P.E.I. breweries bring home Atlantic beer medals

Two Island breweries came home with hardware from the Atlantic Canadian Beer Awards over the weekend.

Upstreet took home a gold medal for its One Way Black IPA in the North American Style Specialty Ale category, and a silver for its De Novo One Belgian-style specialty ale.

The P.E.I. Brewing Company won gold for its Island Red in the North American Style Amber category.

A panel of 21 judges at the event sampled 228 beers from 35 breweries for the competition, which was held in Halifax.

A total of 49 awards were handed out at a gala Sunday evening.

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