Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular

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The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular, or GABS as it is commonly known, is a beer and food festival that celebrates the diversity and creativity of craft beer. It is run by The Local Taphouse beer bars each year in Melbourne and Sydney and in 2015, almost 23,000 people attended the events.[citation needed]

The Local Taphouses regularly run beer festivals, or SpecTAPulars, to showcase rare or exclusive beers under a different theme. The original GABS (it was originally called the Great Australian Beer SpecTAPular) was held at both venues in both Sydney and Melbourne on 12 February 2011. Another notable, annual event is the GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers of the Year countdown. This event is held each Australia Day, January 26.

The main idea behind GABS was to invite leading Australian craft breweries to brew a special beer just for the event. Not especially confident, Taphouse owners Steve Jeffares and Guy Greenstone thought they would be lucky to get ten new beers so planned to put their favourite Australian beers on the 10 other available taps. The response from brewers was so positive that, ultimately, 22 breweries produced 20 brand new beers for the event.

Emboldened by the events' initial success, it was decided to relocate GABS to the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne for three days the following year and become part of Melbourne's Good Beer Week celebrations. About 8000 people attended.

GABS now features hundreds of beers, brewery stands, beer education, local food vendors and entertainment but it is predominantly known for the GABS 'Festival Beers' which are brewed especially for the event by leading brewers in Australia, New Zealand and other invited international brewers.

The first GABS Sydney took place at the Australian Technology Park on Saturday 30 May 2016.

In 2015, American magazine, Beer Connoisseur, rated GABS as one of the top 20 beer festivals in the world.[1]

Statistics[]

2020[]

Top Hottest 100 Winners[]

[2]

  1. 'Crankshaft' American IPA (Bentspoke Brewing Co, ACT)[3]
  2. 'Pacific Ale' Australian Pale Ale (Stone & Wood Brewing Co., NSW)[3]
  3. 'XPA' eXtra Pale Ale (Balter Brewing Company, QLD)

2019[]

Top Hottest 100 Winners[]

[4]

  1. 'Pacific Ale' Australian Pale Ale (Stone & Wood Brewing Co., NSW)[5]
  2. 'XPA' eXtra Pale Ale (Balter Brewing Company, QLD)[5]
  3. 'Crankshaft' American IPA (Bentspoke Brewing Co, ACT)[5]

People's Choice Winner[]

  • 'Grape Bubblegum Sour' Berliner Weisse (Currumbin Valley Brewing, QLD)

2018[]

Top Hottest 100 Winners[]

[6]

  1. 'XPA' eXtra Pale Ale (Balter Brewing Company, QLD)[7]
  2. 'Pacific Ale' Australian Pale Ale (Stone & Wood Brewing Co., NSW)[7]
  3. 'Crankshaft' American IPA (Bentspoke Brewing Co, ACT)[7]

People's Choice Winner[]

  • 'Boozy Froot' New England IPA (Big Shed Brewing Concern, SA)

2017[]

Top Hottest 100 Winners[]

[8]

  1. 'XPA' eXtra Pale Ale (Balter Brewing Company, QLD)[9]
  2. 'Pacific Ale' Australian Pale Ale (Stone & Wood Brewing Co., NSW)[9]
  3. 'Crankshaft' American IPA (Bentspoke Brewing Co, ACT)[9]

People's Choice Winner[]

  • 'The Mountie' Maple Imperial Stout (Stockade Brew Co, NSW)

2016[]

People's Choice Winner[]

  • 'Peanut Brittle' Gose (Bacchus Brewing, QLD)

2015[]

Attendance[]

Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne. 22–24 May 2015

  • Attendance: 16,200 people[10]

Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh, Sydney, 30 May 2016

  • Attendance: 6,300 people[10]

People's Choice Winner[]

  • 'Milk and Two Sugars' Imperial Milk Stout (BrewCult, VIC)

Complete List of Festival Beers[]

Beer List (Partial)

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2014[]

Attendance[]

Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne. 22–24 May 2014

  • Attendance: 12,000 people[11]

People's Choice Winner[]

  • 'Praline' Belgian Ale (La Sirene, VIC)

Complete List of Festival Beers[]

Beer List

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2013[]

Attendance[]

Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne. 24–26 May 2013

  • Attendance: 11,000 people[12]

People's Choice Winner[]

  • White Chocolate and Raspberry Pilsner (Bacchus, QLD)

Complete List of Festival Beers[]

Beer List

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2012[]

Attendance[]

Royal Exhibition Hall, Melbourne.

People's Choice Winner[]

Complete List of Festival Beers[]

Beer List

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References[]

  1. ^ Guest, Chris. "World's Top 20 Beer Festivals". The Beer Connoisseur. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  2. ^ "GABS Hottest 100 Craft Beers 2020 Results". beercartel.com.au. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Lindell, Jasper (23 January 2021). "BentSpoke's Crankshaft named Australia's No.1 craft beer in GABS Festival Hottest 100". Canberra Times. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. ^ "GABS HOTTEST 100 CRAFT BEERS OF 2019". pgabsfestival.com. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c Cwhiting (28 January 2020). "Stone & Wood tops GABS Hottest 100". beerandbrewer.com. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  6. ^ "GABS HOTTEST 100 AUSSIE CRAFT BEER 2018". pgabsfestival.com. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c Mooney, Clyde (29 January 2018). "GABS HOTTEST 100 CRAFT BEERS 2018: NEW AND TRENDING". pubtic.com.au. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  8. ^ "GABS HOTTEST 100 AUSSIE CRAFT BEER OF 2017". pgabsfestival.com. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  9. ^ Jump up to: a b c Mooney, Clyde (29 January 2018). "THE GABS HOTTEST 100 CRAFT BEERS OF 2017: NEW AND TRENDING". pubtic.com.au. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Shailer, Annette. "The top 20 GABS festival beers". The Shout. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  11. ^ "2014 Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular most successful to date (media release)". Visit Vinyards. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  12. ^ Davidson, James. "Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular review". Australian Brew News. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
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