Beer_Brewer_Awards_100_Best_Beers_of_2012

The Beer & Brewer Awards 100 Best Beers of 2012 have been calculated with a few surprises in store for the hard working breweries that made it onto the list.

Following its big win at the Beer & Brewer Awards in 2012 – along with pretty much every other award – Feral Brewing Co, of course, took out the Number One position with their much-loved Feral Hop Hog brew. Another title for Brendan Varis and Will Irving to add to their already packed trophy cabinet.

Stone & Wood’s beloved Pacific Ale took out second place with Little Creatures’ classic Pale Ale nabbing third.

The top ten was also rounded out by Nail Stout,The Monk Chief,Matilda Bay Redback Original, Feral Watermelon Warhead, Coopers Pale Ale, Two Birds Golden Ale, and Matilda Bay Alpha Pale Ale

Interestingly, just 60 breweries took out all the positions in the Top 100 with 43 per cent of the beers coming from a total of 17 brewers.

Lion – as a whole – topped the brewery count with 10 beers making it onto the list with its brands Little Creatures – with three beers – Hahn, Knappstein, Kosciusko, Mad Brewers, Swan, White Rabbit and XXXX all rating places.

The Top 100 is calculated using strict criteria that can be read below. The booklet also features all of the Australia and New Zealand winners of the 2012 Beer & Brewer Awards, including profiles of the winners and ranked winners lists.

Copies of the booklets will be distributed with copies of Issue 24 of Beer & Brewer. Subscribers that already have their magazines and interested parties can download copies here:

Best 100 Beers and Beer & Brewer Awards 2012 (18226 KB)

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Rank	Brand / Beer	State	Total
1	Feral Hop Hog	WA	96
2	Stone & Wood Pacific Ale	NSW	85
3	Little Creatures Pale Ale	WA	66
4	Nail Stout	WA	56
5	The Monk Chief	WA	54
6	Matilda Bay Redback Original	Vic	43
7	Feral Watermelon Warhead	WA	42
8	Coopers Pale Ale	SA	41
9	Two Birds Golden Ale	Vic	41
10	Matilda Bay Alpha Pale Ale	Vic	40
11	Feral Fanta Pants	WA	38
12	Feral Razorback	WA	37
13	Murray‘s Wild Thing Imperial Stout	NSW	37
14	HopDog Horns Up	NSW	37
15	4 Pines Stout	NSW	37
16	Hahn Super Dry	NSW	36
17	Knappstein Reserve Lager	SA	35
18	Coopers Lager	SA	35
19	Kooinda Valhalla Golden Ale	Vic	34
20	Matilda Bay Fat Yak Pale Ale	Vic	31
21	Coopers Sparkling Ale	SA	30
22	Two Birds Sunset Ale	Vic	29
23	Burleigh HEF	Qld	29
24	Holgate Hopinator	Vic	28
25	Moo Brew Belgo Pale Ale	Tas	27
26	Nail Ale	WA	26
27	Sail & Anchor Dry Dock Premium Lager	WA	26
28	Hunter Kolsch	NSW	25
29	Hawthorn Pale Ale	Vic	25
30	AB Pale Lager	NSW	25
31	Temple Midnight IPA	Vic	24
32	Kosciusko Pale Ale	NSW	24
33	Nail Clout Stout	WA	23
34	Broo Premium Lager	Vic	23
35	Coopers Best Extra Stout	SA	22
36	Lord Nelson Three Sheets	NSW	22
37	Coopers Celebration Ale	SA	22
38	Illawarra Brewing Company Koelsch	NSW	22
39	Bridge Road & Nogne 0 India Saison	Vic	21
40	Jamieson The Beast IPA	Vic	21
41	Murray’s Angry Man Pale Ale	NSW	21
42	Redoak Bitter	NSW	21
43	Sydney Brewery Paddo Pale	NSW	21
44	Holgate Road Trip IPA	Vic	20
45	Goodieson Wheat Beer	SA	20
46	Moo Brew Velvet Sledgehammer Stout	Tas	19
47	Moon Dog Black Lung II	Vic	19
48	Moo Brew Stout	Tas	19
49	White Rabbit Dark Ale	Vic	19
50	Mash Rye the Hop Not	WA	19
51	Mash Pale Ale	WA	19
52	Holgate Empress	Vic	18
53	Bridge Road Dark Harvest	Vic	18
54	Little Creatures The Big Dipper	WA	18
55	Red Hill Imperial Stout	Vic	18
56	Moon Dog Freaks and Geeks	Vic	18
57	Little Creatures The Quiet American	WA	18
58	Feral Rye IPA	WA	18
59	Kooinda Black IPA	Vic	18
60	Bridge Road Celtic Red	Vic	18
61	4 Pines Pale Ale	NSW	18
62	Last Drop Krystal Wheat Beer	WA	18
63	Rocks IPA	NSW	18
64	Stone & Wood Jasper Ale	NSW	18
65	Burleigh My Wife’s Bitter	Qld	18
66	Kooinda Pale Ale	Vic	18
67	Iron House Limited Release Leatherwood Honey Porter	Tas	18
68	Steam Exchange Milk Choc Milk Stout	SA	18
69	Lobethal Douple Hopped IPA	SA	18
70	Bacchus Red Belly Black IPA	Qld	18
71	Gage Roads Atomic Pale Ale	WA	18
72	Mad Brewers Stout Noir 2011	NSW	18
73	AB Dark Lager	NSW	18
74	Endeavour Reserve Pale Ale 2011	NSW	18
75	True South Clock Tower IPA	Vic	18
76	Otway Black Panther IBA	Vic	18
77	Bullant Piano Bridge Stout	Vic	18
78	Woolshed Judas the Dark	SA	18
79	Arvo 34	NSW	18
80	Bridge Road Chevalier Saison	Vic	17
81	Dennis Beer Co Rocket Science	SA	17
82	Temple Saison	Vic	17
83	Coopers Mild Ale	SA	17
84	Swan Draught	WA	17
85	Tooborac Blacksmiths Porter	Vic	17
86	XXXX Gold	Qld	17
87	Blue Sky FNQ Lager	Qld	17
88	Brewboys Ace of Spades	SA	17
89	2 Brothers Growler	Vic	17
90	Southern Bay Metal Head Porter	Vic	17
91	Wig & Pen Velvet Cream	ACT	15
92	Brewboys Seeing Double	SA	15
93	Mountain Goat Rye IPA	Vic	15
94	Mountain Goat Cross Breed	Vic	15
95	Feral B.F.H	WA	15
96	Wig & Pen Lunch with the Monks	ACT	15
97	Holgate Beelzebub’s Jewels	Vic	15
98	Matilda Bay Dogbolter	Vic	15
99	Matso’s Ginger Beer	WA	15
100	The Monk Porter	WA	15

By Brewery:
Lion – Castlemaine Perkins (XXXX), Knappstein, Kosciusko, Little Creatures, Malt Shovel (Mad Brewers), Swan, Tooheys (Hahn), White Rabbit	10
Coopers	6
Feral	6
Bridge Road	4
Holgate	4
Matilda Bay	4
Kooinda	3
Moo Brew	3
Nail	3

By State:
Vic	34
WA	21
NSW	20
SA	14
Qld	5
Tas	4
ACT	2

Criteria:

25% People’s Choice votes – with those receiving the most votes being ranked 1-25, with the top receiving 25 points and bottom 1 point.
25% Beer Sales – from Top 10 sales received from on- and off-premise venues over the last 12 months to October 1, 2012, as published in Beer & Brewer magazine. The top received 10 points and bottom 1 point, then pointed tallied, and then ranked 1-25, with the top seller by volume, receiving 25 points.
25% Industry nominations (suppliers, brewers, retailers, media). With the most popular receiving 25 points.
25% Beer Awards – from the leading industry awards including WBC (USA), AIBA (Vic), PRBS (WA), SRBC (NSW), RABS (SA), QRBS (Qld), BrewNZ (NZ), Australian Cider Awards (NSW).
For beers that finished on equal points, a final round of judging took place to confirm the final order, with thanks to the following: Ian Kingham (The ALH Group), Mike Lloyd (Plonk Beer & Wine Store, ACT), Peter Bottcher (Sail & Anchor, WA), Luke Panizza (The International Beer Shop, WA), Geoff Huens (Beer Cartel, NSW) and Ben Nichols (Scratch Bar, Qld), David Lipman (Beer & Brewer magazine).

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