Winners announced for Ontario Brewing Awards 2017

Toronto – Winners of the 14th annual Ontario Brewing Awards were announced this evening at a gala held at The Great Hall in Toronto. The evening highlighted beer from over 120 breweries competing in 48 categories.

Winners:

Best of Show

Gold: Lost Craft Brewing Co. – Revivale

Silver: Cameron’s Brewing Co. – New Wood Brett Saison

Bronze: Junction Craft Brewery – Hey, PORTER!



Newcomer of the Year

The Napanee Brewing Co.

Light

Gold: Cool Beer Brewing Company – Stonewall Light

Silver: StoneHammer Brewing – StoneHammer Session Lager

Bronze: Brock St. Brewing Company – Brock Street Blonde

Standard Lager

Gold: Cool Beer Brewing Company – Cool Lager

Silver: Old Flame Brewing Co. – Old Flame Blonde – Helles Style Lager

Bronze: Brick Brewing Co. – LandShark Lager

Craft Lager

Gold: Creemore Springs Brewery – Lot 9 Pilsner

Silver: Kichesippi Beer Co. – Heller Highwater

Bronze: Junction Craft Brewing – Trainspotter Helles Lager

German Pilsner

Gold: Sleeman Breweries – Silver Creek Lager

Silver: Junction Craft Brewing – Local Option Lager

Bronze: Mill Street Brewery – Snowdrop Pilsner

Bohemian Pilsner

Gold: Mill Street Brewery – Pilsner Lager

Silver: Thornbury Village Craft Brewery – Pickup Truck Pilsner

Bronze: Brock St. Brewing Company – Premium Pilsner

Amber Lager

Gold: Hop City Brewing Co. – Barking Squirrel Lager

Silver: Cool Beer Brewing Company – Millennium Buzz

Bronze: Lake Wilcox Brewing Co. – Mad Quacker

Oktoberfest / Marzen

Gold: Royal City Brewing Co. – Oktoberfest Lager

Silver: Longslice Brewery – Loose Lips Lager

Bronze: Innocente Brewing Company – No Marzen for Erorr

Dark Lager

Gold: The Napanee Beer Company – Blacklist Black German Lager

Silver: Cameron’s Brewing Co. – Black Forest Dark Lager

Bronze: Kame & Kettle Beer Works – Schwarz

Bock

Gold: Amsterdam Brewing Company – Spring Bock

Silver: Louis Cifer Brew Works – Beelzebock Traditional Bock

Bronze: Junction Craft Brewery – DESTRUCTOR Series #3 Winter Bock

Doppelbock

Gold: Cameron’s Brewing Co. – Deviator Doppelbock

Silver: Tooth and Nail Brewing Company – Invigorator

Bronze: Muskoka Brewery – Sweet Shiver

Honey Beer

Gold: Not Awarded

Silver: 5 Paddles Brewing Co. – Home Sweet Home

Bronze: Bayside Brewing Company – Honey Cream Ale

Hefeweizen

Gold: Brasserie Tuque de Broue Brewery Inc. – Barbe Blonde

Silver: Kichesippi Beer Co. – Hefeweizen

Bronze: Big Rig Brewery – Big Boot

Dunkelweizen

Gold: Lake Wilcox Brewing Co. – Dunkel Weiss

Silver: Smithavens Brewing Company – Dunkelweizen

Bronze: Muskoka Brewery – Winterweiss

Witbier

Gold: Louis Cifer Brew Works – Witcraft Belgian Wheat

Silver: Stone City Ales – Windward Belgian Wheat

Bronze: New Limburg Brewing Co. – Wit

Herb / Spice Beer

Gold: Nickel Brook Brewing Co. – Cuvée

Silver: 5 Paddles Brewing Co. – Italian Backyard

Bronze: FRANK Brewing Co. – Honey Habanero

Farmhouse Blonde

Gold: Cameron’s Brewing Co. – New Wood Brett Saison

Silver: Stone City Ales – Lady Jane

Bronze: Amsterdam Brewing Company – Reserve Saison

Farmhouse Dark

Gold: The Exchange Brewery – Oud Bruin

Silver: The Exchange Brewery – Flanders Red Ale

Bronze: Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery – Brown Town Sour Brown

Lagered Ale

Gold: Lost Craft Brewing Co. – Revivale

Silver: Cameron’s Brewing Co. – Cosmic Cream Ale

Bronze: Big Rock Brewery – Rhine Stone Cowboy Kölsch Style Ale

Blonde Ale

Gold: Collective Arts Brewing – Saint of Circumstance

Silver: Redline Brewhouse – 5:01

Bronze: Orange Snail Brewers – Iron Pig



British Pale Ale

Gold: Muskoka Brewery – Cream Ale

Silver: Niagara College Teaching Brewery – Beer 101: Bitter

Bronze: Junction Craft Brewery – Conductor’s Craft Ale

American Pale Ale

Gold: Great Lakes Brewery – The Brewers IPA (Independent Pale Ale)

Silver: Amsterdam Brewing Company – Cruiser All Day Pale Ale

Bronze: Mill Street Brewery – Welterweight Session IPA

British India Pale Ale

Gold: Longslice Brewery – Hopsta La Vista

Silver: Crooked Mile Brewing – Standing Stone

Bronze: High Park Brewery – Off the Leash

American India Pale Ale

Gold: Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery – Juicy Ass IPA

Silver: Rainhard Brewing Co. – Lazy Bones

Bronze: Muddy York Brewing Co. – Roller Boat I.P.A

Imperial IPA

Gold: Louis Cifer Brew Works – Imperial IPA

Silver: Rainhard Brewing Co. – Hop Cone Syndrome

Bronze: Amsterdam Brewing Company – Fracture Imperial IPA



Dark IPA

Gold: Not Awarded

Silver: Lake Wilcox Brewing Co. – Black Hops IPA

Bronze: Big Rig Brewery – Release The Hounds

Amber Ale

Gold: Henderson Brewing Company – Henderson’s Best

Silver: Kichesippi Beer Co. – 1855

Bronze: The Exchange Brewery – Amber Ale

Altbier

Gold: Old Tomorrow – TRACK 85™ Lagered Ale

Silver: Abe Erb Brewing Company – Alterior Motive Altbier

Bronze: Not Awarded



English Brown Ale

Gold: Wellington Brewery – County Dark Ale

Silver: Granite Brewery & Tied House – Peculiar

Bronze: Barnstormer Brewing & Distilling Company – Billy Bishop Brown Ale



American Brown Ale

Gold: Left Field Brewery – Eephus

Silver: The Publican House Brewery – Henry’s Irish Ale

Bronze: Wellington Brewery – (Extra) Terrestrial Imperial IBA

Porter

Gold: Junction Craft Brewing – Hey, PORTER!

Silver: Clifford Brewing Co. – Clifford Porter

Bronze: Innocente Brewing Company – Charcoal Porter

Stout

Gold: Railway City Brewing Co. – Black Coal Stout

Silver: Muskoka Brewery – Shinnicked Stout

Bronze: Abe Erb Brewing Company – Men In Night Stout

Milk Stout

Gold: Rainhard Brewing – Sweetback’s

Silver: Walkerville Brewery – Easy Stout

Bronze: Big Rig Brewery – Midnight Kissed My Cow



Imperial Stout

Gold: Walkerville Brewery- Russian Imperial Stout

Silver: Nickel Brook Brewing Co. – Bolshevik Bastard

Bronze: 5 Paddles Brewing Co. – Midnight Paddler

Flavoured Stout

Gold: Chocolate Cherry Stout

Silver: Nickel Brook Brewing Co. – Café Del Bastardo

Bronze: Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery – Aurora Heart Chocolate Raspberry Stout

Flavoured Porter

Gold: Not Awarded

Silver: Abe Erb Brewing Co. – Abe’s Smoked Porter

Bronze: Forked River Brewing Company – Full City Porter



Fruit Beer

Gold: Nickel Brook Brewing Co. – Raspberry Uber

Silver: The Blue Elephant Craft Brew House – Summer Harvest Strawberry Lager

Bronze: The Napanee Brewing Company – Chivalrous

Vegetable Beer

Gold: Not Awarded

Silver: Big Rig Brewery – Tales From The Patch

Bronze: MacKinnon Brothers Brewing Co. – Red Fox Summer Ale

Barrel Aged Whisky

Gold: Amsterdam Brewing Company – Double Tempest

Silver: Nickel Brook Brewing Co. – Kentucky Bastard

Bronze: Tooth and Nail Brewing Company – Fortissimo

Barrel Aged Red Wine

Gold: Innocente Brewing Company – Drunkard’s Cloak

Silver: Redline Brewhouse – Series 1

Bronze: Great Lakes Brewery – Barrel-Aged Belgian Style Quad with Cherries

Barrel Aged White Wine

Gold: Forked River Brewing Company – The Oracle

Silver: Calabogie Brewing Co. – Grassy: Saison

Bronze: Amsterdam Brewing Company – Superstition

Rauchbier

Gold: Cameron’s Brewing Co. – Bamberg Castle Smoked Ale

Silver: Mill Street Brewery – Rauchbier

Bronze: Rhythm & Brews Brewing Company – Set The World On Fire

Belgian Style Dubbel

Gold: New Limburg Brewing Company – Dubbel

Silver: Descendants Beer & Beverage Co. – DeWulfe

Bronze: Redline Brewhouse – Brother Douglas

Belgian Style Quadrupel

Gold: The Napanee Brewing Company – Redacted: These Monstrous Things

Silver: Brock St. Brewing Company – Danger Lies Ahead

Bronze: Bell City Brewing Co. – Black Tie Affair

Belgian Style Tripel

Gold: Rhythm & Brews Brewing Co. – Signed in Tripel

Silver: Henderson Brewing Co. – Rube Goldbeer

Bronze: Not Awarded

Belgian Style IPA

Gold: Redline Brewhouse – Sprung!

Silver: Shacklands Brewing Co. – Farmhouse IPA

Bronze: Batch – Belgian White IPA

Scotch Ale

Gold: Amsterdam Brewing Company – Iona Scotch Ale

Silver: Walkerville Brewery – Scotch Ale

Bronze: Granite Brewery – Lady Macbeth Scotch Ale

Barley Wine

Gold: Cameron’s Brewing Co. – Where The Buffalo Roam

Silver: Mill Street Brewery – Barley Wine

Bronze: Cameron’s Brewing Co. – Early Bird Breakfast

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