Waterloo Brewing Co. Wins Seven International Brewing Awards


KITCHENER, ON--(Marketwired - April 28, 2016) - Brick Brewing Co. Limited ("Brick" or the "Company") (TSX: BRB), Ontario's largest Canadian-owned brewery, today announced that its craft beer division, Waterloo Brewing Co. took home seven awards from Monde Selection in Belgium. Monde Selection is the internationally recognized standard of consumer product excellence, providing quality ratings in all consumer categories including beer.

"This year every style of beer from our craft brewing division was awarded a gold or silver medal; which can be compared to a restaurant achieving the prestige and excellence of two or three Michelin stars," said Bill Henry, Director of Quality and Logistics.

Waterloo Amber received special recognition with the International High Quality Trophy Award for 2016, having achieved superior gold product quality in each of the last three years. Waterloo Grapefruit Radler also won Gold for outstanding product quality. Waterloo IPA, Dark and Pilsner each took home a Silver medal, as did the seasonal craft brews of Waterloo Spiced Dunkel and Smoked Applewood Roggen.

"An internationally recognized and renowned quality award like these, assures consumers that the product they intend to buy has been tested and approved by a collaboration of the best Belgian experts in their respective fields," said Russell Tabata, Chief Operating Officer. "So you can just image how thrilled we are to see all of the hard work and efforts of our brewing team acknowledged by such a prestigious organization."

Waterloo craft beer brands can be found at the LCBO, The Beer Store and select grocery store locations.

About Brick Brewing

Brick is Ontario's largest Canadian-owned brewery. The Company is a regional brewer of award-winning premium quality and value beers and is officially certified under the Global Food Safety Standard, one of the highest and most internationally recognized standards for safe food production. Founded in 1984, Brick Brewing Co. was the first craft brewery to start up in Ontario, and is credited with pioneering the present day craft brewing renaissance in Canada. Brick has complemented its Waterloo premium craft beers with the popular Laker brand. In 2011, Brick purchased the Canadian rights to Seagram Coolers and in 2015, secured the exclusive Canadian rights to both LandShark and Margaritaville. In addition, Brick utilizes its leading edge brewing, blending and packaging capabilities to provide an extensive array of contract manufacturing services in beer, coolers and ciders. Brick trades on the TSX under the symbol BRB. Visit us at www.brickbeer.com.

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Contact Information:

Contact Information
Sean Dennis
Director of Marketing
(519) 742-2732
info@brickbeer.com

Waterloo Brewing Co. takes home seven awards from Monde Selection in Belgium. This institution is the internationally recognized standard of consumer product excellence, providing quality ratings in all consumer categories including beer.