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Golden Tap Awards 2015

Post details, reviews and recaps of interesting beer events in Ontario and elsewhere here.

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Golden Tap Awards 2015

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Vote for your favourites for 2015 until September 15th:

http://goldentapawards.com/

Awards announcement event will take place at beerbistro on September 23rd as part of Toronto Beer Week.

Get voting!

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Here's the lineup for the GTAs on Wednesday (subject to last minute change, of course):

Draught
Shillow Bitter Waitress Black IPA
Indie Ale House Punch Buggy
Great Lakes Audrey Hopburn
Clifford Pinball Wizard APA
Burdock West Coast Pilsner
Oast House Local Hoption
Brimstone Midnight Mass
Collective Arts Rhyme and Reason
Muddy York Dereliction Double IPA
Black Oak 10 Bitter Years
Camerons Dry Hopped Tripel
Left Field Grandstand Hoppy Wheat
Church Key Holy Smoke
Nickel Brook TBD
Beau's Haters Gonna Hate
Side Launch Dunkelbach
Stack Brewing 1UP Pale Ale
Collingwood ESB
Barnstormers Windsher
Rainhard Kapow IPA 

Cask
Bar Volo House Ales Punters Gold
Big Rig Hefeweizen dryhopped
Granite Brewery Hopping Mad
West Avenue The Gloaming
Junction Chelmsford

Bottle
Barnstormers Parachute Porter
Barnstormers Cirrus Session
Big Rig  Release the Hounds Black IPA
Beau's Helles
Spearhead Moroccan Brown Ale
Collective Arts State of Mind
Sweet Grass Golden Ale
Side Launch Dark Lager
Black Oak Nut Brown Ale
Brimstone Bavaria Wheat
Spirit Tree Cider
Junction Schnelbahn
Junction Hopfenstofer
Junction Bahnhofzoo
Oast House Biere de Mars
Rainhard True Grit Saison
Muskoka Harvest Ale
Great Lakes Saison Dupump
Steam Whistle Pilsner

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For those who missed it (like I did), the list of this year's winners courtesy of Canadian Beer News:

Best Regularly-Produced Beer – Beau’s Lug-Tread Lagered Ale, Vankleek Hill
Best Seasonal or Specialty Beer – Great Lakes THRUST! An IPA, Toronto
Best Cask Ale – Granite Hopping Mad, Toronto
Best Bar for Draught Beer Selection – Bar Hop, Toronto
Best Bar for Packaged Beer Selection – Bar Volo, Toronto
Best Bar for Cask Ale – Bar Volo, Toronto
Best Beer Event in Ontario – Cask Days, Toronto
Best Beer Writer – Ben Johnson, Toronto
Best Bar Staff – Bar Hop, Toronto
Best Newcomer – Rainhard Brewing, Toronto
Most Innovative Brewery – Bellwoods Brewery, Toronto
Best Packaging Design & Label Artwork – Beau’s All-Natural Brewing, Vankleek Hill
Best Brewery – Great Lakes Brewery, Toronto
Best Brewery for Cask-Conditioned Ale – Granite Brewery, Toronto
Best Brewpub or Tied House – Bellwoods Brewery, Toronto
Best Cidery – West Avenue Cider, Toronto
Brewmasters’ Choice for Best Beer – Sawdust City Lone Pine IPA, Gravenhurst

Editor’s Circle Awards:
• Run TO Beer
• Brux House
• Charles MacLean
• Indie Ale House event series
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