2025 FOA

Awards

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JUDGES' CHOICE - BEST IN SHOW 
Winner to be decided...
 
  • PRODUCT NAME HERE – BREWERY, LOCATION

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JUDGES' CHOICE - BEST IN CLASS
Winners to be decided...
 
  • PRODUCT NAME HERE – BREWERY, LOCATION

OKANAGAN FOCUSED
Caution: Sour Series - Bumbleberry Honey
Firehall Brewing (Oliver)
 
NO TO LOW ALCOHOL
Non-Alcoholic Peach Cream Ale
Tin Whistle Brewing (Penticton)
 
LIGHT / LIGHT PREMIUM LAGERS
Skinny Dip Crisp Lager
Lakesider Brewing (Kelowna)
 
LAGERS - HOP FORWARD
Ink Slinger Suzuna
Sidekick Brewing (Chilliwack)
* Honourable Mention *
 West Coast Pilsner 
Vice & Virtue (Kelowna)
 
LAGERS - MALT FORWARD
Tunnel Creek Kolsch
Fernie Brewing (Fernie)

PALE/HAZY PALE ALES
Nuclear Splash Hazy Pale Ale
Kettle River Brewing (Kelowna)
 
DARK ALES
Backhand of God Stout 
Crannog Ales (Sorrento)
*Honourable Mention*
 Misty Mountain Porter
Detonate Brewing (Summerland)
 
WHEAT ( BELGIAN & GERMAN)
Mountain Bluebird Belgian Wit
Lillooet Brewing (Lillooet)
 
FRUITS/ SPECIALTY FRUITS
Penelope the Tart Grisette
Strange Fellows Brewing (Vancouver)
 
FLAVOURED BEERS
Dill Pickle Gose
R&B Brewing (Vancouver)
 
INDIA PALE ALES
Waymark West Coast IPA
Fernie Brewing (Fernie)
 
HAZY & NE- IPA
Fang NEIPA
Trench Brewing (Prince George)

SPECIALTY / EXPERIMENTAL
Extinction Reversal Gose
Wild Ambition (Kelowna)
*Honourable Mention*
Dr Dealgood
Jackknife Brewing (Kelowna)

FRUIT SOURS

Peach City Sour
Neighbourhood Brewing (Penticton)  

CIDERS

Lavender Plum
Howling Moon Cidery (Oliver)
*Honorable Mention*
Broken Ladder Rose
BC Tree Fruits (Kelowna)
 
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PEOPLE'S CHOICE BEST BEER

Dreamweaver Strawberries &
Cream Wheat Ale
Highway 97 Brewing Co. (Penticton)

PEOPLE'S CHOICE
Winners to be decided...
 
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PEOPLE'S CHOICE BEST CIDER

Lavender Plum Craft Cider
Howling Moon Craft Cidery (Oliver)


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PEOPLE'S CHOICE BEST FOOD & FOOD VENDOR
Winners to be decided...

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2025 Fest Of Ale Awards

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Judges' Choice - Best in Show

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2025

Judges

Introducing our amazing 2025 Judges for the Okanagan Fest of Ale Beer Awards!

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Lundy Dale
Penticton, BC
(Head Judge / Competition Manager)

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Joe Wiebe
Victoria, BC

thirstywriter.com
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Chelsea Tessier
Edmonton, Alberta

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Rhandi Clarke
Vancouver, BC

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Rob Mangelsdorf
Victoria, BC

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Crystal Coverdale
Oliver, BC 

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Mathieu Poirier
Sidney, BC

matterofbeer.com
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Noëlle Phillips
Vancouver, BC

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Nancy More
Vancouver, BC

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NANCY MORE
Vancouver, BC



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Morgan Miller
Vancouver, BC

Ceremony Times

Times TBA

Ceremony to begin in late afternoon. Photos taken right after of the winners and the full group. 

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Congratulations 2024 Winners!

2023 Winners

2019 Winners

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  • Would Crush – Twin Sails Brewing, Port Moody BC
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  • Amber/Dark Ale Smoke & Mirrors – Coal Harbour Brewing, Vancouver BC
  • Best Cider Broken Ladder Rosé – BC Tree Fruits Cider, Kelowna BC
  • Best Fruit Beer Would Crush – Twin Sails Brewing, Port Moody BC
  • Best IPA Loop Line IPA – Iron Road Brewing, Kamloops BC
  • Best Pale Ale Squirrel Chaser Hazy Pale Ale – Yellow Dog Brewing, Port Moody
  • BC Best Pilsner/Lager/Kölsch Nightwatch Coffee Lager – Lighthouse Brewing, Victoria
  • BC Best ESB English Subtitles ESB – Kettle River Brewing Co, Kelowna BC
  • Best Sour Tart Wild Ale with Pineapple & Guava – Luppolo Brewing, Vancouver BC
  • Best Specialty Beer Beermosa – Bad Tattoo Brewing, Penticton BC
  • Best Specialty IPA Dreamboat Hazy IPA – The Parkside Brewery, Port Moody BC
  • Best Stout/Porter Tennessee BBA Imperial Milk Stout – BNA Brewing, Kelowna, BC
  • Best Wheat Ale Dim Wit – The Parkside Brewery, Port Moody
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  • Best Beer What the Fog, Hazy IPA – Slackwater Brewing, Penticton BC
  • Best Cider Broken Ladder Rosé – BC Tree Fruits Cider, Kelowna BC
  • Best Food Surf Side California, Kelowna BC
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  • Best Label Design Gold Ghost Ship Hazy IPA – Lighthouse Brewing, Victoria BC
  • Best Label Design Silver Lucky Pig Tangerine Ale – Red Racer Brewing, Surrey BC
  • Best Label Design Bronze Sunblink Berry Sour – Cannery Brewing, Penticton BC