Ontario Cider Awards – 2016 Preview
Now in its second year, the Ontario Cider Awards are coming soon to the Royal Winter Agricultural Fair, on Thursday, November 10th 2016. If you were lucky like us to have attended in its inaugural year, you know this a stellar event hosted by the friendly folks at Drink Inc. Ontario Cider is an ever-increasingly popular and diverse category of drinks, and this event celebrates the delicious beauty of cider by allowing the fans themselves to decide people choice winners.
Like last year, there are two main categories to vote on: traditional ciders and fruit ciders. With many Ontario cideries competing in one or both categories, the hardest task will only be picking a few favourites. The event is ‘pay-as you-drink’, with 5 tickets included in your admission price – with additional samples costing only 1 dollar for 4 oz (with some cider samples potentially costing more based on ingredients).
Last year’s awards had a variety of Ontario cideries competing for the top prizes, with us only guessing how many more entries – both ciders and cideries – there will be this year. Watch this space as we will be positing all ciders that will be available for sampling and voting as soon as they are available!
A recap of last year’s People’s Choice winners:
Apple
Gold: Revel – Spirit of the Woods
Silver: Brickworks – 501 Queen
Bronze: KW Craft – Dry Cider
Fruit
Gold: West Ave Cider – Cherrosity
Silver: Shiny – Pinot Noir
Bronze: Double Trouble – Grow a Pear
Best in Show
West Ave Cider – Cherrosity
Tickets are on sale now for $35 dollars each and they include 5 4oz samples and general admission ALL DAY to the Royal Winter Fair. Get them while you can as they won’t last long! You can feel extra special about your ticket purchase knowing that a portion of each ticket will go to Canadian Music Therapy Trust Fund, that provides a variety of musical therapies to people with conditions like Alzheimer’s and autism.
For more information, check out the Drink Inc Website
*Oh, and did we mention we will be covering the event? Come find us and say hi or follow along on our Facebook and Twitter pages.
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