Winners Announced for 2020 Alberta Beer Awards

CALGARY, AB – The winners of the 2020 edition of the Alberta Beer Awards were announced last night during an online live stream presentation hosted by Kathe Lemon from Avenue Magazine and Don Tse from The Don of Beer.

Top awards in this year’s competition include the following:

Brewery of the Year
Gold: Cabin Brewing
Silver (tie): Campio Brewing and Canmore Brewing
Bronze: The Establishment Brewing Company

New Brewery of the Year
Gold: Odd Company Brewing
Silver: Spectrum Ale Works
Bronze (tie): Long Hop Brewing and Sheepdog Brewing

Best of Show
Gold: Alley Kat Brewing Olde Deuteronomy Barley Wine 2018
Silver: Blindman Brewing 24-2 Brett Stock Ale
Bronze: Cabin Brewing Sunshine Rain

Awards were also presented in 28 style categories as judged by a panel overseen by BJCP master judges Jason Foster and Owen Kirkaldy.

For the list of winners, see the full announcement on the Avenue Magazine website. Foster has also provided some thoughts and analysis of the results on his blog OnBeer.org.

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