Seems not enough people voted for Gage?
But in the photograph from the Beer and Brewer article Single Fin has the standout label
And it seems to me the contest is more about ‘any publicity is good publicity’ rather than needing to be best ?
(Although the title would have been nice )
There were only 31,000 voters who placed 155,000 votes......
If you break that down, only about 5,000 from each state ...but that is possibly NOT how the numbers balanced out .
From the story ;
.........“Localism has been touted as an increasingly influential factor and the results backed that up, with this year’s list featuring the first brewery from Northern Territory – Darwin’s One Mile Brewery – which had four beers make it into the Hottest 100. The Sunshine Coast also elevated its local brewing scene, getting Your Mates, 10 Toes and Brouhaha into the list. In addition, The Welder’s Dog from Armidale in regional NSW saw four of its beers in the list, including the first ever ginger beer to make the Hottest 100.”.... https://www.beerandbrewer.com/balter-gabs-hottest-100/
Also:
“Battle of brews
Simon CollinsThe West Australian
Tuesday, 29 January 2019 9:29AM
Gage Road Single Fin beer
In Sunday’s other hotly contested countdown, more than 30,000 brew lovers around Australia knocked the froth off WA beers.
Gold Coast brewer Balter took out top spot on the 11th annual GABS Hottest 100 Aussie Craft Beers for the second consecutive year with its XPA.
Meanwhile, only nine beers from this State made the list, down from 16 the previous year.
Our top brew came from Palmyra-based brewery Gage Roads’ Single Fin, which came 10th and was the only WA beer in the top 50.
Local breweries which made the bottom half of the Hottest 100 included Feral (Hop Hog at 53 and Biggie Juice at 100), Colonial (Pale Ale at 62 and South West Sour at 96), Little Creatures’ Pale Ale at 62 and Nail VPA at 72.
Gage Roads had three entries on the beer parade — their American pale ales Little Dove and Atomic placed 57th and 66th, respectively.
The annual poll revealed craft drinkers have reacted negatively to Coca-Cola Amatil’s purchase of Feral two years ago.
The brewer, which is based in Bassendean with a brew pub in the Swan Valley, have gone from Feral Hop Hog, scoring a trifecta of wins from 2012-14 to only landing two beers in the lower half of the list.
About 31,000 drinkers voted 15,500 times, with Balter earning the most overall votes ahead of Canberra brewer BentSpoke, Byron Bay’s Stone & Wood and Sydney’s Young Henrys.
Balter and ACT brewery Capital both boast six beers on the Hottest 100, while BentSpoke and Young Henrys scored five each.”
