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Canada Brewing Awards
01/12/2010
Canada Brewing Awards (CBA's)
The Canadian Brewing Awards have emerged as the premiere competition for judging the quality of Canadian brewed beer. The contest is the only truly national competition that invites breweries of all sizes from across the country to compete in a blind tasting to see who brews the best beer in 31 style categories.
A Canadian Brewing Award medal is now a widely recognized symbol of brewing excellence in Canada. A panel of approximately 20 Certified Beer Judges (BJCP), consider five criteria: aroma, appearance, flavour, mouth-feel, and overall impression. A maximum of fifty points can be attained.
The competition also serves as an important vehicle for informing the Canadian beer-drinking public about the variety of and quality of commercially available beers throughout the land. And every year the competition attracts new entries from small startup breweries, to the largest of the large, who are dedicated to carefully crafting their product.
Category Gold Strong or Belgian Style Ale Gold: La Fin Du Monde, Unibroue (QC) North American Style Premium Lager Gold: Molson M, Molson Canada Cream Ale Gold: Sleeman Cream Ale, Sleeman Breweries Category Silver North American Style Amber/Red Ale Silver: Fire Chief’s Red Ale, Pump House Brewery (NB) North American Style Pale Ale (Bitter) Silver: Hopyard, Garrison Brewing Co. (NS) Category Bronze North American Style Amber Lager Bronze: Clancy’s Amber Ale, Moosehead Breweries Ltd. Light (Calorie-Reduced) Lager Bronze: Moose Light, Moosehead Breweries Ltd. North American Style Amber/Red Ale Bronze: Irish Red, Garrison Brewing Co. (NS) Scotch Ale Bronze: Scotch Ale, Pump House Brewery (NB) Wheat Beer – North American Style Bronze: Dooryard Summer Ale, Picaroons Traditional Ales (NB) Stout Bronze: Timber Hog Stout, Picaroons Traditional Ales (NB) Category Winner World’s Best Lager - Standard Samuel Adams Boston Lager World’s Best Pale Ale - Best Bitter Fuller's London Pride World’s Best Pale Ale - Strong / Extra Special Fuller's ESB World’s Best Wheat Beer – Dark Konig Ludwig Weissbier Dunkel Asia’s Best Lager - Premium (inc.Doppel Bock) Kingfisher Premium Lager Europe’s Best Pale Ale - Best Bitter Fuller's London Pride Europe’s Best Pale Ale - Strong/Extra Special Fuller's ESB Europe’s Best Wheat Beer - Dark Konig Ludwig Weissbier Dunkel The Americas Best Lager - Standard (inc.Dortmunder / Helles) Samuel Adams Boston Lager The Americas Best Pale Ale - Blonde / Golden Unibroue La Fin Du Monde The Americas Best Wheat Beer - Spiced Unibroue Blanche De Chambly