Sooke has some pretty good beers, according to Sooke Oceanside Brewery owner Ryan Orr.

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SOB won second place for its Renfrew Red Ale in the Scottish and Irish Ale category at the eighth annual B.C. Beer Awards and Festival, held in Vancouver last month. The beer was created by local brewer Garritt Lalonde.

This was the first year SOB took part in the contest, which includes craft breweries from across the province. More than 800 beers were entered in several categories.

The win was welcomed by Orr, who started SOB just over a year ago.

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Orr, a professional chef for more than 20 years, hopes this is just phase one of a bigger plan: bringing a restaurant and brewery to the Sooke waterfront.

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The brewery, which has six taps, offers four deeply-flavoured beers, or what Orr calls the B次元官网网址渇lagshipsB次元官网网址� of SOB: Renfrew Red Ale, Irish Red Ale, Bonfire Blonde Ale, Boneyard IPA and Stiff Jab Pale Ale.

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