B.C. Beer Awards: Brassneck Brewery takes best in show
Vancouver brewery's One Trick Pony bolted into the top spot at the annual awards
Vancouver's Brassneck Brewing won big at the 2015 B.C. Beer Awards at the Croatian Cultural Centre in Vancouver on Saturday, Oct. 24, striding to victory with their One Trick Pony IPA which won 'Best in Show'.
One Trick Pony, a 9 per cent alcohol beer brewed with a Pilsner Malt and a rotating single hop, also took gold in the Imperial IPA category.
Best of Show: This year's winner is <a href="https://twitter.com/Brassneckbrew">@brassneckbrew</a> for One Trick Pony. Congrats Conrad, Nigel and team! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCBA2015?src=hash">#BCBA2015</a>
—@BCBeerAwards<a href="https://twitter.com/BCBeerAwards">@BCBeerAwards</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Brassneckbrew">@Brassneckbrew</a> no brainer. Absolutely stunning beer.
—@jeremy_j_taylorCongratulations to <a href="https://twitter.com/Brassneckbrew">@Brassneckbrew</a> for winning best in show at the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BCBeerAwards?src=hash">#BCBeerAwards</a> for One Trick Pony! Well deserved! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ridethepony?src=hash">#ridethepony</a>
—@BCBeerLaw<a href="https://twitter.com/BCBeerAwards">@BCBeerAwards</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Brassneckbrew">@Brassneckbrew</a> well deserved. Had this last week. So good. <a href="https://twitter.com/movfeastblog">@movfeastblog</a>
—@majomoBrassneck, which opened in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood two years ago, also won gold in the Specialty category for its No Brainer Pre-Prohibition Lager and a bronze for its Brassneck Ale in the North American Amber/Brown Ale category.
For this year's competition, 78 B.C. craft breweries submitted 580 beers to be judged in 20 different categories.
"We have new breweries opening all the time, the quality of the beer just keeps getting better...I can't think we've ever had a better time for beer in B.C.," said Joe Wiebe, author of Craft Beer Revolution: The Insider's Guide to B.C. Breweries.
Some of those new breweries that opened in the last year or so also fared well at the awards.
Strange Fellows Brewing, which opened in 2014 and was competing for the first time, won silver and bronze, for their Roxanne beer in the Sours/Wild Ale category and for their Framboise Noir in the Fruit category respectively.
Speaking on BC Almanac before the awards, Wiebe had said Strange Fellows was a brewery to watch.
"They, I have a feeling, will do quite well at the awards, because they're really doing a great job with their beers."
Big Rock Urban Brewery, which opened in April 2015, won a gold and a silver.
Doan's Craft Brewing Company, which also opened earlier this year in May, won one gold, and was also awarded the inaugural Richards Buell Sutton LLP Rookie of the Year Award.
Here are the full list of winners:
Best in show:
Brassneck Brewery One Trick Pony
North American Light Beer
1. Tofino Brewing Company: Tofino Blonde Ale
2. High Mountain Brewing: Lifty Lager
3. Granville Island Brewing: Island Lager
Light European Bier
1. Parallel 49 Brewing Company: Craft Lager
2. Central City Brewers and Distillers: Mayor Kolsch
3. Russell Brewing Company: Eastern Promises
UK Pale Ale
1. Big Ridge Brewing: Big Ridge Clover Ale
2. Forbidden Brewing Co.: Forbidden Pale Ale
3. Bomber Brewing: Bomber ESB
Amber/Dark Lagers
1. Steel & Oak Brewing Co.: Dark Lager
2. Persephone Brewing Company: Oktoberfest
3. Tree Brewing Co. Captivator: Doppelbock
UK Red/Brown Ale
1. Whistler Brewing Company: Black Tusk
2. LIghthouse Brewing Company: Race Rocks
3. Parallel 49 Brewing Company: Old Boy
North American Pale Ale
1. Howe Sound Brewing Co. Sky Pilot Northwest Pale Ale
2. Persephone Brewing Company Pale Ale
3. Russell Brewing Company Hop Therapy ISA
North American Amber/Brown Ale
1. Big Rock Urban Brewery: Hollow Tree
2. Russell Brewing Company: Cream Ale
3. Brassneck Brewery: Brassneck Ale
German/Belgian Wheat
1. Barkerville Brewing Co.: White Gold
2. Big Rock Urban Brewery: Dunkelwiezen
3. Granville Island Brewing: Hey Day Hefeweizen
Fruit
1. Stanley Park Brewing: SunSetter
2. Tree Brewing Co.: Mellow Moon Pineapple Hefeweizen
3. Strange Fellows Brewing: Framboise Noir
Spice/Herb/Veg
1. Tofino Brewing Company: Spruce Tree Ale
2. Stanley Park Brewing: Icebreaker
3. Tofino Brewing Company: Kelp Stout
Specialty
1. Brassneck Brewery: No Brainer Pre Prohibition Lager
2. Bridge Brewing Company: Wee Tipsy Peated Scotch Ale
3. Steamworks Brewing Co.: Steamworks Gose
Stout/Porter
1. Doan's Craft Brewing Company: American Rye Stout
2. Barkerville Brewing Co.: 52 Foot Stout
3. Mission Springs Brewing Co.: Fat Guy Oatmeal Stout
Wood/Barrel Aged
1. Bridge Brewing Company: Imperial White IPA
2. Four Winds Brewing Co.: Pequeno Cabo Tequila Barrel Aged Berliner Weisse
3. Parallel 49 Brewing Company: Barrel Aged Vow Of SIlence
North American IPA
1. Central City Brewers and Distillers: Red Racer IPA
2. Red Truck Beer: Red Truck IPA
3. Hearthstone Brewing: Hearthstone IPA
Specialty IPA
1. Bridge Brewing Company: Black Rye IPA
2. Moon Under Water Brewery: Hip As Funk
3. Bomber Brewing: Blood From A Stone Red Rye IPA
Belgian/French Farmhouse
1. Persephone Brewing Company: Multigrain Saison
2. Dageraad Brewing: Randonneur Saison
3. Ravens Brewing Company: Farmers Ale
Strong Ale
1. Swans Brewpub: Legacy Ale
2. R&B Brewing Co.: Auld Nick Winter Ale
3. Swans Brewpub: Swans Scotch Ale
Belgian Abbey Ale
1. Dageraad Brewing: Blonde
2. Tree Brewing Co.: Trappist Artist Belgian Dubbel
3. Old Abbey Ales: Belgian Quad
Imperial IPA
1. Brassneck Brewery: One Trick Pony
2. Parallel 49 Brewing Company: 187 On An Undercover Hop
3. Parallel 49 Brewing Company: Hopnitist
Sours/Wild Ale
1. Four Winds Brewing Co.: Juxtapose Wild IPA
2. Strange Fellows Brewing: Roxanne
3. Dageraad Brewing: De Witte