Canadian Brewing Award Winners (BC Based)

The Canadian Brewing Awards were held in Ottawa on May 27th, and BC Brewers are bringing home a number of awards, including some of the biggest hardware of the night.

Congratulations to all the winners, I tried to keep up with the live stream as much as possible, but I missed quite a few.

You’ll find all the BC based winners listed below, and all winners listed here:

  • European Style Amber to Dark Lager
    • Bronze: Bomber Märzen, Bomber Brewing
  • Bock – Traditional German Style
    • Bronze: Central City Brewers and Distillers, Red Racer Dopplebock
  • Kellerbier/Zwickelbier
    • Gold: Moon Under Water Brewery, POTTS PILS
    • Silver: Riot Brewing Co., Good Vibrations Classical Pilsner
  • German Style Kölsch
    • Gold: Mt. Begbie Brewing Company, High Country Kolsch
    • Silver: Axe & Barrel Brewery, King Kolsch
  • Baltic Porter
    • Gold: The Cannery Brewing Co., “Kiek in de Kök ” Baltic Porter
  • Belgian-Style Dubbel or Quadrupel
    • Silver: Townsite Brewing, Biere d’ Hiver
  • Belgian-Style Tripel
    • Silver: Four Winds Brewing Company Ltd, Triplicity Belgian Tripel
  • Belgian Style Abbey Ale/Pale Ale
    • Silver: Dageraad Brewing inc., Burnabarian
    • Bronze: Gladstone Brewing Co., Gladstone Single
  • Belgian-Style Strong Specialty Ale
    • Bronze: Strathcona Beer Company, Strathcona Belgian Gold
  • French and Belgian Style Saison
    • Gold: Steamworks Brewing Co./Dageraad Brewing, East of East Van Saison
  • Belgian-Style Brett Beer
    • Bronze: Luppolo Brewing Company, Luppolo Wild Saison with Pear
  • Belgian-Style Sour Ale
    • Bronze: Strange Fellows Brewing, Reynard
  • Porter
    • Gold: Foamers’ Folly Brewing Co., Blacksnake Porter
    • Silver: Yaletown Brewing Company, Valley of the Monks Porter
  • Brown Ale
    • Bronze: Powell Brewery, Dive Bomb
  • Scotch Ale
    • Bronze: Mt. Begbie Brewing Company, Brave Liver Scotch Ale
  • English Style Pale Ale
    • Gold: R&B Brewing Inc., Red Devil pale ale
    • Silver: Off The Rail Brewing Co., Off The Rail Classic Pale Ale
    • Bronze: Steamworks Brewpub Gastown, Commonwealth Pale Ale
  • English Bitters
    • Gold: Off The Rail Brewing Co., Off The Rail Belt Up ESB
    • Silver: Powell Brewery, Old Jalopy Pale Ale
  • Imperial Stout
    • Bronze: Bomber Brewing, Bomber Russian Imperial Stout
  • English Style India Pale Ale
    • Gold: Strathcona Beer Company, Strathcona British IPA
    • Silver: Off The Rail Brewing Co., Off The Rail Crazy Train IPA
  • North American Style Premium Lager
    • Silver: Red Truck Beer Company, Red Truck Lager
  • North American Style Amber Lager
    • Gold: Trading Post Brewing, Smuggler’s Trail Rye Amber Ale
    • Silver: Bad Tattoo Brewing Co., Los Muertos Cerveza Negra
  • North American Style Dark Lager
    • Silver: Tree Brewing Co., Red Lager
  • Cream Ale
    • Gold: Mt. Begbie Brewing Company, Begbie Cream Ale
  • American-Style Black Ale
    • Gold: Steamworks Brewing Co., Steamworks Black Angel IPA
    • Silver: Bomber Brewing, Absolute Horizon Cascadian Dark Ale
    • Bronze: Fuggles & Warlock Craftworks, Raiden Black Rye IPA
  • American Style India Pale Ale
    • Gold: Powell Brewery, Lazy D’Haze IPA
    • Silver: Bridge Brewing Company, Side Cut IPA
  • American Style Imperial India Pale Ale
    • Silver: Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers, Dry Dock Double IPA
  • American Belgo-Style Ale
    • Silver: Phillips Brewing & Malting Co, Electric Unicorn White IPA
  • American-style Sour Ale
    • Gold: Townsite Brewing, Blackberry Sour
    • Silver: Four Winds Brewing Company Ltd, Nectarous Dry Hopped Sour
  • Special Honey/Maple Lager or Ale
    • Silver: Fernie Brewing Co., Fernie Brewing Co. Sap Sucker Maple Porter
  • Herb and Spice Beer
    • Gold: Whistler Brewing Co., Whistler Chestnut Ale
  • Smoked Beer
    • Gold: Coal Harbour Brewing Co., Smoke & Mirrors Imperial Smoked Ale
    • Bronze: Yellow Dog Brewing Company, Shake A Paw Smoked Porter
  • Barley Wine-Style Ale – English-Style
    • Gold: Central City Brewers and Distillers, Thor’s Hammer
  • Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer – Dark Beer
    • Silver: Powell Brewery, Ode to Wallflower
  • Flavoured Stout/Porter
    • Gold: Hastings Mill Brewing Company, Griswold Winter Ale
    • Silver: Deadfrog Brewery, Reina de Fuego
    • Bronze: The Cannery Brewing Co., Thornless Blackberry Porter
  • Brewery of the Year
    • Mt. Begbie Brewing Company

Overall looks to have been a fantastic evening of Canadian Beer, and a nice recognition of some of the amazing beers available on the West Coast.