Explore the world of sour beer. Classics from some our favourite breweries, as well as a selection of our own beers, accompanied by slow cooked meats and charcuterie.

Sample beers from around the globe, mingle amongst the ‘who’s who’ of the beer world and raise a glass to 2016’s best beers at the AIBA Presentation Dinner. A spectacular evening of special brews and delicious food!

Enjoy a range of exclusive kegs straight from America's first certified organic brewery!

Enjoy a range of exclusive kegs from America’s first certified organic brewery! Matt and Marissa Vivatson from Eel River Brewing Company will have a chat and explain the many benefits of brewing organically.

Learn how to successfully crowdfund your new beer initiative! Our expert campaign advisor will cover everything you’ll need; building your networks, creating a compelling campaign page, promoting your campaign and delivering rewards.

A panel of five industry judges will taste the home-brews of Melbournians to judge who is Melbourne’s Best Bathtub Brewer. The winner will receive a $300 cash prize, plus a craft beer gift package. Feral Beer Bar shout from 5pm!

Joining a homebrew club is arguably the simplest and most rewarding way to advance your hobby and make new friends which share your passion. Meet and greet Victorian homebrew clubs and sample their wares while they vie for your membership – and your vote! Come down, place your vote and have the chance to win a $100 voucher from Grain and Grape.

A must-see for any home brewer considering turning their passion into a thriving business. Q&A session featuring old and new hands in the industry illuminating the path to pro brewing. Sample brews and a 2-course beer infused dinner.

Love Brooklyn Brewery? Need more Tequila? We’re matching Brooklyn staples with Tequila Tromba, pulling out experimental barrel aged beer not available in shops and picking the brain of an international guest with the masters of beer and tequila.

Good Beer Week is pleased to announce the award-winning John Mallett of Bell’s Brewery, Michigan will at the Cryer Malt Trade Hub today for a meet the brewer session.

This special session will be your one and only chance to meet John, as well as taste three of his beers – Bell’s Expedition Stout, the Hopsolution Ale, and the iconic Two Hearted Ale. Hosted by Ale of a Time’s Luke Robertson, this is a first in, first served session that is unlikely to ever be repeated! Register your attendance so you don't miss out.

Unfortunately due to a last minute decision, Rodenbach will not be attending this year. This event has been cancelled.

After last year’s success, Woods of The North is back at 3 Ravens Brewery, with a barrel-aged beer, craft spirits, barbecue and boilermaker festival. A true celebration of all things wood.

For those who want to delve more intimately into the world of Brett and Lacto, and the unpredictable beauty of wild ales, Ashley from Two Metre Tall will be sharing all he has to know.

Make. Talk. Drink. Beer. Northside’s own home brew club Merri Mashers will take you through the process of brewing your own beer. A perfect informal introduction, as part of the Darebin Homemade Food & Wine Festival.

We team up with New Zealand’s Garage Project for a fun Monday night speakeasy soiree. Boilermakers and beer cocktails take centre stage, while Garage Project’s head brewer Pete Gillespie gets amongst the straining and stirring.

Pucker up for a European sour beer tap takeover and sweet Asian BBQ pairings at Dr Morse.

KAIJU! have teamed up with Boilermaker House to curate a series of beer and whisky matchings. Explore the breadth of styles to be found in a matching of grain based beverages, taste a new collab, and match it all with your supper!

We dedicate ourselves exclusively to beer but sometimes we want more! For something different, we’re pairing beers and spirits with custom made pickles from our friend The Pickle Bear. Bring on the hops, burn & brine!

Barrel showcase tap take over with New Zealand brewers Renaissance, matching Renaissance beer against their barrel aged counterparts.

Join Michael Fairbrother from Moonlight Meadery (US) for a day showcasing the humble bee. There will be a live meadmaking event and the launch of Red Hill Brewery’s foray into the world of fermented honey.

Gooey, melty cheese and hops and barrels and yeast... The stuff dreams are made of. Beer and cheese matching is so last year. So we’re breaking the status quo and mixing up some of our favourite Stone Brewing beers with grilled cheeses. Stone’s original brewer, Steve Wagner, will be here to talk us through it all!

Join Stephen Allerston and John Allen from BrewDog to sample some very exclusive hoppy delights from a limited range. Price includes a Q&A session with the BrewDog team, samples of the limited brews, food and BrewDog merchandise.

Fourth annual event! Join beer and whisky lovers for a tropical line up of Brooklyn Brewery’s secret brews, teamed up with equally rare and exotic whiskies. Led by Brooklyn laboratory manager Andrew Bombard.

Beer is a conversation and Australian Brews News is seen as being at the forefront of that discussion. Join them and special guests for a series of panel discussions, covering tap beer, technology, and the world of beer. Your ticket includes lunch and beers.

Learning your Pale Malt from your Ale Malt? Your Cascade from your Citra? Join your fellow homebrew peers from Grain and Grape, ANHC and others for this five-part seminar and question session that promises to cover everything from malt to all grain brewing. Lunch and beers from Moondog Brewery will be provided.

You be the judge as Australia’s top home brewers showcase their winning beers at the Beer DeLuxe home brew heroes Grand Final. Entry is free on the day, however tickets include an official beer judge trucker cap, voting token and tastings of all 12 finalists.

Who will be crowned the Australian Home Brew Hero and have their recipe tapped at Beer DeLuxe’s Australia-wide?

Matt from Boatrocker set us the ultimate keg challenge & we have delivered! He will guide you though an intimate tasting of five of his rare brews against the five legendary beers which inspired them!

See six pro brewers spin the Wheel of Beer to decide which brewing system they’ll use. How will Two Birds’ Jayne Lewis, home brewing for the first time, go against champion homebrewer & Bad Shepherd owner Dereck Hales?

Reckon you could create the world’s best beer? Using base beers you’ll have the opportunity to mix and match with a variety of hops, teas, herbal extracts, fruit peels, coffees and other natural flavours to create your ultimate beer. *This event has unfortunately been cancelled due to unforeseeable circumstances.

Meet the head brewer from award winning Australian craft beer legends Feral. Sip on speciality brews and chat beer, all whilst enjoying food from The Boilermaker House kitchen, with a few whisky surprises thrown in.

Cask Off returns to its birthplace, Holgate Brewhouse. Cask Off enables craft beer fans to get intimate with cask-conditioned ales. Beer will be served straight from casks that have been freshly tapped by the brewers.

Breweries Attending: Holgate Brewhouse 3 Ravens Barrow Boys Brewing Co Red Hill Brewery Bridge Road Brewers

Eight beers, eight spirits, and one night in flavour country! Penny Blue’s booze gurus have schemed to provide you with a series of boilermakers, in both traditional style and a bit different.

Come to one of Melbourne’s newest inner city craft breweries, taste the beers, and let brewers Phil and Zack demystify the art of making good beer by introducing you to their 100L built-from-scratch system.

Garage Project fly in from across the ditch for a no holds barred, take no prisoners, guns a toting smackdown. Their stunning New World beers go into battle against our ferocious, fast and loose Asian flavour bombs!

La Sirène presents the majestic harmony of farmhouse style ales paired with gourmet cheeses and whisk(e)y. Join the team behind the legendary La Sirène brewhouse and cheese master Celia from Richmond Hill at The Boilermaker House.

Juniper pale ales, hopped gins, spicy, sweet, floral and fruity - could the future of botanicals & hops be more intertwined? Join IPA and gin producer Luke Nicholas (Epic Brewing) and distiller Andrew Sexton (Vaione Gin) for a guided masterclass of gins, IPA’s, hops and botanicals.

Showcasing what Boatrocker has built their name on, head brewer Matt Houghton presents everything from their Berliner wiesse to their award winning Russian Imperial Stout, as well as one off releases, food, and treats from the Terminus beer cellar.

Satisfy your thirst and your DIY soul. Home brewer turned pro brewer, Dereck Hales, takes you through tips and techniques for brewing your own, all while enjoying delicious smoked meats paired with a selection of Bad Shepherd brews.

SourFest is making its epic comeback! A new venue and some new faces... But you can count on some face-puckeringly delicious and outrageous sour beers from 7 Cent, Brewcult, 3 Ravens, Mash, Kettle Green and more!