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Artisan Brewing Brewer

Artisan Brewing is a Belgian-style brewer born of a love for an often-neglected element in brewing: yeast. Their journey began in WA’s Great Southern in 2001 when globe-trotting husband and wife, Brian and Julia Fitzgerald, purchased a farm just west of Denmark after falling in love with the stunning…

Blackman's Brewery Brewer

After witnessing the success of the first Great Australian Beer Festival in Geelong, the organisers told The Crafty Pint that their aim was to turn the city into something of a craft beer capital for Australia. The festival's ongoing success and the boost given to the local beer scene by the arrival…

Brouhaha Baringa Brewer

“What do you like to drink?” It’s such a simple question, but when it comes from a smiling bartender standing at the beer taps, it brings with it so much opportunity. It’s a world apart from the monolithic and monochromatic beer culture of decades ago, and more the vibe of farmers’ markets,…

Straddie Brewing Brewer

“There are many easier places to build a brewery than the second largest sand island in the world. There are cheaper places to do it. But it started with Straddie.” North Stradbroke Island – or Straddie to anyone who knows it – captures the hearts of pretty much everyone who visits it. That…

Woolgoolga Brewing Co Brewer

Hang on… is it called Woolgoolga Brewing, or Woopi Brewing? For anyone not familiar with the coastal town of Woolgoolga on the north coast of NSW, let me save you some confusion: Woopi Brewing is Woolgoolga Brewing. Woolgoolga Brewing is Woopi Brewing. Woolgoolga is called Woopi by just about…

Aether Brewing Brewer

“In Greek mythology, Aether is the fifth element, which holds the universe together. Obviously… that’s beer.” This is the idea that gave birth to Aether Brewing years ago, well before the brewery opened in 2016. Plenty has changed at Aether in the intervening years, including the core range…

Alice Springs Brewing Co Brewer

Alice Springs might be a small and isolated town, even by Australia’s exacting standards, but as the gateway to the Red Centre it’s always possessed a unique appeal capable of luring people of all ages, backgrounds and walks of life to stop in while enjoying an outback pilgrimage. With Uluru a…

AVNGE Brewing Brewer

Craft beer drinkers tend to spend a lot of time talking about the liquid they’re enjoying, but the can that carries that liquid matters plenty these days too. Indeed, a can or a tap decal tends to be the first interaction anyone has with a beer, so eye-catching artwork to help your brand stand out…

Bailey Brewing Co Brewer

The scenic drive along West Swan Road in Swan Valley calms the mind. Grapes vines line both sides, dotted by cellar doors, orchards and a chocolate factory, all of which is less than thirty minutes from Perth’s CBD. It’s exactly the kind of place you’d want to work after years of toil as a FIFO…

Bright Brewery Brewer

No one should need an extra reason to visit Bright, a true four season destination in the Victorian High Country: winters perfect for snowsports; springs and autumns that explode with colour; year round adventure sports and gourmet food and wine trails. But if you did need another reason, the Bright…

Capital Brewing Co Brewer

When Capital Brewing talk about Good Natured Brews, they aren’t kidding. Whether it’s the beers, lively taproom, support for their Canberra community or the natural world, the brewery has been driven by purpose since day one. That story started out with Laurence Kain and Tom Hertel; two…

Noosa Hinterland Brewing Co Brewer

The heritage-listed timber building that Noosa Hinterland Brewing Co call home is more than 90 years old, and the front wall still bears the sign of its original occupant: ALFREDSONS JOINERY. It’s almost as if setting up in a joinery has cast some kind of magic on the brewpub – magic that joins things,…

Bonehead Brewing Brewer

We all make bonehead decisions sometimes. But not all bonehead decisions need to be bad ones. And you’re unlikely to find a better example of that than Melbourne’s Bonehead Brewing. Sure, Travis Nott and Anthony Dinoto’s decision to leave their respective careers behind to create a brewery…

Mismatch Brewing Co Brewer

Bringing together a bunch of seemingly mismatched people to start a business might not seem the smartest of ideas. But take a look at where Mismatch Brewing Company – and its associated operations – sits today and you’d have to conclude the founders were onto a good thing. Mismatched they might…

Newstead Brewing Co Brewer

When you look at the independent beer scene in Brisbane, Newstead Brewing Co is part of the furniture. It’s a brewery that’s been seen on billboards, attached to sporting teams, and welcomes visitors to this fine city with its own bar at Brisbane Airport’s domestic terminal. But if you’re…

Bandolier Brewing Brewer

Bandolier Brewing’s name stems from a love of Western movies and, while Warragul isn’t exactly the sort of place that conjures the likes of Deadwood, the name still feels incredibly apt. That’s not because Warragul sits in West Gippsland, about an hour out of Melbourne, either. It’s due to…

Brick Lane Brewing Brewer

They say it takes a village to raise a child and the African proverb certainly runs true for breweries. For Brick Lane, their village was on the smaller side when 25 founders came together to launch the brewery in 2017. But among them were some big names from the world of sport – Billy Slater,…

Feral Brewing (CCEP) Brewer

It was on separate trips along the West Coast of the US that schoolmates Al Carragher and Brendan Varis hatched their plan for a brewery on the West Coast of Australia. It took a number of years for the plan to come together, during which Brendan project managed brewery installations and start-ups across…

Indian Ocean Brewing Brewer

Out past the Northern suburbs of Perth, the Indian Ocean Brewing Co sits on Mindarie Marina looking out over the water. As brewery views go, there's not many that would beat it: palm trees, blue skies, yachts, endless ocean. It's a view that comes with the added advantage that the attached venue offers…

Land & Sea Brewer

Ask people why they moved to the Sunshine Coast, and more tham a few of them will say: “For the lifestyle.” Perhaps they were sick of working too much, or always feeling busy and in a rush, or not taking enough time to slow down and enjoy their life. Land & Sea is a brewery all about the balanced…

Margaret River Beer Co Brewer

The first beers rolled out of the Margaret River Beer Co way back in 2016, with the small, family-owned operation quickly solidifying itself as the brewery for Margaret River. With a keen focus on servicing the region with quality craft beer and genuine hospitality, the three families behind the operation…

Moffat Beach Brewing Co Brewer

Just because a waterfront brewery is busy doesn’t mean the beer is any good. After all, a view of the ocean can cover a multitude of sins. So, if you were to catch a glimpse of the buzzing crowd at Moffat Beach Brewing’s brewpub on Seaview Terrace, you could be forgiven if you wondered whether the…

Moffat Beach Brewing Co (Caloundra) Brewer

Just because a waterfront brewery is busy doesn’t mean the beer is any good. After all, a view of the ocean can cover a multitude of sins. So, if you were to catch a glimpse of the buzzing crowd at [Moffat Beach Brewing’s brewpub](https://craftypint.com/brewery/431/moffat-beach-brewing-co) on Seaview…

Your Mates Brewing Brewer

It’s the age old story. Mate meets mate. Mate dreams about making beer for the Sunshine Coast with mate. Mate opens brewery that serves up rippin’ brews with mate. At least, that’s the story of Hep and McGarry, the duo behind Your Mates Brewing. Perhaps you heard of them when they started gypsy…

Balter Brewing (CUB/Asahi) Brewer

To balter is to dance artlessly without particular skill or grace, but usually with enjoyment. It’s also the name of the Gold Coast brewery opened by a quartet of Australian surfing legends and some mates, with a trophy-winning brewer at the helm to ensure that when it comes to the beers there’s…

Blackflag Brewing Brewer

Down a dusty alleyway off Mooloolaba’s busy Brisbane Street – only steps from the shimmering surf – hides a small window set into a timber-clad shed. This square portal, which is otherwise completely unremarkable, plays an important, if unlikely, role: it’s Blackflag Brewing’s takeaway counter. What’s…

FogHorn Brewery Brewer

Over the past decade and more, there have been few brewers who have put out as many great beers in as many different styles as Shawn Sherlock. While head brewer at Murray's, he was named Australian Brewer of the Year in recognition of a mastery of brewing that saw beer lovers clamouring for everything…

Frenchies Bistro & Brewery Brewer

Some breweries do amazing beers but ordinary food. Some restaurants serve great food, only to be let down by a generic beer list. Not many places nail both. But Frenchies Bistro and Brewery delivers an exquisite exception. Located in the trendy industrial space of The Cannery in Rosebery, just 15…

Love Shack Brewing Co Brewer

If ever there was a brewery you’ll want to enjoy by the pint, it’s Love Shack Brewing Co. The Castlemaine outfit launched in the final hours of 2020 and, since then, they’ve forged a path that’s entirely their own, which feels fitting given the wild stallion in their logo. Behind the operation…

Nowhereman Brewing Co Brewer

The beer lovers of Western Australia have been well served by their local craft beer industry over the past few decades, with growing numbers of microbreweries found in popular suburbs, tourist regions and even where you might not expect them. But, for a long time, the CBD and surrounds were, for the…

Philter Brewing Brewer

Few breweries have burst onto the craft beer scene quite as triumphantly as Philter. A mere four months into existence, with only two beers to their name, the brewing company took home one of the most coveted titles in Australian beer – Champion Pale Ale at the 2017 Craft Beer Awards. It turned out…

Queenscliff Brewhouse Brewer

The Prickly Moses name has been well known along the Victorian Surf Coast for longer than most people knew craft beer was a thing. Beers brewed at their Otway Ranges home have been a mainstay of venues along the coast for well over a decade but, more recently, the founders have been expanding their operation…

Sailors Grave Brewing Brewer

Sometimes, even with hindsight, it's hard to work out why some things catch one's eye more than others. Case in point being Sailors Grave Brewing. The Orbost brewery first came to our attention when we spotted a regional newspaper article on Chris and Gab Moore's plans to open a brewery in an historic,…

Shelter Brewing Brewer

The buzzing beer scene in South West WA gained another brewery in 2020, as a bare space on Busselton’s busy foreshore turned into the impressive multi-storey home of Shelter Brewing. Its arrival in the popular tourist town represents the completion of one of the region’s most ambitious projects…

Slipstream Brewing Co Brewer

In 2017, Deale and Elisa Stanley-Hunt started Slipstream Brewing with a simple vision: to bring a taste of the US beer scene to Australia. They’d tripped over to the States a number of times to tour as many breweries, brewpubs and bars as they possibly could. And while other people returned home with…

Slumdog Brewing Brewer

There are few plots of land anywhere in Australia so steeped in modern beer folklore as that found at 152 Haddrill Road in the Swan Valley. And it’s a location where new chapters are being added to a story that’s already delivered many twists and turns over the years. Pull off the road into the…

Future Magic Brewing Co Brewer

Future Magic may sound like something from a sci-fi or fantasy book. But it comes straight from the history books. Before microscopes were invented – or, at least, before their scientific findings reached rural Norway – Scandinavian farmhouse brewers didn’t know what yeast was. They thought…

Green Beacon (CUB/Asahi) Brewer

Such has been the phenomenal rise of craft beer in and around Brisbane in recent times that, despite only throwing open its roller door for the first time in January 2013, you could argue that Green Beacon is one of the elder statesmen of the local scene. Just as the number of quality beer bars has flourished…

Moo Brew Brewer

As anyone who has visited MONA, the Museum of Old and New Art, will readily attest, David Walsh doesn't do things by half. So it is with Moo Brew, the beer arm of his majestic empire on the banks of the Derwent River, just outside Hobart. Launched in 2005, Moo Brew beers come in uniquely designed bottles,…

One Drop Brewing Co Brewer

2019 is the postcode for Botany, in Sydney. It’s fitting it’s also the year Botany landed its first brewery: One Drop Brewing Co. Until then, Botany locals - such as owners Clay and Meg - had often needed to look outside of the sleepy suburb for a good time. “There wasn't much to do in Botany,”…

Revel Brewing Co Brewer

Bulimba – a riverside pocket in Brisbane’s east – is the kind of place that continues to draw pride from its traditions. From shipbuilding to wharfage to defence, the industries that built the suburb have largely come and gone, leaving an impression on the place’s identity and its locals. Perhaps…

Stone & Wood (Lion/Kirin) Brewer

The Stone & Wood story is the closest you'll come to a fairy tale in the world of Australian brewing. It's the story of three friends who'd done rather well for themselves in the world of big league brewing and decided to head off and do it for themselves in one of the country's most beautiful spots.…

BentSpoke Brewing Co Brewer

To many beer aficionados, for the majority of its life at Canberra House, the Wig & Pen Tavern was synonymous with one thing above all others: the beers of Richard Watkins. The brewer spent 17 years there, twice winning Champion Australian Brewery titles and creating an unrivalled collection of cask…

Burleigh Brewing Company Brewer

“We’re in Burleigh Heads, which is absolutely the best place in the world.” This is a big call, considering Brennan and Peta Fielding’s brewing journey started in beautiful Hawaii – where Brennan grew up on a sailing boat – and included Japan and USA along the way. But from the moment…

Coburg Brewing Co Brewer

Coburg Brewing Co’s journey to find a home for their brewery has been a long and winding one; so long and winding in fact it took the brewing company’s founders right back to where they started. When you hail from many generations of publicans, it’s hard to even pick a date on which to start,…

Heads of Noosa Brewing Co Brewer

When it comes to attracting attention from afar, Noosa seems to be the star of the Sunshine Coast. People visit from all over to ride the barrels and breaks of the enviable swell, or to cruise down the river at a lazy pace; some soak in all of the boutique shopping and gourmet cuisine and pumping nightlife…

Seeker Brewing Brewer

Wollongong is a city surrounded by ample opportunities to get stuck into all manner of great pastimes. World-class mountain biking, hiking and surfing are all found within close proximity of the coastal city. And, increasingly, the old industrial hub has become a hotbed for excellent, locally-produced…

T-Bone Brewing Co Brewer

There are clear benefits to having an old man who makes award-winning whisky. The ability to sample each release is perhaps the most obvious but, for Tom Bignell, there was another: it offered him a place to brew with an excise licence already in place. Tom’s old man, Peter Bignell, started Belgrove…

2 Brothers Brewer

One was working as a bullet-dodging physio in the Bronx, the other as a number-crunching aeronautical engineer in Seattle when the Ong brothers, Dave and Andrew, fell in love with the big flavours of the US craft beer scene. On returning to Australia, they struggled to find beers that satisfied their…

Cheeky Monkey Brewer

It's not uncommon in the beer world for prospective brewery owners to experience delays. In fact, when someone tells you they're planning to open a brewery in six months it pays to add on another six. At least. Yet, for all the delays faced by breweries across the land, few - if any - can have experienced…

Dollar Bill Brewing Brewer

It's not easy to bring something new to the Australian beer landscape now that it's populated by hundreds of breweries and you can find quality venues with rotating tap lineups in country towns. But it's fair to say Dollar Bill Brewing have managed to stand out from the crowd from the moment they first…

3 Ravens Brewer

It started off innocently enough as the name of a beer brewed specially for a wedding. But soon 3 Ravens was taking on a life of its own. By 2003, a microbrewery had opened in a warehouse in northern Melbourne, knocking out traditional European beers and putting them into a handful of nearby pubs. Today,…

Black Dog Brewery Brewer

It's not uncommon, certainly since craft beer began making waves in Australia, to stumble across beer versus wine events. It is uncommon, however, to stumble upon such an event at which every single drink ' both beer and wine ' has been created by the same person. But since adding brewing to his CV it's…

Bucketty's Brewing Co Brewer

When a brewery’s grand opening includes the mayor cutting through a branch with a chainsaw instead of the standard ribbon ceremony, you’ve got to wonder why. Nick and Lexi McDonald originally planned to open a brewery in Bucketty, a little spot in the Hunter Valley. They bought land and even planted…

Eumundi Brewery (Lion/Kirin) Brewer

For a small town in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, Eumundi’s name is surprisingly well known. People come from far and wide for its massive twice-weekly markets, where vivid artworks, handcrafted textiles, sustainable goods and alternative remedies are available as far as the eye can see. The artistic…

Two Rupees Brewing Brewer

Two Rupees Brewing Co might be located in a quiet industrial lot in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, but to write those words doesn’t quite capture the warmth that permeates through the brewery. There’s certainly a lot of it, and it's due to the friendly faces behind the brewery, Danny Perera and Amila…

Curly Lewis Brewer

Bondi is a name that’s recognised across the world; for many overseas, the inner Sydney suburb perfectly encapsulates the vision that comes to mind when they think about Australia. But while the iconic beach, panoramic views and metronomic surf don’t require any introduction, introducing locally-brewed…

Heaps Normal Brewer

What’s more normal than sharing a beer to celebrate one of life’s most joyous moments? And if you still have the beer, the joy, the occasion, yet none of the alcohol, is the moment any less important? Surely not. It’s that question raised by the brewing company Heaps Normal, which launched…

Mountain Goat (CUB/Asahi) Brewer

No beer lover's visit to Melbourne is complete without an hour or three in the Mountain Goat Brewery enjoying a beer in the shadow of the tanks in which they are brewed. Now well into its third decade producing some of Australia's finest tipples, the operation launched by mates Cam and Dave is a true…

Thirsty Crow Brewer

Few microbreweries in Australia have enjoyed quite the start experienced by Thirsty Crow. Just three months after opening the doors of its brewery, bar and restaurant in Wagga Wagga, founder and head brewer Craig Wealands found himself called to the stage at the Australian International Beer Awards.…

The Craft & Co - Collingwood Brewer

Collingwood has long been a melting pot of ideas, culture, food and drinks and The Craft & Co’s Smith Street venue aims to unite that ethos under the one roof. Located in a grand building that dates back to 1861, the venue opened in 2015 as a space that treats beer, wine, food and, following the installation…

The Zythologist Brewer

You don’t have to go to university to start a brewery. But if you wanted to start making beer for a living, it’s hard to think of a better field to study than chemical engineering. After all, while craft beer is a creative industry, if you want to transform malt, water, hops and yeast into beer,…

White Bay Beer Co Brewer

White Bay is an area that holds both industrial behemoths and a Hollywood film location, so it stands to reason White Bay Beer Co would capture that blend of character - down to earth, but not without sophistication. The brewery’s logo shows the twin smokestacks of the abandoned White Bay Power…

Stomping Ground Brewing Co Brewer

It is a little known piece of Australian brewing history that, in the late 1800s, the Collingwood neighbourhood had as many as 40 breweries, the highest density ever in Australia, before amalgamations and buyouts saw them all closed by the early 1900s. While this little slice of history is not often…

Brewski VenueBottleshop

Not too long ago, Caxton Street in Brisbane was known colloquially to some as CaXXXXton Street. Every single one of the strip of bars, clubs and restaurants a short walk from the city’s Suncorp Stadium had a Lion contract. Had someone suggested it would become home to one of the easiest craft beer…

Blackman's Burger Bar Venue

The trophy-winning team from Blackman's Brewery aren't the sorts to rest on their laurels. In the second half of 2019, they looked to cement their position as one of leading brewers on the Victorian Surf Coast with the opening of what was then their third venue: the Blackman's Brewery…

Brouhaha Maleny Venue

The Sunshine Coast hinterland is a special place. The sprawling views that go on forever, and rainforest tracks that lead to secret waterfalls. The greenest of greens in the dewy grass, and the rustic brown timbers of the shops in the towns. Maleny is one such town; it’s only half an hour from the…

Local Taphouse St Kilda Venue

Few people know Aussie beer like renowned writer and brewer Willie Simpson, so when he calls a venue “the best beer bar in the land” it’s time to pay attention. Since opening early in 2008, The Local Taphouse in St Kilda has been tearing through up to 400 different beers a year on its 20 taps and…

The Wheaty Venue

Ask well travelled Aussie beer lovers for their favourite craft beer bars and the chances are The Wheaty's going to feature high – if not first – on their list. Leading the way for better beer in Adelaide since 2003, when it was launched by avowed hopheads Jade Flavell, Emily Trott and Liz O'Dea,…

Abbl Brewery Management Software Venue

Designed by Aussie brewers, Abbl is your complete brewery management software. Specifically designed to simplify and optimise the day-to-day running of your brewery. Helping you manage, track, and analyse your data and give you a deeper understanding of your business. With inventory, production, sales,…

Beermash VenueBottleshop

Melbourne has a habit of ensuring restaurants, bars and pubs never rest on their laurels, with a cooler, fancier or more exciting venue seemingly always on the verge of opening just down the road. In such a city, adaptation and evolution are the best ways to keep yourself on the radar. This is a method…

Cask Global Canning Solutions Pty Ltd VenueBottleshop

Cask invented #MicroCanning. We provide innovative and affordable canning systems to the world's small to medium-sized creators of craft beer, cider, wine, cold brewed coffee, kombucha and other life-enhancing beverages. Cask has installed 875+ canning systems in 46 different…

Page Bottler Bottleshop

We all know the phrase: “You shouldn’t judge a book by its cover.” If you were to apply it to Page Bottler, you could argue it should come with a supplementary warning too: “Or after opening the cover.” Not that there’s anything wrong with the bottleshop’s cover, which comes with some…

Pumpyard Bar & Brewery / Dovetails Restaurant Venue

On the corner of Limestone and Ellenborough Streets is a complex of stately red brick buildings. These heritage listed behemoths were built a century ago to house the Technical College, but they’re now a precinct offering some of the best food and drink in Ipswich. Walking between these tall buildings…

The Windsor Alehouse Venue

A major change of tack has seen one of Melbourne's Irish pubs – formerly better known for craic than craft – switch the focus of its 19 taps to craft beer and redesign its food menu with beer pairing in mind. The Pint on Punt, in Windsor, reopened its doors as The Windsor Alehouse in April 2016…

To All My Friends Venue

In my travels through the global craft beer world, I’ve come across many a brewery launched by people from the world of IT. It’s actually quite uncanny just how many have made the switch, yet it’s not a path many have taken when it comes to hospitality. On the evidence of To All My Friends, the…

Whitehart Bar Venue

Late on Christmas Eve 1974, much of Darwin’s population was facing up to Cyclone Tracy, a storm that tore through the city, ensuring it would never look the same again. Many fled the cyclone and never returned, but for those who did, they needed a replacement for the pubs destroyed by Tracy. Thankfully,…

Blackhearts & Sparrows Braddon Bottleshop

Over the course of a decade, the siblings behind Blackhearts & Sparrows have opened a string of beautiful stores; after making it nine locations in Melbourne, they spread the love further afield with their tenth store, bringing their independent and intimate brand of liquor retail to the nation’s…

Copper & Oak Bottleshop

Copper & Oak Liquor Merchants have been serving the people of Perth with fine wine, craft beer and quality spirits for decades but in order to trace the store’s origins you have to go back some years earlier – and cross an ocean.  Jose Pestana’s whole working life has been dedicated to the…

Heartbreaker Venue

“Go to Heartbreaker.” Such is the pull of the Melbourne CBD bar that this is a phrase suited to almost any occasion.  Visiting Melbourne? Go to Heartbreaker. Wondering where to meet everyone before a gig? Go to Heartbreaker. Still out at 2am and keen to kick on? Go to Heartbreaker. In…

Stomping Ground Brewery & Beer Hall Venue

It is a little known piece of Australian brewing history that, in the late 1800s, the Collingwood neighbourhood had as many as 40 breweries, the highest density ever in Australia, before amalgamations and buyouts saw them all closed by the early 1900s.  While this little slice of history isn't…

FB*PROPAK Venue

FB*PROPAK’s brewing equipment unit (formerly AEB – Australian Engineered Brewing) dates back to 1968. With a great number of our installations successfully operating in Australia and New Zealand, the FB*PROPAK team is recognised as one of the industry’s most experienced.  With our qualified…

Hopheads Yarraville VenueBottleshop

Yarraville is the kind of Melbourne suburb that’s long had a village feel about it. The historic buildings along Anderson and Ballarat Streets turn the area’s beating heart into a place where shopping or sipping a coffee feels akin to visiting a candlestick maker at some point early in the last century.  While…

Murray's Porters Liquor Glenbrook Bottleshop

In the lower Blue Mountains town of Glenbrook, there’s quite the buzz for a place that’s home for just over 5,000 folks. Weekend markets and great places to eat have made the town a stop worth the trip and not just a refuelling station between Sydney and Katoomba. Trying to find a parking spot…

Quarryman's Hotel Venue

When the old Quarryman's Hotel closed for renovations midway through 2013, a sign went up declaring 'Craft beer is coming to Pyrmont'. Few would have suspected it would arrive in such a big way. Re-opening with 26 taps and pouring almost exclusively independent Australian craft beer, the new Quarryman's…

The Scratch Venue

Before any other bar in Brisbane offered tastings of their beers; before Queensland had more breweries than people; before your nanna realised her floral print couch was missing… there was The Scratch. Australia was a little late to the game with the craft beer movement, and Queensland was…

Warners at the Bay Venue

For more than a decade, Warners at the Bay Bottleshop has been a premier craft beer destination for the mid New South Wales coast. It’s become a pilgrimage of sorts for seasoned craft beer drinkers, regularly attracting visitors from Sydney – a two-hour drive away – as well…

White Labs Venue

Started in 1995 by Chris White, White Labs is an international company that specialises in liquid yeast and fermentation products. Since their beginnings, the team at White Labs has been devoted to providing customers with the best in yeast, nutrients, enzymes, education and analytical testing. What…

Bogs Footwear Venue

Bogs Footwear’s history started over a decade ago in Portland, Oregon, initially providing comfortable waterproof footwear to the Oregon farm community. And, as word of mouth grew about the Bogs boot range and their waterproof comfort, many local craft brewers started choosing the boots to keep…

Hardimans Hotel Venue

In Kensington, pubs are an endangered species. Considering the suburb sits a mere four kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD, it’s a shortage that’s something of an oddity.  The similarly placed 'burbs of Richmond, South Melbourne, Footscray and Carlton once had them in droves and, though many…

KlippaKan Venue

KlippaKan is a multi-ring can clip made of cardboard. It was developed with the sole purposes of helping the beverage industry reduce their plastic waste.  KlippaKan’s base raw material is manufactured from FSC certified cardboard. Its strong, sturdy design has been rigorously tested and it’s…

Nillumbik Cellars Bottleshop

If you were asked where you could find one of Australia’s finest bottleshops, one filled with quality wine from Australia and around the world, chances are it would take you some time before you landed on Diamond Creek. But for nearly 50 years, the suburb in Melbourne’s outer northern edge…

Oldfield Cellars – Gosford Bottleshop

Even those with little more than a passing interest will have noticed that the craft beer scene across New South Wales has, in recent years, been expanding wildly in all directions like a raging bull. In general, that’s meant it has become far easier to find a good local drop, with the distance you…

Premium Machinery Group Australia Bottleshop

Your brewery and distillery equipment expert. After successfully establishing branches in the USA and Europe, Premium Machinery Group has now become the first Chinese brewhouse, distillery and winery tank manufacturer to set themselves up with a local branch in Australia. This first allows for Australian…

Warners at the Bay Bottleshop Bottleshop

For more than a decade, Warners at the Bay Bottleshop has been a premier craft beer destination for the mid New South Wales coast. It’s become a pilgrimage of sorts for seasoned craft beer drinkers, regularly attracting visitors from Sydney – a two-hour drive away – as well…

Wine Republic Northcote Bottleshop

Following in the footsteps of their Brunswick Street location, Wine Republic owners Fiona Lim and Tom O’Mara have nudged a little further into Melbourne's north and opened a second store on High Street in Northcote. And this time they've done so with a distinctly more hop-focused array of wares. While…

Hotel Sweeney's Venue

Some venues surprise you with what they've got hidden away. Hotel Sweeney's is one of those.  On first appearance, everything points towards this being a good ol' fashioned, rough and ready Aussie boozer. In fact, on second appearance things still point that way. But this old Sydney CBD pub has…

Royston Hotel Venue

The pub that started it all, the Royston was the first to spot the craft beer revolution coming over the horizon. While everyone else was clinging to the safety of long-established brands – maybe with the odd tap or fridge shelf given over to an Aussie micro – this Richmond establishment went the…

Bayside Beer Belt Venue

The Bayside Beer Belt is a new "beercation" region in the beachside suburbs of Melbourne’s Southeast, made up of 14 LOCAL craft breweries and distilleries located along a 27.5km stretch from Moorabbin to Frankston.  It is set to become the go-to "beercation" destination for enthusiasts…

Synergy Custom Solutions Pty Ltd Venue

Synergy Custom Solutions is an Australian-owned, Australian-run company, and a one stop shop for your brewing business. We offer Brewery Solutions and many other services to make your life as a Brewer or Distiller easier, saving you time and money. We provide: Complete brewery and distillery systems…

District Bottle Store Bottleshop

Between the two families, it’s fair to say the Drysdales and Canevas had their fingers in plenty of pies. Or, more accurately, in plenty of pints. Joel and Janna Drysdale are the couple behind Venom Brewing, with Joel born into a family of publicans, and whose folks run the Country Club Hotel in Yea. Danial…

Brewhouse Margaret River Panther Cream Beer

Eighteen months after opening, Brewhouse Margaret River won Best WA Beer and Best Commercial Beer at the 2017 Perth Royal Beer Show awards for its Peter Coupan Barrel Aged Stout. The accolade seemed to catch many, including the Brewhouse team, off guard with the beer selling out in record time from its…

Aether Brewing Black XPA Beer

Pushing boundaries while marking limited release number 178 is order of the day for Aether as the Brisbane brewers drop Black XPA, a rather unexpected combination of styles, packaged up in a gorgeous, devil-may-care can design. Black XPA aims to balance the delights of a smooth dark ale with the fun…

Alice Springs Brewing Co Smashing Mango Sour Beer

It's fair to say Alice Springs the place has endured a rough start to the year, and many of the businesses there have been suffering as a result. It's also fair to say that Alice Springs the brewery has been doing a fine job of bringing positive vibes and fun beers to the town since launching – we…

Brewmanity Yuzu & Citrus Sour Beer

I guess the joy of catching up with an AFL legend – one who has a bar named after him at the CUB fortress that is the MCG, no less – to take delivery of a new beer release should have subsided by now, especially as David Neitz has been in the game with Brewmanity for years. But, let's be honest,…

Brewhouse Margaret River Saison Beer

As Ryan Ashworth stepped into the head brewer’s role at Brewhouse Margaret River an expanding range of possibilities opened up not only for himself but also the brewery. While the temptation to go a little crazy was ripe, the desire to craft something seasonal and refreshing was also front of mind.…

New England Brewing Co Dark Farmhouse Beer

Each year, New England Brewing releases two farmhouse style beers, one for summer and one for winter. These non-identical twins are somewhat more in tune with European saisons than your typical Aussie version, due in main to the brewery’s open top fermenters which leave them at the mercy of mother…

Feral Brewing Nan's Driving Beer

It's all go out Feral at the moment, it seems. No sooner had a fresh batch of Watermelon Warhead made its way from the Swan Valley brewery than the German IPA Hopfen Fahrt followed, and now this limited release too. Nan's Driving is a tea-infused Amber Ale that we are told has "a slightly sweet malt…

Australian Brewery Australian Pale Ale - RETIRED Beer

If any one modern beer style has the right qualities to take Australia by storm, it's probably what's being termed the Pacific Pale Ale. Typically light and easy drinking but full on flavour, beers within this style are the epitome of crowd pleasers, welcome at any beach, barbecue or Backyard Cricket…

Aether Brewing Summer of Sour: 2023 Pet Nat & Imperial Blackberry Breakfast Smoothie Beer

And, now, it’s time for another… Summer… of… Sour! Aether's **2023 Pet Nat** is bound to be divisive for drinkers, depending on whether they appreciate a nice wine or not. If you’re not familiar with the term Pet Nat,\* it’s short for "Pétillant Naturel", which means "naturally bubbly";…

AVNGE Brewing Level Up x2 Beer

Arcade machines, [claymation videos](https://www.facebook.com/avngebrewing/videos/1554775545330698/) and an all-round sense of Tron; it's not too often birthday parties look like this in 2023. Come to think of it: the 80s are incredibly cool right now so what do I know? Most birthdays probably look like…

Brew & A: Stuart Taylor of Homestead News

Coming from a hospitality background working front of house in Perth bars, Homestead head brewer Stuart Taylor always had a passion for beer. Yet he didn't bring a background in homebrewing with him when he made the switch from serving drinks to producing them. Instead, Stuart took the skills…

Brew & A: Tim Miller News

Brewmanity finally broke ground on what will become their brewpub home in South Melbourne last month. It's been a long time coming, given former Melbourne Demons captain David Neitz and co-founder Jamie Fox were raising money for good causes through their beers midway through the last decade. Since…

Alice Springs Brewing Co: Five Years In Five Beers News

There's no denying the events of the past few years on a global scale make a decent dictionary definition for roller-coaster. The situation has been even more acute for those in the Australian beer and hospitality industries, thanks to the extended lockdowns, staff shortages worsened…

Brew & A: Marcus Cox News

Fifteen years ago this month, back when The Crafty Pint was little more than a mental blastocyst, I went on my first brewery tours. They weren’t my first contact with the Australian beer world – I’d somehow ended up playing for Mountain Goat’s indoor cricket team not long after moving to Melbourne…

Brew & A: Carla Naismith News

The road to becoming a brewer doesn't often follow a straightforward career trajectory. Sure, there are more TAFE courses helping budding brewers along the way there ever before but, in many case, it’s a job into which people fall – and, often, it’s only with the beauty of hindsight they realise…

Brew & A: Thirsty Crow News

Craig Wealands wasted little time putting Wagga Wagga's Thirsty Crow on the map, winning an AIBA trophy for his Vanilla Milk Stout within months of opening. That beer has gone on to become a true cult classic of the Australian beer scene, while Craig has added further silverware to his collection. More…

Brew & A: Matt Ives News

Matt Ives' brewing career hasn't taken him to the bright lights of big cities but it has seen him spend plenty of time making beer alongside some of the pioneers of the local beer world.  His brewing journey kicked off more than a decade ago when Matt and his partner Lauren made the move from Melbourne…

Brew & A: Eden Pink News

When Eden Pink first started working at Prancing Pony around six years ago, becoming a brewer wasn't front-and-centre of the 19-year-old's mind. Sure, she loved beer but as a student at the time Eden regarded the front-of-house job as a fun way to combine her love of working with beer and people…

Brew & A: Rachel Freeman News

Sometimes it feels like brewing is less of a career you choose and more one that chooses you. Once upon a time, people became brewers to make beers they couldn't readily buy but as craft beer has become more available, it hasn't stopped passionate people from joining the industry.  For…

Brew & A: Chase Saraiva – Wildflower News

Chase Saraiva’s journey to become head brewer of Sydney’s Wildflower Brewing and Blending is a tale as old as time. He travelled 12,500km for a two-month working holiday only to be caught in the middle of a deadly global pandemic two weeks in. Thus, with no way of returning to his pestilence-riddled…

Brew & A: Morrison Brewery News

There's around 20 breweries and brewing companies that call Tasmania home today. Yet most of them have less than a year or two under their belts, making Launceston based Morrison Brewery something of an elder statesman on the scene. This week sees the family run business turn five, with celebrations…

Brew & A: Luigi Mensi News

If you were going to grow a brewer in a lab, you could do a lot worse than using Luigi Mensi as a template. A lifetime of obtaining seemingly unrelated skills, lucky coincidences and unceasing hard work aside, it was a chance decision to try to make some mead while in the midst of studying chemistry…

Brew & A: Frenchies' Vince de Soyres News

Vince De Soyres has always done things a bit differently to those around him. Growing up near Paris with a German mum and French dad, his upbringing was heavily influenced by his mother’s homeland. “I always felt like I didn’t have the same cultural beacons as my friends: different music, different…

Brew & A: Jum Ryan News

It’s hard to think of too many places you can work as a brewer that are as distinct from one another as Singapore and Alice Springs. But that relocation is one made recently by Jum Ryan when he became Alice Springs Brewing Co's head brewer after leading brewing for Little Creatures in both Singapore…

Brew & A: Cam Turner News

"Trying to get Javan pepper and saltbush and squid ink and seaweed in the right balance... there's not a lot of use of those ingredients. Especially in beer." There aren't many brewers in the world for who such conundrums would crop up. But, as head brewer at Dainton, it's the sort of curveball…

Brew & A: Charlie Hodgson News

The rapid growth in the number of brewing companies in Australia shows little sign of slowing. And nowhere is that more apparent than South East Queensland. For years, even while Brisbane's beer scene was coming alive, barring rare exceptions, most new brewing operations in the state were of the small…

Brew & A: Brookes Beer News

With the new Crafty Pint up and running, we're bringing back some of the regular features that may have been a little neglected while the tradies were doing their refurbs at Crafty Towers. We've also got plenty of new feature series coming too – look out for Craft Beer Heroes, Beer Nuts, a new in-house…

Brew & A: Reckless Brewing's Grace Fowler News

After close to four years without a local brewery, Bathurst again has a beer to call its own following the opening of Reckless Brewing. The brewing company, which previously operated without a home before taking over the former home of Two Heads Brewing, quietly opened the doors to their…

Brew & A: Steve Wearing News

One of the standout moments – and arguably the cutest – of May's Australian International Beer Awards came when King Road Brewing Co were announced as winners of the Best International-Style Pale Ale trophy. Owners Bev and Dave McKee brought some real down-to-earth delight to the stage, in a manner…

Brew & A: Stingray News

It’s not uncommon for breweries to name a limited release beer after a team member, but an entire bar and new beer brand within your tent? Well, that might be a first.   The uncommon achievement belongs to Stingray, part of the team at Melbourne's Bodriggy. And it's fair to say there's not…