GABS

GABS HOTTEST 100 FOR 2025

Posted on January 31st, 2025 by Clyde Mooney
The annual GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers poll has been finalised, for the 17th year, finding familiar favourites and a flight of new additions. Australia’s yearly battle of the beers for 2025 proved a stand-off between nearly 400 of

AUSSIES VOTE ON HOTTEST BEERS FOR 2024

Posted on January 29th, 2024 by Clyde Mooney
The 16th edition of the annual GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beer poll has dropped, reflecting consumers served entertaining voting campaigns, proving creativity an important part of the crafty market beyond merely brewing beer. Tens of thousands of votes were counted

AUSTRALIA’S HOTTEST BEERS FOR 2023

Posted on January 30th, 2023 by Clyde Mooney
As has become the tradition, the Great Australasian Beer Spectapular's (GABS) Hottest 100 list was announced over the weekend, this year crowning a newcomer to the competition. The GABS Hottest 100 is released late January, following Australia Day, celebrating the

GABS CRAFT BEER RESULTS FOR 2021

Posted on January 31st, 2022 by Clyde Mooney
Australia has voted for its favourite craft beer of 2021, in the latest Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS), welcoming back Bentspoke’s triumphant Crankshaft American IPA. After an anti-socialising pandemic and the latest viral strain made for a challenging festive season

HOT BEER RELEASES FOR WINTER

Posted on May 31st, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
This month the biggest celebrations in Australian beer took place, and some of the strongest players were not shy putting their best new flavours forward. Current titleholder of the #1 beer on the GABS Top100 for 2021, Canberra’s BentSpoke Brewing

CRAFT BEER BIBLE TAPS BENT SPOKE

Posted on January 27th, 2021 by Clyde Mooney
The latest Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular list of the Hottest 100 craft beers in Australia has been released, with a podium shuffle and new top dog brewer. The new list, recognising the best drops of 2020, is the thirteenth edition

ANOTHER GABS CITES THE BEST

Posted on January 29th, 2020 by Clyde Mooney
The annual Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular Hottest 100 craft beers in Australia list has been released, welcoming more record-breaking stats and a perennial favourite back in top spot. Celebrating its twelfth year, the GABS Hottest 100 is an annual snapshot

CUB BUYS CRAFT BEER SWEETHEART BALTER

Posted on December 6th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Gold Coast craft beer start-up superstar Balter has inked a deal to join the Carlton & United Breweries stable, but stresses nothing will change inside its iconic smiley can. Founded in 2016 by a bunch of mates including professional surfers

COOPERS DRIVES XPA OUT OF GABS

Posted on May 17th, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
Coopers has today released its new Extra Pale Ale (XPA) at GABS, ushering on-point innovation in the evolving craft beer market. The 2019 Great Australasian Beer Spectapular (GABS) event has begun in Melbourne, showcasing the newest line-up products and creative

HOTTEST 100 CRAFT BEERS FOR 2018 REVEALED

Posted on February 1st, 2019 by Clyde Mooney
The Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular (GABS) rolled out again this week, in its eleventh year, offering record insight into the ever-evolving tastes in the thriving Australian craft beer scene. On Sunday (27 January) beer connoisseurs counted down the nation’s favourites