Side Launch Brewing Company, which was established in May 2014, has been crowned the best brewery in Canada for 2016 at a recent awards event.

The award caps a successful first half of the year for the brewery, located at 200 Mountain Road, which sealed three gold medals for their Side Launch Wheat, Side Launch Huronic Tripel, and Side Launch Germanic Bock.

In April at the Ontario Brewing Awards, the brewery took home four medals with Side Launch Huronic Tripel winning Gold and Side Launch Mountain Lager, Side Launch Dark Lager and the barrel-aged Side Launch Dunkelbach all scoring bronze medals.

While in early May, the Ontario Beer Guide, released by co-authors Jordan St. John and Robin Leblanc named the 30-staff business the “Top Brewery in Ontario”

Chuck Galea, V.P. of Sales and Marketing, explained: “We are very excited and honoured to have won this award. We have had a huge year so far in regards to awards and we are really excited at the notion of us helping put Collingwood on the map as a craft beer destination.

“Winning all this hardware and being recognized as the top brewery in our province has everything to do with the beer that our Head Brewer, Michael Hancock, makes. In addition, we have an amazing crew and are very proud of what we have accomplished.”