell Best Bitter

No Bronze Awarded

American Pale Ale

Gold: Great Lakes Brewery – Canuck Pale Ale

Silver: Nickel Brook Brewing Co. – Naughty Neighbour

Bronze: Liberty Village Brewing Co. – 504 Pale Ale

British IPA

Gold: Longslice Brewery- Hopsta La Vista

Silver: Railway City Brewing Co. – Dead Elephant Ale

Bronze: Sleeman Breweries – India Pale Ale

West Coast IPA

Gold: Sawdust City Brewing Co. – Twin Pines IIPA

Silver: Stone City Ales – Green Goddess Imperial IPA

Bronze: Stone City Ales – Uncharted IPA

Dark IPA

Gold: Nickel Brook Brewing Co. – Malevolent Black Imperial Ale

Silver: Manantler Brewing Co. – Dark Prince

Bronze: Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery – Netherworld

Amber Ale

Gold: Kilannen Brewing Co. – New Zealand Red Ale

Silver: Orange Snail Brewers – Rattle N’ Nemo

Bronze: Old Tomorrow Brewing – Canadian Pale Ale

Dark Ale

Gold: Wellington Brewery – County Dark Ale

Silver: Clocktower Brew Pub – Bytown Brown

Bronze: Wellington Brewery – Iron Duke Strong Ale

Porter

Gold: Clifford Brewing Co. – Porter

Silver: Innocente Brewing Company – Charcoal Porter

Bronze: Block Three Brewing Co. – Pushbroom Porter

Stout

Gold: Trafalgar Brewing Co.- Schwartzy

Silver: Liberty Village Brewing Company – Black Blessing

Bronze: Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery – Cadillac Graveyard

Imperial Stout/ Baltic Porter

Gold: Wellington Brewery – Imperial Russian Stout

Silver: Big Rig Brewery – Cherry Bomb Imperial Chocolate Cherry Milk Stout

Bronze: 5 Paddles Brewing Co. – Midnight Paddler

Fruit Beer

Gold: Mill St. Brewery – Frambozen

Silver: Trafalgar Brewing Co. – Raspberry Mint

Bronze: Amsterdam Brewing Co. – KLB Raspberry Wheat

Vegetable Beer

Gold: Trafalgar Brewing Co. – Pumpkin Ale

Silver: Wellington Brewery – Farmers’ Market Rhubarb Saison

Bronze: Garden Brewers – Green Thumb IPA

Flavoured Porters / Stouts

Gold: Trafalgar Brewing Co. – Schwartzy Xpresso

Silver: Barley Days Brewery – Scrimshaw Oyster Stout

Bronze: Amsterdam Brewing Co. – Full City Double Tempest

Strong Beer

Gold: Smithworks Brewing Company- Blonde

Silver: Side Launch Brewing Company – Belgian Hat Trick

Bronze: Amsterdam Brewing Co. – Vicars Vice

Gluten Free

Gold: Snowman Brewing Co. – The Rambam

Silver: Trafalgar Brewing Co. – Ginger Mead

No Bronze Awarded

Barrel Aged – Whisky

Gold: Amsterdam Brewing Co. – Double Tempest

Silver: Cameron’s Brewing Co. – Deviator Doppelbock

Bronze: Amsterdam Brewing Co. – Recidivist

Barrel Aged – Wine

Gold: Nickel Brook Brewing Co. – Winey Bastard

Silver:

Bronze: Sawdust City Brewing Co. – ODB

Smoked Beer

Gold: Black Oak Brewing Co. – Nox Aeterna

Silver: Covered Bridge Brewing – La Cabane à Sucre

Bronze: Mill St. Brewery – Rauchbier

Newcomer of the Year

Trafalgar Brewing Co.

Beer of the Year

Amsterdam Brewing Co. – Double Tempest