After two years of residence in British Columbia, the Canada Beer Cup is moving to Saskatchewan.
The winner of the 2024 Canada Beer Cup is Quark, Strangeness, Charm from Pile O’ Bones Brewing, a Witbier that was brewed in collaboration with Nokomis Craft Ales.
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, Noëlle Phillips, and Ron Mangelsdorf.
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.
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.
Burnaby’s Dageraad Brewing 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.
Last year’s Canada Beer Cup winner, Deadfall Brewing from Prince George, took home the most awards of any single brewery in the competition, snagging five in total:
- Gold – Succession NEIPA
- Silver – Dark Mild
- Bronze – Belgian Dark Strong
- Bronze – Basal Brown Ale (2023 Canada Beer Cup winner)
- Bronze – Aurora Session Pale Ale
Penticton’s Tin Whistle Brewing was also a big winner with three beers winning awards and one packaging award:
- Silver – Cherry Blossom Sake Lager
- Silver – Core Series (series packaging)
- Bronze – Peach Cream Ale
- Bronze – Real Good Light Beer
Four Winds Brewing of Delta, BC won three silver awards:
- Silver – Nectarous Dry-Hopped Sour
- Silver – Ultralite IPA
- Silver – Bbnoalc Non-Alcoholic Sour Beer
Gladstone Brewing from Courtenay won three awards:
- Silver – Gladstone Glad Light
- Silver – Gladstone Festbier
- Bronze – Gladstone Cerveza
Another notable winner was Vancouver’s Brassneck Brewery, which won two gold medals:
- Old Money – Brown British Ale
- Rosé Changeling – Specialty Fruit Beer
And two BC breweries also swept the Gluten-Free category:
- Gold: Grey Fox Brewing – Humble Lager
- Silver: Whistler Brewing – Forager Gluten Free Lager
- Bronze: Grey Fox Brewing – Buckwild Stout
** Kelowna’s Grey Fox Brewing swept this category last year.
A new component to the Canada Beer Cup for 2024 was the Packaging Awards. BC breweries swept two of the four categories:
Packaging Single
- Gold: Showboat – Beva Brewing & Blending (North Vancouver)
- Silver: Neon Panther – Parallel 49 Brewing (Vancouver)
- Bronze: Flannel Pyjamas Grand Cru – Camp Beer Co. (Langley)
Packaging Series
- Gold: Tart Wild (Serie Selvatica) – Luppolo Brewing (Vancouver)
- Silver: Adventure Series – Tin Whistle Brewing (Penticton)
- Bronze: Branded Series – Main St. Brewing (Vancouver)
For the complete list of winners check the Canada Beer Cup site.
