Golden Tap Awards - Past Winners

Past Winners

2009

• Best micro or craft brewery in Ontario: Beau's All Natural Brewing Company, Vankleek Hill
• Best brewery for cask-conditioned ale in Ontario: Granite Brewery
• Best bar for draught beer selection in Ontario: C'est What
• Best bar for bottled beer selection in Ontario: Bar Volo
• Best bar for cask-conditioned ale in Ontario: Bar Volo
• Best brewpub or tied house in Ontario: Mill Street Brewpub
• Best regularly produced craft beer in Ontario: Beau's All Natural Brewing Company Lug-Tread Lagered Ale
• Best seasonal or specialty craft beer in Ontario: Black Oak Summer Saison
• Best cask-conditioned ale in Ontario: County Durham Hop Head
• Best of the festival: Beau's All Natural Brewing Company Lug-Tread Lagered Ale, Vankleek Hill
• Editor's Circle: Cask Ale Crawl
• Editor's Circle: Rob Creighton & Grand River Brewing
• Editor's Circle: Derek Hyde & Amsterdam Brewing
• Editor's Circle: Jim Brickman

2008

• Best Microbrewery in the GTA: Mill Street Brewery
• Best Microbrewery in Ontario (non-GTA): Beau's All Natural Brewing Company, Vankleek Hill
• Best Beer Brewed in the GTA: Steam Whistle
• Best Beer Brewed in Ontario (non-GTA): Beau's All Natural Brewing Company Lug-Tread Lagered Ale, Vankleek Hill
• Best GTA Beer Bar (Draught Selection): C'est What
• Best GTA Beer Bar (Bottled Selection): beerbistro
• Best Ontario (non-GTA) Beer Bar: The Manx, Ottawa
• Best Ontario (including GTA) Brewpub or Tied House: Mill Street Brewpub, Toronto
• Best Beer of the Fest: Grand River Bumbleberry Wheat, Cambridge

Plus four Editor's Choice Awards, as determined by a panel of Bar Towel members and associates:

• St Veronus, Belgian bistro in Peterborough
• Cameron's Cask Nights, a cask tasting event series
• Dogfish Head Beer Dinner hosted by beerbistro
• Steve Peters, speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario

2007

• Best Microbrewery in the GTA: Mill Street Brewery
• Best Microbrewery in Ontario (non-GTA): Church-Key Brewing Company, Campbellford
• Best Beer Brewed in the GTA: Mill Street Tankhouse Ale
• Best Beer Brewed in Ontario (non-GTA): Beau's All Natural Brewing Company Lug-Tread Lagered Ale, Vankleek Hill
• Best GTA Beer Bar (Draught Selection): C'est What
• Best GTA Beer Bar (Bottled Selection): beerbistro
• Best Ontario (non-GTA) Beer Bar: Augusta's Winking Judge, Hamilton
• Best Ontario (including GTA) Brewpub or Tied House: Mill Street Brewpub, Toronto
• Best Beer of the Fest: Black Oak Transvestite's Tipple, Oakville

Plus four Editor's Choice Awards, as determined by a panel of Bar Towel members and associates:

• Great Lakes Brewery, brewers of Devil's Pale Ale, Orange Peel Ale and others
• Michael Hancock, brewer of Denison's Weissbier and Dunkel
• Roland + Russel, beer importers
• Volo Cask Days, an event organized by Bar Volo in Toronto

2006

• Best Ontario (non-GTA) Beer Bar: Augusta's Winking Judge, Hamilton
• Best GTA Beer Bar (Bottled Selection): Volo
• Best GTA Beer Bar (Draught Selection): C'est What
• Best Ontario (including GTA) Brewpub or Tied House: Granite Brewery, Toronto
• Best Ontario (non-GTA) Microbrewery: Wellington Brewery, Guelph
• Best GTA Microbrewery: Mill Street Brewery
• Best Ontario (non-GTA) Beer: Scotch-Irish Sgt. Major's IPA, Ottawa
• Best GTA Beer: Mill Street Tankhouse Ale
• Best Beer of the Fest: Beau's All Natural Brewing Company Lug Tread Lagered Ale "Kolsch-Bock"

2005

• Best Beer Bar (Bottled Selection): Smokeless Joe
• Best Beer Bar (Draught Selection): C'est What
• Best New Beer Bar: beerbistro
• Best Microbrewery: Mill Street Brewery
• Best Beer: Mill Street Tankhouse Pale Ale
• Best New Beer: Cameron's Dark 266
• Best Beer of the Fest: Black Oak Hop Bomb

2004

• Best Beer Bar (Bottled Selection): Smokeless Joe
• Best Beer Bar (Draught Selection): C'est What
• Best Microbrewery: Mill Street Brewery
• Best Beer: (tie) Mill Street Tankhouse Pale Ale and Steam Whistle Pilsner

2003

• Best Beer Bar (Bottled Selection): Smokeless Joe
• Best Beer Bar (Draught Selection): C'est What
• Best Microbrewery: Black Oak Brewing
• Best Brewpub: Granite Brewery
• Best Beer: Granite Best Bitter Special