2023 BC Beer Awards winners
Best in Show
PRESENTED BY COUNTRY MALT GROUP
Hoyne Brewing - Dark Matter
Brewery of the Year
Presented by Tap & Barrel
Twin City Brewing
Legend Award
PRESENTED BY BC BEER AWARDS
Don Gordon
Ken Beattie
Innovator of the Year
PRESENTED KEG SHARE
Small Gods Brewing
JUDGES’ CHOICE
PRESENTED BY gREAT lITTLE bOX cOMPANY
Moody Ales & Co. - Oktoberfest
Rookie of the Year
PRESENTED BY Hops connect canada
Swift Brewing
International Lager - 46 entries
3. Skyline Lager - Bomber Brewing Co.
2. Golden Hour Czech - Ace Brewing Company
1. Leechtown Lager - Sooke Oceanside Brewery
Pale malty German lager - 22 entries
3. The Highway Lager - Silver Valley Brewing Co.
2. Gladstone Festbier - Gladstone Brewing Company
1. Oktoberfest - Moody Ales & Co.
pale bitter German lager - 32 entries
3. German Pilsner - Trading Post Brewing Company
2. Helleraad - Dageraad Brewing
1. Peace Arch Pilsner - White Rock Beach Beer Company
Amber lager - 20 entries
HM: Vienna Lager - Streetcar Brewing
3. Vienna Amber Lager - Moody Ales & Co.
2. Marzen Bavarian Lager - Abandoned Rail Brewing Co.
1. Svec Czech Half Dark Lager - Hoyne Brewing Co.
Dark lager - 17 entries
3. Dark Lager - Tofino Brewing Company
2. Gladstone Czech Dark Lager - Gladstone Brewing Company
1 . Wildfire Dark Lager - Cannery Brewing Company
Strong Ale & lager - 13 entries
3. 8th Anniversary Barleywine - Category 12 Brewing
2. Hellroaring Scottish Ale - Fisher Peak Brewing Company
1. Megalith - Steel & Oak Brewing Co.
KöLSCH - 25 ENTRIES
3. Tunnel Creek Kölsch - Fernie Brewing Co.
2. Kölsch - Steamworks Brewing Co.
1. Killer Kölsch - Love Shack Libations
WEISSBIER - 20 entries
3. In Between Days - Studio Brewing
2. Not An Island Hefeweizen - Batch 44 Brewery & Kitchen
1. Sunglow - Steel & Oak Brewing Co.
HOPPY UK Ale - 21 entries
3. Old Jalopy - Powell Brewery
2. Retriever Golden Ale - Yellow Dog Brewing Co.
1. Tickity Boo - Twin City Brewing Company
MALTY UK & IRISH ALE - 29 ENTRIES
3. St. Aiden's Porter - Ucluelet Brewing Company
2. Rail Ale - Howe Sound Brewing Co.
1. Dark Matter - Hoyne Brewing Co.
UK & IRISH STOUT - 13 ENTRIES
3. Sasquatch Stout - Old Yale Brewing
2. Speed Metal FE Stout - Whitetooth Brewing Co.
1. Black Velvet Sout - Powell Brewery
FRUIT BEER - 56 ENTRIES
3. Paloma Grapefruit Lager - La Cerveceria Astilleros
2. The Love Potion - Vice & Virtue Brewing Co.
1. Mezcal Gose - 33 Brewing Experiment
Specialty Fruit Beer - 53 entries
HM: How About Breakfast? Blueberry Coffee Ale - Electric Bicycle Brewing
3. Slice Of Paradise Yuzu Wheat Ale - BREWHALL Beer Co.
2. Out On A Limb - Twin City Brewing Company
1. Toasted Coconut Black Lager - Field House Brewing Co.
Spice Beer - 39 entries
HM: Storm's A Brewin' Latte Stout - Ucluelet Brewing Company
3. The Sprut Spruce Tip Brut IPA - Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Company
2. Level Ground Coffee Lager - 4 Mile Brewing Co.
1. Sweet Salvation - Vice & Virtue Brewing Co.
Smoke & Wood-Aged Beer - 15 entries
3. Embers Oak Smoked Porter - Wildeye Brewing
2. I Don't Know Half of You Half As Well As I Should Like; And I Like Less Than Half of You Half As Well As You Deserve - Backcountry Brewing
1. Barrel Aged Seawise Giant - Container Brewing Ltd.
Specialty Beer - 35 entries
HM: Humble Lager - Grey Fox Brewing
3. Nevertheless Pale Ale - Strange Fellows Brewing
2. Cold Open - Beere Brewing Co.
1. Dill Pickle Gose - R&B Brewing Co.
North American Light lager - 48 entries
3. Powell Lager - Powell Brewery
2. Rice Lager - East Vancouver Brewing Company
1. Islander Lager - Vancouver Island Brewing
North American light Ale - 30 entries
3. Knotty Blonde Ale - Old Yale Brewing
2. Gladstone Cream Ale - Gladstone Brewing Company
1. Whitetooth Blonde Ale - Whitetooth Brewing Co.
North American Pale Ale - 67 entries
3. Trailbreaker - Backcountry Brewing
2. Wingman - Brassneck Brewery
1. Lightspeed - HUB co. Brewing
North American Amber & Brown Ale - 25 entries
3. 33 Acres Of Life - 33 Acres Brewing Company
2. Amber Ale - Trading Post Brewing Company
1. Johnny's Premium Pale Ale - Neighbourhood Brewing
North American Porter & Stout - 13 entries
HM: Commander Reserve 2019 - Dead Frog Brewery
3. Commander Reserve 2019 - Dead Frog Brewery
2. Art of Deception Imperial Stout - The Noble Pig Brewhouse
1. Felix - Studio Brewing
North American IPA - 58 entries
3. Play Dead IPA - Yellow Dog Brewing Co.
2. South Swell West Coast IPA - Ucluelet Brewing Company
1. Gonzales Bay IPA - Herald Street Brew Works
Specialty IPA - 26 entries
3. Cole Island Session IPA - 4 Mile Brewing Co.
2. Hop Juice - Powell Brewery
1. Cold IPA - Deadfall Brewing Company
Hazy IPA - 76 entries
3. Best Friend Jer - Hazy IPA - Sidekick Brewing Company
2. Widowmaker - Backcountry Brewing
1. Smooth Operator Citra Hazy Pale Ale - Swift Brewing
Imperial IPA - 10 entries
3. Cobra Clutch - Parallel 49 Brewing Company
2. Kaboom DIPA - BREWHALL Beer Co.
1. Twice Forgotten - Container Brewing Ltd.
Belgian Ale - 22 entries
HM: 33 Acres Of Sunshine - 33 Acres Brewing Company
3. Brune - Dageraad Brewing
2. Blonde - Dageraad Brewing
1. Nocturne - Twin City Brewing Company
Saison - 15 entries
3. Picnic Table Beer - R&B Brewing Co.
2. Field Theory - Dageraad Brewing
1. Saison - Four Winds Brewing Co.
SOUR & Wild Ale - 23 entries
3. Berliner Weisse - Steel & Oak Brewing Co.
2. Negen - Dageraad Brewing
1. Reynard Oud Bruin - Strange Fellows Brewing
Specialty Wild Ale - 33 entries
3. Ribes Nero - Luppolo Brewing Company
2. Zipline Gose - Whistle Buoy Brewing Company
1. Weekend Rambler 4.0 - Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Company