Walkerville Brewery won the top award in the English IPA and Imperial Stout categories this past weekend at the Ontario Brewing Awards. One gold was awarded for its Geronimo IPA and the other for its Kremlin Russian Imperial Stout.

“We’re incredibly honored to win these awards! This truly reflects the hard work of our talented brewing team.” said co-owner Mike Brkovich. “We congratulate all of the other Ontario winners and proud to be among them as award winning breweries.”Walkerville Brewery was not the only local beer company to go home with metal winnings. Other local brewers who took home some hardware at Saturday’s virtual event were Chatham’s Sons of Kent Brewing Company taking home a gold in Strong British Ale for its Scotch Ale. The brewery’s Juice Box beer won a silver for New England IPA and its Don’t Panic Oatmeal Stout won bronze in Dark British Beer. Additional winners included Kingsville Brewing Company who won bronze in German Wheat Beer with its Hefeweizen brew.