New Zealand’s Deep Creek Brewing Co. won a Champion Trophy at this year’s Melbourne Royal Australian International Beer Awards (AIBA).

There was a record number of entries for this year’s awards, with 2630 exhibits entered in what is the largest annual beer competition in the world, assessing both draught and packaged beer.

Over 350 breweries submitted entries (245 from Australia), which were evaluated and scored by a panel of 65 judges from across Australia.

Deep Creek won Champion Medium International Brewery, while Trophies also went to Bach Brewing for Best Non-Alcohol Beer for its ‘All Day Non-Alcoholic IPA’, and Hallertau for Best Design – Label/Surface Graphic for its reusable Hallertau bottle ‘The Keeper’.

 AIBA Champion Trophies 2022

• Champion Australian Beer: Beerland Blueberry Clouds, Beerland Brewing, Australia

• Champion International Beer: Viva La Beaver, Belching Beaver Brewery, USA

• Champion Large Australian Brewery: Hawkers Beer, Australia

• Champion Large International Brewery: Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan, Germany

• Champion Medium Australian Brewery: Stomping Ground Brewing Co, Victoria

• Champion Medium International Brewery: Deep Creek Brewing Company, Auckland, New Zealand

• Champion Small Australian Brewery: Moffat Beach Brewing Co, Queensland

• Champion Small International Brewery: Artmonster Brewery, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea

 W: Full results at melbourneroyal.com.au