The 2021 Canadian Brewing Awards were given out on September 18th, 2021, at a fun-filled event held at the Hilton Québec in Québec City.
The big wins came from the Prairies this year, with a repeat for Alberta with The Establishment Brewing Company taking home Brewery of the Year, and in Rebellion Brewing from Regina, Saskatchewan taking home Beer of the Year for their Cherry Lambic, which was made even more impressive by beating out Toronto’s Indie Alehouse and their 10-4-20, which recently won World’s Best Lambic at the World Beer Awards.
On the West Coast, BC took home 40 awards, a drop of 3 compared to last year, but the number of wins from the Québec breweries and their hometown advantage seemed to take away from most other provinces. Another key thing to factor in is that BC is the only Province to sweep any existing categories, sweeping two, while Québec swept the newly added category of Low-Alcohol beers.
The most anyone in BC brought home was 2 awards, which speaks to the range of good quality breweries across the Province. Taking home 2 were Steel & Oak, Dageraad, Moon Under Water, Strange Fellows, Parallel 49, Twin City, and Mt. Begbie.
On the Island, a number of breweries took home hardware including double winners Moon Under Water Brewpub, Twin City Brewing, as well as Canoe Brewpub, Ace Brewing, White Sails Brewing, Sooke Brewing Co., Sooke Oceanside Brewery, Dog Mountain Brewing, and Phillips Brewing.
Winners are listed below, with BC Breweries highlighted.
European Style Lager (Pilsner)
BRONZE: Medusa Lager | Batch 44 Brewery | British Columbia
SILVER: Simple Things | Steel & Oak Brewing | British Columbia
GOLD: Kinabik Pilsner | Snake Lake Brewing Company | Alberta
European Style Amber to Dark Lager
BRONZE: Meridian Black Lager | Township 24 Brewing | Alberta
SILVER: Freestyle Hasta La Vista Schwarzbier | The Collingwood Brewery | Ontario
GOLD: Riverfest | Steel & Oak Brewing | British Columbia
Bock – Traditional German Style
BRONZE: Dissimulator | Twin City Brewing Company | British Columbia
SILVER: Doppelbock | Stonehooker Brewing Company | Ontario
GOLD: Road Block Doppelbock | Walkerville Brewery | Ontario
Kellerbier/Zwickelbier
BRONZE: Starke | Amsterdam Brewing Company | Ontario
SILVER: Sherbière | Siboire | Québec
GOLD: POTTS PILSNER | Moon Under Water Brewery | British Columbia
German Style Kölsch
BRONZE: Mineur | Microbrasserie Moulin 7 Inc. | Québec
SILVER: High Country Kölsch | Mt. Begbie Brewing Company | British Columbia
GOLD: Kölsch | Bièrerie Shelton | Québec
Wheat Beer – Belgian Style (Wit)
BRONZE: Uapishka | Microbrasserie Saint-Pancrace | Québec
SILVER: Farmer’s Tan Belgian White | Brewsters Brewing Company | Alberta
GOLD: Jongleur | Strange Fellows Brewing | British Columbia
Wheat Beer – German Style (Weiss)
BRONZE: Horseshoe Hefeweizen | Trans Canada Brewing | Manitoba
SILVER: Fahr Hefe | Brauerei Fahr | Alberta
GOLD: Haberdasher Hefeweizen | Muddy York Brewing Co. | Ontario
Baltic Porter
BRONZE: Baltic Porter| Grimross Brewing Co. | New Brunswick
SILVER: Voyage Voyage | Avant-Garde Artisans Brasseurs | Québec
GOLD: Caibosh | Royal City Brewing Co. | Ontario
Belgian-Style Dubbel or Quadrupel
BRONZE: Precursor Belgian Dubbel | Luppolo Brewing Company | British Columbia
SILVER: X | Cabin Brewing Company | Alberta
GOLD: Nuit D’Automne | Frampton Brasse | Québec
Belgian-Style Tripel
BRONZE: Tripel | Modern Brewer’s Village Green | Prince Edward Island
SILVER: Antwerpen | Dageraad Brewing | British Columbia
GOLD: Shacklands Tripel | Shacklands Brewing | Ontario
Belgian-Style Abbey Ale / Pale Ale
BRONZE: Belgian Pale Ale | Howe Sound Brewing | British Columbia
SILVER: Burnabarian | Dageraad Brewing | British Columbia
GOLD: BEES! Belgian Blonde Ale with Honey | Dog Mountain Brewing | British Columbia
Belgian-Style Strong Ale Pale / Dark / Specialty
BRONZE: Old Ale X | La Brasserie Nonsuch Brewing Co. | Manitoba
SILVER: Goldilocks | Strange Fellows Brewing | British Columbia
GOLD: Ides of December 2019: Wish Book | Henderson Brewing Co. | Ontario
French and Belgian Style Saison
BRONZE: Cheval D’or | Grimross Brewing Co. | New Brunswick
SILVER: La petite duchesse | Little Beasts Brewing Company | Ontario
GOLD: Bord du Lac | Amsterdam Brewing Company | Ontario
Belgian-Style Brett Beer
BRONZE: Songe d’une Prairie Sauvage | Blind Enthusiasm Brewing Company | Alberta
SILVER: Scarecrow | 21st Street Brewery | Saskatchewan
GOLD: Funkmorphosis | The Establishment Brewing Company | Alberta
German-Style Sour Ale Berliner-Style Weisse or Gose
BRONZE: Smoked Salt Gose | Parallel 49 Brewing | British Columbia
SILVER: Sou’Wester | Rough Waters Brewing Company | Newfoundland and Labrador
GOLD: Guava Gose | Collective Arts Brewing | Ontario
Belgian-Style Sour Ale – Flanders Red Ale , Oud Bruin , Lambic / Gueuze , Fruit Lambic
BRONZE: Rouge des Appalaches | Frampton Brasse | Québec
SILVER: 10-4-20 | Indie Alehouse | Ontario
GOLD: Cherry Lambic | Rebellion Brewing Co. | Saskatchewan
Porter
BRONZE: Quinquennial Robust Porter | Henderson Brewing Co. | Ontario
SILVER: Chocolate Maple Porter | Canmore Brewing Company Ltd. | Alberta
GOLD: Black Donald | Calabogie Brewing Company | Ontario
Brown Ale
BRONZE: Barkeep Brown | Trans Canada Brewing | Manitoba
SILVER: Woodnutt Brown Ale | Coast Mountain Brewing | British Columbia
GOLD: Georgetown Brown | Canmore Brewing Company Ltd. | Alberta
Scotch Ale
BRONZE: 24-2 Stock Ale | Blindman Brewing | Alberta
SILVER: Andy’s Wee Heavy | Common Crown Brewing Co. | Alberta
GOLD: Brave Liver | Mt. Begbie Brewing Company | British Columbia
English Style Pale Ale
BRONZE: Cream Ale | Muskoka Brewery | Ontario
SILVER: Sam McGuire’s Pale Ale | Shuswap Lake Brewing | British Columbia
GOLD: Rivière du Nord | Shawbridge – Microbrasserie et Charcuteries Inc. | Québec
English Bitters – Ordinary or Special Bitters / Best Bitter or ESB
BRONZE: Pointe-Aux-Basques | Microbrasserie La Compagnie | Québec
SILVER: Common Ale | Common Crown Brewing Co. | Alberta
GOLD: Wagon Rouge | Microbrasserie La Compagnie | Québec
Sweet Stout or Cream Stout
BRONZE: Brown Cow Nitro Milk Stout | Calabogie Brewing Company | Ontario
SILVER: Deja Moo! | Garrison Brewing Company | Nova Scotia
GOLD: Sea Change Turbo Stout | Sea Change Brewing Co. | Alberta
Oatmeal Stout
BRONZE: Ken’s Stout | Copper Bottom Brewing | Prince Edward Island
SILVER: Medicine Hat Brewing Company Gentlemen’s Stout | Medicine Hat Brewing Company | Alberta
GOLD: Unholy One Nitro Stout | East Vancouver Brewing Company | British Columbia
Dry Stout
BRONZE: Vimy Stout | Vimy Brewing Company | Ontario
SILVER: Reena O’Reilly Dry Irish Stout | Sooke Oceanside Brewery | British Columbia
GOLD: It’s a Stout | Kensington Brewing Company | Ontario
Imperial Stout
BRONZE: Russian Imperial Stout | Quidi Vidi Brewery | Newfoundland and Labrador
SILVER: Liquid Lullaby Imperial Stout | Town Square Brewing | Alberta
GOLD: Stout Impérial | Bièrerie Shelton | Québec
English Style India Pale Ale
BRONZE: Waterloo IPA | Waterloo Brewing | Ontario
SILVER: Orion 1-1 Poppy Seed IPA | Smugglers Trail Caskworks | British Columbia
GOLD: Geronimo IPA | Walkerville Brewery | Ontario
North American Style Lager
BRONZE: Canoe Brewpub Helles | Canoe Brewpub | British Columbia
SILVER: True North Lager | Brewhall Beer Co. | British Columbia
GOLD: Shake Lager | Equals Brewing Company Inc. | Ontario
North American Style Premium Lager
BRONZE: Helles Lager | Wellington Brewery | Ontario
SILVER: Brewers Blackbird Premium Lager | Brewers Blackbird Kitchen & Brewery | Ontario
GOLD: Deep Cove Lager | Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers | British Columbia
North American Style Amber Lager
BRONZE: Eternal Twilight | Ol’ Beautiful Brewing Co. | Alberta
SILVER: Prairie Common | La Brasserie Nonsuch Brewing Co. | Manitoba
GOLD: Señor Citizen | Citizen Brewing Company | Alberta
Light (Calorie-Reduced) Lager
BRONZE: Lifelong Lite Lager | Neighbourhood Brewing Company | British Columbia
SILVER: Anne Bonny | Corsaire Microbrasserie | Québec
GOLD: Yup! Light Lager | United Craft | Ontario
Cream Ale
BRONZE: Maritime Cream Ale | Grimross Brewing Co. | New Brunswick
SILVER: Three Fields | Elora Brewing Company | Ontario
GOLD: Retro Stylez – Pre-Prohibition Cream Ale | Analog Brewing Company | Alberta
North American Style – Amber / Red Ale
BRONZE: Havre St-Pierre – American Amber Ale | Four Rivers Brewing Co. Ltd. | New Brunswick
SILVER: Ruby Tears | Parallel 49 Brewing | British Columbia
GOLD: Idleback | Slackwater Brewing | British Columbia
North American Style – Blonde or Golden Ale
BRONZE: La Libertine | La Voie Maltée | Québec
SILVER: Ouvrière | Microbrasserie La Compagnie | Québec
GOLD: Sea Change Blonde Ale | Sea Change Brewing Co. | Alberta
American Style Black Ale
BRONZE: Release All The Hounds | Big Rig Brewery | Ontario
SILVER: Black Rock | Stack Brewing | Ontario
GOLD: Nightshade | Winterlong Brewing Co. | Yukon
North American Style Pale Ale
BRONZE: Broad Reach Nor’Easter IPA | Stonehooker Brewing Company | Ontario
SILVER: Three Sisters Pale Ale | The Grizzly Paw Brewing Company | Alberta
GOLD: Broadside | Copper Bottom Brewing | Prince Edward Island
Wheat Beer – North American Style
BRONZE: Swedish Gymnast | Twin City Brewing Company | British Columbia
SILVER: Selkie | Rough Waters Brewing Company | Newfoundland and Labrador
GOLD: Barram | Brasseux d’la Côte | New Brunswick
American Style India Pale Ale
BRONZE: Jet Fuel IPA | Ace Brewing Company | British Columbia
SILVER: Lazy D’Haze IPA | Powell Brewery | British Columbia
GOLD: Permanent Resident IPA | Five Roads Brewing | British Columbia
New England Style India Pale Ale
BRONZE: Circle Route Hazy Pale Ale | White Sails Brewing Ltd. | British Columbia
SILVER: Galazy IPA | Propeller Brewing Company | Nova Scotia
GOLD: Taste Buds | Stray Dog Brewing Company | Ontario
Session India Pale Ale
BRONZE: Carreta Session IPA | Andina Brewing Co. | British Columbia
SILVER: Alpha Juicy Lager | Academy Brewing Company Inc. | British Columbia
GOLD: Jam Session | Microbrasserie Trois-Lacs | Québec
American Style Imperial India Pale Ale
BRONZE: Zane Lost his Avocado Bag | Refined Fool Brewing Co. | Ontario
SILVER: Missed Calls | Stockyards Brewing | Ontario
GOLD: Parkman Ave | Copper Bottom Brewing | Prince Edward Island
American Belgo-Style Ale
BRONZE: Bootsy Farmhouse IPA | House of Funk Brewing Company | British Columbia
SILVER: First Crush White IPA | Trolley 5 Brewpub | Alberta
GOLD: Lupulus | Microbrasserie Charlevoix | Québec
American Style Brett Beer
BRONZE: Born to Run | The Establishment Brewing Company | Alberta
SILVER: Wild IPA No. 1 | Sawback Brewing Co. | Alberta
GOLD: Blood Cut Brett IPA | Low Life Barrel House | Manitoba
American Style Sour Ale
BRONZE: Apricot Mango Peach Sour | Rouge River Brewing Company | Ontario
SILVER: brunch. | Trial & Ale Brewing Company | Alberta
GOLD: An Equatorial Detour | Trial & Ale Brewing Company | Alberta
Special Honey / Maple Lager or Ale
BRONZE: Honey Comb Pale Ale | Barnside Brewing Co. | British Columbia
SILVER: Vieux Champion | Ras L’bock. | Québec
GOLD: Happy Pollinator | Rebellion Brewing Co. | Saskatchewan
Fruit / Fruit Wheat / Field / Pumpkin Beer
BRONZE: Grapefruit Radler | Moosehead Breweries | New Brunswick
SILVER: Ruby, My Dear | The Establishment Brewing Company | Alberta
GOLD: Beets | Town Square Brewing | Alberta
Gluten Free Beer
BRONZE: Helix Sour Tropicale | Les Bieres de la Nouvelle France Inc. | Québec
SILVER: Gluten-Free Porter | Port Rexton Brewing Company Ltd. | Newfoundland and Labrador
GOLD: Forager Pale Ale | Whistler Brewing Company | British Columbia
Session Ale
BRONZE: English Mild | Whitewater Brewing Company LTD | Ontario
SILVER: Public House Mild Porter | Snake Lake Brewing Company | Alberta
GOLD: Tiger Shark Pale Ale | Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. | British Columbia
Experimental Beer
BRONZE: Sorceress Sour Key Lime Kettle Sour | New Level Brewing | Alberta
SILVER: Boson de Higgs | Hopfenstark Brewery | Québec
GOLD: Cabrusco | Burdock | Ontario
Herb and Spice Beer
BRONZE: Impériale Choco-Piment Chipotle | Beauregard Brasserie Distillerie | Québec
SILVER: Luna & Fuego | Cabin Brewing Company | Alberta
GOLD: Spruced Up, Now What? | Kensington Brewing Company | Ontario
Smoked Beer
BRONZE: Prairie Fire Rauchbier | Town Square Brewing | Alberta
SILVER: Rafter R Rauchbier | Rafter R Brewing Co. Inc. | Saskatchewan
GOLD: Uncle Leo’s Smoked Porter | Uncle Leo’s Brewery | Nova Scotia
Barley Wine-Style Ale – English Style / American Style
BRONZE: Giantess Barley Wine | Tatamagouche Brewing Company | Nova Scotia
SILVER: Barleywine | Sooke Brewing Company | British Columbia
GOLD: Burning Boat | Indie Alehouse | Ontario
Wood and Barrel-Aged Beer – Pale to Amber / Dark
BRONZE: Ciel Dégagé | Avant-Garde Artisans Brasseurs | Québec
SILVER: Pointe-Audubon | Microbrasserie Saint-Pancrace | Québec
GOLD: Spring | Nickel Brook Brewing Co. | Ontario
Wood and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer
BRONZE: Citizen Cane Rum Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout | Bomber Brewing | British Columbia
SILVER: Jukebox Black Métal | Avant-Garde Artisans Brasseurs | Québec
GOLD: Stout Impériale Russe Bourbon | Brasserie Vrooden Inc. | Québec
Wood and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer
BRONZE: Waggle Dance | Small Pony Barrel Works | Ontario
SILVER: TUKU | Moon Under Water Brewery | British Columbia
GOLD: Erlton Street | The Establishment Brewing Company | Alberta
Flavoured Stout / Porter
BRONZE: Stroopwafel | Indie Alehouse | Ontario
SILVER: Ides of December 2020: Laura Secord’s Brave Walk | Henderson Brewing Co. | Ontario
GOLD: Amburana | Oshlag Brasserie & Distillerie | Québec
Low Alcohol Beer (<1.1%)
BRONZE: Aurora | Le BockAle | Québec
SILVER: WoW Double Dry Hop El Dorado | Le Bazaar Microbrasserie Inc. | Québec
GOLD: Stroopwafel | Le Bazaar Microbrasserie Inc. | Québec
BEER OF THE YEAR
Cherry Lambic | Rebellion Brewing Co. | Saskatchewan
BREWERY OF THE YEAR
The Establishment Brewing Company | Alberta
Matter of Beer 