Vancouver breweries collect gold at BC Beer Awards

The BC Beer Awards took place at the Croatian Cultural Centre on Oct. 21, 2023. (Instagram/@bcbeerawards)

By Pippa Norman

Posted October 22, 2023 11:36 am.

Enthusiastic British Columbians gathered Saturday to say ‘cheers to beers’ at the annual BC Beer Awards.

Hosted at the Croatian Cultural Centre on Commercial Drive in Vancouver, the awards are designed to be not only a celebration of beer, but also a “gathering of brewing enthusiasts, industry experts, and beer lovers from all walks of life,” according to the event’s social media.

The event featured food, entertainment and plenty of sampling, alongside the evening’s main event: crowing the province’s most beautiful brews.

Among the winners were Vancouver breweries Powell Brewery, 33 Brewing Experiment, Container Brewing Ltd., R&B Brewing Co. and Strange Fellows Brewing.

Here’s a full list of the winners:

International Pale Lager

  1. Sooke Oceanside Brewery Leechtown Lager
  2. Ace Brewing Company Golden Hour Cezch
  3. Bomber Brewing Co. Skyline Lager

Pale Malty German Lager

  1. Moody Ales & Co. Oktoberfest
  2. Gladstone Brewing Company Gladstone Festbier
  3. Silver Valley Brewing Co. The Highway Lager

Pale Bitter German Lager

  1. White Rock Beach Beer Company Peace Arch Pilsner
  2. Dageraad Brewing Helleraad
  3. Trading Post Brewing Company German Pilsner

Amber Lager

  1. Hoyne Brewing Co. Svec Czech Half Dark Lager
  2. Abandoned Rail Brewing Co. Marzen Bavarian Lager
  3. Moody Ales & Co. Vienna Amber Lager

Dark Lager

  1. Cannery Brewing Company Wildfire Dark Lager
  2. Gladstone Brewing Company Czech Dark Lager
  3. Tofino Brewing Company Dark Lager

Strong Ale & Lager

  1. Steel & Oak Brewing Co. Megalith
  2. Fisher Peak Brewing Company Hellroaring Scottish Ale
  3. Category 12 Brewing 8th Anniversary Barleywine

Kolsch

  1. Love Shack Libations Killer Kolsch
  2. Steamworks Brewing Co. Kolsch
  3. Fernie Brewing Co. Tunnel Creek Kolsch

Weissbier

  1. Steel & Oak Brewing Co. Sunglow
  2. Batch 44 Brewery & Kitchen Not an Island Hefeweizen
  3. Studio Brewing In Between Days

Hoppy UK Ale

  1. Twin City Brewing Company Tickity Boo
  2. Yellow Dog Brewing Co. Retriver Golden Ale
  3. Powell Brewery Old Jalopy

Malty UK & Irish Ale

  1. Hoyne Brewing Co. Dark Matter
  2. Howe Sound Brewing Co. Rail Ale
  3. Ucluelet Brewing Company St. Aiden’s Porter

UK & Irish Stout

  1. Powell Brewery Black Velvet Stout
  2. Whitetooth Brewing Co. Speed Metal FE Stout
  3. Old Yale Brewing Sasquatch Stout

Fruit Beer

  1. 33 Brewing Experiment Mezcal Gose
  2. Vice & Virtue Brewing Co. The Love Potion
  3. La Cerveceria Astilleros Paloma Grapefruit Lager

Specialty Fruit Beer

  1. Field House Brewing Co. Toasted Coconut Black Lager
  2. Twin City Brewing Company Out On A Limb
  3. BREWHALL Beer Co. Slice of Paradise Yuzu Wheat Ale

Spiced Beer

  1. Vice & Virtue Brewing Co. Sweet Salvation
  2. 4 Mile Brewing Co. Level Ground Coffee Lager
  3. Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Company The Sprut Spruce Tip Brut IPA

Smoke & Wood Aged Beer

  1. Container Brewing Ltd. Barrel Aged Seawise Giant
  2. Backcountry Brewing I Don’t Know Half of You…
  3. Wildeye Brewing Embers Oak Smoked Porter

Specialty Beer

  1. R&B Brewing Co. Dill Pickle Gose
  2. Beere Brewing Co. Cole Open
  3. Strange Fellows Brewing Nevertheless Pale Ale

North American Light Lager

  1. Vancouver Island Brewing Islander Lager
  2. East Vancouver Brewing Co. Rice Lager
  3. Powell Brewery Powell Lager

North American Light Ale

  1. Whitetooth Brewing Co. Whitetooth Blonde Ale
  2. Gladstone Brewing Company Gladstone Cream Ale
  3. Old Yale Brewing Knotty Blonde Ale

North American Pale Ale

  1. HUB co. Brewing Lightspeed
  2. Brassneck Brewery Wingman
  3. Backcountry Brewing Trailbreaker

North American Amber & Brown Ale

  1. Neighborhood Brewing Johnny’s Premium Pale Ale
  2. Trading Post Brewing Company Amber Ale
  3. 33 Acres Brewing Company 33 Acres of Life

North American Porter & Stout

  1. Studio Brewing Felix
  2. The Noble Pig Brewhouse Art of Deception Imperial Stout
  3. Dead Frog Brewery Commander Reserve 2019

North American IPA

  1. Herald Street Brew Works Gonzales Bay IPA
  2. Ucluelet Brewing Company South Swell West Coast IPA
  3. Yellow Dog Brewing Co. Play Dead IPA

Specialty IPA

  1. Deadfall Brewing Company Cold IPA
  2. Powell Brewery Hop Juice
  3. 4 Mile Brewing Co. Cole Island Session IPA

Hazy IPA

  1. Swift Brewing Smooth Operator Citra Hazy Pale Ale
  2. Backcountry Brewing Widowmaker
  3. Sidekick Brewing Company Best Friend Jer – Hazy IPA

Imperial IPA

  1. Container Brewing Ltd. Twice Forgotten
  2. BREWHALL Beer Co. Kaboom DIPA
  3. Parallel 49 Brewing Company Cobra Clutch

Belgian Ale

  1. Twin City Brewing Company Nocturne
  2. Dageraad Brewing Blonde
  3. Dageraad Brewing Brune

Saison

  1. Four Winds Brewing Co. Saison
  2. Dageraad Brewing Field Theory
  3. R&B Brewing Co. Picnic Table Beer

Sour and Wild Ale

  1. Strange Fellows Brewing Reynard Oud Bruin
  2. Dageraad Brewing Negen
  3. Steel & Oak Brewing Co. Berliner Weisse

Specialty Wild Ale

  1. Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Weekend Rambler 4.0
  2. Whistle Buoy Brewing Company Zipline Gose
  3. Luppolo Brewing Company Ribes Nero

And here are the specialty award winners:

Legend Award

Don Gordon

Ken Beattie

Judge’s Choice

Moody Ales & Co Oktoberfest

Innovator of the Year

Small Gods Brewing

Rookie of the Year

Swift Brewing

Brewery of the Year

Twin City Brewing

Best in Show

Hoyne Brewing Dark Matter

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