The 2024 Australian Liquor Industry Awards (ALIA) took place at The Star Event Centre in Sydney last night, celebrating the country’s best people, brands and venues.
The awards has 63 categories ranging across beer, wine, spirits, off-premise and on-premise, including 11 beer awards ranging from Best Full Strength Beer to Best Australian Brewery.
The Taphouse in Darlinghurst took home the Best Beer List award, while Stone & Wood won the Best Mainstream Craft and Best Australian Brewery awards.
See below for the full list of beer winners:
- Best Full Strength Beer
- Winner: Great Northern Brewing Co Original Lager
- Highly Commended: Furphy Crisp Lager
- Best Mid or Low Strength Beer
- Balter Captain Sensible
- Great Northern Super Crisp
- Best Premium Domestic
- Coopers Pale Ale
- Balter Cerveza
- Best Premium International
- Asahi Super Dry
- Guinness
- Best Mainstream Craft
- Stone & Wood Pacific Ale
- Balter XPA
- Best Independent Craft
- Young Henrys Newtowner
- Bentspoke Crankshaft
- Best Cider
- Young Henrys Cloudy Cider
- Somersby
- Best No-Low Alcohol Product (on-trade)
- Heaps Normal Quiet XPA
- Heineken 0.0
- Best Draught Product
- Balter XPA
- Guinness
- Best Beer List
- The Taphouse, Darlinghurst
- Odd Culture, Newtown
- Best Australian Brewery
- Stone & Wood
- Coopers