Canada Wins 14 Awards at The 2022 World Beer Cup

Canada has taken home some serious award wins after this year’s World Beer Cup.

Returning after cancellation in 2020 due to the pandemic, the 2022 World Beer Cup was the largest competition to date, with 10,542 entries from 2,493 breweries representing 57 countries.

Entries were evaluated by an elite panel of 226 judges from 28 countries. Competition judging took place in 18 sessions over nine days. Judges bestowed 307 out of 309 total possible awards, reflecting the opportunity for  one gold, silver, and bronze award in each of 103 beer style categories

While US breweries took home the majority of the awards, Canada had a strong representation with 14 award wins spread across 13 different breweries.

BC was one of the most represented provinces in the country, with awards going to Mount Arrowsmith Brewing, 33 Acres, Neighbourhood Brewing, Brewhall and Parallel 49. Mount Arrowsmith was the only Canadian brewery to win multiple awards, with gold for their experimental IPA and bronze for their porter.

Other provincial winners included Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The full list of Canadian winners are:

Gold	Amber Ale	Rebellion Brewing Co.	American-Style Amber/Red Ale	Canada	1
Bronze	Red Line	Torque Brewing	American-Style Amber/Red Ale	Canada	3
Gold	Bord du Lac	Amsterdam Brewing Co.	Classic Saison	Canada	1
Silver	Craft Pale Ale	Parallel 49 Brewing Co.	English Ale	Canada	2
Gold	The Sprut	Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Co.	Experimental India Pale Ale	Canada	1
Gold	Sunshine City	Neighbourhood Brewing	Fruit Wheat Beer	Canada	1
Silver	Azedo Tropical Fruit Sour	Brewhall Beer Co.	Fruited American-Style Sour Ale	Canada	2
Bronze	Blood Moon	Whitewater Brewing Co.	Fruited American-Style Sour Ale	Canada	3
Silver	Berlin Alexanderplatz	Hopfenstark Brewery	German-Style Sour Ale	Canada	2
Bronze	Glutenberg Session IPA	Glutenberg	Gluten-Free Beer	Canada	3
Silver	Braggot	Siboire	Honey Beer	Canada	2
Silver	Baby Azacca	33 Brewing Experiment	Juicy or Hazy Pale Ale	Canada	2
Bronze	Saison du Rosska	Indie Alehouse Brewing Co.	Mixed-Culture Brett Beer	Canada	3
Bronze	Low Pressure Porter	Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Co.	Robust Porter	Canada	3

Historically a biennial event, the World Beer Cup competition will move to an annual event beginning in 2023, it was announced. Brewery registration for the 2023 World Beer Cup will open in October 2022, with the awards presented May 10, 2023, at the Craft Brewers Conference in Nashville, Tenn.