Brewers Association
05/26/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 05/27/2026 13:36
Export Development Program Helps U.S. Brewers Secure 86 Awards in Australia
American craft brewers earned 86 awards at the 2026 Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA), the region's largest annual beer competition, including eight gold, 26 silver, and 52 bronze medals.
Run by Melbourne Royal, the 2026 competition attracted nearly 2,200 entries from 22 countries. A total of 84 judges served across 15 judging panels, including 14 international judges representing New Zealand, China, Japan, the United States, Spain, Germany, Ireland, Indonesia, Singapore, and Korea.
The Brewers Association (BA) Export Development Program (EDP) views international competitions as an important platform for elevating the visibility of US craft beer and helping participating breweries gain attention and distribution in key export markets. To support brewery participation, the BA covers the cost of a consolidated airfreight shipment to judging sites and entry fees for up to three brands per brewery in select international competitions for both EDP and Competition-Only EDP members.
Beyond recognizing individual brewery achievements, these results help strengthen the reputation of American craft beer among importers, distributors, retailers, and consumers throughout the region.
Congratulations to all of this year's winners.
The 2026 Australian International Beer Awards results for American craft brewers are as follows:
| Brewery Name | Beer | Category | Award |
| Trumer Brewery | Helles | 2A - Munich Style Helles (Best European-Style Lager) | Bronze |
| Hardywood Park Craft Brewery | Richmond Lager | 3H - Contemporary American-Style Lager (Best International Lager) | Bronze |
| Sierra Nevada Brewing Co | Pilsner | 4A - German Style Pilsner (Best Pilsner) | Bronze |
| Hardywood Park Craft Brewery | Pils | 4A - German Style Pilsner (Best Pilsner) | Bronze |
| Trumer Brewery | Doppelgänger Northern Lager | 4D - Contemporary American Style Pilsner (Best Pilsner) | Bronze |
| Outer Range Brewing | Alpen Pils | 4E - International Style Pilsner (Best Pilsner) | Bronze |
| Firestone Walker Brewing Co. | Pivo | 4G - Italian Style Pilsner (Best Pilsner) | Bronze |
| Shiner Beers | Shiner Bock | 5C - American Style Amber Lager (Best Amber / Dark Lager) | Bronze |
| The Virginia Beer Company | Cold Drinking Beer | 8F - Golden or Blonde Ale (Best International-Style Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| No-Li Brewhouse | Corner Coast Golden Ale | 8F - Golden or Blonde Ale (Best International-Style Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Firestone Walker Brewing Co. | DBA | 9C - Extra Special Bitter (Best British and European Style Ale) | Bronze |
| Firestone Walker Brewing Co. | Union Jack | 10A - British Style India Pale Ale (Best Traditional India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Reuben's Brews | Crikey IPA | 10B - American Style India Pale Ale (Best Traditional India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Hardywood Park Craft Brewery | Great Return IPA | 10B - American Style India Pale Ale (Best Traditional India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| River North Brewery | I Didn't Hear No Bell | 10E - West Coast Style India Pale Ale (Best Traditional India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Night Shift Brewing | Santilli | 10E - West Coast Style India Pale Ale (Best Traditional India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Wormtown Brewery | Be Hoppy | 10E - West Coast Style India Pale Ale (Best Traditional India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Destihl Brewery | DeadHead IPA | 10E - West Coast Style India Pale Ale (Best Traditional India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| No-Li Brewhouse | Big Juicy | 10E - West Coast Style India Pale Ale (Best Traditional India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Sloop Brewing | Juice Bomb | 11A - Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Shiner Beers | Shiner Off | 11A - Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Samuel Adams Brewery | New England Juicy IPA | 11A - Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Bent Water Brewing Co. | Sonic Bloom | 11A - Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Outer Range Brewing | The Goat | 11A - Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Reuben's Brews | Hazealicious IPA | 11A - Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| No-Li Brewhouse | Cascade Fog Hazy IPA | 11A - Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| No-Li Brewhouse | Apollo Squatch | 11A - Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Revision Brewing Company | Disco Ninja | 11A - Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Sierra Nevada Brewing Co | Hazy Little Thing | 11A - Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| Uinta Brewing Company | Wyld Juicy IPA | 11B - Session IPA (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Bronze |
| The Virginia Beer Company | Trail Magic | 12D - English Style Brown Ale (Best Amber / Dark Ale) | Bronze |
| River North Brewery | Bucket Of Bolts | 12H - Strong Ale (Best Amber / Dark Ale) | Bronze |
| Reuben's Brews | Robust Porter | 13C - Robust Porter (Best Porter or Stout) | Bronze |
| Diatribe Brewing Company | American Porter | 13C - Robust Porter (Best Porter or Stout) | Bronze |
| River North Brewery | Hello Darkness | 13D - American Style Imperial Porter (Best Porter or Stout) | Bronze |
| Lakefront Brewery | My Turn AIDAN | 13L - American-Style Stout (Best Porter or Stout) | Bronze |
| FX Matt Brewing Company | Saranac Weekend Warrior Hazy IPA | 14A - Reduced / Low Alcohol Ale (Best Reduced / Low Alcohol) | Bronze |
| Shiner Beers | Shiner Bock Non | 15A - Non-Alcohol Ale or Lager (Best Non-Alcohol Beer) | Bronze |
| Rationale Brewing | Mexican Lager Style | 15A - Non-Alcohol Ale or Lager (Best Non-Alcohol Beer) | Bronze |
| Samuel Adams Brewery | Just the Haze | 15A - Non-Alcohol Ale or Lager (Best Non-Alcohol Beer) | Bronze |
| Deschutes Brewery | Black Butte Non | 15A - Non-Alcohol Ale or Lager (Best Non-Alcohol Beer) | Bronze |
| Trumer Brewery | Dunkelweizen | 16D - German Style Dunkel Weizen / Dunkel Weissbier (Best Wheat Beer) | Bronze |
| Shiner Beers | Shiner Lemonade Shandy | 18A - American Style Fruit Beer (Best Fruit Beer) | Bronze |
| Lakefront Brewery | My Turn SARA | 18A - American Style Fruit Beer (Best Fruit Beer) | Bronze |
| Wormtown Brewery | Be Berry | 18A - American Style Fruit Beer (Best Fruit Beer) | Bronze |
| StillFire Brewing | Orange Diva Blood Orange Belgian Witbier | 18C - Belgian Style Fruit Beer (Best Fruit Beer) | Bronze |
| Sun Lab Brewing | Craze | 18D - American Style Fruited Sour Ale (Best Fruit Beer) | Bronze |
| 49th State Brewing | Coconut Rum Barrel | 19A - Wood / Barrel-Aged Beer (Best Wood / Barrel-Aged Beer) | Bronze |
| Templin Family Brewing | Tomatillo Beer | 20ZA - Experimental Beer (Best Specialty Beer) | Bronze |
| Quarter Celtic Brewpub | A Clean Pair Of Schwarz | 20ZC - Other Strong Ale or Lager (Best Specialty Beer) | Bronze |
| Griffin Claw Brewing Company | The Macchiato | 21A - Dessert or Pastry Beer (Best Flavoured Specialty Beer) | Bronze |
| Malibu Brewing Company | Hatch Green Chili Lager | 21F - Chili Pepper Beer (Best Flavoured Specialty Beer) | Bronze |
| Lakefront Brewery | Dive Beer | 3G - Contemporary American-Style Light Lager (Best International Lager) | Gold |
| Breakside Brewery | Pilsner | 4C - American Style Pilsner (Best Pilsner) | Gold |
| Sun Lab Brewing | Haze | 11A - Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Gold |
| Alaskan Brewing Company | Smoked Porter | 13E - Smoke Porter (Best Porter or Stout) | Gold |
| 49th State Brewing | Nitro McCarthy Stout | 13F - Dry Stout - Classic Irish Style (Best Porter or Stout) | Gold |
| No-Li Brewhouse | Wrecking Ball Imperial Stout | 13H - British Style Imperial Stout (Best Porter or Stout) | Gold |
| Sierra Nevada Brewing Co | Trail Pass Hazy IPA | 15A - Non-Alcohol Ale or Lager (Best Non-Alcohol Beer) | Gold |
| Malibu Brewing Company | Canyon Rosé Rice Lager | 20ZA - Experimental Beer (Best Specialty Beer) | Gold |
| 49th State Brewing | 8 Star Lager | 2A - Munich Style Helles (Best European-Style Lager) | Silver |
| Jack's Abby Craft Lagers | House Lager | 2A - Munich Style Helles (Best European-Style Lager) | Silver |
| Deschutes Brewery | Kirkland Signature Helles Lager | 2A - Munich Style Helles (Best European-Style Lager) | Silver |
| Quarter Celtic Brewpub | Vienna Festbier | 2C - Vienna Style Lager (Best European-Style Lager) | Silver |
| Shiner Beers | Texas Special | 3A - American Style Lager (Best International Lager) | Silver |
| Samuel Adams Brewery | American Light Lager | 3F - American Style Light Lager (Best International Lager) | Silver |
| Trumer Brewery | Trumer Pils | 4A - German Style Pilsner (Best Pilsner) | Silver |
| Diatribe Brewing Company | Schwarzbier | 5B - German Style Schwarzbier (Best Amber / Dark Lager) | Silver |
| Revision Brewing Company | Revision IPA | 10B - American Style India Pale Ale (Best Traditional India Pale Ale) | Silver |
| Breakside Brewery | Beer That Benefits | 10E - West Coast Style India Pale Ale (Best Traditional India Pale Ale) | Silver |
| Outer Range Brewing | Colorado Cou Cou | 11A - Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Silver |
| Night Shift Brewing | Fluffy | 11A - Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Silver |
| Destihl Brewery | Deadhead IPA Series: Tourbus Hazy IPA | 11A - Juicy or Hazy India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Silver |
| Night Shift Brewing | Double Parked | 11C - Juicy or Hazy Imperial or Double India Pale Ale (Best Modern India Pale Ale) | Silver |
| River North Brewery | Mr. Sandman | 13H - British Style Imperial Stout (Best Porter or Stout) | Silver |
| Alaskan Brewing Company | Sentinel Strong Ale | 17B - Belgian Style Dark Strong Dark Ale (Best Belgian / French Style Ale) | Silver |
| 49th State Brewing | Golden Dall | 17F - Belgian Style Tripel (Best Belgian / French Style Ale) | Silver |
| Shiner Beers | Shiner Prickly Pear | 18A - American Style Fruit Beer (Best Fruit Beer) | Silver |
| Samuel Adams Brewery | Samuel Adams Summer Ale | 18B - Fruit Wheat Beer (Best Fruit Beer) | Silver |
| Destihl Brewery | Wild Sour Series: Blackberry Gose | 18D - American Style Fruited Sour Ale (Best Fruit Beer) | Silver |
| The Virginia Beer Company | Scotch Waypost | 19A - Wood / Barrel-Aged Beer (Best Wood / Barrel-Aged Beer) | Silver |
| Breakside Brewery | The Opposite Of Talking | 19A - Wood / Barrel-Aged Beer (Best Wood / Barrel-Aged Beer) | Silver |
| Breakside Brewery | Sted Sarandos | 19A - Wood / Barrel-Aged Beer (Best Wood / Barrel-Aged Beer) | Silver |
| Templin Family Brewing | Tripple Brett | 20P - Brett Beer (Best Specialty Beer) | Silver |
| Diatribe Brewing Company | Hazelnut Imperial Stout | 21E - Field Beer (Best Flavoured Specialty Beer) | Silver |
| Templin Family Brewing | Coconut Guava | 21E - Field Beer (Best Flavoured Specialty Beer) | Silver |
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