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2017 Australia's Best Craft Beer Bars
Posted by Richard Kelsey on 20th Sep 2017
As part of the 2017 Australian Craft Beer Survey we asked you to tell us your favourite craft beer bar/pub local to your state.
Check out the results by each state below, and if you're wondering where to head for your next event/night out this should give you a pretty good guide!
Australia's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub (by State)
Queensland | New South Wales | Canberra/ACT | Victoria | Tasmania | South Australia | Western Australia
Queensland's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Bar | % | Total votes |
| Archive Beer Boutique | 9.3% | 204 |
| Brewski | 8.0% | 175 |
| The Scratch Bar | 7.9% | 173 |
| Bine Bar & Dining | 4.3% | 95 |
| Black Bunny Kitchen | 4.1% | 89 |
| The House of Brews | 3.5% | 77 |
| Brewhouse Brisbane | 3.3% | 72 |
| Fitz + Potts | 3.1% | 67 |
| Lester & Earl | 2.9% | 63 |
| Tippler's Tap | 2.8% | 62 |
| Taphouse | 2.5% | 54 |
| Bloodhound Corner Bar | 2.2% | 49 |
| Saccharomyces Beer Cafe | 2.1% | 47 |
| Bavarian Bier Café Eagle Street Pier | 2.0% | 43 |
| Ze Pickle Burleigh Heads | 1.8% | 39 |
| The Mill | 1.7% | 37 |
| Backbone | 1.6% | 36 |
| Netherworld | 1.6% | 36 |
| Woolly Mammoth Alehouse | 1.6% | 36 |
| Bavarian Bier Café Broadbeach | 1.6% | 35 |
| Taps Mooloolaba | 1.5% | 34 |
| Greenslopes Cellars | 1.3% | 28 |
| Malt Traders City | 1.2% | 27 |
| The Spotted Cow | 1.2% | 26 |
| Tap'd | 1.1% | 24 |
| Blackwater Trading Co | 1.1% | 24 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
New South Wales' Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
**Note Foghorn Brewhouse Central Coast included as beers are not brewed on site.
Full results*:
| Bar | % | Total votes |
| Bitter Phew | 7.9% | 338 |
| The Grain Store | 7.6% | 327 |
| The Local Taphouse Darlinghurst | 6.3% | 272 |
| Keg & Brew | 5.3% | 227 |
| The Union Hotel | 4.5% | 194 |
| Dove & Olive Hotel | 4.1% | 175 |
| Royal Albert Hotel | 3.0% | 127 |
| Harts Pub | 2.9% | 124 |
| Quarrymans Hotel | 2.2% | 96 |
| FogHorn Brewhouse Central Coast | 1.7% | 74 |
| Frankie's Pizza | 1.7% | 74 |
| The Henson | 1.7% | 73 |
| The Noble Hops | 1.6% | 68 |
| Beer Deluxe King St. Wharf | 1.6% | 67 |
| Forest Lodge Hotel | 1.5% | 65 |
| Warners at the Bay | 1.2% | 51 |
| Welcome Hotel | 1.2% | 51 |
| The Australian Heritage Hotel | 1.1% | 48 |
| Bankstown Sports Club | 1.1% | 47 |
| Petersham Bowling Club | 1.1% | 47 |
| The Beach Club Collaroy | 1.1% | 47 |
| Pumphouse Sydney | 1.0% | 44 |
| Dee Why Hotel | 1.0% | 41 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
Canberra's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Bar | % | Total votes |
| Old Canberra Inn | 21.8% | 109 |
| The Durham | 15.2% | 76 |
| The Pot Belly Bar | 8.0% | 40 |
| The George Harcourt Inn | 6.8% | 34 |
| Brew Nation | 5.2% | 26 |
| Grease Monkey | 5.0% | 25 |
| Transit Bar | 4.8% | 24 |
| Debacle | 3.8% | 19 |
| The Meating Room | 3.2% | 16 |
| Hopscotch Braddon | 2.8% | 14 |
| Ducks Nuts Bar & Grill | 3.0% | 15 |
| King O'Malley's | 2.4% | 12 |
| Walt & Burley | 2.0% | 10 |
| Duxton | 1.8% | 9 |
| Bar Rochford | 1.0% | 5 |
| Gryphons Caffe Bar | 1.0% | 5 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
Victoria's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Bar | % | Total votes |
| The Local Taphouse St Kilda | 9.2% | 471 |
| Carwyn Cellars | 9.2% | 466 |
| Grape & Grain | 7.5% | 381 |
| Beer DeLuxe Melbourne | 5.7% | 291 |
| Great Northern Hotel | 3.0% | 155 |
| The Alehouse Project | 2.9% | 148 |
| Foresters Pub & Dining | 2.2% | 114 |
| Hop Temple | 2.2% | 110 |
| The Terminus Hotel | 2.2% | 110 |
| Belgian Beer Cafe Melbourne | 2.0% | 104 |
| Slow Beer Richmond | 1.9% | 97 |
| Beermash | 1.7% | 89 |
| Boilermaker House | 1.7% | 89 |
| Royston Hotel | 1.4% | 72 |
| Beer Deluxe Hawthorn | 1.4% | 70 |
| The Catfish | 1.3% | 67 |
| Mrs Parma's - Melbourne | 1.3% | 66 |
| Bar Josephine | 1.3% | 64 |
| Cookie | 1.1% | 57 |
| Junction Beer Hall & Wine Bar | 1.1% | 57 |
| Mr Paul's Beer & Wine | 1.1% | 54 |
| Oscar's Alehouse | 1.0% | 52 |
| Slow Beer Fitzroy | 1.0% | 51 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
Tasmania's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results**:
| Bar | % | Total votes |
| Saint John Craft Beer Bar | 25.4% | 94 |
| The Winston | 19.7% | 73 |
| Preachers | 13.0% | 48 |
| New Sydney Hotel | 10.3% | 38 |
| Jack Greene | 7.6% | 28 |
| Empress Craft Beer | 6.8% | 25 |
| Waterman's Beer Market | 3.5% | 13 |
| Tandy's Alehouse | 2.7% | 10 |
| The Whaler | 2.2% | 8 |
| Tasman Quartermasters | 1.1% | 4 |
| Shambles | 1.1% | 4 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
South Australia's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Bar | % | Total votes |
| The Wheatsheaf Hotel | 29.3% | 342 |
| NOLA Adelaide | 13.8% | 161 |
| Gilbert Street Hotel | 7.8% | 91 |
| The Kings Head Hotel | 3.9% | 46 |
| Treasury 1860 | 2.7% | 32 |
| The Curious Squire | 2.2% | 26 |
| Oostende Belgian Beer Cafe | 2.1% | 24 |
| Earl of Leicester | 2.0% | 23 |
| The Royal Oak | 2.0% | 23 |
| Franklin Hotel | 1.9% | 22 |
| Stein's Taphouse and Wine Bar | 1.5% | 18 |
| The Highway | 1.5% | 17 |
| The Earl of Leicester | 1.4% | 16 |
| Coopers Alehouse Gepps Cross | 1.3% | 15 |
| Stirling Hotel | 1.3% | 15 |
| The Warradale Hotel | 1.2% | 14 |
| The Austral | 1.1% | 13 |
| The Elephant British Pub | 1.0% | 12 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
Western Australia's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Bar | % | Total votes |
| The Dutch Trading Co. (DTC) | 20.8% | 280 |
| Petition Beer Corner | 19.3% | 260 |
| Sail & Anchor Hotel | 5.1% | 69 |
| Clancy's Fish Pub Fremantle | 4.8% | 65 |
| Caboose | 4.0% | 54 |
| Belgian Beer Cafe | 3.0% | 40 |
| Bob's Bar | 2.1% | 28 |
| Clancy's Fish Pub Dunsborough | 2.0% | 27 |
| Norfolk Hotel | 2.0% | 27 |
| The Pour House Bar + Kitchen | 1.6% | 22 |
| The Generous Squire | 1.6% | 21 |
| Baby Mammoth | 1.4% | 19 |
| Clancy's Fish Pub Canning Bridge | 1.4% | 19 |
| The Mechanics Institute | 1.4% | 19 |
| El Grotto | 1.3% | 17 |
| The Monk | 1.2% | 16 |
| Duckstein Brewery | 1.0% | 14 |
| The Firestation Specialty Beer and Wine Bar | 1.0% | 14 |
| Balmoral Hotel | 1.0% | 13 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.