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Who Won The 2017 YYC Beer Week Cask War at CRAFT Beer Market?

The final event of Calgary’s YYC Craft Beer Week was a Cask War hosted at CRAFT Beer Market. 8 Calgary breweries duked it out for the honour of attaining the “Golden Cask”.

By Shira Kogut on Jun. 12, 2017

Who Won The 2017 YYC Beer Week Cask War at CRAFT Beer Market?

On Friday June 9, 2017, as the Grande Finale of YYC Beer Week, 8 incredibly talented Calgary-area breweries showed off their impressive one-off casks and competed in a “Cask War” hosted at CRAFT Beer Market by JustBeer App.

 

The winer of the YYC Beer Week Cask War is…

Wild Rose Brewery!

By popular vote the winner was Wild Rose’s Belgian Farmhouse Wheat brewed with strawberries and cultivated yeast from their live bourbon barrels.

 

Breweries Competing in the Cask War:

Cask War

You can visit The Golden Cask in their tap room until they defend their title at next year’s YYC Beer Week!

Golden Cask at Wild Rose Tap Room

 

For more information about YYC Beer Week, check out these posts:

Press Release: YYC Beer Week
YYC Beer Week Helps Promote Calgary Breweries
Collaboration Beer for YYC Beer Week
What is #DrinkLocal and Why is it Important

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