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
- Mountain Culture Beer Co, Status Quo NSW
- Coopers Brewery, Original Pale Ale SA
- Balter Brewing, XPA QLD
- BentSpoke Brewing Co, Crankshaft ACT
- Gage Roads Brewing Co, Single Fin Summer Ale WA
- Range Brewing, Disco QLD
- Your Mates Brewing Co, Larry QLD
- Philter Brewing, XPA NSW
- 4 Pines Brewing Company ,Japanese LagerNSW
- 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.
