
The BC Beer Awards were presented to a packed house last weekend, with a number of new and established breweries taking home top honours for the year.
The BC Beer Awards are the highlight of Craft Beer month here in BC, and this year was no exception with a number of new craft breweries looking to snag the awards from long-time breweries.
Some of the repeat winners of the night included Steamworks, Parallel 49, Moon Under Water, Dead Frog and Brassneck. But the surprise win of the night went to Port Moody’s Yellow Dog Brewing, despite only having been open since July.
A full list of the winners below:
BEST OF SHOW
Yellow Dog Brewing Company – Shake A Paw Smoked Brown Porter
LIGHT LAGER – 22 BEERS ENTERED
- Turning Point Brewing Company – Stanley Park Noble Pilsner
- Okanagan Spring – 1516 Bavarian Lager
- Hoyne Brewing Company – Helios-Dortmunder Golden Lager

PILSNER – 22 BEERS
- Steamworks Pilsner – Steamworks Brewing Company
- Barley Station Brew Pub – Canoe Creek Pilsner
- Russell Brewing Company – Lager
SPECIAL LAGER – 17 BEERS
- Tree Brewing Company – Captivator Doppelbock
- Pacific Western Brewing – Pacific Schwarzbock
- Persephone Brewing Company – Black Lager
HYBRIDS – 37 BEERS
- Steamworks Brewing Company – Steamworks Brewpub Kolsch
- Phillips Brewing Company – Slipstream Ale
- R&B Brewing Company – Sun God Wheat Ale
GERMAN WHEAT/RYE – 10 BEERS
- Moon Under Water Brewery – This Is Hefeweizen
- Moon Under Water Brewery – Moon Berliner Style – Weisse
- Big Ridge Brewing Company – Big Ridge Dunkleweizen
UK ALES – 40 BEERS
- Tin Whistle Brewing Company – Stag Apple Scotch Ale
- Bowen Island Brewing – Snug Cove ESB
- Moon Under Water Brewery – Wee Woody
NORTH AMERICAN ALES – 48 BEERS
- Main Sreet Brewing Company – Main Street Sessional IPA
- Phillips Brewing Company – Coulrophobia IRA
- Rossland Beer Company – Paydirt Pale Ale
PORTER/BROWN – 30 BEERS
- Yellow Dog Brewing Company – Shake A Paw Smoked Brown Porter
- Powell Street Brewing Company – Dive Bomb Porter
- Lighthouse Brewing Company – Road Trip Fresh Hopped Dark Ale
BELGIAN/FRENCH – 45 BEERS
- Driftwood Brewing Company – White Bark Witbier
- Dageraad Brewing – De Witte
- Four Winds Brewing Company – Juxtapose Brett IPA
VEGETABLE/SPICE BEER – 27 BEERS
- Parallel 49 Brewing Company – Lost Souls
- Howe Sound Brewing – Pumpkineater Imperial Pumpkin Ale
- Fuggles & Warlock Craftwerks – Bean Me Up Espresso Milk Stout
STOUT – 24 BEERS
- Persephone Brewing Company – Dry Irish Stout
- Dead Frog Brewing Company – Commander Imperial Stout (2013)
- Dead Frog Brewing Company – Commander Imperial Stout (2014)

NORTH AMERICAN IPA – 44 BEERS
- High Mountian Brewing Company – 5 Rings IPA
- Four Winds Brewing Company – Four Winds IPA
- Central City Brewers and Distillers – Red Racer IPA
IMPERIAL IPA – 14 BEERS
- Brassneck Brewery – One Trick Pony
- Central City Brewers and Distillers – Red Racer Imperial IPA
- Bomber Brewing Company – SuperPest
FRUIT/SOUR – 24 BEERS
- Driftwood Brewing Company – Bird Of Prey- Flanders Red
- Parallel 49 Brewing Company – Schwarzwald
- Brassneck Brewery – Peach Changeling
STRONG – 16 BEERS
- Steamworks Brewery – Steamworks Blitzen
- Townsite Brewing Company – Biere D’Hiver
- Howe Sound Brewing – Wooly Bugger Barley Wine
SPECIALTY – 29 BEERS
- Granville Island Brewing – Lost In The Barrels
- Moon Under Water Brewery – Year 2
- Parallel 49 Brewing Company – Salty Scot
SMOKE/WOOD – 16 BEERS
- Central City Brewers and Distillers – Thor’s Hammer Barrel Aged
- Parallel 49 Brewing Company – Braggot
- Brassneck Brewery – Inertia II
CBC PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Four Winds – Sovereign Super Saison
THE BREWER’S CHALLENGE
Bridge Brewing – Purl