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2019 Australia's Best Craft Beer Bars
Posted by Richard Kelsey on 17th Oct 2019
As part of the 2019 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 | ACT | Victoria | Tasmania | South Australia | Western Australia
Queensland's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Venue | % | Total votes |
| Brewski | 9% | 384 |
| Netherworld | 5% | 216 |
| Taphouse | 5% | 210 |
| Bine Bar & Dining | 5% | 206 |
| The Scratch Bar | 5% | 206 |
| Archive Beer Boutique | 5% | 202 |
| The House of Brews | 4% | 159 |
| Brewhouse Brisbane | 3% | 149 |
| Tippler's Tap | 3% | 148 |
| Saccharomyces Beer Cafe | 3% | 146 |
| Taps Mooloolaba | 2% | 94 |
| Bloodhound Corner Bar | 2% | 86 |
| Crow N Arrow | 2% | 78 |
| Bavarian Bier Café Eagle Street Pier | 2% | 75 |
| Malt Traders City | 2% | 72 |
| Backbone | 2% | 68 |
| Ze Pickle Burleigh Heads | 2% | 67 |
| Tap'd | 2% | 66 |
| Bavarian Bier Café Broadbeach | 2% | 64 |
| Lost Palms Brewing Co | 1% | 60 |
| Pig 'N' Whistle Riverside | 1% | 56 |
| The Dock Mooloolaba | 1% | 52 |
| Eumundi Brewing Company | 1% | 49 |
| Cambus Wallace | 1% | 47 |
| Fitz + Potts | 1% | 43 |
| Ploughman | 1% | 41 |
| Zero Fox | 1% | 41 |
| Copperhead Restaurant and Brewery | 1% | 38 |
| The Bench | 1% | 37 |
| Embassy Craft Beer Bar | 1% | 34 |
| Riverbar & Kitchen | 1% | 33 |
| Woolly Mammoth Alehouse | 1% | 33 |
| Blackwater Trading Co | 1% | 31 |
| Greenslopes Cellars | 1% | 31 |
| The Oxford Taphouse | 1% | 30 |
| Fritzenberger | 1% | 26 |
| Sasquatch Bar & Kitchen | 1% | 26 |
| Black Bunny Kitchen | 1% | 25 |
| Tapestry Bar | 1% | 25 |
| The Spotted Cow | 1% | 25 |
| Last Night on Earth | 1% | 24 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
New South Wales' Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Venue | % | Total votes |
| The Grain Store | 9% | 444 |
| Bitter Phew | 7% | 359 |
| The Union Hotel | 4% | 183 |
| Royal Albert Hotel | 3% | 155 |
| The Taphouse | 3% | 145 |
| Keg & Brew | 3% | 144 |
| Dove & Olive Hotel | 3% | 133 |
| Bucket Boys Upstairs Bar | 2% | 110 |
| The Noble Hops | 2% | 94 |
| Warners at the Bay | 2% | 92 |
| Sweeney's Rooftop Bar | 2% | 85 |
| Beer Deluxe King St. Wharf | 2% | 82 |
| Quarrymans Hotel | 2% | 82 |
| Harts Pub | 2% | 78 |
| The Henson | 2% | 77 |
| Frankie's Pizza | 1% | 66 |
| The Beach Club Collaroy | 1% | 64 |
| Bankstown Sports Club | 1% | 60 |
| The Australian Heritage Hotel | 1% | 59 |
| Forest Lodge Hotel | 1% | 53 |
| The Welder's Dog - Tamworth | 1% | 52 |
| Blue Gum Hotel | 1% | 51 |
| The Welder's Dog – Armidale | 1% | 50 |
| Welcome Hotel | 1% | 49 |
| His Boy Elroy | 1% | 47 |
| The DOG Hotel | 1% | 47 |
| The Blind Bear | 1% | 46 |
| The Prince | 1% | 45 |
| The Monkey Bar, Dubbo | 1% | 43 |
| Pumphouse Sydney | 1% | 42 |
| The Blind Monk (Craft Beer) | 1% | 42 |
| Spooning Goats | 1% | 41 |
| Petersham Bowling Club | 1% | 39 |
| Dee Why Hotel | 1% | 37 |
| The Newtown Hotel | 1% | 37 |
| Kincumber Hotel | 1% | 35 |
| Yulli's | 1% | 34 |
| Rag and Famish Hotel | 1% | 33 |
| Beer Deluxe Albury | 1% | 31 |
| Element Bar | 1% | 31 |
| Erskineville Hotel | 1% | 31 |
| Nelson Hotel | 1% | 29 |
| The Winston Hills Hotel | 1% | 27 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
ACT's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Venue | % | Total votes |
| Old Canberra Inn | 28% | 243 |
| To All My Friends | 10% | 89 |
| The Durham | 10% | 88 |
| The George Harcourt Inn | 8% | 66 |
| Grease Monkey | 7% | 61 |
| Brew Nation | 6% | 55 |
| The Meating Room | 3% | 27 |
| Hopscotch Braddon | 3% | 26 |
| The Pot Belly Bar | 3% | 25 |
| Ducks Nuts Bar & Grill | 3% | 23 |
| Duxton | 3% | 23 |
| Debacle | 2% | 17 |
| King O'Malley's | 2% | 16 |
| Walt & Burley | 2% | 14 |
| Ace High Eatery and Bar | 2% | 13 |
| Bar Rochford | 1% | 10 |
| Bolt Bar | 1% | 10 |
| Gryphons Caffe Bar | 1% | 10 |
| Transit Bar | 1% | 10 |
| Honkytonks | 1% | 5 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
Victoria's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Venue | % | Total votes |
| Carwyn Cellars | 12% | 591 |
| Beer DeLuxe Melbourne | 6% | 309 |
| The Local Taphouse St Kilda | 5% | 273 |
| Grape & Grain | 4% | 220 |
| Mr West | 3% | 162 |
| Beermash | 3% | 161 |
| Hop Temple | 3% | 160 |
| The Foragers Drop | 3% | 154 |
| Great Northern Hotel | 2% | 105 |
| Bar Josephine | 2% | 104 |
| Hopheads | 2% | 95 |
| Royston Hotel | 2% | 85 |
| The Terminus Hotel | 2% | 80 |
| Boilermaker House | 2% | 78 |
| Belgian Beer Cafe Melbourne | 1% | 75 |
| The Alehouse Project | 1% | 63 |
| The Catfish | 1% | 63 |
| Cambrian Hotel | 1% | 61 |
| Cherry Tree Hotel | 1% | 59 |
| Mrs Parma's - Melbourne | 1% | 56 |
| Boatrocker Barrel Room | 1% | 53 |
| Beer Deluxe Hawthorn | 1% | 52 |
| Aireys Pub | 1% | 51 |
| Slow Beer Fitzroy | 1% | 51 |
| Young & Jackson | 1% | 49 |
| Jimmy's Tap & Barrel | 1% | 44 |
| Penny Blue | 1% | 43 |
| Penny Young's | 1% | 42 |
| Hopscotch | 1% | 41 |
| The Goods Shed | 1% | 41 |
| The Crafty Squire | 1% | 39 |
| The Fat Goat | 1% | 38 |
| Foresters Pub & Dining | 1% | 35 |
| Beer 360 | 1% | 32 |
| Park Hotel | 1% | 32 |
| The Mallow Hotel | 1% | 32 |
| Far Side Beers | 1% | 31 |
| Junction Beer Hall & Wine Bar | 1% | 31 |
| Flight Bar & Bottleshop | 1% | 29 |
| Oscar's Alehouse | 1% | 28 |
| Cookie | 1% | 27 |
| Dr. Morse | 1% | 27 |
| Munich Brauhaus | 1% | 27 |
| Prosciutto Bros Craft Bar | 1% | 27 |
| Rainbow Hotel | 1% | 27 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
Tasmania's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Venue | % | Total votes |
| Saint John Craft Beer Bar | 31% | 168 |
| The Winston | 23% | 125 |
| Preachers | 19% | 102 |
| Jack Greene | 6% | 31 |
| Empress Craft Beer | 4% | 23 |
| Tandy's Alehouse | 4% | 23 |
| The Whaler | 4% | 23 |
| New Sydney Hotel | 2% | 13 |
| Waterman's Beer Market | 2% | 9 |
| Boodle Beasley | 1% | 7 |
| Tasman Quartermasters | 1% | 4 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
South Australia's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Venue | % | Total votes |
| The Wheatsheaf Hotel | 18% | 301 |
| NOLA Adelaide | 15% | 259 |
| Gilbert Street Hotel | 11% | 187 |
| West Thebby Social Club | 5% | 82 |
| Franklin Hotel | 4% | 74 |
| The Kings Head Hotel | 4% | 60 |
| Uraidla Hotel | 3% | 53 |
| Stein's Taphouse and Wine Bar | 2% | 42 |
| Coopers Alehouse Gepps Cross | 2% | 37 |
| The Lighthouse Wharf Hotel | 2% | 32 |
| The Warradale Hotel | 2% | 32 |
| Oostende Belgian Beer Cafe | 2% | 30 |
| Earl of Leicester | 2% | 28 |
| Crafers Inn Hotel | 2% | 27 |
| The Highway | 1% | 25 |
| The Little Pub | 1% | 23 |
| Stirling Hotel | 1% | 22 |
| The Jungle (Kent Town Hotel) | 1% | 21 |
| Mick O'Shea's | 1% | 19 |
| Benjamin on Franklin | 1% | 17 |
| The Earl of Leicester | 1% | 16 |
| The Original Coopers Alehouse | 1% | 16 |
| The Royal Oak | 1% | 13 |
| Colonist Tavern | 1% | 12 |
| Duck Inn | 1% | 12 |
| Hains & Co | 1% | 11 |
| The Austral | 1% | 11 |
| The Elephant British Pub | 1% | 11 |
| Mile End Hotel | 1% | 10 |
| Pink Moon Saloon | 1% | 10 |
| Wellington Hotel | 1% | 10 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
Western Australia's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Venue | % | Total votes |
| The Dutch Trading Co. (DTC) | 22% | 379 |
| Petition Beer Corner | 20% | 340 |
| Caboose | 4% | 75 |
| Norfolk Hotel | 4% | 71 |
| Clancy's Fish Pub Fremantle | 4% | 67 |
| Sail & Anchor Hotel | 3% | 56 |
| The Firestation Specialty Beer and Wine Bar | 3% | 52 |
| Belgian Beer Cafe | 3% | 47 |
| Clancy's Fish Pub Dunsborough | 3% | 46 |
| The Left Bank | 2% | 30 |
| Balmoral Hotel | 2% | 29 |
| El Grotto | 2% | 28 |
| Refuge Small Bar | 1% | 24 |
| The Mechanics Institute | 1% | 24 |
| Bob's Bar | 1% | 23 |
| The Rosemount Hotel | 1% | 23 |
| Clancy's Fish Pub Canning Bridge | 1% | 22 |
| The Monk | 1% | 21 |
| The Pour House Bar + Kitchen | 1% | 20 |
| Duckstein Brewery | 1% | 19 |
| The Generous Squire | 1% | 18 |
| Strange Company | 1% | 17 |
| The Lucky Shag | 1% | 17 |
| Old Faithful Bar & BBQ | 1% | 15 |
| Clancy's Fish City Beach | 1% | 14 |
| Pirate Bar | 1% | 14 |
| Varnish on King | 1% | 14 |
| Darleens Taphouse | 1% | 13 |
| The Freo Doctor Liquor Store | 1% | 13 |
| Mojo's | 1% | 12 |
| The Brisbane Hotel | 1% | 11 |
| Other | 10% | 169 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.