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:

Common Ground Cellars: 191 Sir Fred Schonell Drive, St Lucia

Prince Cellars: Corner Wickham & Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley / 07 3648 9000

Wine Emporium: Gasworks Plaza, 76 Skyring Terrace, Newstead / 07 3252 1117

My Beer Dealer:

  • 51 Alfred St, Fortitude Valley
  • 630 Wynnum Road, Morningside / (07) 3899 2152
  • 262 Junction Road, Clayfield / (07) 3857 0407

Saccharomyces:

    • 23 Fish Lane, South Brisbane / 0403 000 140
    • 191 Moggill Rd, Taringa / (07) 3871 3174
    • 161 Waterworks Road, Ashgrove / (07) 3190 8890

    Craft Wine Store:

    • 196 Musgrave Road, Red Hill / 07 3367 1383
    • 260 Old Cleveland Road, Coorparoo / 07 3847 1759
    • 14 Lambert Rd, Indooroopilly

    Black Sheep:

    • 2/77 Camelia Ave, Everton Hills / 07 3855 9325
    • 25 Peel Street, South Brisbane / 07 3622 6410
    • 5/25 King Street, Bowen Hills / 0474 698 839
    • 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
    • 4/141 Canvey Rd, Upper Kedron / 07 33518148

    Malt Traders:

    • CBD: 20 Market Street / 07 3236 4855
    • South Bank: 6A Little Stanley Street / 07 3846 0587
    • Heritage Lanes: T7/80 Ann Street / 0474 221 173

    Harry Brown Liquor

    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

    The Burrow: 37 Mollison St, West End, Brisbane / 07 3846 0030

    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

    Tippler’s Tap: 5/182 Grey St, South Bank, Brisbane
    The Oxford Tap House: 77 Oxford Street, Bulimba / 07 3399 9559

    Zero Fox: 36 Vernon Terrace, Teneriffe / 07 3161 6233
    The Woods Bar: 37 Blackwood St, Mitchelton

    Clover Neighbourhood Bar: 109 Holland Road, Holland Park / 0435 804 944

    Shady Palms: 427 Logan Road, Stones Corner / 07 3324 2917
    Netherworld: 186 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley

    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

    Craft Brew House: 1/190 Birkdale Road, Birkdale / 0436 932 150
    Bonnie Doon Public House: 454 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley
    Sasquatch Bar: 763 Gympie Rd, Chermside /     07 3162 0337
    Stone & Brew: 36 Gladstone Rd, Highgate Hill / 07 3844 4636
    Streetcorner Jimmy: 38 Vernon Tce, Teneriffe / 07 3252 0598