The Local Taphouse have run a Hottest 100 craft beers competition and the following were voted the best 100 beers of 2014.
1. Feral Brewing Company - Hop Hog - Pale Ale (American)
2. Stone and Wood Brewing Co - Pacific Ale - Pale Ale (Australian)
3. 4 Pines Brewing Company - Pale Ale - Pale Ale (American)
4. Little Creatures - Pale Ale - Pale Ale (American)
5. La Sirène Brewing - Belgian Praline - Belgian Specialty Ale
6. Riverside Brewing Co. - 777 IIPA - Double IPA
7. Mountain Goat Brewery - Summer Ale - Pale Ale (Australian)
8. Fortitude Brewing Company - Noisy Minor Anzus IPA
9. Bridge Road Brewers - Beechworth Pale Ale
10. 4 Pines Brewing Company - Kolsch - Kölsch
11. Fortitude Brewing Company - Original Golden Ale - Pale Ale (Australian)
12. KAIJU! Beer - Where Strides the Behemoth - Specialty IPA
13. Two Birds Brewing - Taco Beer - Specialty Beer
14. Fortitude Brewing Company - Noisy Minor Admiral Ackbar - Specialty Beer
15. Modus Operandi Brewing Co - The Former Tenant Red IPA - IPA (American)
16. Mash Brewing - Copy Cat - IPA (American)
17. Riverside Brewing Co. - 77 IPA - IPA (American)
18. Mountain Goat Brewery - The Delmont - IPA (American)
19. KAIJU! Beer - Hopped Out Red - Amber Ale (USA)
20. Prancing Pony Brewery - India Red Ale - IPA (American)
21. Thirsty Crow - Vanilla Milk Stout
22. Feral Brewing Company - Barrique O Karma - Pale Ale (American)
23. Stone and Wood Brewing Co - Cloud Catcher - Pale Ale (Australian)
24. White Rabbit Brewery - Dark Ale
25. Matilda Bay Brewing Company - Fat Yak - Pale Ale (American)
26. Mountain Goat Brewery - Steam Ale - Pale Ale (Australian)
27. Two Birds Brewing - Sunset Ale - Amber Ale (USA)
28. Coopers - Pale Ale
29. KAIJU! Beer - Metamorphosis - IPA (American)
30. Little Creatures - IPA - IPA (American)
31. Holgate Brewhouse - Temptress - Porter
32. Mountain Goat Brewery - Fancy Pants - Amber Ale (USA)
33. Feral Brewing Company - Watermelon Warhead - Pale Ale (American)
34. Hawthorn Brewing - Pale Ale - Pale Ale (American)
35. Mismatch Brewing Company - Archie’s Red Ale - Amber Ale (USA)
36. La Sirène Brewing - Cherie Kriek - Fruit Lambic
37. Mismatch Brewing Company - Session Ale - Pale Ale (Australian)
38. Bacchus Brewing Co - Sex, Drugs & Rocky Road - Porter
39. Mornington Peninsula Brewery - Imperial Stout - Russian Imperial Stout
40. Shenanigans Brewing - Winston - Pale Ale (American)
41. Two Birds Brewing - Bantam IPA - IPA (American)
42. Mountain Goat Brewery - India Red Ale - IPA (American)
43. Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel - Three Sheets Pale
44. Malt Shovel Brewery - Hop Thief - Pale Ale (American)
45. Bridge Road Brewers - Bling IPA
46. KAIJU! Beer - Aftermath - Double IPA
47. Stone and Wood Brewing Co - Jasper Ale - Old Ale
48. Hargreaves Hill Brewing Company - ESB
49. 4 Hearts Brewing - Pale Ale - Pale Ale (American)
50. Mornington Peninsula Brewery - IPA - IPA (American)
51. Little Creatures - Bright Ale
52. Mountain Goat Brewery - Hightail Ale - Best Bitter
53. 4 Pines Brewing Company - Extra Special Bitter - ESB (Extra Special Bitter)
54. Burleigh Brewing Company - 28 Pale Ale - Pale Ale (American)
55. Malt Shovel Brewery - 150 Lashes - Pale Ale (American)
56. La Sirène Brewing - Saison - Saison
57. Moon Dog - Black Lung IV - Smoked Beer (non Rauchbier)
58. Two Birds Brewing - Golden Ale - Pale Ale (Australian)
59. 2 Brothers Brewery - Growler
60. Holgate Brewhouse - Road Trip - IPA (American)
61. Vale Brewing - Vale IPA
62. Six String Brewing Company - Dark Red India Pale Ale
63. Boatrocker Brewing Co - Hop Bomb IPA
64. NAIL Brewing Australia - Clout Stout
65. Vale Brewing - Vale Ale
66. Kooinda Boutique Brewery - Black IPA aka Full Nelson - Specialty Beer
66. Boatrocker Brewing Co - Ramjet
68. NAIL Brewing Australia - Red Ale - Amber Ale (USA)
69. BrewCult - Hop Zone Session IPA
70. La Sirène Brewing - Wild Saison - Saison
71. Malt Shovel Brewery - The Chancer - Blonde/Golden Ale
72. Mornington Peninsula Brewery - Pale Ale - Pale Ale (American)
73. Holgate Brewhouse - Mt. Macedon Pale Ale - Pale Ale (American)
74. Brew Boys - Hoppapotamus
75. Young Henrys Brewing Company - Newtowner - Pale Ale (Australian)
76. Bridge Road Brewers - Bling Bling Imperial IPA
77. Stone and Wood Brewing Co - Garden Ale - Pale Ale (Australian)
78. 2 Brothers Brewery - Grizz
79. NAIL Brewing Australia - Hughe Dunn Brown
80. Stone and Wood Brewing Co - Stone Beer - Specialty Beer
81. Little Creatures - Rogers - Amber Ale (USA)
82. Odyssey Tavern & Brewery - Calypso Pale Ale
83. Murrays Craft Brewing Co - Angry Man Pale Ale - Pale Ale (American)
84. Feral Brewing Company - Sly Fox - Pale Ale (American)
85. White Rabbit Brewery - Pale Ale - Pale Ale (Belgian)
86. Moon Dog - Jumping the Shark 2014
87. Feral Brewing Company - B.F.H. (Barrel Fermented Hog) - Pale Ale (American)
88. Coopers - Sparkling Ale
89. Ekim Brewing Co - After Battle Pale - Pale Ale (American)
90. Holgate Brewhouse - Hopinator - IPA (American)
91. Stone and Wood Brewing Co - Lager - Munich Helles
92. Modus Operandi Brewing Co - Zoo Feeder IPA - IPA (American)
93. Australian Brewery - Pale Ale
94. Prancing Pony Brewery - Pale Ale - Pale Ale (Australian)
95. All Inn Brewing Co - Pocahontas American IPA
96. BrewCult - Can't Fight The Funk
97. Feral Brewing Company - Tusk - IPA (American)
98. Mountain Goat Brewery - India Pale Ale - IPA (American)
99. 2 Brothers Brewery - Crème Caramel - Eisbock
100. Wolf of the Willows - XPA - Extra Pale Ale - Pale Ale (American)