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Don't think I've seen this mentioned yet.

The July/August edition of Wine Access Magazine has the results of the the inaugural Canadian Brewing Awards and an article on Brewpubs.

Many of the results are . . . well . . . interesting. I mean Black label and Moosehead beating Cameron's Premium Lager in the American/Canadian Style Lager category. Walkerville and Brick beat Creemore in the Amber Lager Category. There only one I agree with is Trois Pistoles winning the Strong/Belgian Style Ale category. Anyway . . . .

Joe

They have the gold medal winners in each catagory listed on their website at http://www.wineaccess.ca/beer-awards.htm

I'd say that I agree with about 1/4 of their choices. Nice to see Church Key and Black Oak getting some props. But there are some pretty ridiculous choices in there as well.


Greg

Here is the full winners list:

American/Canadian Style Lager

Gold: Moosehead Lager; Saint John, New Brunswick
Molson Black Label; Toronto, Ontario

Silver: Molson Dry; Toronto, Ontario

Bronze: Brick Yellow Label; Waterloo, Ontario
Magnotta True North Lager; Vaughan, Ontario
Cameron’s Premium Lager; Oakville, Ontario




European Style Pilsner Lager

Gold: Brick Premium Lager; Waterloo, Ontario
Cameron’s Premium Lager; Oakville, Ontario
King Brewery Ultra Premium; Nobleton, Ontario

Silver: Old Credit Pale Pilsner; Port Credit, Ontario
Okanagan Spring 1516; Vernon, British Columbia
John Labatt Classic; London, Ontario

Bronze: Walkerville Premium Blonde; Walkerville, Ontario

Amber Lager

Gold: Walkerville Amber Lager; Walkerville, Ontario

Silver: Brick Amber; Waterloo, Ontario
Granville Island Cypress Honey Lager; Vancouver, British Columbia

Bronze: Creemore Springs Premium Lager; Creemore, Ontario

Dark Lager

Gold: Brick Waterloo Dark; Waterloo, Ontario

Silver: Vancouver Island--Hermann’s Dark Lager; Victoria, British Columbia

Light & Calorie-Reduced Lager

Gold: Molson Ex Light; Toronto, Ontario

Silver: Labatt Blue Light; Toronto, Ontario

Bronze: Amsterdam Natural Light Lager; Toronto, Ontario

Wheat Beer

Gold: Unibroue Blanche de Chambly; Chambly, Quebec

Bronze: Mt. Begbie High Country Kolsch; Revelstoke, British Columbia



Strong & Belgian Style Ale

Gold: Unibroue Trois Pistoles; Chambly, Quebec

Silver: Unibroue Terrible; Chambly Quebec

Bronze: Unibroue La Fin du Monde; Chambly, Quebec
Vancouver Island—Wolf’s Scottish Cream Ale; Victoria, British Columbia
Buckerfield’s—Riley’s Scotch Ale; Victoria, British Columbia


Amber Ale

Gold: Old Credit Amber Ale; Port Credit, Ontario
Cameron’s Auburn Ale; Oakville, Ontario

Silver: Lighthouse Race Rocks Ale; Victoria, British Columbia

Bronze: Unibroue Maudite; Chambly, Quebec
Moosehead—Clancy’s Amber Ale; Saint John, New Brunswick
Vancouver Island—Piper’s Pale Ale; Victoria, British Columbia

Cream Ale

Gold: Le Chaudron Quebec Ale; Montreal, Quebec
Magnotta True North Cream Ale; Vaughan, Ontario
Mt. Begbie—Begbie Cream Ale; Revelstoke, British Columbia

Silver: Labatt 50; Montreal, Quebec

Bronze: Shaftesbury Cream Ale; Vernon, British Columbia
Okanagan Spring Honey Blonde Ale; Vernon, British Columbia
Saint Arnould P’tit train du Nord; Mt. Tremblant, Quebec
Church Key Northumberland Ale; Campbellford, Ontario

English Style Pale Ale and Bitter

Gold: Black Oak Pale Ale; Oakville, Ontario
Brick—Conners Best Bitter; Waterloo, Ontario

Silver: Yukon Brewing—Yukon Gold; Whitehorse, Yukon
Okanagan Spring Special Pale Ale; Vernon, British Columbia
Golden Lion—Bishop’s Best Bitter; Lennoxville, Quebec

Bronze: Le Chaudron Coeur d’or; Montreal, Quebec
F & M—MacLean’s Pale Ale; Guelph, Ontario

India Pale Ale

Gold: Nelson Paddywhack India Pale Ale; Nelson, British Columbia
Alley Kat Full Moon Pale Ale; Edmonton, Alberta

Silver: Le Chaudron Cobra; Montreal, Quebec
Lighthouse—Beacon India Pale Ale; Victoria, British Columbia

Bronze: Alexander Keith’s India Pale Ale; Halifax, Nova Scotia
Brown Ale

Gold: Church Key Holy Smoke Scotch Ale; Campbellford, Ontario
Granville Island Scottish Ale; Vancouver, British Columbia
F & M Premium Dark Ale; Guelph, Ontario

Silver: Saint Arnould Riviere Rouge; Mt. Tremblant, Quebec

Bronze: Okanagan Spring Nut Brown Ale; Vernon, British Columbia
Mt. Begbie Tall Timber Ale; Revelstoke, British Columbia

Stout and Porter

Gold: Golden Lion Black Fly Stout; Lennoxville, Quebec
Nelson Brewing Oatmeal Stout; Nelson, British Columbia
Lighthouse--Keepers Stout; Victoria, British Columbia

Silver: Propellor London Style Porter; Halifax, Nova Scotia

Bronze: Yukon Brewing Lead Dog Ale; Whitehorse, Yukon
Mt. Begbie Selkirk Stout; Revelstoke, British Columbia

Flavoured Beer

Gold: Unibroue Ephemere; Chambly, Quebec

Silver: Le Chaudron Chanvre Rouge; Montreal, Quebec
Alley Kat Apricot Ale; Edmonton, Alberta
Buckerfield’s Raspberry Ale; Victoria, British Columbia

Bronze: Garrison Raspberry Wheat Ale; Halifax, Nova Scotia

Everyone knows the "real" awards will be the Golden Taps in a couple of weeks

As someone pointed out to me, if you have a copy of the magazine, note how many of the bottles on the cover also have print ads inside.

That said I was pleased with most of them, and obviously suprised by some of them. It almost makes me want to do a blind taste test on some of them to see what I would rate them unbiased.

In the magazine's listings, Nelson's Oatmeal Stout won both a bronze and silver metal in the same category. Must be one fine beer.

I'm assuming that many breweries chose not to participate. McAuslan, for example, is nowhere to be found.

Is this the competition you had your difficulties with Perry? Bottling I mean.

I think it's pretty funny that the 7-person judging panel included 2 beer judges and 5 folks from Wine Access' staff. How well do they know beer?

On 2003-08-04 09:28, Cass wrote:
I think it's pretty funny that the 7-person judging panel included 2 beer judges and 5 folks from Wine Access' staff. How well do they know beer?

Moosehead, Black Label, Molson Dry and Brick all beat Cameron's Lager. I think that alone should be a good indication of how well the judges know their beer...

Greg

And all the style descriptions almost celebrating the use of corn as an adjunct.

Silly, just silly. Why are there so many award winners? Does everybody get a prize? Why is Maudite in the "amber ale", Begbie Kolsch in "wheat" and Keith's in "India Pale Ale"? I'm baffled.

Yeah Joe, this is that competition. The bottles were in the same shape as the Chicago ones I'm sure. My fault.