photo by Bernt Rostad (flickr)

The Australian International Beer Awards took place in Melbourne last week and our own Coopers Sparkling Ale, which has been in production almost continuously since the 1860s, took out the trophy for Best Australian Style Pale Ale.

The beer also won a gold medal in the draught beer section and a silver medal for packaging.

The awards had almost 1500 entries, from 277 exhibitors and almost half were from overseas.

No excuse for buying imports now!