Victoria brewery Moon Under Water is among only a handful of beer-makers to bring home two awards from the recent Canadian Brewing Awards.
The 2021 awards were handed out Sept. 18 with an event at the Hilton Quebec in Quebec City.
Vancouver Island breweries that took home hardware included double winners Moon Under Water Brewpub, Twin City Brewing, as well as Canoe Brewpub, Ace Brewing, White Sails Brewing, Sooke Brewing Co., Sooke Oceanside Brewery, Dog Mountain Brewing, and Phillips Brewing.
Moon Under Water scored gold with its Potts Pilsner in the Kellerbier/Zwickelbier category as well as silver for Tuku in the wood and barrel-aged sour beer category.
The gold-winning Potts, brewed in the style of the great north German pilsners, is billed as a crisp, dry-hopped and citrusy beer.
Fellow Victoria business, Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. scored gold for its Tiger Shark Pale Ale.
Over in the western communities, Sooke Oceanside Brewery scored silver in the dry stout category for Reena O’Reilly Dry Irish Stout.
Sooke Brewing Company also took silver in Barley Wine-Style Ale – English Style/American Style for its Barleywine.
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B.C. businesses took home 40 awards including:
European Style Lager (Pilsner)
BRONZE: Medusa Lager | Batch 44 Brewery | British Columbia
SILVER: Simple Things | Steel & Oak Brewing | British Columbia
European Style Amber to Dark Lager
GOLD: Riverfest | Steel & Oak Brewing | British Columbia
Bock – Traditional German Style
BRONZE: Dissimulator | Twin City Brewing Company | British Columbia
Kellerbier/Zwickelbier
GOLD: POTTS PILSNER | Moon Under Water Brewery | British Columbia
German Style Kölsch
SILVER: High Country Kölsch | Mt. Begbie Brewing Company | British Columbia
Wheat Beer – Belgian Style (Wit)
GOLD: Jongleur | Strange Fellows Brewing | British Columbia
Belgian-Style Dubbel or Quadrupel
BRONZE: Precursor Belgian Dubbel | Luppolo Brewing Company | British Columbia
Belgian-Style Tripel
SILVER: Antwerpen | Dageraad Brewing | British Columbia
Belgian-Style Abbey Ale / Pale Ale
BRONZE: Belgian Pale Ale | Howe Sound Brewing | British Columbia
SILVER: Burnabarian | Dageraad Brewing | British Columbia
GOLD: BEES! Belgian Blonde Ale with Honey | Dog Mountain Brewing | British Columbia
Belgian-Style Strong Ale Pale / Dark / Specialty
SILVER: Goldilocks | Strange Fellows Brewing | British Columbia
German-Style Sour Ale Berliner-Style Weisse or Gose
BRONZE: Smoked Salt Gose | Parallel 49 Brewing | British Columbia
Brown Ale
SILVER: Woodnutt Brown Ale | Coast Mountain Brewing | British Columbia
Scotch Ale
BRONZE: 24-2 Stock Ale | Blindman Brewing | Alberta
GOLD: Brave Liver | Mt. Begbie Brewing Company | British Columbia
English Style Pale Ale
SILVER: Sam McGuire’s Pale Ale | Shuswap Lake Brewing | British Columbia
Oatmeal Stout
GOLD: Unholy One Nitro Stout | East Vancouver Brewing Company | British Columbia
Dry Stout
SILVER: Reena O’Reilly Dry Irish Stout | Sooke Oceanside Brewery | British Columbia
English Style India Pale Ale
SILVER: Orion 1-1 Poppy Seed IPA | Smugglers Trail Caskworks | British Columbia
North American Style Lager
BRONZE: Canoe Brewpub Helles | Canoe Brewpub | British Columbia
SILVER: True North Lager | Brewhall Beer Co. | British Columbia
North American Style Premium Lager
GOLD: Deep Cove Lager | Deep Cove Brewers and Distillers | British Columbia
Light (Calorie-Reduced) Lager
BRONZE: Lifelong Lite Lager | Neighbourhood Brewing Company | British Columbia
North American Style – Amber / Red Ale
BRONZE: Havre St-Pierre – American Amber Ale | Four Rivers Brewing Co. Ltd. | New Brunswick
SILVER: Ruby Tears | Parallel 49 Brewing | British Columbia
GOLD: Idleback | Slackwater Brewing | British Columbia
Wheat Beer – North American Style
BRONZE: Swedish Gymnast | Twin City Brewing Company | British Columbia
American Style India Pale Ale
BRONZE: Jet Fuel IPA | Ace Brewing Company | British Columbia
SILVER: Lazy D’Haze IPA | Powell Brewery | British Columbia
GOLD: Permanent Resident IPA | Five Roads Brewing | British Columbia
New England Style India Pale Ale
BRONZE: Circle Route Hazy Pale Ale | White Sails Brewing Ltd. | British Columbia
Session India Pale Ale
BRONZE: Carreta Session IPA | Andina Brewing Co. | British Columbia
SILVER: Alpha Juicy Lager | Academy Brewing Company Inc. | British Columbia
American Belgo-Style Ale
BRONZE: Bootsy Farmhouse IPA | House of Funk Brewing Company | British Columbia
Special Honey / Maple Lager or Ale
BRONZE: Honey Comb Pale Ale | Barnside Brewing Co. | British Columbia
Gluten Free Beer
GOLD: Forager Pale Ale | Whistler Brewing Company | British Columbia
Session Ale
GOLD: Tiger Shark Pale Ale | Phillips Brewing and Malting Co. | British Columbia
Barley Wine-Style Ale – English Style / American Style
SILVER: Barleywine | Sooke Brewing Company | British Columbia
Wood and Barrel-Aged Strong Beer
BRONZE: Citizen Cane Rum Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout | Bomber Brewing | British Columbia
Wood and Barrel-Aged Sour Beer
SILVER: TUKU | Moon Under Water Brewery | British Columbia
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