On Wednesday, April 24th the Brewers Association announced all the winners from this year’s World Beer Cup held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
This organization and awards ceremony is meant to uplift small and independent craft brewers with 110 categories covering 172 different beer styles.
Once the 2,060 breweries submitted a grand total of 9,300 beer entries, a judges panel comprised of experts from 37 countries came to their conclusions over two weeks and the winners were decided.
Of all those breweries, 13 of the winners were Canadian and in total, 17 awards were given to them.
Only four BC breweries brought home an award and of those only one winner hails from Vancouver Island and that would be Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
Phillips won gold in “Best American-Style Sour Ale” for one of their core beers, the Dinosour Stone Fruit Sour.
“We are very excited to add this prestigious award to our trophy case for one of our most enjoyed beers and give a hearty ‘CONGRATS’ to everyone on our team here at Phillips who all make this beer possible,” Jim Lister, President Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
The other BC breweries to win were Shaketown Brewing Co. from North Vancouver for their American-style pilsner, Whistler Brewing Co. from Whistler for their chocolate beer and Jackknife Brewing from Kelowna for their “Historical Beer.”
See the full list of winners here.
Which BC or Canadian beer do you wish was on the winners’ list? Let us know in the comments!
