{"id":57169,"date":"2024-10-19T20:30:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-20T03:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/?p=57169"},"modified":"2025-01-30T10:46:43","modified_gmt":"2025-01-30T18:46:43","slug":"twin-city-brewing-repeats-as-brewery-of-the-year-at-the-2024-bc-beer-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/twin-city-brewing-repeats-as-brewery-of-the-year-at-the-2024-bc-beer-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Twin City Brewing Repeats as Brewery of the Year at the 2024 BC Beer Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">There must be something in the water in Port Alberni \u2014 Twin City Brewing just keeps on winning awards for its beer!<\/p>\n<p>After winning Beer of the Year at the <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/2018-bc-beer-awards-honouring-a-legend-and-some-newcomers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2018 BC Beer Awards<\/a> shortly after it opened, <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/twin-city-brewing-company\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twin City Brewing<\/a> won the BC Ale Trail\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/twin-city-brewing-wins-2020-best-brewery-experience-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Best Brewery Experience award in 2020 <\/a>before winning Brewery of the Year at <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/twin-city-brewing-wins-brewery-of-the-year-at-2023-bc-beer-awards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last year&#8217;s BC Beer Awards<\/a>.\u00a0 Twin City Brewing is located in Port Alberni, which is home to two other craft breweries, and is part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/ale-trails\/vancouver-island-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vancouver Island Part II Ale Trail.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Overall, Twin City won five awards, including two golds for Falltoberfest in the Pale Malty German Lager category and Out On A Limb (Specialty Fruit Beer), two silvers (Swedish Gymnast and Big Yikes!) and a bronze (Spruce Tip Swedish Gymnast).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57253\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57253\" style=\"width: 916px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-57253\" src=\"https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9426-916x1024.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=90&webp=90&avif=80&sharp=1&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"916\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9426-916x1024.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 916w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9426-268x300.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 268w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9426-768x859.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9426-1374x1536.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 1374w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9426-1832x2048.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 1832w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9426-502x561.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 502w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9426-753x842.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 753w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9426-447x500.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 447w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9426.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=384&amp;ssl=1 384w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9426.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=1152&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9426.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9426.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Port Alberni&#8217;s Twin City Brewing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Best of Show Goes to Strange Fellows Brewing<\/h3>\n<p>Sharing the podium with Twin City Brewing was Vancouver&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/strange-fellows-brewing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Strange Fellows Brewing<\/a>, which won Best of Show for its Coolship Lambic beer as part of a four-award haul. Notably, Strange Fellows won one of its awards for a non-alcoholic beer, Nevertheless IPA:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gold &#8211;\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coolship Lambic (Sour &amp; Wild Ale )<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver &#8211; Ludwig Festbier (Pale Malty German Lager)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver &#8211; Jongleur Wit (Belgian Ale)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bronze &#8211;<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nevertheless IPA (Specialty\/Experimental Beer)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C5mBi3RyPUn\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/C5mBi3RyPUn\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Strange Fellows Brewing (@strangefellowsbrewing)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3>North Vancouver&#8217;s Beva Brewing &amp; Blending Wins Rookie of the Year<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/beva-brewing-blending\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beva Brewing\u00a0 &amp; Blending<\/a> has been garnering lots of attention for its beer and food. The North Vancouver brewery won two awards, including one gold and a bronze:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gold &#8211; Brico (Malty UK &amp; Irish Ale)<\/li>\n<li>Bronze &#8211; Figurati (Sour &amp; Wild Ale)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55175\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55175\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/tofino-brewing\/beva-food-and-beer\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-55175\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55175 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Beva-food-and-beer-e1723136841910-1024x689.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=90&webp=90&avif=80&sharp=1&ssl=1\" alt=\"a flight of craft beer next to a fully loaded specialty sandwhich at Beva Brewing &amp; Blending on Vancouver's North Shore\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Beva-food-and-beer-e1723136841910-1024x689.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Beva-food-and-beer-e1723136841910-300x202.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Beva-food-and-beer-e1723136841910-768x516.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Beva-food-and-beer-e1723136841910-1536x1033.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Beva-food-and-beer-e1723136841910-2048x1377.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Beva-food-and-beer-e1723136841910-756x508.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 756w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Beva-food-and-beer-e1723136841910-1134x763.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 1134w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Beva-food-and-beer-e1723136841910-500x336.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Beva-food-and-beer-e1723136841910.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=384&amp;ssl=1 384w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Beva-food-and-beer-e1723136841910.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beva Brewing &amp; Blending on Vancouver&#8217;s North Shore (photo provided)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Judge&#8217;s Choice Award Goes to Dageraad Brewing<\/h3>\n<p>Burnaby&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/dageraad-brewing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dageraad Brewing<\/a> was highlighted by the judges who selected Dageraad&#8217;s Blonde for special attention in addition to awarding the brewery two gold medals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\">Gold &#8211; Blonde (Belgian Strong Ale)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Gold &#8211; Burnabarian (Belgian Ale)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_57254\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57254\" style=\"width: 925px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-57254\" src=\"https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9399-2-925x1024.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=90&webp=90&avif=80&sharp=1&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"925\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9399-2-925x1024.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 925w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9399-2-271x300.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 271w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9399-2-768x850.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9399-2-1388x1536.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 1388w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9399-2-1850x2048.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 1850w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9399-2-507x561.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 507w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9399-2-761x842.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 761w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9399-2-452x500.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 452w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9399-2.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=384&amp;ssl=1 384w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9399-2.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=1152&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9399-2.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=1536&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_9399-2.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 925px) 100vw, 925px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57254\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Burnaby&#8217;s Dageraad Brewing<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Legend Award Honours Tony Dewald Posthumously<\/h3>\n<p>The BC Beer Community mourned the loss of a longtime brewer, mentor and friend in 2024. Tony Dewald began brewing in Ontario after an early career as a touring musician with Deja Voodoo, and then followed his friend Harley Smith (<a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/longwood-brewery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Longwood Brewery<\/a>) to BC. Tony began brewing at Dix BBQ &amp; Brewery in 2002 and developed a great reputation there, helping to turn Dix into one of the go-to venues for beer lovers and local brewers alike. Later, Tony brewed at <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/dead-frog-brewery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dead Frog Brewery<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/trading-post-brewing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trading Post Brewing<\/a> in Langley.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Tony Dewald received the inaugural John Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award for Brewing Excellence. For the full story <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/brewmaster-tony-dewald-receives-the-john-mitchell-lifetime-achievement-award-for-brewing-excellence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">check out our blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18495\" style=\"width: 809px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/2020-a-year-for-beer-like-no-other\/tony-dewald\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18495\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18495\" src=\"https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tony-Dewald-e1609435185761.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=90&webp=90&avif=80&sharp=1&resize=809%2C700&ssl=1\" alt=\"a portrait of Tony Dewald in the brewery at Trading Post Brewing\" width=\"809\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tony-Dewald-e1609435185761.jpeg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=90&webp=90&avif=80&sharp=1&resize=809%2C700&ssl=1 809w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tony-Dewald-e1609435185761.jpeg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tony-Dewald-e1609435185761-300x260.jpeg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tony-Dewald-e1609435185761-768x664.jpeg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tony-Dewald-e1609435185761-649x561.jpeg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 649w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tony-Dewald-e1609435185761-973x842.jpeg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 973w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tony-Dewald-e1609435185761-500x433.jpeg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Tony-Dewald-e1609435185761.jpeg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=384&amp;ssl=1 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Dewald, brewmaster at Trading Post Brewing in Langley, BC (photo Trading Post Brewing)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Multiple Winners<\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\">Several other breweries had strong showings as well, taking home multiple awards. Notably, <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/bayview-brewing-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bayview Brewing<\/a> of Ladysmith won three trophies, including two golds and one silver:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\">Gold &#8211; Famous Ladysmith Blonde (North American Light Ale)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Gold &#8211; Cowichan Valley Common (North American Amber &amp; Brown Ale)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Silver &#8211; Bayview Brunette (North American Amber &amp; Brown Ale)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\">Vancouver\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/brassneck-brewery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brassneck Brewery<\/a> also won two golds and a silver:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\">Gold &#8211; No Brainer (North American Light Lager)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Gold &#8211; Rose Changeling (Specialty Wild Ale)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Silver &#8211; Umlaut (Weissbier)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/gladstone-brewing-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gladstone Brewing<\/a> (Courtenay) won three awards, including one gold:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\">Gold &#8211; Gladstone Glad Light (Pale Bitter German Lager)<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Bronze &#8211; Gladstone Kolsch (K\u00f6lsch)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Bronze &#8211; Gladstone Red Ale (North American Amber &amp; Brown Ale)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\">Nearby in Comox, <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/land-and-sea-brewing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Land &amp; Sea Brewing<\/a> also won three awards:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\">Bronze &#8211; Goldfinch Helles (Pale Malty German Lager)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Bronze &#8211; Glacier Cream Ale (North American Light Ale)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Bronze &#8211; Westward IPA (North American IPA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/smugglers-trail-caskworks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smugglers Trail Caskworks<\/a> (Langley) also won three third-place awards:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\">Bronze &#8211; Flaskers British Ale (Hoppy UK Ale)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Bronze &#8211; Picnic (Specialty Fruit Beer)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Bronze &#8211; Scrumpers Blueberry Peach Sour (Fruit Beer)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\">Based in Burnaby, <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/steamworks-brewing-co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steamworks Brewery<\/a> won three awards including two golds:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\">Gold &#8211; Halo (Specialty IPA)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Gold &#8211; Empress (Imperial IPA)<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Silver &#8211; John Oliver Lager (North American Light Lager)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\">Port Moody&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/yellow-dog-brewing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yellow Dog Brewing<\/a> won a gold, silver and bronze:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gold &#8211;\u00a0Chase My Tail Pale Ale (North American Pale Ale )<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Silver &#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retriever Golden Ale (Hoppy UK Ale)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bronze &#8211; Rollover Cerveza Negra (Amber Lager)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also of note, <a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/breweries\/parallel-49-brewing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parallel 49 Brewing<\/a> (Vancouver) won two gold medals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gold &#8211; Bierfest Hefeweizen (Weissbier)<\/li>\n<li>Gold &#8211; Filthy Dirty (North American IPA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For the full list of awards, visit the BC Beer Awards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcbeerawards.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bcaletrail.ca\/twin-city-brewing-wins-brewery-of-the-year-at-2023-bc-beer-awards\/2023-bcba-highlights-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-47829\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-47829 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-BCBA-Highlights-1-1024x683.jpg?strip=all&lossy=1&quality=90&webp=90&avif=80&sharp=1&ssl=1\" alt=\"a collection of BC Beer Awards trophies at the 2023 awards ceremony\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-BCBA-Highlights-1-1024x683.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-BCBA-Highlights-1-300x200.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-BCBA-Highlights-1-768x512.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-BCBA-Highlights-1-1536x1025.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-BCBA-Highlights-1-2048x1366.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-BCBA-Highlights-1-756x504.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 756w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-BCBA-Highlights-1-1134x757.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 1134w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-BCBA-Highlights-1-500x334.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-BCBA-Highlights-1.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=384&amp;ssl=1 384w, https:\/\/ef5pdbk7uqr.exactdn.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-BCBA-Highlights-1.jpg?strip=all&amp;lossy=1&amp;quality=90&amp;webp=90&amp;avif=80&amp;sharp=1&amp;w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There must be something in the water in Port Alberni \u2014 Twin City Brewing just keeps on winning awards for its beer! 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