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.
Northcote's newest bar addition Low Key is set to host Bodriggy's 'Cosmic Microwave' NEIPA launch with a special live modular synth performance, nonetheless. Synth starts at 6pm!
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!
Join WA newcomers Nowhereman as they pour handles of quality beer and dig into their crusty leather bags to pull out their lawn bowls. Just turn up to enter the tourny, or come along for laughs & beers!
Try favourites from Watts River and White Rabbit, plus one specialty brew and an exclusive collaboration beer. Brewers from will be on deck to talk about their beers, plus answer any pressing questions you might have!
The Terminus is kicking off the week in style with a full tap takeover of never before seen beers from 17 of Melbourne’s finest breweries. Expect beers from 3 Ravens, Hop Nation, Moon Dog and more!
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.
Join Mornington, 2 Brothers, Wolf of the Willows, Black Heart, Dainton and Mr. Banks at Bad Shepherd Brewing for a micro beerfest of Southeast’s best. More than 30 beers to try and 50 cent wings!
The Bermondsey Beer Mile is infamous as London's great craft beer crawl. Home to some of London's most sought after breweries, The Catfish pours beers from the Mile for the first time!
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!
Two Birds and Wolf of the Willows battle it out at Good Heavens - who will win? As well as two styles of barrel aged hot sauce wings to vote on. Entry is free!
The Corner and Rogue Wave Brewing Co. present two Sunday sessions in the front bar! Wind down your weekend with a Sunday sesh soundtracked by some of our favourite local musos while enjoying a Rogue Wave tipple.
Get ready to rumble! Heartbreaker hosts Stomping Ground and Garage Project for an all-out Sunday session. Taste freshly tapped brews, challenge the brewers in a game of pool or enter our first ever pizza-eating competition!
A rare opportunity to taste limited release beers from New York's Brooklyn Brewery and chat to one of their brewers! We have eight delicious beers from the famous New York brewery on tap, including a bunch of special limited releases!
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!
Dan Lowe, co-founder of London's Fourpure, hits The Catfish stage, chatting about the history of the brewery and the challenges of starting a new brewery in an 'old' industry.
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!
To celebrate our industry pourers, Balter and Garden State throw a party to say thank you. Explore three levels of fun where you’ll get to have a crack at the whole Balter range plus a few special brews.
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.
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.
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.
Join Balter for a massive tap take over at one of Australia's greatest pubs. Loads of prizes, meet the brewer and try never before seen beers from the gang at Balter.
Affinity co-founder Steve Grae joins their collaboration partners Boatrocker for an exclusive 'Meet The Brewer' evening, offering insights into his colourful beer career.
Wolf of the Willows and Stray Neighbour are coming together to celebrate what we love best; good beer with great food. We are throwing a beer inspired feast! Five courses of seasonal produce, curated by the Stray Neighbour crew, matched with Wolf and the Willows range of hand crafted modern ales. Come, eat, drink and enjoy the night with us.
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.
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.
Our taps host the BentSpoke folk in an IPA Spoketacular. Try one or all, and mingle with the BentSpoke team - enjoy savoury snacks to support your IPA habit, whether you're up for sampling, sipping or slaking.
With the Yarra Valley as our muse, Napoleone is shouting the bar with five regionally inspired brews. Using Yarra Valley sourced ingredients, their brewers showcase the rich array of produce and flavours to be found.
Join us as we turn our Upton Bar into 'The Nest', and enjoy Two Birds beer as we celebrate women doing wonders in their field; ladies in beer, design & sport.
It's state versus state as we showcase the best of the best from all corners, with matching nibbles, live entertainment and opportunities to speak to brewers. Featuring Hop Nation, Stone & Wood, Green Beacon and more!
Come down to the Great Northern Hotel and meet the Stone & Wood team, share in the banter and good times, all while trying the latest pilot batch beer.
London's Wild Card Brewery Head Brewer Jaega Wise is hosted by collaboration pals Two Birds! Learn the history of Wild Card and how Jaega has gone from chemical engineering to heading a brewery!
Money or the bag Melbourne!? We recreate the classic Kiwi game show for a nostalgic night of laughs, prizes and amazing Kiwi beer. Risk it all or play it safe! Everyone can play, anyone can win!
Put your pride on the rack and meet Bodriggy and Grifter in the Paradise Alley pool room for a night of party-pie trays, lamingtons, a meat raffle and DJs spinning tunes all night.
GBW Scavenger Hunt gets bigger, crazier and more ridiculous every year, so get your teams together for a night of drinking great beer, solving clues, finding random objects and doing the most ridiculous things possible!
Sierra Nevada Brewing meets Michters American Whiskey in an unmissable showcase of the art of the boilermaker. Expect a showcase of some Sierra Nevada beers never seen in Australia before!
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!
We've left no Stone unturned in finding you the best lineup from California's Stone Brewing. Meet co-owner and original Head Brewer, Steve Wagner! Added bonus...it's Steak Night!
Mikkeller is coming to town, bringing all its fine beers to Dr Morse. They will be setting up shop with a tinnie bar, and taking over the taps with exclusive beers!
2 Brothers Brewing will be showcasing their unique range of craft beers, with bites from the Zhou Zhou kitchen and some tipples from the back bar to match.
Sample Chicago's finest at the Waterside Hotel with their range of Goose Island brews, while chowing down on a DIY American-style hot dog bar. Enjoy some sweet tunes, Jenga and even a pin ball machine!
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...
Day of the Dead skeletons, frisky White Mischief rabbits or colossal Umami Monsters. Bring them to life at this Garage Project costume party of epic proportions. First 48 in costume will receive a can of BEER on Garage Project!
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.
To celebrate 4 Pines being 'Brewer of the Month' at The Terminus Hotel, we're celebrating with a free sampling session, including specialty brews, meet the founder afternoon and the chance to win your weight in beer.
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.
One of the best nights of live music is back! Join Grim Rhythm, Body Parts and more for a packed house at the Old Bar. Enjoy super fresh Fixation IPAs in the finest bands dive bar in Melbourne!
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.
Local Legends at Handle Bar, with four different local beers matched with four different styles of local cheese topped off with local musicians showcasing their style into the evening.
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!
Join us for a relaxing afternoon/evening of American brews and live blues. We'll have a range of beers from Sierra Nevada never seen before in Australia. Sit back and soak in the live blues set!
Enjoy Stone Brewers tap takeover and American BBQ delights from the Boilermaker House kitchen and soulful tunes from Melbourne’s best blues artists.
A good ol' fashioned house party featuring brews from Brooklyn Brewery. Think hip hop, plus a tinnie bar, red cup specials, something rare on tap and food from the Leonards kitchen to keep you going.
Two Birds Brewing bring you a free gig at the Grace Darling showcasing some of Melbourne's best femme and non-binary acts. Come celebrate the ever increasing diversity in both the Melbourne craft beer and music scenes.
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.
It’s the last day of GBW and all Euro beers must exit the bar! Way better than Brexit. This is a Euro-Exit! No referendum required! Drink specials on all PoO beers all day long!
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!
The Park brings a collection of New Zealand's best craft beers to Melbourne's West for Good Beer Week across its range of 29 taps, including Epic, 8 Wired, Hop Federation and many more.
Brooklyn Brewery take over the fridges at Whisky + Alement for Good Beer Week. Showcasing 20+ Brooklyn beers and boilermaker match ups, including some of the most experimental projects the brewery has undertaken!
Enjoy at least 5 different Watts River Beers including a new, exclusive release! Kicking off with a brewer's shout on Friday 11 May from 5pm - 6pm, come down and have a beer with brewers Ben & Aaron!
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!
Freshly established venue Saving Grace has partnered with the legendary Scots at BrewDog to bring a very special, week long event to the beer and food lovers of Melbourne. Six taps of BrewDog's eclectic brews and matching burgers!
Eight specialty Mornington Peninsula beers on tap all week, with prizes and activities throughout the week, with food specials to match, plus the amazing city views at East of Everything!
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.
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.
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!
The Lincoln is bringing Tasmania's best craft brewers to Carlton for Pint of Origin. Try some uniquely Tassie (and tasty) beers brewed using some of the finest ingredients on earth.
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!
The Windsor Alehouse presents beers from Regional NSW and ACT all week, with 14 guest taps featuring Fixation, Bentspoke, FogHorn Brewhouse and more, plus live music and beer matched food!
You know what they say… craft beers are good, but European craft beers are better!
This GBW we’re rapt to showcase some of the best craft beer continental Europe has to offer!
Expect guest tap appearances from some of Europe’s most sought after beers and specialty drops - plus a few tasty food matches!
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 Green Beacon to Balter, Queensland craft breweries have come into their own. We celebrate Queensland beer all week with a bevy of beautiful beers from the Sunshine State.
From one of the fastest growing craft beer scenes in the world, Captain Melville bring you the world of Asian craft beer.
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.
3 Ravens and Up In Smoke in Footscray are teaming up to bring you a three course meal using different 3 Ravens beers in the food itself, and to match.
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.
Crack open some Pacific Oysters and pop the top off some of La Sirene's artisanal beers! Paradise Alley goes under the sea with a freshly-shucked oyster bar and canapes, paired with La Sirene's farmhouse beers and saisons.
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!
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!
Our marquee event of the week - join Garage Project's Jos Ruffell as he presents five rarities from Garage Project alongside five beers from five US breweries you thought you'd never get the chance to try.
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.
BentSpoke returns to Barr'd again for GBW18! Enjoy a selection of beer from this award winning Canberra brewery accompanied by signature Spanish tapas from the Barr'd kitchen.
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