We always recommend drinking at and buying beer (and spirits) directly from the brewery or distillery nearest to you,
and there are many craft breweries to choose from! Nothing tastes better than a beer straight from the tank,
and you can’t beat the prices when you buy direct (you can also get seasonal beers in growlers or squealers), plus they’re generally just cool places to hang out.
Even still, we know breweries aren’t for everyone, so we have tried to consolidate some of the “craftiest” bars and bottle shops around town.
Our list below is not comprehensive. New breweries, excellent bottle shops, and bars featuring independent craft beer are constantly opening and we will attempt to stay abreast of these changes. Some of the bottle shops listed will also sell and/or fill growlers and squealers,
so the best option is to follow them on social media as they are forever updating their selections to ensure you know what’s on.
With each passing week, many larger chains like Dan Murphy’s, BWS, First Choice, and Cellarbrations are starting to stock more craft beer as well,
but we are sticking to the smaller, independent bottle shops below.
If we’ve forgotten somewhere important, please let us know so we can add it.
Brisbane Bottleshops
Bottleshops:
Bowen Hills Beer Mart (aka Bowen Phil’s): 35 Campbell St, Bowen Hills / 07 3625 0074
Craft Wine Store: 196 Musgrave Road, Red Hill / 07 3367 1383
My Beer Dealer: 22 Caxton Street, Petrie Terrace / 07 3369 6563
Valley Wine Shop: Corner Wickham & Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley / 07 3648 9000
Wine Emporium: Gasworks Plaza, 76 Skyring Terrace, Newstead / 07 3252 1117
- 2/77 Camelia Ave, Everton Hills / 07 3855 9325
- 1/317 Nudgee Rd, Hendra / 07 3300 1055
- 1/858 Waterwoks Rd, The Gap / 07 3300 1055
- 3/104 Enoggera Rd, Newmarket / 07 3300 1055
- 11/225 Hawken Dr, St. Lucia / 07 3300 1055
- CBD: 20 Market St / 07 3236 4855
- South Bank: 6A Little Stanley Street / 07 3846 0587
- Bracken Ridge: 154 Barrett Street, Bracken Ridge / 07 3269 7011
- Eaton Hills Hotel: 646 South Pine Road, Eatons Hill / 07 3325 6789
Vulture and Grey: Shop 19B, 275 Grey Street, South Brisbane / 07 3063 2117
Brisbane Craft Beer Bars
Bars and Pubs (in no particular order, we promise):
Archive: 100 Boundary St, West End, Brisbane / 07 3844 3419
Saccharomyces: Corner Fish Lane & Merivale St, South Brisbane / 07 3846 0718
Bosc: 69 Vulture St, West End, Brisbane
Osbourne Hotel: Corner Ann & Constance Streets, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane
Embassy: 214 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane / 07 3221 7616
Fritzenberger: 52 Petrie Terrace, Brisbane / 07 3506 3656
The Burrow: 37 Mollison St, West End, Brisbane / 07 3846 0030
Super Whatnot: 48 Burnett Lane, Brisbane / 07 3210 2343
Bloodhound Corner Bar & Kitchen: 454 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane / 07 3162 6402
Mr Edward’s Alehouse: 46 Edward St, Brisbane / 07 3137 1590
The Scratch: 1 Park Rd, Milton / 07 5491 4023
The End: 73 Vulture St, West End, Brisbane
The Gresham: 308 Queen St, Brisbane / 0466 726 593
Bitter Suite: 75 Welsby St, New Farm, Brisbane / 07 3254 4426
Tippler’s Tap: 5/182 Grey St, South Bank, Brisbane
Tippler’s Tap: 2/70 James St, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane / 07 3254 3338
Brewski: 22 Caxton St, Petrie Terrace, Brisbane / 07 3369 2198
The Bench: Shop 8, 18-24 Middle Street, Cleveland / 0431 768 716
Fitz+ Potts: 1180 (upstairs) Sandgate Road, Nundah / 07 3061 6205
The Oxford Tap House: 77 Oxford Street, Bulimba / 07 3399 9559
Zero Fox: 36 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe / 07 3161 6233
ION Cafe & Bar: 5 Irvine St, Mitchelton / 07 3855 5619
The Woods Bar: 37 Blackwood St, Mitchelton
Shady Palms: 427 Logan Road, Stones Corner / 07 3324 2917
Helsby’s Alehouse: 706 Main Street, Kangaroo Point / 07 3393 1111
Netherworld: 186 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley
Cribb St Social: 19/23 Cribb Street, Milton / 07 3117 9388
Which Craft Beer: Shop 14, Albany Market Place, 720 Albany Creek Road / 07 3264 7359
Tapworks Bar & Grill: Westfield Chermside, Corner Gympie & Hamilton Roads
Crafty Fox Alehouse: 329 Logan Road, Stones Corner, Greenslopes