In late April, the 2016 Ontario Brewing Awards were handed out in Toronto, with several BruceGreySimcoe craft brewers bringing home awards, including "Best of Show"!
Barrie's Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery was awarded "Best of Show" for its Hoptical Illusion, which also won gold in the British India Pale Ale category. In addition, Flying Monkeys won Bronze for its Juicy Ass in the American India Pale Ale category, Gold for Invictus in Imperial Stout and Gold in the Fruit Beer category for 12 Minutes to Destiny.
Other BruceGreySimcoe Award winners:
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Thornbury Village Brewery, Thornbury
- Gold for Blue Mountain Lager, Standard Lager category
- Gold for Pick Up Truck Pilsner, Bohemian Pilsner category
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Side Launch Brewing Company, Collingwood
- Bronze for Side Launch Mountain Lager, Craft Lager category
- Bronze for Side Launch Dark Lager, Dark Lager category
- Bronze for Side Launch Dunkelbach, Barrel Aged Red Wine
category
- Gold for Side Launch Historic Tripel, Belgian Style Tripel
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Creemore Springs Brewery, Creemore
- Silver for urBock, Bock category
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The Collingwood Brewery, Collingwood
- Silver for 2015 Vintage Ale, Honey Beer category
- Silver for Collingwood Saison, Farmhouse Blond category
- Bronze for 1854 Anniversary Ale, Farmhouse Blond category
- Silver for Fireside ESB, British Pale Ale category
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Outlaw Brew Co., Southampton
- Bronze for Bandit Dark Ale, Dark Ale category
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Redline Brewhouse, Barrie
- Gold for Leather Interior, Flavoured Porter/Stout category
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Kilannan Brewing Company, Owen Sound
- Silver for Cucumber Kolsh, Vegetable Beer category
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Barnstormer Brewing Co., Barrie
- Silver for Smokin Skywriter, Peat Smoked Scotch Ale category
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MacLean's Ales Inc., Hanover
- Silver for Armchair Scotch Ale, Scotch Ale category
A huge congratulations to all of the award winners - these craft brewers are definitely helping to put BruceGreySimcoe on the map!
For more info on our craft breweries, wineries and cideries, check out the
Beverages page on our Local Fare microsite.
To see the complete list of winners, visit the Ontario Brewing Awards
website.