TORONTO, ON – The winners of this year’s 12th annual edition of the Ontario Brewing Awards were announced last night during an awards presentation attended by beer industry and media members at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto.
The winners were chosen from a pool of 251 beers submitted by 46 breweries from across the province. BJCP-certified judges chose Gold, Silver and Bronze winners in 31 categories.
The winners in each category, in Gold/Silver/Bronze order, are as follows:
North American Light Lager
Brick Laker Light
F&M Stone Hammer Light
Flying Monkeys Antigravity Light
North American Lager
Hogsback Vintage Lager
Lake Of Bays Top Shelf Classic Lager
Amsterdam Natural Blonde
Pilsner
Brick Waterloo Pilsner
Molson Coors Rickard’s Blonde
King Pilsner
Amber Lager
Hop City Barking Squirrel Lager
Great Lakes Red Leaf Lager
King Vienna Lager
Dark Lager
Side Launch Dark Lager
Brick Waterloo Dark
King Dark
Bock
King Bock
Cameron’s Deviator Doppelbock
Mill Street Weizenbock
Honey / Maple Beer
F&M Stone Hammer Maple Red
Mill Street Royal York Stinger
Bayside Honey Maple
Hefeweizen
Big Rig Hefe
Denison’s Weissbier
Magnotta True North Wunder Weisse
Belgian Witbier
Mill Street Belgian Wit
Amsterdam Boxer
Molson Coors Rickard’s White
Flavoured Wheat Beer
Amsterdam KLB Raspberry Wheat
Clocktower Raspberry Wheat
Beyond The Pale Pink Fuzz
Farmhouse Ales
Stack Portes De L’enfers
Big Rig Saison
Big Rig Belgian Blond
Lagered Ales
Publican House Ale
Clocktower Kölsch
Big Rig Gold
British Pale / Bitter
Muskoka Cream Ale
Black Oak Pale Ale
Highlander Scottish Ale
American Pale Ale
Great Lakes Johnny Simcoe
Collective Arts Rhyme & Reason
Great Lakes Crazy Canuck
British IPA
Mill Street IPA
Kensington Baldwin FishEye-PA
Brick Waterloo IPA
West Coast IPA
Cameron’s R.P.A
Muskoka Twice As Mad Tom IPA
Beyond The Pale Imperial Super Guy
Dark IPA
Big Rig Black IPA
Flying Monkeys Netherworld
Wellington Terrestrial India Brown Ale
Amber Ale
Kilannan New Zealand Red
Clocktower Red
Sawdust City Ol’ Woody Alt
Dark Ale
Magnotta True North Copper Altbier
F&M Stone Hammer Dark
Amsterdam Downtown Brown
Porter
Nickel Brook Maple Porter
Highlander Blacksmith Smoked Porter
Six Pints Beer Academy Porter
Stout
F&M Stone Hammer Coffee Stout
Sawdust City Skinny Dipping Stout
Big Rig Stout
Fruit Beer
Amsterdam Framboise
Mill Street Frambozen
Turtle Island Smash Cherry Pale Ale
Vegetable Beer
Grand River Highballer Pumpkin
The Ship’s Rations
Big Rig Pumpkin
Flavoured Beer
Amsterdam Full City Double Tempest
Sawdust City Red Rocket Cinnamon Vanilla Cayenne Coffee Stout
Big Rig Triple Chocolate Cherry Stout
Strong Beer
Descendants Prologue Belgian Blonde
Sawdust City Princess Wears Girlpants
Amsterdam Vicar’s Vice
Gluten Free
Nickel Brook Gluten Free
[NOTE: This was the only beer entered in this category.]
Barrel Aged – Whisky
Amsterdam Double Tempest
Wellington Frost Quake Bourbon Barrel Aged Barley Wine
Cameron’s Bourbon Barrel Deviator Doppelbock
Barrel Aged – Wine
Amsterdam Rye Peppercorn Saison
Sawdust City ODB
Great Lakes Gary
Imperial Stout/Baltic Porter
Muskoka Brewery Winter Beard
Big Rig Imperial Stout
Wellington Russian Imperial Stout
Newcomer Of The Year
Publican House Brewery
Beer Of The Year
Muskoka Cream Ale