The countdown is well and truly on for the 2018 Australian Liquor Industry Awards (ALIA), with the announcement of the finalists in the off-premise awards.
You can also see this year’s on-premise finalists here.
ALIA is voted by the industry, for the industry and after the first round of voting, which is open to the industry as a whole, we have the finalists in the off-premise categories. These finalists will now go to ALIA’s extensive panel of judges from all sectors of Australia’s liquor industry. Full details on the voting and judging process are available on the ALIA website.
The judges will now vote for the top three in each of the categories, to ascertain the ALIA winners. These votes will then be audited by PKF, with the winners revealed at this year’s awards, taking place at Randwick Racecourse on Wednesday, 31 October.
Congratulations to all this year’s off-premise finalists, the on-premise finalists will be revealed later this week.
BEER & CIDER
Full Strength
- Boags Draught
- Carlton Draught
- Emu Export
- Great Northern Original
- Melbourne Bitter
- Tooheys Extra Dry
- Tooheys New
- Victoria Bitter
- West End Draught
- XXXX Bitter
Light and Mid-Strength
- Asahi Soukai
- Carlton Mid-Strength Bitter
- Cascade Premium Light
- Colonial Small Ale
- Coopers Mild Ale
- Great Northern Super Crisp
- Hahn Premium Light
- Iron Jack
- James Boag’s Premium Light
- XXXX Gold
Low Carbohydrate
- Burleigh Big Head
- Carlton Dry
- Carlton Dry Fusion Lime
- Coopers Clear
- Hahn Super Dry
- Hahn Super Dry 3.5%
- Pure Blonde Premium Mid
- Pure Blonde Premium Ultra
- XXXX Summer Bright Lager
- XXXX Summer Bright Lime
Premium Domestic
- Boag’s Premium
- Cascade Premium Lager
- Coopers 62 Pilsner
- Coopers Best Extra Stout
- Coopers Pale Ale
- Coopers Session Ale
- Coopers Sparkling Ale
- Crown Golden Ale
- Crown Lager
- Furphy Refreshing Ale
Premium International
- Asahi Super Dry
- Beck’s
- Budweiser
- Carlsberg
- Corona Extra
- Estrella Damm Lager
- Heineken
- Peroni Nastro Azzurro
- Stella Artois
- Tiger
Mainstream Craft
- Cricketers Arms Spearhead Pale Ale
- Fat Yak Pale Ale
- James Squire 150 Lashes Pale Ale
- James Squire Chancer Golden Ale
- James Squire Hop Thief
- Lazy Yak Pale Ale
- Little Creatures Bright Ale
- Little Creatures Pale Ale
- Mountain Goat Steam Ale
- Wild Yak Pacific Ale
Independent Craft
- Balter XPA
- Bentspoke Crankshaft American IPA
- Colonial Pale Ale
- Endeavour Pale Ale
- Gage Roads Atomic Pale Ale
- Gage Roads Single Fin Summer Ale
- Modus Operandi Sonic Prayer
- Monteith’s Pointers Pale Ale
- Stone & Wood Pacific Ale
- Young Henry’s Newtowner
Cider
- 5 Seeds Crisp
- Apple Thief Pink Lady
- Little Fat Lamb
- Mercury Hard
- Pure Blonde
- Rekorderlig
- Somersby
- Strongbow Classic
- Willie Smith’s Traditional
- Young Henrys Cloudy Cider
Best Marketed Beer or Cider
- Balter XPA
- Carlton Draught
- Carlton Dry
- Coopers Pale Ale
- Furphy Refreshing Ale
- Great Northern
- Heineken
- Iron Jack
- XXXX Gold
- Young Henrys Newtowner
WINE
Red Wine – $14.99 and Under
- Fifth Leg
- De Bortoli Deen Vat Series
- Gossips
- Hardys R&R
- Jacob’s Creek Classic
- Jacob’s Creek Reserve
- McGuigan Black Label
- Wolf Blass Red Label
- Wyndham Estate Bin 555
- Yellow Tail
Red Wine – $15 to $29.99
- Annie’s Lane
- Devil’s Corner
- Jacob’s Creek Double Barrel
- Lindeman’s Gentleman’s Collection
- Penfolds Koonunga Hill
- Pepperjack
- Peter Lehmann Portrait
- Taylors Estate
- Wirra Wirra Church Block
- Wynn’s Coonawarra
Red Wine – $30 and Over
- Henschke Hill of Grace
- Penfolds Grange
- Penfolds Max’s
- Penfolds RWT
- Penfolds St Henri
- Pepperjack Premium Cut
- Peter Lehmann Stonewell
- St Hugo
- Wolf Blass Grey Label
- Wynns Black Label
White Wine – $14.99 and Under
- Brancott Estate Classic
- Fifth Leg
- Gossips
- Hardys R&R
- Houghton Classic
- Jacob’s Creek Classic
- Lindeman’s Bin Series
- Wolf Blass Red Label
- Yalumba Y Series
- Yellow Tail
White Wine – $15 to $29.99
- Devil’s Corner
- Devil’s Lair Hidden Cave
- Giesen
- Jim Barry Watervale
- Kim Crawford Regional Reserve
- Oyster Bay
- Shaw & Smith
- Squealing Pig
- Taylors Estate
- Villa Maria Private Bin
White Wine – $30 and Over
- Cloudy Bay Pelorus
- Coldstream Hills
- Devil’s Lair Estate
- Leeuwin Art Series
- Leeuwin Estate Prelude
- Penfolds Reserve Bin Range
- Penfolds Max’s
- Petaluma Yellow Label
- Pierro
- Shaw & Smith M3
Rosé Wine
- Bird in Hand
- Brown Brothers Moscato
- De Bortoli La Boheme
- Fifth Leg
- Gerard Bertrand
- Jacob’s Creek Cool Harvest
- Jacob’s Creek Le Petit
- Mateus
- Squealing Pig
- Turkey Flat
Australian and International Sparkling
- Arras
- Brown Brothers Prosecco
- Chandon
- Grant Burge Sparkling
- Jacob’s Creek Sparkling
- Jansz
- Oyster Bay
- Petaluma Croser
- Yellow Tail
- Yellowglen Colours
Champagne
- Billecart
- Bollinger
- Dom Perignon
- G.H. Mumm Cordon Rouge NV
- Moët & Chandon Imperial
- Perrier Jouët
- Piper Heidsieck
- Pol Roger
- Taittinger
- Veuve Cliquot Yellow Label
Dessert and Fortified Wines
- Brown Brothers Australian Tawny
- De Bortoli Noble One
- Galway Pipe
- McWilliams Commercial Fortifieds
- McWilliams Royal Reserve
- Morris of Rutherglen Rare Tawny
- Penfolds Club Reserve
- Stanley Tawny
- Stones Ginger Wine
- Wolf Blass Red Label Tawny
Best Marketed Wine
- 19 Crimes
- Brown Brothers
- Fifth Leg
- G.H Mumm NV
- Jacobs Creek
- McGuigan
- Penfolds
- Pepperjack
- Wolf Blass
- Yellow Tail
SPIRITS
Dark Spirit
- Bundaberg UP
- Canadian Club
- Captain Morgan
- Chivas Regal 12 Year Old
- Jack Daniel’s
- Jameson
- Jim Beam White
- Johnnie Walker Black
- Johnnie Walker Red
- Wild Turkey 86.8
Light Spirit
- Absolut
- Bacardi Superior
- Bombay Sapphire
- Gordon’s
- Grey Goose
- Tovaritch
- Skyy Vodka
- Smirnoff Red
- Tanqueray
- Vodka O
Luxury Dark Spirit – Over $70
- Chivas Regal 18 Year Old
- Glenmorangie
- Hennessy VSOP
- Johnnie Walker Blue
- Johnnie Walker Gold
- Johnnie Walker Green
- Lagavulin
- Laphroaig
- Starward Whisky
- Talisker
Luxury Light Spirit – Over $70
- Adelaide Hills 78 Degrees
- Archie Rose Signature Dry Gin
- Don Julio Blanco
- Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin
- Hendrick’s
- Herradurra
- Ink Gin
- Patron Silver
- Star of Bombay
- Tanqueray Ten
Liqueur
- Alize
- Baileys Irish Cream
- Cointreau
- Frangelico
- Galliano
- Jägermeister
- Kahlúa
- Malibu
- Midori
- Mr Black
RTS/RTS Dark
- Bundaberg Lazy Bear
- Bundaberg UP
- Canadian Club
- Jack Daniel’s
- Jack Daniel’s Double Jack
- Jim Beam Black
- Jim Beam White
- Wild Turkey 101 6.5%
- Woodstock Black
- Woodstock Gold
RTS/RTS Light
- Absolut Botanik
- Gordon’s Gin & Tonic
- Midori Illusion
- Pimm’s No1 Cup
- Ruski
- Smirnoff Ice Double Black
- Smirnoff Ice Red
- Smirnoff Pure
- UDL
- Vodka Cruiser
Best Marketed Spirit/RTD/RTS
- Bombay Sapphire
- Bundaberg Rum
- Canadian Club & Dry
- Captain Morgan
- Four Pillars
- Grey Goose
- Hendrick’s
- Jack Daniels
- Jim Beam
- Johnnie Walker
MAJOR AWARDS
New Product of the Year
- 19 Crimes
- 5 Seeds Lower Sugar
- Balter IIPA
- Brown Brothers Prosecco Spritz
- Coopers Session Ale
- Indie Draught
- Iron Jack
- Jacob’s Creek Prosecco Spritz
- Jim Beam Black Double Serve
- Slane Irish Whiskey
- Tanqueray & Tonic RTD
- Untold Spiced Rum
Liquor brand of the Year
- Aperol
- Bacardi
- Coopers
- Four Pillars
- Furphy Refreshing Ale
- Great Northern
- Iron Jack
- Jack Daniel’s
- Jim Beam
- Penfolds
- Wild Turkey
- Wolf Blass
Retail Group of the Year
- Camperdown Cellars
- Cellarbrations
- Chambers Cellars
- Dan Murphy’s
- Bottler
- Liquor Barons
- Liquor Legends
- Bottlemart
- Liquorstax
- Thirsty Camel
- Porter’s Liquor
- Super Cellars
Liquor Store of the Year
- Armadale Cellars, Armadale, VIC
- Bayfield’s Liquor Superstore, Dee Why, NSW
- Beer Cartel, St Leonards, NSW
- Camperdown Cellars, Campderdown, NSW
- Carwyn Cellars, Thornbury, VIC
- Dan Murphy’s, Prahan, VIC
- Elizabeth Bay Cellars, Elizabeth Bay, NSW
- Liquor Barons, Swanbourne, WA
- Liquor Legends, Charnwood, ACT
- Sense of Taste, Portside Wharf, QLD
- The Drink Hive, Rosebery, NSW
- The Oak Barrel, Sydney, NSW
Off-Premise Supplier of the Year
- Asahi Premium Beverages
- Brown-Forman
- Coopers
- CUB
- Diageo
- Kollaras & Co
- Lion
- Pernod Ricard
- SouthTrade International
- Treasury Wine Estates
- Vanguard Luxury Brands
- William Grant & Sons