Mountain Culture Beer Co’s Status Quo Pale Ale taken out the top spot for the second year in a row at the GABS Hottest 100 Craft Aussie Beers.
The Status Quo beat out more than 1870 different beers across 436 of Australian craft breweries to be crowned the winner, with 63 different breweries represented across the top 100.
The Blue Mountains brewery has risen to fame in a short time, after being founded in 2019 by husband-and-wife duo DJ and Harriet McCready.
And in no surprises, two of the GABS previous winners, the Gold Coast's Balter XPA (Balter was co-founded by surfer Mick Fanning) and Canberra's BentSpoke Crankshaft IPA took out second and third place, respectively. This makes it the third time in GABs history that the gold, silver and bronze positions were maintained from 2022 from the same breweries.
GABS top ten Aussie craft beers 2023
1. Mountain Culture Beer Co: Status Quo Pale Ale, NSW2. Balter Brewing: XPA Pale Ale, QLD
3. BentSpoke Brewing Co: Crankshaft IPA, ACT
4. Your Mates Brewing Co: Larry Pale Ale, QLD
5. Bridge Road Brewers: Beechworth Pale Ale, VIC
6. Gage Roads Brewing Co: Single Fin Blonde, WA
7. Coopers Brewery: Original Pale Ale, SA
8. Stone & Wood Brewing Co: Pacific Ale, NSW
9. Young Henrys: Newtowner Pale Ale, NSW
10. Pirate Life Brewing: South Coast Pale Ale, SA
The most popular new beer released in 2023 was Balter's Cerveza, making the list at number 45. There were five other beers, alongside the Cerveza, entered into the hottest 100 for the first time: Mountain Culture Beer Co Summer Pale Ale, Heads Of Noosa Brewing Co Black Japanese Lager, Coopers Brewery Australian Lager, and the Stone & Wood Brewing Co Hinterland Hazy Pale Ale.
On Saturday February 3, GABS will release the Hottest 100 new craft beers of 2023 – beers brewed for the first time in 2023.
You can find the full list of GABS Hottest 100 at gabshottest100.com.
