INVERMAY\u2019S Dollar Bill Brewing has trounced one-thousand seven-hundred and eighty other entries to win Champion Australian Beer at the 2021 Australian International Beer Awards, with its recently released \u201cwild ale\u201d, Gold Teeth.<\/p>\n
Responding to the prestigious accolade, Fiona Nolle, who founded the business in 2017 with husband and brewer Ed, said they\u2019re still coming to terms with the overwhelming reaction to their win at the awards ceremony, held at the Melbourne Showgrounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are happy. We are shocked. We are really, really excited,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the announcement was made, the room just erupted. Everyone stood up, and I\u2019ve been told it’s the first time there\u2019s ever been a standing ovation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had brewer after brewer approach us to say how proud they were – they all know how hard we\u2019ve done it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ve had a dream, and we’ve chased it, and now we feel that little bit closer to making it all come together. So we’re on an absolute high.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ms Nolle said it was particularly satisfying to triumph on behalf of the Ballarat craft beer scene, with local brewpub Aunty Jack\u2019s also winning a gold medal in the German Style Pilsner category for its Aunty Jack\u2019s Lager.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, it is special because Ballarat is the craft beer capital of regional Victoria, and I\u2019m pretty sure what we\u2019ve done down here, all of us, we\u2019ve stamped our name all over it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo it\u2019s awesome, and we couldn’t be prouder.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the notoriously competitive competition, all entries at the AIBAs were tasted by a panel of expert judges and assessed in terms of appearance, aroma, flavour and body, technical quality and style.<\/p>\n
Known as a wild ale because of the technique of fermenting the beer with natural yeasts, Gold Teeth also took out this year\u2019s award for Best Fruit Beer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
INVERMAY\u2019S Dollar Bill Brewing has trounced one-thousand seven-hundred and eighty other entries to win Champion Australian Beer at the 2021 Australian International Beer Awards, with its recently released \u201cwild ale\u201d, Gold Teeth. Responding to the prestigious accolade, Fiona Nolle, who founded the business in 2017 with husband and brewer Ed, said they\u2019re still coming to […]<\/p>\n