The Top 100 Australian Craft Beers – 2023

Every year the festival group Great Australian Beer Spectacular, or GABS as it’s more commonly called ‘Down Under” invites beer fans to vote for that country’s best craft beers.

And the 2023 results are in!

“GABS is all about sharing a common love for craft beer and the fact that more people are joining the conversation each year, only bodes well for the future of the industry,” GABS Festival MD, Mike Bray said.

In a poll where Hazy IPAs dominated this year, South Wales, Australia’s  Mountain Culture Beer Co, once again took top honors for its Status Quo New England Pale Ale.

And now (drum roll please)…

The 2023 GABS Festival Hottest 100 Craft Beers

1. Mountain Culture – Status Quo Pale – NSW
2. Balter Brewing – XPA – QLD
3. BentSpoke Brewing – Crankshaft IPA – ACT
4. You Mates Brewing Larry – QLD
5. Bridge Road Brewers – Beechworth Pale Ale – VIC
6. Gage Roads – Single Fin – WA
7. Coopers Brewery – Original Pale Ale – SA
8. Stone & Wood Brewing – Pacific Ale – NSW
9. Young Henrys – Newtowner – NSW
10. Pirate Life – South Coast Pale – SA
11. Philter Brewing – XPA – NSW
12. Black Hops Brewing – G.O.A.T. – QLD
13. Little Creatures – Pale Ale – VIC/WA
14. Beerfarm – Royal Haze – WA
15. Capital Brewing – Coast Ale – ACT
16. Range Brewing – Disco – QLD
17. 4 Pines Brewing – Pacific Ale – NSW
18. 10 Toes Brewery – Pipeline – QLD
19. Grifter Brewing – Pale – NSW
20. Rocky Ridge Brewing – Jindong Juicy – WA
21. Coopers Brewery – Sparkling Ale – SA
22. Mountain Culture – Cult IPA – NSW
23. Balter Brewing – Eazy Hazy – QLD
24. Stomping Ground – Gipps St Pale – VIC
25. Moffat Beach Brewing – Passenger Pale Ale – QLD
26. Mountain Goat – GOAT – VIC
27. Better Beer – Zero Carb – NSW
28. Blackflag Brewing – Rage Juicy Pale – QLD
29. Heads of Noosa – Japanese Style Lager – QLD
30. Blackman’s Brewery – Juicy Banger – VIC
31. Green Beacon – Wayfarer – QLD
32. Heaps Normal – Quiet XPA – ACT
33. KAIJU! – Krush! – VIC
34. CBCo Brewing – Pale Ale – VIC/WA
35. Matso’s – Mango Beer – WA
36. Feral Brewing – Biggie Juice – WA
37. Hawkers Beer – West Coast IPA – VIC
38. Bright Brewery – Alpine Lager – VIC
39.  Brick Lane Brewing – One Love Pale – VIC
40. One Drop – We Jammin’ – NSW
41. Mountain Culture – Be Kind Rewind – NSW
42. Balter Brewing – Hazy – QLD
43. BentSpoke Brewing – Barley Griffin – ACT
44. Capital Brewing – Capital XPA – ACT
45. Balter Brewing – Cerveza – QLD
46. Mountain Culture – Summer Pale Ale – NSW
47. James Squire – One Fifty Lashes – NSW
48. Your Mates Brewing Co – Sally – QLD
49. Gage Roads Brewing – Side Track All Day XPA – WA
50. Little Bang Brewing – Sun Bear – SA
51. Hop Nation – Rattenhund – VIC
52. Hiker Brewing – Cloudscapes – QLD
53. Bodriggy Brewing – Speccy Juice – VIC
54. Akasha Brewing – Super Chill Pacific Ale – NSW
55. Hop Nation – J-Juice – VIC
56. Range Brewing – Lights + Music – QLD
57. Seeker Brewing – Mystic NEIPA – NSW
58. Heads of Noosa – Black Japanese Lager – QLD
59. White Rabbit – Dark Ale – VIC
60. Bridge Road Brewers – Bling IPA – VIC
61. Coopers Brewery – Australian Lager – SA
62. Dainton Beer – Blood Orange NEIPA – VIC
63. Grifter Brewing – Serpents Kiss – NSW
64. Moon Dog – Old Mate – VIC
65. Hawke’s Brewing – Patio Pale – NSW
66. Shout Brewing – Mullet Pale Ale – NSW
67. Modus Brewing – Modus Cerveza – NSW
68. Deeds Brewing – Juice Train – VIC
69. Coopers Brewery – XPA – SA
70. Kosciuszko Brewing – Kosciuszko – NSW
71. Black Hops – East Coast Haze – QLD
72. Balter Brewing – Captain Sensible – QLD
73. 4 Pines Brewing – Japanese Lager – QLD
74. Stone & Wood Brewing – Hinterland Hazy Pale – NSW
75. BentSpoke Brewing – Sprocket – ACT
76. Capital Brewing – Hang Loose Juice – ACT
77. Little Creatures – Rogers – WA
78. Sunday Road Brewing – Cryotherapy – NSW
79. Rocky Ridge Brewing – Rock Candy – WA
80. Margaret River Beer Co – In The Pines – WA
81. Big Shed Brewing – Boozy Fruit – SA
82. Blackflag Brewing – Affinity Tropical Pale – QLD
83. Lord Nelson Brewery – Three Sheets – NSW
84. Brouhaha Brewery – Strawberry Rhubarb Sour – QLD
85. Helios Brewing Co – Dionysus Oat Cream DIPA – QLD
86. Banks Brewing – Cake Eater – VIC
87. Coopers Brewery – Best Extra Stout – SA
88. 4 Pines Brewing – Hazy Pale Ale – NSW
89. Fixation Brewing – IPA – VIC
90. Little Creatures – Little Hazy Lager – VIC/WA
91. Bad Shepherd Brewing – Peanut Butter Porter – VIC
92. CBCo Brewing – IPA – VIC/WA
93. Yulli’s Brews – Amanda Mandarin IPA – NSW
94. Stone & Wood – Cloud Catcher – NSW
95. Moffat Beach Brewing – Moff’s Summer Ale – QLD
96. Capital Brewing – Trail Pale Ale – ACT
97. Young Henrys – Hazy Pale Ale – NSW
98. Wolf of the Willows – Wolf PUP – VIC
99. Range Brewing – Dripping In Green – Citra – QLD
100. Your Mates Brewing Co – Macca – QLD

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Congratulations to all of this year’s big winners…Live long and prosper!

And on a side note there’s also this…

 AUSTRALIA CROWNED THE DRUNKEST COUNTRY IN 2020