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2017 Australia's Best Craft Beer Bars

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)

Australia's Best Craft Beer Bars/Pubs

Queensland | New South Wales | Canberra/ACT | Victoria | Tasmania | South Australia | Western Australia

Queensland's Favourite Craft Beer Bar/Pub

Queensland's Best Craft Beer Bars/Pubs

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

New South Wales' Best Craft Beer Bars/Pubs

**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

Canberra's Best Craft Beer Bars/Pubs

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

Victoria's Best Craft Beer Bars/Pubs

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

Tasmania's Best Craft Beer Bars/Pubs

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

South Australia's Best Craft Beer Bars/Pubs

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

Western Australia's Best Craft Beer Bars/Pubs

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.

Full results of the Australian Craft Beer Survey here.