Following close on the heels of its two-year anniversary, Dageraad Brewing celebrated another success this weekend at the Canadian Brewing Awards.
Burnaby brewery Dageraad Brewing brought home gold for its Belgian-style pale ale, fondly named, the Burnabarian. The beer beat out competing brews from Gladstone Brewing Co. on Vancouver Island and New Limburg Brewing Company in Ontario.
Ben Coli, owner and founder of Dageraad, knew the Burnabarian had placed among the top three in the Belgian-style abbey ale/pale ale category, but he wasn’t sure what prize it had won.
“You know, you hear the bronze, and it’s not us, and you hear the silver, and it’s not us, … and then suddenly there’s the gold, and we were just over the moon,” he told the NOW on Monday.
The Burnabarian is one of three flagship Dageraad beers crafted by Coli. He said the name “Burnabarian” is a word he made up when he was trying to figure out what to call Burnaby residents.
“I’m quite excited to win for this particular beer because it’s not really like a great big, in-your-face beer, it’s a more subtle beer with a lot of nuanced complexity to it, and often times you kind of assume that the really strong, flavourful beers are going to overpower the small ones,” he said. “I’m really proud of this beer.”
The 2016 Canadian Brewing Award winners were announced on Saturday, as part of the 14th annual brewing awards and conference, held in Vancouver from May 26 to 28.
Burnaby brewery Steamworks Brewing Co. also brought home an award on Saturday, winning bronze for its Black Angel IPA.
