Winners announced for 2016 Canadian Brewing Awards

Vancouver – Winners have been announced for the 14th annual Canadian Brewing Awards at a gala hosted in Vancouver, BC on Saturday May 28, 2016.

The 2017 Canadian Brewing Awards and Conference is slated to be held in Ottawa, ON.

Winners:

Canadian Beer of the Year: Four Winds Brewing Co., Nectarous Dry-hopped Sour Ale

1. European Style Lager (Pilsner)

Gold: Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery, Mythology Canadian Pilsner

Silver: Hearthstone Brewery, Bohemian Pilsner

Bronze: Steamworks Brewing Co., Pilsner

2. European Style Amber to Dark Lager

Gold: Gladstone Brewing Co., Gladstone Czech Dark Lager

Silver: Persephone Brewing Company, Black Lager

Bronze: Moon Under Water Brewery, Creepy Uncle Dunkel

3. Bock – Traditional German Style

Gold: Side Launch Brewing Compan,y Side Launch Germanic Bock

Silver: Granville Island Brewing, Burly Goat Dopplebock

Bronze: Farnham Ale & Lager, Serie Noire Dopplebock

4. Kellerbier/Zwickelbier

Gold: Brassneck Brewery, No Brainer

Silver: Tooth and Nail Brewing Company, Vim & Vigor

Bronze: Moon Under Water Brewery, Potts Pils

5. German Style Kölsch

Gold: Half Pints Brewing Co., St. James Pale Ale

Silver: Muskoka Brewery, Muskoka Kirby’s Kolsch

Bronze: Publican House Brewery, Pub House Ale

6. Wheat Beer – Belgian Style (Wit)

Gold: Belgh Brasse, Mons Witte D’Abbaye

Silver: Mill Street Brewery, Belgian Wit

Bronze: Railway City Brewing Co., The Witty Traveller

7. Wheat Beer – German Style (Weiss)

Gold: Side Launch Brewing Company, Side Launch Wheat

Silver: Muskoka Brewery, Muskoka Summerweiss

Bronze: Les Trois Mousquetaires Microbrasseurs, Blanche

8. Baltic Porter

Gold: StoneHammer Brewing, Continuity Baltic Porter

Silver: Brasserie Les 2 Frères, Hickson Porter Baltique

Bronze: Tatamagouche Brewing Company, Two Rivers Baltic Porter

9A. Belgian-Style Dubbel

Silver: 5 Paddles Brewing Co., Brother Ian’s Belgian 6

9B. Belgian-Style Quadrupel

Gold: Frampton Brasse, Nuit d’Automne

Bronze: Tooth and Nail Brewing Company, Truce

10. Belgian-Style Tripel

Gold: Side Launch Brewing Company, Side Launch Huronic Tripel

Silver: Townsite Brewing, Charleston

Bronze: Unibroue, La Fin du Monde

11. Belgian Style Abbey Ale/Pale Ale

Gold: Dageraad Brewing, Burnabarian

Silver: New Limburg Brewing Company, Belgian Blond

Bronze: Gladstone Brewing Co., Gladstone Belgian Single

12B. Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale

Bronze: Unibroue, Trois Pistoles

12C. Other Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale

Gold: Block Three Brewing Co., Danger Zone Farmhouse Imperial IPA

Silver: Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery, Belle of the Barrel Bordeaux Barrel Aged Belgian Ale

13. French and Belgian Style Saison

Gold: Tooth and Nail Brewing Company, Valor

Silver: Le Trou du diable, Albert 3 – Le singe de l’espace

Bronze: Coal Harbour Brewing Co. Woodland Saison

14. Belgian-Style Brett Beer

Gold: Four Winds Brewing Company, Operis Brett Saison

Silver: Stillwell, Stillwell TWO

Bronze: À la Fût, Tripe à Trois Brett – Bruxellensis

15A. German-Style Sour Ale – Berliner-Style Weisse

Gold: Nickel Brook Brewing Co., Raspberry Uber

Bronze: Brasseurs du monde, Blanche du mur

15B. German-Style Sour Ale – Gose

Silver: Les Trois Mousquetaires Microbrasseurs, Gose

16A. Belgian-Style Sour Ale – Flanders Red Ale

Silver: Brasseurs du monde, Rouge des flandres

16B. Belgian-Style Sour Ale – Oud Bruin

Bronze: Stack Brewing, Oud Bruin

16D. Belgian-Style Sour Ale – Fruit Lambic

Gold: Ferme Brasserie Schoune, Lambic Framboise

17. Porter

Gold: Clifford Brewing Co., Clifford Porter

Silver: Ribstone Creek Brewery, Ribstone Creek Old Man Winter Porter

Bronze: Farnham Ale & Lager, 19

18. Brown Ale

Gold: Shuswap Lake Brewing, Bushwacker Brown Ale

Silver: Amsterdam Brewing Company, Downtown Brown

Bronze: Hoyne Brewing Co., Dark Matter

19. Scotch Ale

Gold: MacLeans Ales Inc Armchair, Scotch Ale

Silver: Walkerville Brewery, Walkerville Brewery Scotch Ale

Bronze: Mt. Begbie Brewing Company, Brave Liver Scotch Ale

20. English Style Pale Ale

Gold: Off The Rail Brewing Co., Off The Rail Brewing Classic Pale Ale

Silver: Tooth and Nail Brewing Company, Tenacity

Bronze: Red Arrow Brewing Company, Piggy Pale Ale

21B. English Bitters – Best Bitter or ESB

Gold: Howe Sound Brewing, Baldwin & Cooper Best Bitter

Silver: Powell Street Craft Brewery, Old Jalopy Pale Ale

Bronze: Off The Rail Brewing Co., Off The Rail Brewing Belt Up ESB

22. Sweet Stout or Cream Stout

Gold: Railway City Brewing Co., Black Coal Stout

Silver: Black bridge Brewery, Milk Stout

Bronze: Walkerville Brewery, Easy Stout

23. Oatmeal Stout

Gold: Townsite Brewing, Perfect Storm

Silver: Strange Fellows Brewing Company, Blackmail Stout

Bronze: MacLeans Ales Inc Luck and Charm Oatmeal Stout

24. Dry Stout

Gold: Postmark Brewing, Postmark Stout

Silver: Microbrasserie Riverbend, Stout

Bronze: Mill Street Brewery, Cobblestone Stout

25. Imperial Stout

Gold: Tatamagouche Brewing Company, Russian Imperial Stout

Silver: Bushwakker Brewing Co., Revenge of the Tartan Tsar

Bronze: Bomber Brewing, Russian Imperial Stout

26. English Style India Pale Ale

Gold: PEI Brewing Company, Rogues Roost IPA

Silver: Junction Craft Brewing, Engineer’s I P A

Bronze: Granite Brewery, Granite IPA

27. North American Style Lager

Gold: Moosehead Breweries Limited, Alpine Lager

Silver: Molson Coors Canada, Molson Canadian

Bronze: Amsterdam Brewing Company, 3 Speed

28. North American Style Premium Lager

Gold: Parallel 49 Brewing Co., Craft Lager

Silver: Main Street Brewing, Main Street Pilsner

Bronze: Niagara Brewing Company, Niagara Premium Lager

29. North American Style Amber Lager

Gold: Mill Street Brewery, 100th Meridian

Silver: Hop City Brewery, Barking Squirrel Lager

Bronze: Red Arrow Brewing Company, Midnite Umber Ale

30. North American Style Dark Lager

Gold: Molson Coors Canada, Rickard’s Red Session Lager

31. Light (Calorie-Reduced) Lager

Gold: Labatt Brewing Company Limited, Bud Light

Silver: Moosehead Breweries Limited, Cracked Canoe

Bronze: Molson Coors Canada, Coors Light

32. Cream Ale

Gold: Boshkung Brewing Co., 35 & 118 Cream Ale

Silver: Great Western Brewing Company, Original 16 Canadian Pale Ale

Bronze: NWT Brewing Company, Kick Sled Cream Ale

33. North American Style Amber/Red Ale

Gold: Black Oak Brewing, Love Fuzz

Silver: Big Rock Brewery, Hollow Tree Red Ale

Bronze: Brassneck Brewery, Brassneck Ale

34. North American Style Blonde or Golden Ale

Gold: The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company, Powder Hound Blonde Ale

Silver: Brimstone Brewing Company, Enlightenment

Bronze: Oland Brewery, Alexander Keith’s IPA

35. American-Style Black Ale

Gold: Stack Brewing, Black Rock

Silver: Garrison Brewing Company, Dirty Ol’ Town

Bronze: Steamworks Brewing Co., Black Angel IPA

36. North American Style Pale Ale

Gold: Left Field Brewery, Wrigley

Silver: Nickel Brook Brewing Co., Naughty Neighbour

Bronze: Elora Brewing Company, Elora Borealis

37. Wheat Beer – North American Style

Gold: PEI Brewing Company, Gahan Sir John A. Honey Wheat Ale

Silver: Great Western Brewing Company, Prairie Wheat Ale

Bronze: Wild Rose Brewery, Velvet Fog

38. American Style India Pale Ale

Gold: Rainhard Brewing Co., Lazy Bones

Silver: Nickel Brook Brewing Co., Head Stock

Bronze: Redline Brewhouse. 396 IPA

39. Session India Pale Ale

Gold: PEI Brewing Company, Gahan Vic Park APA

Silver: Four Winds Brewing Company, Featherweight IPA

Bronze: Collective Arts Brewing, State of Mind

40. American Style Imperial India Pale Ale

Gold: Innocente Brewing Company, Two Night Stand

Silver: Rainhard Brewing Co., Hop Cone Syndrome

Bronze: Nickel Brook Brewing Co., Immodest

41. American Belgo-Style Ale

Gold: Cameron’s Brewing Company, Cameron’s Dry-Hopped Tripel

Silver: Yellow Dog Brewing Company, Go Fetch West Coast Hoppy Saison

Bronze: Whistler Brewing Company, Snow… White IPA

42. American-style Brett Beer

Gold: Burdock, Brett Lime

Silver: Le Trou du diable, Dulcis Succubus – Brassin Special

Bronze: Four Winds Brewing Company, Juxtapose Wild IPA

43. American-style Sour Ale

Gold: Four Winds Brewing Company, Nectarous Dry-Hopped sour

Silver: Blindman Brewing, Kettle Sour #1 (Galaxy & Mosaic)

Bronze: Wild Rose Brewery, Cowbell

44. Special Honey/Maple Lager or Ale

Gold: Corsaire Microbrasserie, Oreille de Crisse

Silver: Fernie Brewing Co., Sap Sucker Maple Porter

Bronze: Microbrasserie Siboire, Imperial McMaple

45A. Fruit Beer

Gold: Old Abbey Ales, Sour Raspberry

Silver: Molson Coors Canada, Rickard’s Radler

Bronze: Fuggles & Warlock Craftworks, The Last Strawberry

46. Gluten Free Beer

Gold: Brasseurs Sans Gluten, Glutenberg India Pale Ale

Silver: Brasseurs Sans Gluten, Glutenberg Pale Ale AmÈricaine

Bronze: Brasseurs Sans Gluten, Glutenberg Stout ImpÈrial

47. Session Ale

Gold: PEI Brewing Company, Setting Day Saison

Silver: Blindman Brewing, Blindman River Session Ale

Bronze: Farnham Ale & Lager, 42

48. Experimental Beer

Gold: Brasseurs Sans Gluten, Glutenberg Lapsang d’Automne

Silver: Brasseurs Sans Gluten, Glutenberg MyrcËne de Glace

Bronze: Burdock, CuvÈe II

49. Herb and Spice Beer

Gold: Off The Rail Brewing Co., Raj Mahal India Ale

Silver: Powell Street Craft Brewery, Witbier with Ginger & Cardamom

Bronze: Brick Brewing Co., Waterloo Spiced Dunkel

50. Smoked Beer

Gold: Coal Harbour Brewing Co., Smoke & Mirrors Imperial Smoked Ale

Silver: Brick Brewing Co., Waterloo Smoked Applewood Roggenbier

Bronze: Wheelhouse Brewing Co., Smokehouse Porter

51A. Barley Wine-Style Ale – English-Style

Silver: Howe Sound Brewing, Woolly Bugger Barley Wine

Bronze: Pump House Brewery, Barley Wine

51B. Barley Wine-Style Ale – American-Style

Gold: Tatamagouche Brewing Company, Giantess Barley Wine

52B. Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer – Dark Beer

Gold: Clifford Brewing Co., Barrel Aged Clifford Porter

Silver: Townsite Brewing, Barrel Aged Perfect Storm

Bronze: Powell Street Craft Brewery, Whiskey Barrel Aged Porter

53. Wood and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer

Gold: Covered Bridge Brewing, TWO

Silver: Amsterdam Brewing Company, Double Tempest

Bronze: Brewsters Brewing Company, Blue Monk Bourbon Barley Wine

54. Wood and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer

Gold: Broadway Microbrasserie, Saison Chardonnay

Silver: Forked River Brewing Co., Dead Parrot

Bronze: Central City Brewers and Distillers, Central City Sour#1

55. Flavoured Stout/Porter

Gold: Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery, The Chocolate Manifesto Triple Chocolate Milk Stout

Silver: Great Lakes Brewery, Harry Porter and the Curiously Spicy Cocoa Bean

Bronze: Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers, Chocolate Coconut Porter

Source: The Province