2019 Australia's Best Craft Brewery Venue
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 brewery venue local to your state.
Check out the results by each state below, and if you're wondering where to head for your next this should give you a pretty good guide!
Australia's Favourite Craft Brewery Venue (by State)
Queensland | New South Wales | ACT | Victoria | Tasmania | South Australia | Western Australia
Queensland's Favourite Craft Brewery Venue
Full results*:
Brewery | % | Total votes |
Balter | 11% | 548 |
Burleigh Brewing Company Pty Ltd | 9% | 457 |
Black Hops Brewery | 9% | 456 |
Green Beacon Brewing Co | 8% | 408 |
Ballistic Beer | 5% | 258 |
Felons Brewing | 5% | 258 |
Newstead Brewing Co - Newstead | 4% | 216 |
Range Brewing | 4% | 211 |
Brouhaha Brewery and Restaurant | 4% | 200 |
Hemingway’s Brewery | 3% | 133 |
Newstead Brewing Co - Milton | 3% | 133 |
All Inn Brewing Co. | 3% | 129 |
Bacchus Brewing Co. | 2% | 124 |
Aether Brewing | 2% | 113 |
Brendale Brewing Co | 2% | 108 |
Brisbane Brewing Co | 2% | 91 |
Townsville Brewing Company | 2% | 85 |
The Charming Squire | 2% | 80 |
Land & Sea (Noosa Beer Company) | 1% | 67 |
Fortitude Brewing Co. | 1% | 64 |
Your Mates Brewing Co. | 1% | 61 |
Revel Brewing Co | 1% | 60 |
Macalister Brewing Company | 1% | 53 |
10 Toes Brewery | 1% | 52 |
Slipstream Brewing Co | 1% | 52 |
Pumpyard Bar & Brewery | 1% | 44 |
Soapbox Beer | 1% | 37 |
White Lies Brewing Company | 1% | 34 |
Sunshine Brewery | 1% | 33 |
Heads of Noosa Brewing Co | 1% | 32 |
Sea Legs Brewing | 1% | 29 |
4 Brothers Brewing | 1% | 27 |
Sunshine Coast Brewery | 1% | 27 |
Bargara Brewing Company's Brewhouse | 1% | 26 |
*Includes all brewery venues that got over 1% of votes.
New South Wales' Favourite Craft Brewery Venue
Full results*:
Brewery | % | Total votes |
Wayward Brewing Co. | 7% | 382 |
Sauce Brewing Co | 6% | 335 |
Batch Brewing Company | 6% | 310 |
Grifter Brewing Company | 5% | 292 |
Stone and Wood - Bryron Bay | 5% | 288 |
Young Henrys | 5% | 286 |
Murrays Craft Brewing Co | 5% | 274 |
4 Pines Brewing Company - Brewpub Manly | 5% | 246 |
Modus Operandi Brewing Co. | 4% | 244 |
FogHorn Brewhouse - Newcastle | 4% | 242 |
Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel | 4% | 213 |
Akasha Brewing Company | 3% | 145 |
Six String Brewery | 2% | 114 |
Stockade Brew Co, Marrickville | 2% | 107 |
4 Pines Brewing Company - TruckBar Brookvale | 2% | 97 |
Thirsty Crow Brewery | 1% | 73 |
Australian Hotel And Brewery | 1% | 71 |
Willie The Boatman | 1% | 63 |
Rocks Brewing Co | 1% | 59 |
Illawarra Brewing Company | 1% | 53 |
Byron Bay Brewing Co | 1% | 51 |
Redoak Boutique Beer Cafe | 1% | 50 |
Hope Brewhouse | 1% | 47 |
Tumut River Brewing Company | 1% | 47 |
Wildflower Brewing & Blending | 1% | 44 |
Hairyman Brewery | 1% | 41 |
Reub Goldberg Brewing Machine | 1% | 41 |
Seven Mile Brewing Co | 1% | 41 |
Five Barrel Brewery | 1% | 40 |
New England Brewing Company | 1% | 40 |
Endeavour Tap Rooms | 1% | 37 |
Flat Rock Brew Cafe | 1% | 36 |
Nomad Brewing Co. | 1% | 33 |
All Hands Brewing House | 1% | 31 |
Bay Road Brewing | 1% | 30 |
BlackFont Brewhouse | 1% | 30 |
Hunter Beer Co. | 1% | 30 |
IronBark Hill Brewhouse | 1% | 29 |
Jindabyne Brewing Company | 1% | 29 |
*Includes all brewery venues that got over 1% of votes.
ACT's Favourite Craft Brewery Venue
Full results*:
Brewery | % | Total votes |
Capital Brewing Co. | 53% | 491 |
Bentspoke Brewing Co. | 46% | 427 |
Zierholz Premium Brewery | 1% | 7 |
*Includes all brewery venues that got over 1% of votes.
Victoria's Favourite Craft Brewery Venue
Full results*:
Brewery | % | Total votes |
Stomping Ground Brewing Co | 15% | 807 |
Bridge Road Brewers | 9% | 484 |
Moon Dog Brewery | 7% | 361 |
Little Creatures - Geelong Brewery | 5% | 262 |
Bright Brewery | 5% | 254 |
Holgate Brewhouse at Keatings Hotel | 4% | 194 |
Two Birds Brewing | 3% | 168 |
Hop Nation Brewing Co. | 3% | 164 |
Bad Shepherd Brewing Co. | 3% | 157 |
Colonial Brewing Co - Port Melbourne | 3% | 157 |
Mr Banks Brewing Co | 3% | 144 |
Mountain Goat Brewery | 3% | 140 |
Dainton Brewery | 2% | 138 |
St Andrews Beach Brewery | 2% | 134 |
Tallboy and Moose | 2% | 123 |
Blackman's Brewery | 2% | 105 |
Boatrocker Barrel Room | 2% | 105 |
3 Ravens Brewery | 2% | 88 |
2 Brothers Brewery | 2% | 84 |
Jetty Road Brewery | 1% | 80 |
Mornington Peninsular Brewery | 1% | 76 |
The Public Brewery | 1% | 66 |
Red Hill Brewery | 1% | 64 |
Coldstream Brewery | 1% | 62 |
Fixation Brewing Co - The Incubator | 1% | 55 |
Burnley Brewing | 1% | 52 |
Westside Ale Works | 1% | 45 |
White Rabbit Brewery & Barrel Hall | 1% | 44 |
Urban Alley Brewery | 1% | 41 |
Two Bays Brewing Co | 1% | 38 |
Forrest Brewing Company | 1% | 35 |
Thunder Road Brewing Company | 1% | 32 |
The Mill Brewery | 1% | 31 |
Grand Ridge Brewery | 1% | 28 |
*Includes all brewery venues that got over 1% of votes.
Tasmania's Favourite Craft Brewery Venue
Full results*:
Brewery | % | Total votes |
Hobart Brewing Company | 35% | 188 |
Shambles Brewery | 17% | 92 |
The Winston Alehouse & Eatery | 14% | 76 |
T-Bone Brewing Company | 6% | 30 |
Ironhouse Brewery | 5% | 26 |
Last Rites Brewing Co | 5% | 26 |
Little Rivers Brewing Co | 5% | 25 |
Bruny Island Beer Co | 4% | 20 |
Cascade Brewery | 2% | 12 |
Two Metre Tall Company | 2% | 10 |
Seven Sheds Brewery | 2% | 9 |
Captain Blighs | 1% | 8 |
Buttons Brewing | 1% | 5 |
Devils Brewery | 1% | 4 |
Fox Friday Brewery | 1% | 4 |
*Includes all brewery venues that got over 1% of votes.
South Australia's Favourite Craft Brewery Venue
Full results*:
Brewery | % | Total votes |
Little Bang Brewing | 20% | 368 |
Pirate Life | 17% | 315 |
Big Shed Brewing HQ | 14% | 267 |
Prancing Pony Brewery | 9% | 160 |
Smiling Samoyed Brewery | 7% | 131 |
Lobethal Bierhaus | 5% | 99 |
Woolshed Brewery | 5% | 95 |
Sweet Amber Brew Café | 3% | 48 |
Goodieson Brewery | 2% | 43 |
Barossa Valley Brewing | 2% | 37 |
Lady Burra Brewhouse | 2% | 37 |
Coopers | 2% | 31 |
Brew Boys Brewery | 1% | 23 |
Swell Brewery | 1% | 21 |
Wheatsheaf Hotel | 1% | 21 |
Lot 100 - Mismatch Brewing | 1% | 20 |
Pikes Beer Company Pty Ltd | 1% | 18 |
Clare Valley Brewing Co | 1% | 17 |
Beer Garden Brewing | 1% | 13 |
South Coast Brewing Co | 1% | 10 |
*Includes all brewery venues that got over 1% of votes.
Western Australia's Favourite Craft Brewery Venue
Full results*:
Brewery | % | Total votes |
The Beerfarm | 16% | 297 |
Little Creatures – Freemantle Brewery | 11% | 214 |
Blasta Brewing Company | 10% | 192 |
Feral Brewing Company | 9% | 164 |
Colonial Brewing Co - Margaret River | 6% | 120 |
Boston Brewing Co | 6% | 106 |
Cheeky Monkey Brewery & Cidery | 5% | 103 |
Eagle Bay Brewing Co. | 5% | 94 |
Nowhereman Brewing Company | 3% | 53 |
Black Brewing Co | 3% | 48 |
Wilson Brewing Company | 2% | 38 |
Wild Hop Brewing Company | 2% | 34 |
Brewhouse Margaret River | 2% | 32 |
Bootleg Brewery | 2% | 29 |
Freo.Social - Otherside Brewing | 1% | 26 |
Northbridge Brewing Company | 1% | 26 |
Otherside Brewshed | 1% | 25 |
Whitfords Brewing Co | 1% | 24 |
Beaten Track Brewery | 1% | 23 |
Whalebone Brewing Co | 1% | 21 |
Bright Tank Brewing Co | 1% | 16 |
Matso’s Broome Brewery | 1% | 15 |
Bush Shack Brewery | 1% | 14 |
Indian Ocean Brewing Company | 1% | 13 |
Cowaramup Brewing | 1% | 12 |
Mash Brewing Swan Valley | 1% | 11 |
Billabong Brewing | 1% | 10 |
White Lakes Brewing | 1% | 10 |
*Includes all brewery venues that got over 1% of votes.
Full results of the 2019 Australian Craft Beer Survey here.