A sold-out house of beer enthusiasts welcomed the fifth annual BC Beer Awards at the Croatian Cultural Centre on Saturday.
Hosted by the CBC’s Stephen Quinn, the BCBA doled out 55 awards in 21 categories to brewers across the province. There were a total of 465 entries for the awards this year – the largest amount of entries yet.
A panel of certified judges chose the winners through a double-blind taste test in September. While there was no prize awarded for top brewery, Vancouver’s Parallel 49 Brewing and Victoria’s Moon Under Water Brewery scored four awards each, more than any other brewery at the event.
Port Moody’s Yellow Dog Brewing Company won the Best of Show award with its Shake A Paw Smoked Brown Porter, while Delta’s Four Winds Brewing Company took home the CBC People’s Choice award for its Sovereign Super Saison.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Light Lager:
1st Place: Turning Point Brewing Company – Stanley Park Noble Pilsner
2nd Place: OK Springs Okanagan Spring -– 1516
3rd Place: Hoyne Brewing Co. – Helios-Dortmunder Golden Lager
Honourable Mention: Turning Point Brewing Company
Pilsner:
1st Place: Steamworks Brewery – Steamworks Pilsner
2nd Place: Barley Station Brew Pub -– Canoe Creek Pilsner
3rd Place: Russell Brewing Co. -– Lager 22
Special Lager:
1st Place: Tree Brewing Co. – Captivator Doppelbock
2nd Place: Pacific Western Brewing – Pacific Schwarzbock
3rd Place: Persephone Brewing Co. – Black Lager
Hybrids:
1st Place: Steamworks Brewpub – Steamworks Brewpub Kolsch
2nd Place: Phillips Brewing Co. – Slipstream Ale
3rd Place: R&B Brewing Company – Sun God Wheat Ale
UK Ales:
1st Place: Tin Whistle Brewing Co. -‐ Stag Apple Scotch Ale
2nd Place: Bowen Island Brewing – Snug Cove ESB
3rd Place: Moon Under Water Brewery -– Wee Woody
North American Ales:
1st Place: Main St. Brewing Co. – Main Street Sessional IPA
2nd Place: Phillips Brewing Co. – Coulrophobia IRA
3rd Place: Rossland Beer Co. – Paydirt Pale Ale
German Wheat/Rye:
1st Place: Moon Under Water Brewery –This Is Hefeweizen
2nd Place: Moon Under Water Brewery – Moon Berliner Style Weisse
3rd Place: Big Ridge Brewing Co. – Big Ridge Dunkleweizen
Belgian/French
1st Place: Driftwood Brewing Company – White Bark Witbier
2nd Place: Dageraad Brewing – De Witte
3rd Place: Four Winds Brewing Company -– Juxtapose Brett IPA
Honourable Mention: Brassneck Brewery – Stockholm Syndrome
Browns and Porters
1st Place: Yellow Dog Brewing Co – Shake A Paw Smoked Brown Porter
2nd Place: Powell Street Brewing Co. – Dive Bomb Porter
3rd Place: Lighthouse Brewing Company – Road Trip Fresh Hopped Dark Ale
Stouts
1st Place: Persephone Brewing Co. – Dry Irish Stout
2nd Place: Dead Frog Brewing Co. – Commander Imperial Stout (2013)
3rd Place: Dead Frog Brewing Co. – Commander Imperial Stout (2014)
Vegetable / Spice Beer
1st Place: Parallel 49 Brewing Co. – Lost Souls
2nd Place: Howe Sound Brewing – Pumpkineater Imperial Pumpkin Ale
3rd Place: Fuggles & Warlock Craftwerks – Bean Me Up Espresso Milk Stout
Specialty Beer
1st Place: Granville Island Brewing – Lost In The Barrels
2nd Place: Moon Under Water Brewery – Year 2
3rd Place: Parallel 49 Brewing Co. – Salty Scot
Smoke/Wood
1st Place: Central City Brewers and Distillers – Thor's Hammer Barrel Aged
2nd Place: Parallel 49 Brewing Co. – Braggot
3rd Place: Brassneck Brewery – Inerita II
Strong
1st Place: Steamworks Brewery – Steamworks Blitzen
2nd Place: Townsite Brewing Co. – Biere D'Hiver
3rd Place: Howe Sound Brewing – Wooly Bugger Barley Wine
Fruit and Sours
1st Place: Driftwood Brewing Company – Bird Of Prey - Flanders Red
2nd Place: Parallel 49 Brewing Co. – Schwarzwald
3rd Place: Brassneck Brewery – Peach Changeling
North American IPA
1st Place: High Mountain Brewing Co. – 5 Rings IPA
2nd Place: Four Winds Brewing Company – Four Winds IPA
3rd Place: Central City Brewers and Distillers – Red Racer IPA
Imperial IPA
1st Place: Brassneck Brewery – One Trick Pony
2nd Place: Central City Brewers and Distillers – Red Racer Imperial IPA
3rd Place: Bomber Brewing Co. – SuperPest
Best of Show
Yellow Dog Brewing Co – Shake A Paw Smoked Brown Porter
Honourable Mention: Steamworks – Blitzen
The Dan Small Homebrew Award
1st Place: Matt Anderson & Family – Anderson Estate IPA – Fresh Hopped
2nd Place: Grayson Barke – Harvest Rye IPA
3rd Place: Brad Johnson – Squashmonster
Brewers Challenge 2014 – Purl Cask
1st Place: Bride Brewing
CBC People’s Choice
Four Winds – Sovereign Super Saison
