Now in its second year, beer ranking app Untappd has announced the winners of the 2024 Untappd Community Awards.
The Untappd Community Awards recognise the top three beers in all qualifying substyles, ranked by the millions of Untappd user ratings received throughout the calendar year. For a beer to qualify it must have received at least 50 check-ins from 50 unique Untappd community members in that year, with beers then ranked according to their average rating.
Around the world, 7032 breweries from 101 regions were awarded, with a total of 26,004 beers celebrated. In Australia, 126 breweries collected gold, silver and bronze awards across 123 subcategories.
Taking out three prime positions on the podium with the best three overall beers was Bracket Brewing, whose Final Copy was the highest ranked Australian beer with a score of 4.55. Following closely, Triple Mot and Goldilocks Zone received 4.5 and 4.46 respectively.
While the Sydney brewery claimed Australia’s three most popular beers, it also took out the gold, silver and bronze medals in the IPA – Triple New England / Hazy category.
In a statement on Instagram, Bracket Brewing said: “2024 has already fully been erased from our collective memory given it was a complete stress-fest of a year. In saying that, some little gems will be fondly remembered, one of these being your feedback about our beers, there weren’t many, but we’re glad you enjoyed them.
“Final Copy, Triple Mot & Goldilocks Zone won respectively gold, silver and bronze in the TIPA category, not to mention they were also the overall top three beers in Australia in 2024. Saying we’re feeling pretty chuffed is an understatement, thank you Untappd for reminding us that community is king and that 2024 was pretty decent.”
After a momentous year of awards for Blue Mountains brewery Mountain Culture, having topped the GABS Hottest 100 people’s choice poll for the third year running, the brewery also scooped the most medals of any Australian brewery in the Untappd Community Awards.
The brewery claimed a total of 15 gold medals, six silver and five bronze, and Mountain Culture’s top-rated beer by Untappd users in 2024 was Imperial Logic.
It was a great showing for indies, with other breweries to dominate the awards including Slow Lane Brewing (16 medals), One Drop Brewing Co (15), Bacchus Brewing Co. (14), Range Brewing (14), Working Title Brew Co (14) and Hawkers Beer (13).