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The Beer Festival Six-Pack
As beer festival season hots up, we chat to the BeerFest team running no less than six major events across the country to find out more about the people behind the festivals and how they're navigating an increasingly busy market.
Australian Beer Festivals 2018/19
For beer lovers, there's never been more opportunity to enjoy beer in the company of thousands with all manner of beer festivals taking place across the country. Here's our guide to where and when to find them.
The Smith Street Beer
A tradition at Brisbane's Beer InCider Experience is for the headline band to brew a beer. For the 2018 festival, this has seen The Smith Street Band create an IPA with the crew set to open a brewpub in Smith Street: Fixation.
The 2018 Brewsvegas Program Is Live
Brisbane is home to one of the most vibrant and fun beer communities you'll come across. Brewsvegas is the week of the year in which that community celebrates everything that's best about beer. And, as of today, the program for the 2018 festival is live.
The Biggest Week In Beer Is Coming
Good Beer Week has grown into a happening of global stature, encapsulating 270 events, the Australian International Beer Awards and the ever-growing beast that is GABS. The 2017 version promises to be the biggest yet.
Crafty Crawls: Ballarat City Guide
Each summer, Ballarat attracts thousands of beer fanciers to its City Oval for its annual festival. But, with four breweries and a growing number a craft venues, there's plenty of reason for beer lovers to visit at other times.
Get Fresh
It's hop harvest time across Australia. And this year's offers more chances than ever to get up close and personal with the little green flowers, not least thanks to a pair of festivals celebrating the harvest and fresh hops beers.
A Year Of The Crafty Cabal
Just before the end of 2015, we launched The Crafty Cabal, a beer lovers bonus scheme that offers readers the chance to help The Crafty Pint grow in return for heaps of beery benefits. Here, we take a look back at its first 12 months.
What Is Oktoberfest?
As Munich's Oktoberfest comes to a close, and with scores of imitators taking place across Austalia, we look at where the global phenomenon started and how the Bavarian organisers are trying to keep tradition alive.
Australian Beer Festivals 2016/17
There are few times of the year when a beer lover can't find a festival or beer week in some part of the country. To make it easy, we've gathered together the major events and beer weeks in one handy guide.
Featured Events
Deadline To Register Beers For The GABS Hottest 100 Kiwi Craft Beers Of 2019
The year is drawing to a close, which means it's time for the GABS Hottest 100 polls to open.Voting …
Coming Events
Today,
Deadline To Register Beers For The GABS Hottest 100 Kiwi Craft Beers Of 2019
Tomorrow,
Ale of a Time Annual Awards At Slowbeer Fitzroy (VIC)
December 18th, 2019,
Young Henrys Bar Shout At Prince Alfred Port Melbourne (VIC)
December 31st, 2019,
NYE 2019 - Vic Legends Day Sesh At Beer DeLuxe Hawthorn (VIC)
December 31st, 2019,
Launceston BeerFest 2019 (TAS)
December 31st, 2019,
Time Traveling New Years Eve At Tallboy & Moose (VIC)
