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Cass Enright
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Last night at beerbistro the 2016 Golden Tap Awards were handed out at a gala event featuring an all-Ontario craft beer festival. The Golden Tap Awards are Ontario’s most democratic beer awards event, and have been recognizing achievements in the beer industry for fourteen years. The winners were as follows:
- Best craft brewery: Great Lakes
- Best bar for draught beer selection: Bar Hop
- Best bar for bottled and/or canned beer selection
- Best brewpub or tied house: Bellwoods Brewery
- Best regularly-produced craft beer: Great Lakes Canuck Pale Ale
- Best seasonal, limited release or specialty craft beer: Great Lakes Karma Citra
- Best craft cidery: West Avenue
- Best Beer Design and Branding: Collective Arts
- Most Innovative Brewery: Bellwoods Brewery
- Best Newcomer (Bar): Bar Hop Brewco
- Best Newcomer (Brewery): Halo Brewery
- Best Event: Cask Days
- Best Staff: Bar Hop
- Best Beer Writer: Ben Johnson
- Brewmaster’s Choice: Bellwoods Motley Cru
- Best Beer of the Festival: Indie Alehouse Interloper
- Editor’s Circle Award: Escarpment Labs
- Editor’s Circle Award: Brad Campeau / Brew Donkey
- Editor’s Circle Award: Stephen Beaumont
- Editor’s Circle Award: Ralph Morana
Congratulations to the winners and thanks to all who voted!
