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Sunday, July 12, 2009

Mike Duggan's Number 9 Wins Ontario IPA Cask Challenge

The winner of the first ever Ontario Cask IPA Challenge was announced yesterday as Mike Duggan's Number 9 IPA beat County Durham's Hop Addict in the final showdown at Volo. Volo, who has been hosting this event over the past four months, posted this message on their Facebook page.

Volo would like to thank all the brewers for participating in the first Ontario Cask IPA Challenge and everyone who made it out to each round over the last few months. It was a pleasure having all these great beers available. We would like to congratulate Mike Duggan #9 IPA who won over Durham Hop Addict IPA Yesterday at the Final Showdown. A fresh cask of Mike Duggan Number 9 has been tapped!

Since Volo is thanking all the people who made it out to participate, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Ralph and his team for putting this event together and carrying it through to the end. Ontario needs more and more events like this and Volo's strict adherence to perfection has set the bar for future showdowns like this in the future.

Good work Volo! And congratulations to Mike Duggan and Bruce Halstead (County Durham) for making it to the finals.

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