Pile O’ Bones Brewing of Regina, SK wins prestigious 2024 Canada Beer Cup
Canada – October 19, 2024. Quark, Strangeness, Charm from Regina’s Pile O’ Bones Brewing won the prestigious Canada Beer Cup 2024 best of show award at yesterday’s awards presentation in New Westminster, BC.
The Canada Beer Cup is Canada’s only not-for-profit national craft beer competition run by the industry for the industry, with proceeds supporting the Canadian Craft Brewers Association’s federal advocacy and member benefit efforts.
Brewed in collaboration with Nokomis Craft Ales, Quark, Strangeness, Charm is a classic Witbier with coriander, sweet orange peel and a little bit of oats. The can label features artwork by deaf, two-spirited Nakota artist, Torrie Ironstar. Pile O’ Bones Brewing is partially Métis-owned and is a Verified Saskatchewan Métis Business.
Pile O’ Bones will display the coveted hand-blown glass Canada Beer Cup trophy in their taproom for the upcoming year and will also be awarded a free entry into the 2025 World Beer Cup® competition.
Over 1500 entries were received from more than 250 breweries across Canada. Beer submissions were blind tasted in mid-September by a highly acclaimed judging panel at Blackburn Brew House in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The judging panel included 32 high-calibre judges from Italy, the Netherlands, Mexico, the United States and across Canada. They were hand-picked by Head Judges Lauren Richard from Toronto, ON, Dave Cole from Winnipeg, MB and Joe Wiebe from Victoria, BC.
The Canada Beer Cup also introduced new packaging awards in 2024, led by acclaimed graphic designer and Packaging Head Judge, Amber Olsen of Winnipeg, MB. She hand-picked 15 qualified graphic designers from across Canada to evaluate and select the winners from the wide range of packaging entries.
The Canada Beer Cup awarded gold, silver and bronze trophies in 56 unique beer categories and four packaging categories at a gala in New Westminster, BC with attendees from across Canada. “We were proud to welcome craft brewers from across Canada to New Westminster, BC and celebrate craft beer from across the country that is truly second to none,” says Joe Wiebe, one of the Canada Beer Cup Head Judges who emceed the gala.
A full list of winners can be found here: canadabeercup.com/results.
“2024 was our biggest and best competition yet,” says competition manager Hilary Hoogsteen. “With submissions from every province and territory, we were proud to showcase the quality of craft beer available in Canada to top judges from around the world,” she continues.
The Canada Beer Cup supports the advocacy efforts of the Canadian Craft Brewers Association, enabling it to represent the nearly 1,200 Canadian craft brewers on federal issues impacting Canada’s craft brewing industry. “The Canada Beer Cup stands as a testament to our commitment to supporting and promoting the craft beer industry in Canada and beyond,” says CCBA Executive Director Christine Comeau.
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About the CCBA
The Canadian Craft Brewers Association (CCBA) is the national voice of Canadian craft beer. They represent the interests of a growing industry of nearly 1,200 small and independent breweries, brewpubs and their supplier partners in every province and territory in Canada. Canadian independent craft brewers represent over 60% of all jobs in the industry.
Media Contact:
Joe Wiebe, Canada Beer Cup Head Judge
Canada Beer Cup
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Hilary Hoogsteen, Canada Beer Cup Manager
Canadian Craft Brewers Association
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