More beer awards with the results from the Cathay IWSC Awards 2021

Just announced are the 2021 Cathay Pacific International Wine & Spirit Competition medal winners. Young Master picked up six “Best Beer” trophies, and Carbon Brews got two.

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Here are the Hong Kong results for the 2021 Cathay IWSC awards:

Black Kite Brewery

8 medals

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Gold

  • Taxi Driver Red IPA: IPA – IPA (21) – Specialty IPA: Red IPA (21B(iv)) – 5–6% ABV

Silver

  • Pins and Needles Salted Plum Gose: Sour – 4–5% ABV
  • Pins and Needles Passionfruit Sour: Sour – 4–5% ABV
  • Summer Breeze Summer Ale: Pale Ale – British Golden Ale (12A) – 4–5% ABV
  • Easy Glider Golden Ale: Pale Ale – British Golden Ale (12A) – 4–5% ABV

Bronze

  • Pins and Needles Tamarind Sour: Sour – 4–5% ABV
  • Pins and Needles Blackcurrant Sour: Sour – 4–5% ABV
  • Negroni Black DIPA: IPA – IPA (21) – Speciality IPA: Black IPA (21B(ii)) – 8–9% ABV

Carbon Brews

2 trophies and 7 medals

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Trophies

  • Best Pale Lager 2021: Earth People
  • Best IPA 2021: Like the Wind

Gold

  • Earth People: Pale Lager – Historical Beer: Pre-Prohibition Lager (27(vi)) – 4–5% ABV
  • Crazy Rich Lupulins: IPA – 8–9% ABV
  • Funky Rich Lupulins v3: Sour – American Wild Ale (28) – Brett Beer (28A) – 8–9% ABV
  • Like the Wind: IPA – IPA (21) – American IPA (21A) – 6–7% ABV

Silver

  • Dark Soul Bourbon: Porter/Stout – Imperial Stout (20C) – 10–11% ABV
  • Feels Good Man: Wheat – American Wheat Beer (1D) – 4–5% ABV
  • Sour Punch: Sour – European Sour Ale (23) – Berliner Weisse (23A) – 4–5% ABV

DEADMAN Brewery

13 medals

Gold

  • Hop Robber: IPA – Double IPA (22A) – 8–9% ABV

Silver

  • Roll: IPA – IPA (21) – American IPA (21A) – 6–7% ABV
  • N: IPA – IPA (21) – Speciality IPA (21B) – 6–7% ABV
  • Dazed: IPA – IPA (21) – Specialty IPA (21B) – 2–3% ABV
  • Life’s a Beach: Pale Ale – Strong Belgian Ale (25) – Saison (25B) – 5–6% ABV
  • Dirty Pale Ale: IPA – IPA (21) – Speciality IPA (21B) – 5–6% ABV
  • Hang 5: IPA – IPA (21) – American IPA (21A) – 5–6% ABV
  • 5000 Years: Pale Lager – Czech Premium Pale Lager (3B) – 5–6% ABV

Bronze

  • Pineapple Express: Speciality – Fruit Beer (29) – Fruit Beer (29A) – 10–11% ABV
  • Oktoberfeast: Pale Lager – Märzen (6A) – 6–7% ABV
  • Holy Moly: Porter/Stout – Imperial Stout (20C) – 10–11% ABV
  • Crazy Rabbits: Porter/Stout – American Stout (20B) – 5–6% ABV
  • Rock: IPA – English IPA (12C) – 6–7% ABV

hEROES

6 medals

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Gold

  • Hunk Sir: Speciality – Spice, Herb or Vegetable Beer (30A) – 5–6% ABV

Silver

  • Si L Dan: IPA – IPA (21) – American IPA (21A) – 6–7% ABV
  • Kupzzy: IPA – Double IPA (22A) – 7–8% ABV
  • Bench Boss: Porter/Stout – Imperial Stout (20C) – 8–9% ABV
  • Cereusly: IPA – IPA (21) – American IPA (21A) – 6–7% ABV

Bronze

  • Hangry Donut: Speciality – 5–6% ABV

Hong Kong Beer Co

3 medals

Silver

  • Sunset Peak: Pale Ale – Pale American Ale (18) – American Pale Ale (18B) – 5–6% ABV

Bronze

  • Gamblers Gold: Pale Ale – Pale American Ale (18) – Blonde Ale (18A) – 4–5% ABV
  • Big Wave Bay: IPA – IPA (21) – American IPA (21A) – 6–7% ABV

Moonzen Brewery

5 medals

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Silver

  • Monkey King Oktolager: Speciality – International Amber Lager (2B) – 5–6% ABV
  • Monkey King Amber Ale: Speciality – American Amber Ale (19A) – 5–6% ABV
  • Kitchen God Porter: Porter/Stout – English Porter (13C) – 6–7% ABV

Bronze

  • Pearl Dragon Hefeweizen: Wheat – German Wheat Beer (10) – Weissbier (10A) – 5–6% ABV
  • Thundergod Ale: Pale Ale – Pale American Ale (18) – American Pale Ale (18B) – 5–6% ABV

Oh CBD

3 medals

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Silver

  • Sacro: Speciality – Wood-Aged Beer (33A) – 9–10% ABV
  • CBD Session IPL: Speciality – Mixed-Style Beer (34B) – 3–4% ABV

Bronze

  • Aitai: Speciality – Speciality Beer (27(x)) – 7–8% ABV

Yardley Brothers

4 medals

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Gold

  • Bugs II: Gamay Noir à Jus Blanc: Speciality – Specialty Wood-Aged Beer (33B) – 7–8% ABV
  • Mango Sticky Mango: Speciality – Fruit Beer (29) – Speciality Fruit Beer (29C) – 9–10% ABV

Bronze

  • Trashwave: Pale Ale – California Common (19B) – 4–5% ABV
  • Fika: Speciality – Fruit Beer (29) – Fruit and Spice Beer (29B) – 7–8% ABV

Young Master Brewery

6 trophies and 22 medals

Trophies

  • Stout Best Beer 2021: Tamjai Samgor Wula
  • Best Porter/Stout 2021: Tamjai Samgor Wula Stout
  • Best Sour 2021: Luna
  • Best Speciality 2021: Dolce & Banana
  • Best Wheat 2021: Fleeting Clouds
  • Best Pale Ale 2021 – Classic Pale Ale

Gold

  • Luna: Sour – American Wild Ale (28) – Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer (28B) – 6–7% ABV
  • Izakaya in Berlin: Sour – European Sour Ale (23) – Berliner Weisse (23A) – 4–5% ABV
  • Another One: Pale Ale – 3–4% ABV
  • Tamjai Samgor Wula Stout: Porter/Stout – American Porter (20A) – 5–6% ABV
  • Dolce & Banana: Speciality – Spice, Herb or Vegetable Beer (30A) – 10–11% ABV
  • Jeng: IPA – IPA (21) – American IPA (21A) – 6–7% ABV
  • Fleeting Clouds: Wheat – Witbier (24A) – 4–5% ABV
  • Classic Pale Ale: Pale Ale – Pale American Ale (18) – 5–6% ABV

Silver

  • Beer Hug: IPA – English IPA (12C) – 6–7% ABV
  • Three Butchers: Pale Lager – Pale Malty European Lager (4) – Munich Helles (4A) – 5–6% ABV
  • Black Impermanence (Unaged): Porter/Stout – Imperial Stout (20C) – 10–11% ABV
  • Dad Bod: Speciality – Fruit Beer (29) – Fruit Beer (29A) – 5–6% ABV
  • Captain’s Bar Beer: Pale Lager – German Pils (5D) – 4–5% ABV
  • HEA Session: CBD Pale Ale – 3–4% ABV
  • Owl’s Gaze: Sour – American Wild Ale (28) – Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer (28B) – 6–7% ABV
  • Cha Chaan Teng Sour: Sour – Historical Beer: Gose (27(i)) – 6–7% ABV
  • Contemporary Pilsner: Pale Lager – International Pale Lager (2A) – 4–5% ABV

Bronze

  • Yellow Mare Black Stallion: IPA – IPA (21) – Speciality IPA (21B) – 7–8% ABV
  • OVT Pilsner: Speciality – Spice, Herb or Vegetable Beer (30A) – 4–5% ABV
  • Glazed: Sour – European Sour Ale (23) – Berliner Weisse (23A) – 4–5% ABV
  • Tamjai Samgor Mala Gose: Sour – Historical Beer: Gose (27(i)) – 4–5% ABV
  • 1842 Island: IPA – Double IPA (22A) – 8–9% ABV

Non-beer medals

Gold

  • Two Moons Signature Dry Gin: Gin – London Dry Gin – 44–46%

RELATED: Meeting Luna the still at Two Moons distillery

Silver

  • Fire Dragon Gin: Gin – Contemporary Styles – 42–44%
  • Magnolia Lab Oriental Botanical Liqueur – Roselle: Liqueurs – Herb – 18–21%
  • Two Moons Calamansi Gin: Gin – Contemporary Styles – 46–48%

Bronze

  • HK Whisky Single Malt: Whiskies – Worldwide – Single Malt – Cask Finish – NAS – 39–42%
  • Hong Kong House Vodka: Vodka – Pure/Neutral – Mixed/Undeclared – 39–42%

Cathay IWSC Awards 2021

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