
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.