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from the cbc website : B.C. tops the podium at the Canadian brewing awards Province takes home 51 of 164 medals at the 15th annual competition CBC News   Posted: Jun 06, 2017 10:01 PM PT  Last Updated: Jun 06, 2017 10:01 PM PT B.C. breweries tied with Ontario for the most medals earned at the 15th annual Canadian Brewing Awards, which were held in Ottawa on May 27, 2017. (CK Golf Solutions/Flickr) 100 shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories How to have your summer beer and eat it too Where everybody knows your name: columnist talks value of craft beer tasting rooms Last whimper for the growler? Columnist predicts craft beer mainstay could fade away Spring beers offer diverse mash-up of flavours British Columbia has some pretty good beers, according to On The Coast beer columnist Rebecca Whyman. West Coast breweries tied...

my notes from yesterday's cbc on the coast radio beer column: The 15th Annual Canadian Brewing Awards were held in Ottawa on May 27th. As is becoming the norm, BC breweries shone on the medal podium! Our breweries won 51 of the available 164 medals – tying with Ontario for the most medals won. If you were at the Vancouver Craft Beer Week tasting festival at the PNE on the weekend, you no doubt saw many of the trophies on display at the brewery booths. Mt. Begbie Brewing in Revelstoke was the big winner! They walked away with the coveted “Best Brewery in Canada” award, plus Gold medals for their High Country Kolsch and Cream Ale, and a Bronze medal for the Brave Liver Scotch Ale. Mt. Begbie began brewing in 1996, and just underwent an expansion to a new larger space with a tasting room and retail store. It’s great to see that expansion paying off for them in having their beers recognized country-wide. British Columbia swept the medals in three style categories: English Style P...

from the cbc website , here are the highlights from yesterday's beer column on 'on the coast' with stephen quinn: B.C. breweries tap into success at Canadian Brewing Awards Check out beer columnist Rebecca Whyman's picks from the 2016 awards CBC News   Posted: Jun 07, 2016 5:00 PM PT  Last Updated: Jun 07, 2016 5:00 PM PT The Four Winds team celebrates with their hardware at the 2016 Canadian Brewing Awards. The Vancouver brewery won the Beer of the Year award for their dry-hopped sour, Nectarous. (@FourWindsBrewCo/Twitter) 63 shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories OTC beer and wine Since it seems like summer's already here, check out these summer beer picks 'Hop' into a summer beer vacation, beer columnist suggests It's been a busy week for craft beer fans, says  On The Coast  beer columnist Rebecca Whyman. Vancouve...