The 2025 Australian Liquor Industry Awards were held at The Fullerton Hotel in Sydney on Wednesday, 5 November, celebrating the standout people, places and products that have shaped Australia’s liquor industry over the past year.
A number of the awards are dedicated to Australia’s beer and brewing industry with awards recognising the best products, breweries and the venues that have a strong beer focus.
It was a great night for Coopers winning a number of product awards, and also being named as the Best Australian Brewery.
Here’s a full list of all the beer and brewing winners from this year’s awards:
- Best Full Strength Beer
- W: Great Northern Brewing Co Original Lager
- HC: Resch’s Draught
- Best Light, Mid-Strength and Low Carb Beer
- W: Coopers Mild Ale
- HC: Hahn Super 3.5%
- Best Premium Domestic Beer
- W: Coopers Pale Ale
- HC: Gage Roads Single Fin
- Best Premium International Beer
- W: Guinness
- HC: Sapporo
- Best Mainstream Craft Beer
- W: Stone & Wood Pacific Ale
- HC: Balter XPA
- Best Independent Craft Beer
- W: Young Henrys Newtowner
- HC: Mountain Culture Status Quo
- Best Cider
- W: Young Henrys Cloudy Cider
- HC: Willie Smith’s Organic
- Best Australian Brewery
- W: Coopers
- HC: Stone & Wood
- Best On-Premise No-Low Alcohol Product
- W: Heaps Normal XPA
- HC: Guinness 0.0
- Best Draught Product
- W: Guinness
- HC: Young Henrys Newtowner
- Best Beer List
- W: Odd Culture, Newtown
- W: Osbourne Hotel, Fortitude Valley
- HC: Bitter Phew, Darlinghurst
- Best Liquor Brand
- W: Guinness
- HC: Hard Rated
- Best Hotel
- W: Arkaba Hotel, Fullarton
- HC: Oran Park Hotel, Oran Park
- HC: The Dry Dock, Balmain
- Best On-Premise Supplier
- W: Asahi Beverages
- HC: Lion
- Best Off-Premise Supplier
- W: Lion
- HC: Sazerac
