Tap-takeover

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 Cambrian is located smack-bang in Victoria’s centre, making it the perfect place to imbibe the freshest beers from nearby co-conspirators Holgate, Tooborac, Brookes and more all week long!

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.

Beer DeLuxe Hawthorn hosts Dieu Du Ciel, Les Trois Mousquetaires and Le Trou Du Diable among others, as a showcase of Canadian craft joins the Pint of Origin lineup for the first time.

Enjoy a sour beer journey with renowned Belgian Brewery Rodenbach, as they host a tap takeover at the BBC with some of their finest brews. For under $50 you will get to try these fully imported, rare sour beers, all on tap: Rodenbach Rosso, Rodenbach Grand Cru, Rodenbach Vintage 2013, Rodenbach Charactere Rouge and Rodenbach Foederbier.

The Back Room is gettin’ down and funky all week long across our 20 taps. 14-20th: An array of the world’s finest and rarest sour beers and funky farmhouse style ales will be pouring. 21-22nd: Boatrocker Rarities vs The Beers which inspired them tap takeover.

Following two successful tap takeovers at Y&J, Global Craft are bringing us the best IPA San Diego has to offer. Your only chance to try Ballast Point’s phenomenal Sculpin range and Karl Strauss fresh on tap.

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.

We celebrate the best of Old Blighty with a full English breakfast, 20 British beers on tap, cask ales on hand pumps and a proper British pub menu. All to a soundtrack of Brit hits.

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!

Indulge in some boozy baking as Grosvenor Hotel teams up with Boatrocker Brewery and Johnny Ripe bakery to create the legendary Victorian Angus Beef and Boatrocker Stout Pie.

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!

Pale Ale will be showcased across Brother Burger Fitzroy's 9 taps. We'll take you on a journey from its old world roots, through to its weird and wonderful incarnations of today. Throughout GBW, join Brother Burger to toast, 'Hale Pale Ale'.

The Park returns with USA Showdown - East Coast Vs West Coast; a USA Tap Takeover to compare which USA coast does it better. Taste, compare and be the judge!

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!

Local favourites Kaiju Beer will be taking over the taps at The Workers Club. Pop in to get your tastebuds around their monstrous beers, and boogie to bands and DJ’s.

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.

The 5 Lamps Dublin Brewery are shipping kegs all the way from Ireland. Six different styles, including a beer brewed especially for our event! Expect beery food, Irish Boilermakers with Glendalough distillery and live music all week!

At Ladro, we’re all about Rome. This event coincides with Stage 14 of the Giro d’Italia, Italy’s answer to the Tour de France. We’ll be pouring three varieties of Birradamare on tap, serving a variety of Roman style foods and watching a great sporting event.

Victoria collides with Queensland in an explosion of vociferous creativity and loquacious camaraderie. Dr Morse plays host to Two Birds, Scratch Bar, and Newstead Brewing Co showcasing their combined talents in one outstanding brew.

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.

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.

We will have 4 American craft beers shipped in for the occasion paired with one of 4 choices of Ole smokey moonshine, to top it off we will be matching these with a selection of beef jerky. Craft beer, moonshine & jerky... hell yes!

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.

Tantalise your tastebuds with four Sierra Nevada brews guaranteed not available on tap in Australia! Add three courses of delicious Le Bon Ton fare, and you have the perfect combo. Satisfy your inner beer nerd, and your belly!

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!