{"id":11147,"date":"2019-10-23T08:32:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T15:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/?p=11147"},"modified":"2019-10-23T08:35:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T15:35:00","slug":"kpus-brewing-school-wins-brewery-of-the-year-at-10th-annual-bc-beer-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/kpus-brewing-school-wins-brewery-of-the-year-at-10th-annual-bc-beer-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"KPU’s Brewing School Wins Brewery of the Year at 10th Annual BC Beer Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 10th Annual BC Beer Awards were announced on October 19, 2019 in Vancouver, BC.<\/h3>\n

Awards were given in 31 beer-style categories during the ceremony held at the Croatian Cultural Centre. This was the largest competition to date with 1200 entries from 121 breweries around British Columbia.<\/p>\n

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Teachers from Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Brewing and Brewery Operations Program celebrate their big win at the BC Beer Awards. Photo: @JustJash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The big winner of the night was actually BC’s brewing school: the Brewing and Brewery Operations<\/a> program at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) in Langley, which took home five individual awards for beers, including two bronze awards, two silvers and one gold for its Birra Rossa.<\/p>\n

KPU’s Brewing program has been operating since 2014. It is the only brewing diploma of its kind in BC and the first brewing program in Canada to be recognized by the Master Brewers Association for offering a standard of excellence in brewing education. Students study the science, production, and business of brewing craft beer. The two-year, full-time program combines building a solid foundation in brewing science with hands-on practical learning in a state-of-the-art pilot brewery located on KPU’s Langley campus. Many of its graduates now work at breweries throughout British Columbia and outside the province.<\/p>\n