The Annual Canadian Brewers Choice Awards (CBCAs) closed off another chapter with an epic bang at the presentation awards dinner and industry holiday event that took place on Thursday DEC 8th 2022 at Old Flame Brewery’s newest location within Toronto’s historic Distillery District.
More than a 100 brewing professionals from across Canada (including Ontario, New Brunswick, BC, Nova Scotia and Quebec) as well as the United States, came out to celebrate and support their peers from the Canadian brewing industry. The CBCAs were designed to recognize the very best in Canadian brewing, where the Best of the Best are put in the spotlight for their achievements.
This year’s panel of judges included, among others, the Brewers Journal Canada Team, Tim Sheahan – Editor of Brewers Journal Canada, Ren Navarro – Founder of Beer.Diversity, John Keeling – former brewing director of London UK-based Fuller’s, Natasha Peiskar – President of Pink Boots Society Canada, and Stephen Tyson – Founder of Karbon Brewing.
Consisting of 9 categories, the nomination process involves beer industry peers submitting detailed descriptions of why a certain brewery or an individual should win a specific award. There are no fees involved in the submission process, which makes it accessible to everyone. An increase of more than 300% in submissions from last year is invigorating and everyone that was shortlisted and won should be very proud.
Click here to see the full list of 2022 Canadian Brewers Choice Awards Winners.
A ‘Moment of Recognition’, was inspired while creating the official beer of the 2022 CBCA’s, in collaboration with Old Flame Brewing and Hart Print for the can design.
This year’s theme, a ‘Moment of Recognition’, was inspired while creating the official beer of the 2022 CBCA’s, in collaboration with Old Flame Brewing. During production, the difficulties of singling out final winners for each category was discussed, which eventually led to the production of a beer that represents all the hard work that everyone puts in, while encouraging everyone to occasionally take a moment to celebrate. A Moment of Recognition eventually became the name of the official beer for the 2022 CBCA’s.
The CBCAs are made possible with the support of all of the partners and sponsors involved and is produced and presented by Brewers Journal Canada, the beer industry’s leading B2B media company in Canada.