Winners' Gallery: 2023 Melbourne Royal Australian International Beer Awards
26 May 2023
Melbourne Royal has awarded 36 prestigious trophies at the 2023 Australian International Beer Awards Trophy Presentation Dinner held in the iconic Victoria Pavilion at Melbourne Showgrounds in front of a sell-out crowd.
Celebrating 30 years in 2023, with record entries and a record 950 guests in attendance at the global beer industry’s ‘night of nights’, the best beers and brewers in the world were crowned.
See the highlights video and winners' Image Gallery below.
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Champion Australian Beer winners, Dollar Bill Brewing, alongside Melbourne Royal CEO Brad Jenkins; Melbourne Royal Awards Program Manager Damian Nieuwesteeg, and Trophy Sponsor, Cryer Malt representative Steph Howard
Melbourne Royal CEO, Brad Jenkins
The Australian International Beer Awards Presentation Dinner
Co-hosts, Kirrily Waldhorn and Matt Kirkegaard
Head Judges, Warren Pawsey, Tina Panoutsos and Justin Fox
Winners: Best Australian- Style Lager: King Road Lager, Draught - King Road Brewing Co, Western Australia, Australia
Winners: Best European-Style Lager: Mair St Märzen, Draught - Aunty Jacks, Victoria, Australia
Winners: Best Amber / Dark Lager: The Nightcrawler, Draught - Co-Conspirators Brewing, Victoria, Australia
Winners: Best Amber / Dark Ale: The Buzz, Draught - Hop Nation, Victoria, Australia
Winners: Best Porter (including Baltic-Style Porter) or Stout: Arthur Smoked Porter, Packaged - Blackman's Brewing, Victoria, Australia
Winners: Best Reduced / Low Alcohol Beer: The Reveller, Packaged - Revel Brewing Company, Queensland, Australia
Winners: Best Belgian / French-Style Ale: Sour Brett Ale, Packaged Holgate Brewhouse, Victoria, Australia
Winners: Best Fruit Beer: Candy Paint 2023, Packaged - Dollar Bill Brewing, Victoria, Australia
Winners: Best Wood / Barrel-Aged Beer: Hightail XXV, Packaged - Mountain Goat Beer, Victoria, Australia
Winners: Best Specialty Beer: Ruminations, Packaged &Best Specialty Flavoured Beer: BBA Peanut Butter Imperial Stout, Packaged - Deeds Brewing, VIC, Australia
Winners: Best Australian Style Pale Ale: XPA, Draught - Reckless Brewing Co, New South Wales, Australia
Winners: Best Modern Pale Ale: Esker Hazy Pale, Draught - Esker/Australian Brewery, New South Wales, Australia
Winners: Best International-Style Pale Ale: Shadow Of The Moon Eclipse Strong Pale Ale, Draught - Moffat Beach Brewing Co, Queensland, Australia
Winners: Best British or European-Style Ale (excluding India Pale Ale & Pale Ale): Margaret River Kolsch, Draught - Margaret River Brewhouse, Western Australia, Australia
Winners:Best Traditional India Pale Ale: West Coast IPA, Packaged Seven Mile Brewing Co., New South Wales, Australia
Winners: Best Modern India Pale Ale: Haze, Draught - Philter Brewing, New South Wales, Australia
Winners: Best Design- Label / Surface Graphic: Golden Pipes Brewing Auguste's Underground Hazy Pale Ale - Endeavour - Pinnacle Drinks, New South Wales, Australia
Winners: Gary Sheppard Memorial Trophy: Boundary Island Brewery
Winners: Best Media: Mick Wüst, Queensland, Australia
Winners: Champion Victorian Brewery: Deeds Brewing
Winners: Australian Gypsy Brewer Award: Dollar Bill Brewing, Victoria
Winners: Champion Small International Brewery: Three Sisters Brewery, Taranaki, New Zealand
Winners: Champion Small Australian Brewery: Moffat Beach Brewing Co, Queensland
Winners: Champion Medium International Brewery: Behemoth Brewing Company, Auckland, New Zealand
Winners: Champion Medium Australian Brewery: Deeds Brewing, Victoria
Winners: Champion Large International Brewery: Garage Project Brewery, Wellington, New Zealand
Winners: Champion Large Australian Brewery: Mountain Goat Beer, Victoria