TORONTO, ON – The winners of this year’s 10th annual edition of the Ontario Brewing Awards were announced this evening at a gala event at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto.
The winners were chosen from a pool of 212 beers submitted by 45 breweries from across the province. BJCP-certified judges chose Gold, Silver and Bronze winners in 24 categories, as well as a special category featuring IPAs submitted by homebrewers.
The winners in each category, in Gold/Silver/Bronze order, were as follows:
North American Light Lager
Cool Stonewall Light
Laker Light
F&M Stonehammer Light
North American Lager
Amsterdam Natural Blonde
Muskoka Craft Lager
Great Lakes Golden Horseshoe
European Style Lager (Pilsner)
Big Rig Champion Pilsner
King Pilsner
Steam Whistle Pilsner
Amber Lager
Nickel Brook Marzenbier
Cool Millenium Buzz
Hop City Barking Squirrel
Dark Lager
King Dark
Big Rig Schwarzbier
Waterloo Dark
Bock
Amsterdam Springbock
Camerons Deviator
Creemore Urbock
Honey/Maple Beers
Mill St Spring Thaw
Mill St Royal York Stinger
F&M Stonehammer Maple Red
German Style Wheat Beer
Muskoka Summer Weiss
Beer Academy Hefeweizen
Denisons Weissbier
Belgian Style Wheat Beer
Labatt Shock Top Belgian White
Mill St Belgian Witbier
Black Oak Saison
Cream Ale
Clocktower West Brew
Camerons Cream Ale
Big Rig Gold
British Pale Ale
Muskoka Cream Ale
Black Oak Pale Ale
Grand River Plowman’s Ale
North American Pale Ale
Nickel Brook Naughty Neighbour
Spearhead Hawaiian Pale
Great Lakes Crazy Canuck
British IPA
Mill St IPA
Clocktower Wisharts ESB
Grand River Curmudgeon
North American IPA
Nickelbrook Headstock
Flying Monkeys Smashbomb
Muskoka Mad Tom
Amber Ale
Niagara College Butler’s Bitter
Clocktower Red
Camerons Auburn Ale
Dark Ale
Magnotta True North Copper
Get Well Fuggle It
F&M Stonehammer Dark Ale
Porter
Great Lakes Harry Porter
Get Well Porter
Bellwoods Lost River Baltic Porter
Stout
Railway City Black Coal
Sawdust City Skinny Dipping
Spearhead Belgian Stout
Imperial Stout
Muskoka Winter Beard
Great Lakes Bourbon Aged Russian Imperial Stout
Amsterdam Tempest
Fruit Beer
Mill St Frambozen
Amsterdam KLB Raspberry Wheat
Clocktower Raspberry Wheat
Flavoured Beers
Black Oak Double Chocolate Cherry Stout
Sawdust City Skinny Dipping with Friends
Sawdust City Red Rocket Strong
Strong Beers
Mill St Barley Wine
Mill St Ambre de la Chaudiere
Wellington Iron Duke
Gluten Free
Nickel Brook Gluten Free
Snowman Top Hat
Snowman Who’s That Brown Ale
Barrel Aged
Amsterdam Order & Chaos
Great Lakes 25th Anniversary Bourbon Barrel Aged Russian Imperial Stout
Camerons VSPA
Homebrew IPA
Geoff Conway
Neal Fuller
Steven Mills
Newcomer of the Year
Big Rig Brewing
Beer of the Year
Amsterdam Springbock