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2022 Australia's Best Craft Beer Bars
2nd Mar 2023
As part of the 2022 Australian Craft Beer Survey we asked participants to tell us their favourite craft beer bar/pub local to their 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!
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State results are outlined below:
Queensland | New South Wales | ACT | Victoria | Tasmania | South Australia | Western Australia
Queensland's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Venue | % | Total votes |
| Brewski | 8% | 175 |
| The Woods Bar | 7% | 146 |
| Netherworld | 5% | 123 |
| The TapHouse Townsville | 5% | 116 |
| Bine Bar & Dining | 4% | 99 |
| Saccharomyces Beer Cafe | 4% | 85 |
| Ballistic Beer - West End | 3% | 75 |
| The Scratch Bar | 3% | 75 |
| Archive Beer Boutique | 3% | 74 |
| Taps Mooloolaba | 3% | 71 |
| Backbone | 3% | 57 |
| The House of Brews | 2% | 54 |
| Milton Common | 2% | 53 |
| Brisbane Brewing Co. Woolloongabba | 2% | 43 |
| Bavarian Bier Cafe Eagle Street Pier | 2% | 38 |
| Pig 'N' Whistle Riverside | 2% | 36 |
| Last Night on Earth | 2% | 35 |
| Malt Traders City | 2% | 34 |
| Bavarian Bier Cafe Broadbeach | 1% | 30 |
| The Loose Moose Tap & Grill House | 1% | 29 |
| Bloodhound Corner Bar | 1% | 28 |
| The Dock Mooloolaba | 1% | 28 |
| Tippler's Tap - South Bank | 1% | 28 |
| Sneaky Baron | 1% | 25 |
| Zero Fox | 1% | 22 |
| Which Craft Beer | 1% | 21 |
| Copperhead Restaurant and Brewery | 1% | 20 |
| Craft Brew House | 1% | 20 |
| Crafty Cargo Taphouse | 1% | 20 |
| Fitzy's Toowoomba | 1% | 20 |
| Hellbound Brisbane | 1% | 19 |
| Tippler's Tap - Fortitude Valley | 1% | 19 |
| Cannon Hill Taproom | 1% | 18 |
| Ze Pickle Burleigh Heads | 1% | 18 |
| Eatons Hill Hotel & Function Centre | 1% | 16 |
| Fitz + Potts | 1% | 15 |
| Tap'd | 1% | 15 |
| The Bench | 1% | 15 |
| The Gresham | 1% | 14 |
| Malt Shovel Taphouse Sunshine Coast | 1% | 13 |
| Tapworks Chermside | 1% | 13 |
| Miss Demeanour | 1% | 12 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
New South Wales' Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Venue | % | Total votes |
| Grain Store Newcastle | 10% | 339 |
| The Union Hotel | 4% | 135 |
| Bitter Phew | 4% | 132 |
| Keg & Brew | 2% | 83 |
| The Taphouse | 2% | 82 |
| Hopsters Cooperative Brewery Taproom | 2% | 79 |
| 12 Taps Marrickville | 2% | 73 |
| Dove & Olive Hotel | 2% | 72 |
| Bankstown Sports Club | 2% | 69 |
| Sweeney's Rooftop Bar | 2% | 66 |
| 4 Pines at the Farm | 2% | 54 |
| Frankie's Pizza | 2% | 54 |
| His Boy Elroy | 2% | 54 |
| Royal Albert Hotel | 2% | 54 |
| Harts Pub | 1% | 50 |
| The Prince | 1% | 50 |
| Warners at the Bay | 1% | 49 |
| The Henson | 1% | 46 |
| The Illawarra Brewery | 1% | 43 |
| 4 Pines Charlestown | 1% | 39 |
| Blue Gum Hotel | 1% | 35 |
| Quarrymans Hotel | 1% | 35 |
| Forest Lodge Hotel | 1% | 34 |
| The Noble Hops | 1% | 35 |
| 4 Pines Public House Newport | 1% | 32 |
| The Australian Heritage Hotel | 1% | 32 |
| The Welder's Dog - Armidale | 1% | 33 |
| Yulli's | 1% | 30 |
| Public House Petersham | 1% | 29 |
| Petersham Bowling Club | 1% | 28 |
| Beer Deluxe Albury | 1% | 27 |
| The Beer Bar | 1% | 27 |
| Batch Darling Square | 1% | 25 |
| Bucket Boys Upstairs Bar | 1% | 25 |
| Pumphouse Sydney | 1% | 25 |
| Carrington Bowling Club | 1% | 24 |
| O'Donoghues Irish Pub | 1% | 24 |
| Nelson Hotel | 1% | 22 |
| Henley's Bar & Kitchen | 1% | 21 |
| The Blind Monk | 1% | 21 |
| Dee Why Hotel | 1% | 20 |
| Kincumber Hotel | 1% | 20 |
| Erskineville Hotel | 1% | 19 |
| The Blind Bear | 1% | 19 |
| The Welder's Dog - Tamworth | 1% | 19 |
| Welcome Hotel | 1% | 19 |
| 1989 Bar Arcade Kitchen | 1% | 18 |
| The Baxter Inn | 1% | 18 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
ACT's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Venue | % | Total votes |
| Old Canberra Inn | 27% | 220 |
| To All My Friends | 13% | 109 |
| Brew Nation | 7% | 61 |
| Dickson Taphouse | 6% | 45 |
| The George Harcourt Inn | 6% | 45 |
| Grease Monkey | 5% | 41 |
| Capital Brewing Co Airport Terminal | 4% | 32 |
| The Durham | 3% | 28 |
| The Meating Room | 3% | 27 |
| Bar Rochford | 3% | 25 |
| Walt & Burley | 3% | 22 |
| Hopscotch Braddon | 2% | 17 |
| The Pot Belly Bar | 2% | 17 |
| Duxton | 2% | 16 |
| Bolt Bar | 2% | 14 |
| The Lighthouse | 1% | 9 |
| 1882 Bar & Grill | 1% | 8 |
| The George Bar & Dining | 1% | 8 |
| Debacle | 1% | 7 |
| Ducks Nuts Bar & Grill | 1% | 7 |
| Gryphons Caffe Bar | 1% | 6 |
| King O'Malley's | 1% | 6 |
| Transit Bar | 1% | 6 |
| Beef and Barley | 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 | 10% | 243 |
| Beer DeLuxe Melbourne | 5% | 112 |
| Grape & Grain | 3% | 75 |
| Belgian Beer Cafe Melbourne | 3% | 63 |
| Hop Temple | 3% | 63 |
| Aireys Pub | 3% | 62 |
| Beer 360 | 2% | 58 |
| The Local Taphouse St Kilda | 2% | 56 |
| Beermash | 2% | 49 |
| Mr West | 2% | 45 |
| Hopheads | 2% | 42 |
| Bar Josephine | 2% | 38 |
| Bo Gurks | 2% | 38 |
| Boatrocker Barrel Room | 2% | 38 |
| Royston Hotel | 1% | 36 |
| Great Northern Hotel | 1% | 35 |
| Hopscotch | 1% | 35 |
| Boilermaker House | 1% | 34 |
| Great Ocean Road Brewhouse | 1% | 32 |
| The Hop Shop | 1% | 36 |
| Otter's Promise | 1% | 31 |
| The Goods Shed | 1% | 33 |
| Young & Jacksons | 1% | 30 |
| Cherry Tree Hotel | 1% | 28 |
| The Foragers Drop | 1% | 28 |
| The Terminus Hotel | 1% | 28 |
| Valhalla Taproom | 1% | 28 |
| The Catfish | 1% | 24 |
| The Crafty Squire | 1% | 24 |
| Park Hotel | 1% | 23 |
| Pig and Whistle Tavern | 1% | 22 |
| Albert Park Hotel | 1% | 18 |
| Cookie | 1% | 18 |
| Portsea Hotel | 1% | 18 |
| Munich Brauhaus | 1% | 17 |
| Yarragon Ale House | 1% | 17 |
| Cambrian Hotel | 1% | 16 |
| Cornish Arms Hotel | 1% | 16 |
| Miss Moses | 1% | 16 |
| Howler | 1% | 15 |
| Mr Paul's Beer & Wine | 1% | 15 |
| Mrs Parma's - Melbourne | 1% | 14 |
| The Napier Hotel | 1% | 14 |
| Carringbush Hotel | 1% | 13 |
| Northcote Social Club | 1% | 13 |
| Prosciutto Bros Craft Bar | 1% | 13 |
| Rainbow Hotel | 1% | 13 |
| The Fat Goat | 1% | 13 |
*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 | 16% | 73 |
| The Winston | 16% | 73 |
| Preachers | 15% | 71 |
| Boodle Beasley | 13% | 60 |
| Moonah Hotel & Cellars | 8% | 37 |
| Jack Greene | 6% | 27 |
| The Whaler | 6% | 26 |
| Empress Craft Beer | 4% | 19 |
| Tandy's Alehouse | 4% | 18 |
| Wandering Trout | 4% | 17 |
| Grinners Dive Bar | 3% | 13 |
| Waterman's Beer Market | 1% | 4 |
| Harlequin Hobart | 1% | 3 |
| Shambles | 1% | 3 |
| Tattersalls Beer and Food Hall | 1% | 3 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
South Australia's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Venue | % | Total votes |
| NOLA Adelaide | 13% | 130 |
| Gilbert Street Hotel | 10% | 97 |
| The Wheatsheaf Hotel | 8% | 81 |
| Uraidla Hotel | 7% | 68 |
| The Little Pub | 6% | 59 |
| Franklin Hotel | 5% | 50 |
| Coopers Alehouse Gepps Cross | 5% | 49 |
| Prancing Pony on Rundle | 3% | 31 |
| Malt Shovel Taphouse Adelaide | 3% | 26 |
| Stein's Taphouse and Wine Bar | 2% | 23 |
| Oostende Belgian Beer Cafe | 2% | 20 |
| The Highway | 2% | 18 |
| The Warradale Hotel | 2% | 17 |
| Earl of Leicester | 2% | 15 |
| The Austral | 2% | 15 |
| The Original Coopers Alehouse | 2% | 15 |
| Stirling Hotel | 1% | 14 |
| West Thebby Social Club | 1% | 14 |
| Crafers Inn Hotel | 1% | 13 |
| Benjamin on Franklin | 1% | 10 |
| Colonist Tavern | 1% | 10 |
| Mile End Hotel | 1% | 10 |
| The Earl of Leicester | 1% | 10 |
| The Ed | 1% | 10 |
| Hains & Co | 1% | 9 |
| Duck Inn | 1% | 7 |
| Mick O'Shea's | 1% | 7 |
| Seacliff Beach Hotel | 1% | 7 |
| The Lighthouse Wharf Hotel | 1% | 7 |
| The Royal Oak | 1% | 7 |
| Ampika's Kitchen | 1% | 6 |
| Bath Hotel | 1% | 6 |
| Harry's Bar | 1% | 6 |
| Overland Corner Hotel | 1% | 6 |
| The Walkers Arms Hotel | 1% | 6 |
| The Elephant British Pub | 1% | 5 |
| The Kings Head Hotel | 1% | 5 |
| The Lion Hotel | 1% | 5 |
| The Prince Albert | 1% | 5 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
Western Australia's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub
Full results*:
| Venue | % | Total votes |
| Dutch Trading Co. (DTC) | 18% | 134 |
| Besk @ West Leederville | 9% | 71 |
| Collective Rockingham | 9% | 65 |
| Petition Beer Corner | 8% | 58 |
| Belgian Beer Cafe | 4% | 30 |
| Freo.Social | 3% | 26 |
| The Old Synagogue | 2% | 18 |
| The Wembley Hotel | 2% | 18 |
| Clancy's Fish Pub Fremantle | 2% | 17 |
| Beerpourium | 2% | 16 |
| Norfolk Hotel | 2% | 15 |
| Old Faithful Bar & BBQ - Perth | 2% | 15 |
| Old Faithful Bar & BBQ - Freo | 2% | 14 |
| The Left Bank | 2% | 14 |
| Pirate Bar | 2% | 13 |
| The Firestation Specialty Beer and Wine Bar | 2% | 13 |
| Balmoral Hotel | 2% | 12 |
| Clancy's Fish Pub Dunsborough | 2% | 12 |
| Ruinbar | 2% | 12 |
| Hygge Bar | 1% | 10 |
| Sail & Anchor Hotel | 1% | 10 |
| The Corner Dairy | 1% | 10 |
| Clancy's Fish Pub Canning Bridge | 1% | 8 |
| El Grotto | 1% | 8 |
| The Norfolk Hotel | 1% | 8 |
| The Rosemount Hotel | 1% | 8 |
| BARK Subiaco | 1% | 7 |
| The 21st Amendment, Leederville | 1% | 7 |
| Cabin 401 Bar & Grill | 1% | 5 |
| Refuge Small Bar | 1% | 5 |
| The Lucky Shag | 1% | 5 |
| Varnish on King | 1% | 5 |
| 399 Bar | 1% | 4 |
| Cork & Bottle | 1% | 4 |
| General Public - Inglewood | 1% | 4 |
| Lalla Rookh | 1% | 4 |
*Includes all venues that got over 1% of votes.
Note: craft beer bars question not asked for those living in Northern Territory.
Full results of the 2022 Australian Craft Beer Survey here.