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Previous Winners of the Golden Tap Awards


2003 - party held at the academy of spherical arts


Best Microbrewery: Black Oak Brewery
Best Brewpub: Granite Brewery
Best Beer Bar (Bottled Selection): Smokeless Joe
Best Beer Bar (Draught Selection): C'est What
Best GTA Beer: Granite Best Bitter Special


2004 - party held at the academy of spherical arts


Best Microbrewery: Mill Street Brewery
Best Beer Bar (Bottled Selection): Smokeless Joe
Best Beer Bar (Draught Selection): C'est What
Best GTA Beer: (tie) Mill Street Tankhouse Pale Ale and Steam Whistle Pilsner


2005 - party held at beerbistro


Best Microbrewery in the GTA: Mill Street Brewery
Best Beer brewed in the GTA: Mill Street Tankhouse Pale Ale
Best Beer Bar - Draught selection: C'est What
Best Beer Bar - Bottled selection: Smokeless Joe
Best New Beer brewed in the GTA: Cameron's Dark 266
Best New Beer Bar in the GTA: beerbistro
Best Beer of the Festival: Black Oak Hop Bomb


2006 - party held at beerbistro


Best GTA Beer Bar (Bottled Selection): Bar Volo
Best GTA Beer Bar (Draught Selection): C'est What
Best Ontario (non-GTA) Beer Bar: Augusta's Winking Judge, Hamilton
Best Ontario (including GTA) Brewpub or Tied House: Granite Brewery
Best Ontario (non-GTA) Microbrewery: Wellington County, Guelph
Best GTA Microbrewery: Mill Street Brewery
Best Ontario (non-GTA) Beer: Scotch-Irish Sgt. Major's IPA
Best GTA Beer: Mill Street Tankhouse Ale
Best Beer of the Fest: Beau's Lug Tread Lagered Ale "Kolsch-Bock"


2007 - party held at beerbistro


Best microbrewery in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) - Mill Street, Toronto
Best microbrewery in Ontario (outside of the GTA) - Church-Key, Campbellford
Best beer brewed in the GTA - Mill Street Tankhouse Pale Ale, Toronto
Best beer brewed in Ontario (outside of the GTA) - Beau's Lug-Tread Lagered Ale, Vankleek Hill
Best bar in the GTA in terms of draught beer selection - C'est What, Toronto
Best bar in the GTA in terms of bottled beer selection - beerbistro, Toronto
Best bar in Ontario (outside of the GTA) - Winking Judge, Hamiliton
Best brewpub or tied house in Ontario (including the GTA) - Mill Street Brewpub, Toronto
Best beer of the festival - Black Oak Transvestite's Tipple, Oakville Editor's Circle: Great Lakes Brewery, brewers of Devil's Pale Ale, Orange Peel Ale and others
Editor's Circle: Michael Hancock, brewer of Denison's Weissbier and Dunkel
Editor's Circle: Roland + Russell, beer importers
Editor's Circle: Volo Cask Days, an event organized by Bar Volo in Toronto

The complete audio recording of the 2007 Golden Tap Awards ceremony is available through Bar Towel Radio. This MP3 download can be found here.

2008 - party held at beerbistro


Best microbrewery in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) - Mill Street, Toronto
Best microbrewery in Ontario (outside of the GTA) - Beau's All Natural Brewing Company, Vankleek Hill
Best beer brewed in the GTA - Steam Whistle Pilsner, Toronto
Best beer brewed in Ontario (outside of the GTA) - Beau's Lug-Tread Lagered Ale, Vankleek Hill
Best bar in the GTA in terms of draught beer selection - C'est What, Toronto
Best bar in the GTA in terms of bottled beer selection - beerbistro, Toronto
Best bar in Ontario (outside of the GTA) - The Manx, Ottawa
Best brewpub or tied house in Ontario (including the GTA) - Mill Street Brewpub, Toronto
Best beer of the festival - Grand River Bumbleberry Wheat, Cambridge
Editor's Circle: St. Veronus, Belgian bistro in Peterborough
Editor's Circle: Cameron's Cask Nights, a series of tasting events hosted by Cameron's Brewing
Editor's Circle: Dogfish Head Dinner, an event hosted by beerbistro
Editor's Circle: Steve Peters, speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario