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Feral and Colonial's brewers are putting it all on the line again in the annual 10 Tap Combat. After last year’s brutal showdown, the two most dangerous brewers in WA are back for a re-match. The punters decide the winner!

We’ve invited friends and ex-brewers of Little Creatures to join our Family Tap Takeover, where we’ll have their beers available on tap at our place all week. Come and discover who’s on our family tree and even chat to a brewer or two.

The Terminus will be celebrating Victoria’s beer scene with brewer events, a Boatrocker masterclass, and one of the greatest collab brew day parties ever! There’ll be special brewery releases, one off beers, collaborations and plenty more.

The Great Northern Hotel is again the home for Pint of Origin USA. Sample some of the best the US has to offer, including beers never seen before in Australia, and awesome brewery parties.

Join us for a week of beers from South Australia’s best breweries. There’ll be Pirate Life, Big Shed, The Wheaty, Vale, Pikes, Little Bang, Lobethal, Woolshed, Steam Exchange, Mismatch, and, of course, Coopers.

The Alehouse Project is New Zealand’s home for the fourth year. Boundaries are pushed with 100+ of New Zealand’s best beers pouring over 12 taps and hand pump, and Meet the Brewer sessions every night.

With huge parties, massive tap takeovers, meet the brewer sessions, pop up bars and a 4am licence, you’ll probably want to make sure your calendar is clear for this year’s Pint of Origin Europe.

The Royston is taking Pint of Origin WA to a new level, with the finest beers and legendary people from WA’s most sought after breweries. New beers, tap takeovers, brewer shouts, and a custom GBW menu.

The finest brews from regional Victoria come to Richmond’s hidden gem, the Cherry Tree Hotel. Eighteen taps feature styles from across the beery spectrum and from all four corners of our home state!

For the fifth year, Rainbow will be turning the taps over to one of the most exciting states in brewing. With our famous beergustation dinner, food specials and live music it’s not to be missed.

The Gertrude is back for the fourth year as Tasmanian hosts for Pint of Origin. In true Southern hospitality style, you’ll be invited in to hug a brewer or sample Tasmania’s native brews.

The Fitzroy Pinnacle is one of Melbourne’s most iconic old pubs. This year, the Pinnacle’s bringing the Pint of Origin sunshine, welcoming the best of Queensland’s fast-growing beer scene onto the taps.

The Pint of Origin concept is going regional! For GBW 2016, The Geelong Hotel will be helping get things off on the right foot by giving over a bunch of taps to regional brewers for the afternoon.

With rapid growth in the number of breweries both in Geelong and as far west as Barongarook there’s never been a more exciting time to come and check it all out in one location.

The kitchen will be cranking out delicious beer food all day and there’ll be brewers everywhere who love nothing more than talking about beer, over a few beers…

The Catfish hosts a week of pop ups! From Sunday to Thursday, your favourite pub hosts tap takeovers, limited edition beers, and brewers will be there every night to chat about their beers.

Come along for a great night with one of Sydney’s top breweries! A range of great beers from Wayward Brewing Company will be on tap with the brewers in attendance.

Join us and a bunch of brewers every weekday lunch during GBW for good food, good company & good beer. Monday: Nomad/ Birra del Borgo (Syd/Italy) Tuesday: Hawkers (Melb) Wednesday: Garage Project (NZ) Thursday: Kaiju! & Exit (Melb) Friday: 3 Ravens (Melb).

Having been named one of the top 20 beer festivals in the world, the guys behind The Local Taphouse and Stomping Ground Brewing Co are hoping GABS 2016 can live up to the hype with its biggest and best festival yet.

Northern Git become the 3 Ravens Brewery Hub for a week. Eight taps and a hand pump showcase new seasonals and existing favourites with a pub grub menu of the best British beer snacks.

QLD Newstead vs NSW Murray’s battle it out head to head for one night only. Two special release beers brewed exclusively for Boilermaker House, scored by you to see which state takes the prize!

Hargreaves Hill, Two Birds, Napoleone and Riders Brew Co return to the Public Brewery in a five way brewing shoot out, each producing a beer in one of our small-batch 50 litre kettles. All five brews will be food-matched, and you decide the winner!

Every brewer starts somewhere, this year it’s at Cookie! Ten of the freshest up & coming Gypsy brewers will pour on Cookie’s front bar, with the People’s Choice brewery earning a year’s tap placement at Cookie. Stop by, grab a brew & don’t forget to vote!

“New Brew” gives start-up craft breweries the opportunity to showcase their beers and interact with consumers. Beer lovers looking to discover what’s new in the Australian craft beer scene can sample these new beers and meet the brewers behind them.

The Beer & Burger Bar teams up with Brooklyn Brewery for an American style beer and burger special all of Good Beer Week. Choose from Brooklyn’s Lager, IPA or Brown Ale accompanied with our Good Beer Week burger.

After two successful years of pairing our famous food with the beers of individual breweries, this year, the Grace Darling teams up with Murray’s Craft Brewing Company, to put the ‘Good Beer’ into Good Beer Week!

The Abbotsford Collaboration brew continues with number six (yes six!). Moon Dog, CUB & Mountain Goat join forces again to brew up a storm, and give the profits to the Collingwood Children’s Farm.

We love beer. You love beer. So why not come visit our rooftop to meet the people behind beer! Bridge Road Brewers, Quiet Deeds, Young Henrys, Holgate Brewhouse, Two Birds, Vale & Fox Hat Brewing, and Hawthorn Brewing will all be in attendance across 7 boozy events. Check our poster for the schedule.

Drop in anytime and try four of award-winning Pirate Life’s beers on tap with ribs ranging from sticky, to sour, to spicy. And on Sunday 16 May, the Pirate Life guys will be in to celebrate their first birthday with us!

Chef Nick Bennett will be rolling out his beloved Yoder Smoker to cook on deck alongside Brooklyn Brewery’s range of classic, seasonal and cellared beers.

Blackman’s Brewery will release four one-off single keg brews at the new Geelong bar. You’ll get a pot of each, paired with four courses of tapas, plus brewer Renn will be on hand for a bit of beer education.

McCoppins Fitzroy will be clearing the shop floor and loading up the chilly bins for a massive tasting of over 30 beers from four of New Zealand’s finest breweries, Epic, 8 Wired, Liberty, and Hop Federation.

Wanting to up the ante on last year’s successful Exit collab takeover, we’re putting our collectively brilliant beer minds together once more & creating four one-off, never before seen releases.

Amazing boutique beers paired with delicious barbecued food in the shadows of the Yarra’s historic Princes Bridge. Intimate afternoon sessions both weekends of the festival providing an opportunity to get up close and personal with the guest breweries.

Cavalier Brewing and Prosciutto Bros present the Salami Slam & Beer Extravaganza. There’s be beer-infused salami, a collaboration beer, brewer meets, beery prizes and giveaways, tap takeover plus loads more.

Brewer hosted launch of the never been seen before Biggest Hop collaboration between 8 Wired, Epic, Liberty & Hop Federation - brace yourself, this is going to be big!

Brew vs Cru pitches beer against vine, brew against wine, in the ultimate battle for supremacy. This year, Steve Wagner, co-founder of San Diego’s Stone Brewing Company faces Mac Forbes, owner of Mac Forbes Wines in Healesville.

Take a trip through the brewing ages as Scott (Red Duck Brewery) and Ben (Napoleone Brewers) take you back to brewing roots and guide you through six ancient beer styles.

It is possible for beer to be stronger than whisky. Brewdog brewers will be talking us through the making of high alcohol beers while we get a chance to taste the epically infamous 32% Tactical Nuclear Penguin. Ice, ice little penguin…

This event has sadly had to cancel. Please contact events@goodbeerweek.com.au for any enquiries.

The Crafty Pint and Ben's Brew Tours host the ultimate PoO experience. You'll visit 12 Melbourne Pint of Origin venues across two tours. Six venues, four beers at each, lunch, door prizes, discounts & surprises.

Two Birds, Feral and ParrotDog are teaming up for a fun night of beers, food and tunes spanning from WA to NZ! Come and meet the people involved and see what all the fuss is about...

A sell out every year, this famously fun dinner party features brewers from Stone (USA), Wolf of the Willows (VIC), Bach (NZ), Nail (WA), Fixation (NSW), Townshend (NZ) and Pirate Life (SA) and Two Metre Tall (TAS) and a night of great beer, food and company.

The guest at the special GBW version of this popular monthly beer event is international brewing royalty Steve Wagner, co-founder of Stone Brewing in San Diego. Prepare to be entertained with stories and insight as we sample Stone’s world renowned creations.

This year we’re partnering up with one of Melbourne’s finest breweries: meet the Barrow Boys! From porter to ale, lager to pale, taste your way through five of their finest creations. All their brews paired with chef’s specially matched grazer.

With a special guest from the world famous Rodenbach Brewery in Belgium, this masterclass will include samples of five incredible Belgian beers including Rodenbach Grand Cru and Caratere Rouge. Traditional Belgian mussels will also be served.

Award winning NZ brewery Renaissance are taking over our taps for the evening. Head brewer Andy will be enthralling us with what drives him. Included are six of their seasonal brews and plenty of East’s tasty food.

A USA themed 4-course beer and food pairing night to celebrate the launch of Blackman’s limited release Double IPA - ‘Angry Reg’. We will also host an American all-star guest beer line-up including Stone & Sixpoint Breweries.

Join us for the second instalment in our Craft Showdown series - Victoria is taking on the Rest of the World in a knockout, smackdown, showdown. Representatives from some of the world’s best breweries - Stone, Sixpoint, Tuatara and Birra Del Borgo - go head-to-head against Victorian locals Moon Dog, Boatrocker, Dainton and Blackman’s. You pick the winner!

An exciting new venue and a new brewing company come together to celebrate their passions, sensational food and hoppy beers! Shayne McCallum (Up In Smoke) and Tom Delmont (Fixation) are GBW veterans and sure to impress.