• Mountain Culture has taken home Australia’s #1 craft beer for the third year in a row, winning the annual GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers with its Status Quo Pale Ale. (Image: GABS)
    Mountain Culture has taken home Australia’s #1 craft beer for the third year in a row, winning the annual GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers with its Status Quo Pale Ale. (Image: GABS)
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Mountain Culture has taken home Australia’s #1 craft beer for the third year in a row, winning the annual GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers with its Status Quo Pale Ale. Nearly 1500 beers from 400 craft breweries were in the running.

Mountain Culture launched in 2019 as the first brewpub in the Blue Mountains, on Sydney’s western fringe. In 2022, it opened its second brewery and brewpub nearby, in Emu Plains.

Second place went to Coopers Pale Ale, and Balter’s XPA took home third place.

The Top 10

  1. Mountain Culture Beer Co, Status Quo NSW
  2. Coopers Brewery, Original Pale Ale SA
  3. Balter Brewing, XPA QLD
  4. BentSpoke Brewing Co, Crankshaft ACT
  5. Gage Roads Brewing Co, Single Fin Summer Ale WA
  6. Range Brewing, Disco QLD
  7. Your Mates Brewing Co, Larry QLD
  8. Philter Brewing, XPA NSW
  9. 4 Pines Brewing Company ,Japanese LagerNSW
  10. One Drop Brewing Co, We Jammin’ We Jammin’ NSW

State Champions

NSW Mountain Culture Status Quo

SA Coopers Original Pale Ale

QLD Balter XPA

ACT Bentspoke Crankshaft

VIC Bridge Road Beechworth Pale Ale

WA Gage Road Single Fin Summer Ale

TAS Fox Friday Hazy IPA


The full Top 100 list is here.

 

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