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<\/h3>\nAfter two years of residence in British Columbia, the Canada Beer Cup is moving to Saskatchewan.<\/h3>\n
The winner of the 2024 Canada Beer Cup is <\/span>Quark,<\/span><\/i> Strangeness, Charm <\/span><\/i>from Pile O\u2019 Bones Brewing, a Witbier that was brewed in collaboration with Nokomis Craft Ales.<\/span><\/p>\n Over 1400 beers from more than 250 breweries across Canada were blind tasted in mid-September by a highly acclaimed judging panel at Blackburn Brew House in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The judging panel included 32 international, cross-Canada and local Niagara-area judges, hand-picked by Head Judges Lauren Richard, Dave Cole, and me, Joe Wiebe. The panel included three judges from B.C.: Nancy More, No\u00eblle Phillips, and Ron Mangelsdorf.<\/span><\/p>\n The winners were announced at the Canada Beer Cup Gala earlier today in New Westminster. British Columbia breweries received an outsized share of the prizes, taking home nearly 40% of all the awards.<\/span><\/p>\n Overall, breweries from British Columbia won 65 trophies out of a total of 166 awarded, including 18 gold awards, 24 silvers, and 23 bronze. B.C. breweries also swept two of four Packaging categories, a separately judged component that was added to the Canada Beer Cup this year.<\/span><\/p>\n Burnaby\u2019s Dageraad Brewing<\/strong> came closest to winning the Canada Beer Cup with Tous Les Jours, a mixed-culture fermented table beer, which took a gold in the Low-ABV category and then was the second runner-up in the Best of Show judging that determined the overall winner. Dageraad also won a silver for Antigoon in the Belgian Golden Strong category.<\/span><\/p>\n Last year\u2019s Canada Beer Cup winner, Deadfall Brewing<\/strong> from Prince George, took home the most awards of any single brewery in the competition, snagging five in total:<\/span><\/p>\n Penticton\u2019s Tin Whistle Brewing<\/strong> was also a big winner with three beers winning awards and one packaging award:<\/span><\/p>\n Four Winds Brewing<\/strong> of Delta, BC won three silver awards:<\/span><\/p>\n Gladstone Brewing<\/strong> from Courtenay won three awards:<\/span><\/p>\n Another notable winner was Vancouver\u2019s Brassneck Brewery<\/strong>, which won two gold medals:<\/span> And two BC breweries also swept the Gluten-Free category:<\/span><\/p>\n ** Kelowna\u2019s Grey Fox Brewing swept this category last year.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n A new component to the Canada Beer Cup for 2024 was the Packaging Awards. BC breweries swept two of the four categories:<\/span><\/p>\n Packaging Single<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Packaging Series<\/b><\/p>\n For the complete list of winners check the Canada Beer Cup site.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
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