Using the core principles of composition: rule of thirds, the golden ratio, unity, coherence, space and rhythm, SAMPLE Brew have teamed up with Meatmaiden to bring you a new kind of dining experience.
Chef Paul Wilson and Transition Farm team up with Stone & Wood Brewery to create a sustainable shared table feast with matching craft beers. Hear from guests and brewers across this communal lunch event.
Be regaled with tales from the sea, whilst enjoying a bounty of freshly harvested oysters matched sublimely with gose, berliner-weisse and oyster stout from Sailor's Grave. Meet the brewer, meet an oyster farmer.
Celebrate Prancing Pony's latest beer, Zeppelin's Nemesis, with some circus entertainment! A magician will take you into a world of improbabilities, while you may experience a rare appearance of our very own brewmaster Frank on a unicycle!
Our ever popular open day is back on bigger and better than ever! Expect plenty of entertainment and activities, including a live brew, games, tours, kids entertainment and great eats!
HopsAboard searches for the greatest home brew beer Melbourne has ever seen. Join us to award the winner of HopsAboard II, where the winner gets thousands of litres of their beer brewed and bottled!
We brew beer, spent grain goes to farm, pig eats grain, we eat pig! A celebration with a pig on a spit cooked over hot coals combined with great beers.
Join Ocean Reach Brewing as they launch their special release beer Excessive Baggage Porter. Bigger and bolder than its predecessor, this ale shouldn't be consumed single handedly! Try alongside a feast of BBQ smoked meat.
We’re inviting the beer lovers and creators from Geelong, Bellarine, Surf Coast and beyond into our Little Creatures Village with pop-up stalls full of delicious beer, great food and live entertainment.
Celebrate the best of Old Blighty! 40+ brews from 22 breweries on tap (or hand pump) including Fuller’s, Tetley’s, Beavertown, BrewDog, Wild Beer, and Tiny Rebel, plus Britpop tunes, English grub and classic pub games.
Rupert will be transformed into a sailor's paradise, pairing modern fresh naval grub to Gage Roads' array of award winning hydration aids. Come and rock the boat by celebrating the conquest that is life.
The Fox taps are taken over by the best female brewers in Australia and our stage, by the most talented female musos around. As well as the latest Pink Boots brew and meet the brewers.
We're bringing the fun back and throwing a good old fashioned BBQ! Think tinnie lucky dip bar, bocce, more snags than St Kilda pier, an exclusive Dingo's/Moon Dog single keg collab and a bunch of prizes!
Bowl and chat with some of the best brewers from Australia and NZ at this family-friendly event. Includes free bowls, a burger and your choice of two beers or ciders from the featured brewers. Vegetarian options available.
A day for all the family! Egg and spoon races, sack races, tunnel ball and more. Featuring local breweries, local produce and you, the locals! Come down with the whole family, to celebrate with an iconic community pub.
Consider yourself a budding brewer? Or just ready to enhance your beer knowledge? Stomping Ground's Ashur Hall takes you through how to brew in your very own home brew kit supplied by Grain & Grape.
A range of flavour driven unique ales matched and paired with smooth yet complex tequilas and mezcals. Includes seven generous beer tasters, seven tequila/mezcals, plus serves of tacos!
One of Canberra’s finest, BentSpoke Brewing Co, will be running the taps at Dr Morse. A Sunday afternoon of fun, games, Asian BBQ and tunes in the beer garden.
Come meet Buxton co-founder Geoff Quinn and try their range of ice cream beers, as well as some surprises. And of course there will be beer floats available to tease your taste buds!
Twelve tap takeover at the Prince Alfred, including Bling Bling, Mayday Hills, B2 Bomber, Chevalier, plus beers you've never heard of... because Bridge Road haven't dreamed them up yet!
It's our favourite day of the year! The best beers Feral has saved up for us throughout the year plus the launch of our 2018 Feral-Royston collaboration brew. This one's going to be epic!
Treat the kickass woman in your life! Meet talented female brewers, artists, musicians and more over a laid back Sunday session of killer live music, good food and brews from Two Birds and Wayward.
Brewed by the mums, for the mums! Following a brew day with the mums of Stomping Ground staff beforehand, we'll tap this special release on Mothers' Day and all mums get the first one free!
Celebrate Mother's Day with regional Victoria's finest beers and a buffet of scones complemented by North East Victoria's finest condiments. Treat the old girl to rose-petal infused beers and an almighty wheel of Milawa cheese!
Slowbeer Fitzroy is as far from a traditional pub as you could imagine. But we're going British! Showcasing amazing ales from Buxton and Tiny Rebel breweries, pork pies and a good old fashioned pub pool competition!
Limber up at The Rainbow with some fresh Modus beers, including our limited GBW brew, in preparation for a night of sumo wrestling like you haven't quite seen before!
Showcasing how wonderfully well ales can work as cocktails or as we've dubbed it, 'hoptails'! The outcome will be delicious, wild and different. Ticket price includes five unique hoptails and food.
A must see for any aspiring brewer wishing to convert their passion to an enterprise. Featuring a new 'speed-dating' format, see 6 pro-brewers for 5 minutes each. Sample brews and a wood-fired pizza inclusive.
Four world class brew crews go head to head against Melbourne’s finest to decide just who makes the greatest beer is this head to head showdown! Who wins? You decide!
Come and explore two of Australia’s best distilleries with Boatrocker and Starward as we delve into the connection of spirits and beer. Alambic, Lambic, whisky, wash… the list goes on. Spirits and beers included in price.
Your favourite plant-based restaurant, Smith & Daughters, teams up with your favourite local brewer, Barrow Boys, to put on an evening of copious Aussie classic dishes, your favourite Aussie tunes, tons of beers and beer cocktails to boot.
Some of the Western Suburbs' most talented chefs pull out all the stops, with five meticulously designed dishes paired with some of the finest crafted brews all hailing from the west of Melbourne!
Beers, movies, friends, pop up bars, canapes, bean bags, and more goodies than ever from one of your locals, Stomping Ground Brewery! Gipps Street comes to the Garden, time to get your relax on.
An intimate two-course banquet paired with tunes from one of this country's great entertainers, Henry Wagons. Henry also takes his masterful hands to brewing collaborating on a specialty brew for the night!
This special edition of our monthly beer evening features Geoff Quinn, founder of Buxton Brewing (UK). Enjoy stories and insights as we sample Buxton's world renowned brews, including some poured for the first time in Australia.
Unfortunately, the venue has had to cancel this event. A full refund will be issued to those that purchased tickets
A five course Indian feast prepared by the talented chefs at Fitzroy eatery Horn Please, expertly matched to a selection of Bridge Road Brewer’s beers, including a special release brewed just for the event. Vegetarian menu available.
Like song lyrics, naming a beer involves the creation of stories. Join us for a night of beer tasting where we will take you on a journey to reveal the imaginary world of our beer characters.
Big brewers have long marketed beer, to blokes. Come see craft brewers band together to produce ads for one audience, women. Featuring a panel of local advertising luminaries. Fun and free!
Join Mornington Peninsula Brewery and Wayward Brewing Co. for a collaboration brew day while enjoying beers from both breweries, including woodfired pizzas and special releases!
Dr Morse showcases what the island state’s beer scene is all about with a range of delicious brews from all around the state, featuring Bruny Island Beer, Hobart Brewing Company, Ocho Brewing and Morrison brewery.
A tasting and brewery tour with one of Stomping Ground's Certified Cicerones - internationally accredited beer professionals. Enjoy our specialty, locally brewed beers in an unparalleled beer experience.
Dingo's and Club Brewing invite you to treat your tastebuds to exclusive cocktails made with exclusive beers. Brewers and bartenders will chat about their respective creations in this intimate event for the curious and discerning.
Beer and Whisky. There are few couples you meet in life so perfectly matched. We’ve brought together some of the delicious malts from the legendary local Bakery Hill distillery, with some of the freshest and tastiest ales from the legends at Thunder Road Brewery. Also available on the night will be unreleased and freshly released offerings from both Bakery Hill Distillery and Thunder Road Brewery. Slainte!
Get your beer geek on with Gage Roads! Meet and greets with the brewers, limited releases, tasters, and prizes to be won! It's one of our worst puns, but one of our better events! Come get enGAGEd...
Brewers Brains is the ultimate pub quiz with each round matched to a Cavalier beer! Get your team together for a night of laughs and banter. Great prizes to be won and great beer to be drunk.
After nearly burning down the Great Northern last year with MONA's Wall of Fire; Moo Brew is having another crack. A rager, with good beer and slow cooked fare in Moo’s favourite beer garden.
Join Mountain Goat for a sit down lunch celebrating the glory of Indian culture. Four of the West’s best Indian restaurants plus the multi national Plough Kitchen team to create a curry that will see them crowned the Best in the West.
Tour Watts River Brewery, taste our beers, then create an original blend with brewers Aaron and Ben using fruit and spices, along with a Watts River barrel-aged funky brew.
Learn about the flavour profiles of different beers from Left Bank's expert cocktail bartenders and how they can be perfectly paired with spirits in this unique experience, paired with a chef's selection of canapes.
Celebrating the best from NZ with up to 20 beers from 15 of the finest Kiwi breweries including Garage Project, Panhead, 8 Wired, Epic, Liberty, Deep Creek and ParrotDog, plus a proper Kiwi food menu!
Exclusive Breakfast Beer Can Launch & Meet The Brewer Session with Collective Arts, Still Water Brewing & Mr West.
Four course dinner showcasing regional produce with craft beers created exclusively for the pairing and brewed on site at Queenscliff Brewhouse. Dinner includes two rare whiskies from our cellar selection.
We're taking Sunday walks with your pooch to the next level with live entertainment, prizes and activities for the whole family, plus a Moon Dog tap takeover!
Dr Morse features collaboration brews with some of Melbourne's finest, including Sailors Grave, Hop Nation and more. Come down for a party, a feed, hang out with the brewers and have a jolly good time.
Unwind after a busy Good Beer Week at the Goat Bar in Richmond. Think of it as a lazy Sunday on the couch but the couch just happens to be at a brewery.
The award winning Wheaty Brewing Corps from Adelaide is setting up shop at Tallboy and Moose, where their beers will be on tap all week. Join us for several intimate events playing with hops and blending!
Join us in Cookie's Back Bar for an intense flourish of beer curiosities. Each afternoon, for 45 minutes sharp, we will lead you by the hand on a journey through exclusive rarities from the Brooklyn Brewery cellar.
The Great Northern Hotel is taking it back to basics, and just celebrating Good Beer - no gimmicks, no themes, no Carlton Draught, all week long!
Stone baked pizza with a glass of each from Young Henry's, Mountain Goat, Gage Roads and Two Birds for $30. Vote for your favourite and we'll keep it on tap!
Lucy, our beloved Goose Truck is rollin' into Welcome to Thornbury to bring some of the most interesting beers from the Goose Island brewery in Chicago to Melbourne. This is going to be a week full of Chicago beats, brews and activities. Stay tuned.
The Rainbow hosts our northern cousins, with taps dedicated to some of the finest brews from Sydney. Regular tap changes, food matching specials, live music and more. It'll be a cracker!
Sample some of the UK's best beers as Freddies designates one craft brewery to each tap for the duration of GBW, spreading the breadth of England, Scotland and Wales!
After bringing Irish craft beer to the masses over the last few festivals, the Province takes it to the next level, featuring beers from two of Ireland's leading craft breweries; O'Hara's & 8 Degrees.
Celebrating the finest beers that regional Victoria has to offer, the Cherry Tree is showcasing the regions across all 23 taps with more varieties than you can poke a paddle at!
After a beer tasting expedition through Canada, Mr West have curated a list of rare and wonderful craft brews to bring over specifically for Pint of Origin, including a collaboration with Collective Arts.
Can we tap 120 American beers that have never been tapped in Australia before? Probably not, but we're going to try! Come in and pair it with pop-up Texas style barbecue from Bluebonnet served all week!
New Zealand is a place with a pretty good rugby team, a few sheep and a weird obsession with hobbits. It also has one of the most exciting and innovative brewing scenes in the world!
If a state and a pub could be lovers, The Royston's would be Western Australia. We're both home to top food, good times and amazing beer. Pouring the finest from WA's best breweries, all week long!
Beermash is the home of Scandinavia all week, featuring beers from Mikkeller, Omnipollo, Nøgne Ø, To Øl, Brewski, Lervig and much more across all 20 taps!
The home of Melbourne beer for GBW18! Expect 'meet the brewer' events, collaboration beers, a pro brewing workshop, a Melbourne vs The World showdown and one of the greatest Melbourne tap takeover parties ever!
Come try the best of South Australia, as the Palace's 18 taps rotate through the finest SA has to offer, including Pirate Life, the Wheatsheaf, Little Bang, Mismatch and more!
From one of the fastest growing craft beer scenes in the world, Captain Melville bring you the world of Asian craft beer.
Join us and the team from Stomping Ground for a Beergustation featuring the exclusive brew made in our very own micro-brewery, Frank, as well as 3 other tasty Stomping Ground beers, each with matched courses!
Join us at Melbourne’s premier steak restaurant, Railway Club Hotel in Port Melbourne, for a five course degustation matching beers from Melbourne's Fury & Son with premium cuts of Cape Grim beef.
Join us for an evening of Hygge as we feature exclusive Danish craft beer matched with traditional Danish comfort food. Alongside favourites from the Danish craft world we will be showcasing Bøgedal from Vejle, Denmark.
Two Birds are welcomed back and team up with Tasmanian brewery Moo Brew to show off their local individual craft brews while you enjoy our wood fired food at Bar Nacional.
If naturally occurring bacteria, wild yeast strains and the spontaneous ferments of La Sirene aren’t enough for you, pair them with an indigenously native feast and be transported far from suburban Collingwood in this wild three course meal.
Hitachino Nest will showcase their unique range of Japanese craft beers with dumplings from Zhou Zhou designed to match, spread over five courses.
Award winning brewer Richard Whitebrook and acclaimed Guest Chef Rishi Gajadhur present a showcase to tantalise your senses. Four elegant and creative pairings in an intimate setting.
Join us for our infamous beergustation as we immerse you in delicious flavours unique to this sunburnt country, across seven courses perfectly matched to our favourite seven breweries from Australia-wide.
Take your taste buds on a sensory journey as we match limited edition sweet, sour, spicy, salty and smoky small batch brews with an expertly paired five-course dinner.
Northern Git put on a British feast while Samuel Smith go beer-to-beer with Buxton Brewery! Six courses of amazing food paired with six beers from each brewery. Vote on each course for your favourite beer and favourite brewery.
A winter feast with Paul West of River Cottage Australia, paired with specialty Stomping Ground beers, including a barrel aged brett fermented sour ale with local fruit, brewed specially for the event!
Have you discovered Richmond's best kept secret? Join Mountain Goat Beer, Maker Fine Coffee and Phillippa's Bakery for a delicious Craft Crawl, visiting each venue to learn about beer, coffee, bread and pastries.
Ricky & Pinky presents Pass The Pig - a playful game of pure luck. SAMPLE showcase their fine beer alongside a feast of Chinese favourites - think whole roasted suckling pig - while you chuck pigs in the air!
Callum from KAIJU! & Doug from Paradise IV Wines present an unforgettable four course menu to complement KAIJU's hop monster beers and award winning wines from Paradise IV in the cellar of Kirk's Public Bar.
Boatrocker teams up with Merricote legends Rob, Bron, and Matt to bring you an incredible feast of epic proportions. This year, the event will be held at the Boatrocker Barrel Room, with transport provided from Federation Square.
A small gathering in the Estelle Bistro's verdant courtyard to showcase BIG beers from the team at Garage Project, perfectly matched to a delicious feast from the Estelle kitchen.
This annual beer and cheese event sells out every Good Beer Week, and pairs delicious cheeses from Milk the Cow Fromagerie with local craft beers. Discover the joys of beer and cheese matched by our resident experts.
A beer and cured meats tasting event to show that beer is the perfect accompaniment to your favourite charcuterie meat, and vice versa. Wine has held the mantle for too long, its now beer's time to shine.
An intimate evening of beer and vegetarian fare as Henry Sugar and La Sirene join forces to bring you a six course degustation, paired with a selection of their cult brews in refined, simplistic Henry Sugar style.
Join Kumo owner Andre Bishop for an evening of award winning Japanese food matched with beer from breweries including Edge Brewing Project, Mikkeller, Baird Beer and more.
Byron Bay comes to Melbourne as Stone & Wood, Three Blue Ducks and Vue de Monde collaborate to present the very best in locally sourced, sustainable produce across a six course beer-matched degustation.
Join us at newly opened Mjolner Melbourne as we collaborate with Garage Project on the Odin’s Day Feast. A viking style three course menu paired to Garage Project’s epic brews.
The team here at Fury and Son love a good time so we're teaming up with some awesome local talent and the team at Houston's Barbecue to host beers, bands and burgers in the brewery!
Bluebonnet Barbecue and Firestone Walker bring beasts, limited release brews, and live music together for one hell of a hoedown throwdown!
Celebrate bikes and beers with Bridge Road Brewers, Rockwell and Sons, Cycling Tips, and Curve. Join us for one of a few ride options around Melbourne and beyond before a beer and a bite.
When Wildflower burst onto the scene with their foraged yeasts, barrel room & blending facility, Slowbeer were more than a little excited. Join Topher Boehm for an intimate session on wild yeast & beer blending.
We love cheese! Stinky washed rinds, piquant blues, they pair so perfectly with a funky wild ale. So we'll be joined by 3 Ravens brewer Brendan O'Sullivan to nerd out on beer & cheese pairings.
A sellout event last year, Bucks Boilermakers features the pairing of Brooklyn beers with Teeling Irish whiskies. Featuring drops new to Australia, such as Brooklyn's American Pale Ale and the new Brabazon bottling series from Teeling.
Eight brewers matched with 8 coffee roasters to come up with unique iterations of beer brewed with coffee! All will be nitrogenated, making a whole new world of texture and delicious flavours!
Experience four beer styles served at three different stages of life – as beer, as distilled spirits & as spirits in cocktails. Feast on a matched four-course dinner as a live beer distillation happens on the night!
Explore all things funked, fermented, pickled and soured with New Zealand's Deep Creek as we show you the seductive mysteries of sours through their award winning Steamfunk Series paired with pickled delights from our kitchen.
A dinner with magnums of all manner of delicious beers from Topher Boehm of Wildflower Brewing. Topher will bring a selection of rare beers in large formats, matched to food from the Bar Liberty kitchen.
A sell-out event the last 3 years running, 7 Cent returns with a vengeance. Four beers specially brewed or chosen to match things we love. Namely ballsy whiskey, funky cured meats and stinky cheese!
Sit amongst Australia's first and largest barrel room, and cleanse your palate with world class sours, cracking food, and great company. There'll be a distilled treat in there for you too from our Hippocampus still.
Join Holgate, Colonial, 3 Ravens, Old Wives Ales, Hargreaves Hill and Bright Brewery for one off beers straight from the cask!
Celebrate GBW18 in one of Melbourne’s most picturesque locations alongside the best brewers in the business, Brewmanity Beer Co and Shifty Lizard Brewing Co. $35 will get you all the meat you can eat!
Westside Ale Works makes West Coast U.S. style hop forward beers in South Melbourne. We will be turning up the smoke and pairing these aggressive beers with U.S. style smoked BBQ from the Sunday Creek food truck!
Fancy Hank's will be pairing smokey, BBQ goodness with some of the best booze the country has to offer! Featuring beer and whiskey from Wolf of the Willows, Pirate Life, Little Creatures, Fixation, Balter and Lark Distillery.
Head Chef Luke Headon prepares a beer lover's delight, exploring what the ingredients of beer can do in the culinary world. A selection of dishes with comparative beer styles and a succulent hog on our rotisserie.
This famously fun dinner party includes brewers from BentSpoke, Tiny Rebel (UK), Stone (USA), Deep Creek (NZ) and Three Weavers (USA) for a night of great beer, food and company.
Think you know your favourite beer from a mile away? Test your beer tasting skills in this fun blind tasting session led by The Crafty Pint!
Black IPA, red IPA, New England IPA... what's in a name? Explore the variety to be found in this beer style with our resident IPA expert!
There's more fun to be had than with malt, hops, water and yeast! Explore how additional ingredients such as coffee and fruit can elevate a beer and totally change its character.
Learn the art of food and beer matching with Boatrocker Brewing Co founder Matt Houghton and Rob Kabboord, Chef de Cuisine at Quay Restaurant in Sydney.
Join Boatrocker’s Matt Houghton as we discuss the why, the why not, and the how to's of blending barrel aged beers. This is a hands on masterclass, where you will get to blend your very own take on a beer.
No Australian brewery has delved as deeply into kettle souring as Boatrocker. Join founder Matt Houghton as he discusses the ins and outs of kettle souring, along with some great tips on how to achieve clean, tasty sours!
Different acids have different tastes, textures and flavours. Join Matt Houghton from Boatrocker Brewers and Distillers as we discuss where these acids come from and how they impact your beer. Get hands on as we play around with different acids!
We’re delving deep into beer faults. What to look out for, and how to make sure you never get ‘that’ flavour again! Use Siebel Taint Kits to learn about faults and what to do with them.
In 2018, Grandad’s Supper focuses on beer from Mornington Peninsula Brewery, Brooklyn, 8 Wired and Moon Dog. All food matched with a twist. Four courses, eight beers, double down! One beer complements, one beer contrasts.
The renowned 1806 team explores the versatility of grains through award-winning beers and whiskies showcased through cocktails and boilermakers, with selections chosen from Australia, Ireland, America & India, plus a matched food menu.
Out of the frying pan and into the FIRESTONE! Join us for an evening that is bound to be nothing but fire. An intimate evening with superb quality brews matched with finely crafted dishes from our own Executive Chef Jake Furst. Specifically demonstrating the delicate, yet flavoursome characteristics of barrel aged brewing all the way from the USA. 4 courses supremely matched with 4 unique and delicious Firestone Walker Brews. An evening not to be missed.
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