On a night of commendation and celebration, the 2022 IBA Independent Beer Awards (The Indies) has seen four Mornington Peninsula breweries take home multiple impressive accolades.

Alongside the coveted champion awards, recognition was also given to businesses with gold, silver and bronze medals, across a variety of classes.

For TWØBAYS Brewing, located in the Dromana industrial estate, it was their Gluten-Free IPA and Session Ale Beers which both received an esteemed gold placing under the Specialty Beer class.

Dainton Beer in Carrum Downs additionally secured three gold medals in the categories of Juicy Hazy Ale, IPA (India Pale Ale) and Strong Beer.

These were awarded for their Equalizer Hazy Pale, Overdrive West Coast IPA and Darklord Imperial Stout brews respectively. 

Red Hill Brewery also claimed one gold medal in the Strong Beer class for their famous Imperial Stout. This is not the first time their Imperial Stout has taken home a medal at The Indies, and is overall one of the most consistently awarded beers for Red Hill Brewery, in Australia. 

In further recognition, TWØBAYS Brewing made the finalist list for National Champion Medium Brewery, while Dainton Beer came runner up for Champion Victorian and Australian Brewery.

Finally, Jetty Road Brewery in Dromana made a notable impression of the night, collecting a total of seven awards including silver for their Infinite 8 IIPA.

Established in 2014, The Indies work in both celebrating and rewarding independent Australian breweries who continue to showcase quality and innovation in their business.

This year’s event saw a remarkable 1,458 entries (including cans, bottles and kegs) from over 200 breweries nationwide.

To explore more of these award-winning Mornington Peninsula breweries, click on the link here.

And to find the full list of region-focused results at the 2022 Indies, read on below.

DAINTON BEER

GOLD - JUICY-HAZY ALE

• Equalizer Hazy Pale

GOLD - IPA (INDIA PALE ALE)

• Overdrive West Coast IPA

GOLD - STRONG BEER

• Darklord Imperial Stout

SILVER - AMBER-DARK BEER

• Red Eye Rye Red IPA

SILVER - JUICY-HAZY ALE

• Equalizer Hazy Pale
• Jungle Juice Hazy IPA
• D6 6-Hop Anniversary NEIPA

SILVER - SPECIALTY BEER

• Choctail Espresso Mocha Stout

SILVER - IPA

• Blood Orange NEIPA

SILVER - STRONG BEER

• RRAWWWGGR Big Chewy Red IPA (x2)

BRONZE - AMBER-DARK BEER

• Red Eye Rye Red IPA 

BRONZE - STRONG BEER

• Cherrywood Barrel-Aged Smoked Rye Baltic Porter

JETTY ROAD BREWERY

SILVER - STRONG BEER

• Infinite 8 IIPA

BRONZE - PALE ALE

• Pale Ale

BRONZE - JUICY-HAZY ALE

• Chlorophyll, More like Borophyll-DDH Hazy IPA

BRONZE - SPECIALTY BEER

• Milk Choc Stout
• Refreshing Ale

BRONZE - LAGER

• Draught

BRONZE - STRONG BEER

• IPA

RED HILL BREWERY

GOLD - STRONG BEER

• Imperial Stout

SILVER - PALE ALE

• Scotch Ale

BRONZE - PALE ALE

• Rip Pale Ale

TWØBAYS BREWING

GOLD - SPECIALTY BEER

• IPA
• Session Ale

SILVER - SPECIALTY BEER

• GFB Draught (x2)
• Pale Ale (x2)
• XPA

BRONZE - SPECIALTY BEER

• Lager
• No Doubt Stout