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If you attended the Inlander's PowderKeg Brew Festival as part of the annual Winter Party at the Spokane Convention Center, hopefully you cast a vote for the featured beer, cider or mead that wowed your taste buds as you sampled your way through the fest's 24 participating regional beverage makers.

Now that the gold tokens have been counted, we're here to announce the winners of several categories!

Best of PowderKeg 2017 (most vote tokens received overall)
Beer: Dark Persuasion German Chocolate Stout — Icicle Brewing, Leavenworth
Cider/mead: Cranpeary Caramel Perry — Pear Up Cider, Wenatchee

Best of PowderKeg: Drink Local (local breweries with most tokens overall)
Beer: Gutter Ball Pale Ale — Ten Pin Brewing, Moses Lake
Cider/mead: Spiced Apple Session Mead — Hierophant Meadery, Mead

People's Choice: Most Ounces Poured
Beer: Dark Persuasion German Chocolate Stout — Icicle Brewing, Leavenworth
Cider/mead: Cranpeary Caramel Perry — Pear Up Cider, Wenatchee

Drink Local: Most Poured Overall Beer
First place: Big Juicy IPA — No-Li Brewhouse, Spokane
Second place: Fat Lenny IPA — Post Falls Brewing, Post Falls
Third place: Inconceivable Imperial Pilsner — River City Brewing, Spokane

Drink Local: Most Poured Overall Cider/Mead
First place: Blue Balls Cider — Summit Cider, Coeur d'Alene
Second place: Winter Lift Cider — Whiskey Barrel Cider Co., Pullman
Third place: Chai Spiced Cider — North Idaho Cider, Coeur d'Alene