Tasting

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.

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!

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.

We’re all too familiar with a boilermaker, but what exactly is a ramen boilermaker? There are good beers, and whisky. This year’s event will feature a Starward whisky infused ramen! To top it off, Starward barrel aged Boatrocker beers & Zensai to match.

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.

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).

The Beatles sang it (kind of) and we believe it - beer is best when it’s left be. Life is too short to drink anything substandard, so we’re stoked to bring you the ultimate natural beer tasting, courtesy of 4 Pines Brewing!

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.

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.

The Brunswick East end of Lygon Street is a brilliant hub for craft beer enthusiasts. We’ve designed an event that brings together five of our favourites, with each destination offering their own deals to ticket holders. Check the website for all the deets!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Italy is home to more than 400 micro craft breweries, using only the freshest quality ingredients they can source. So come on an adventure of hops and malt as we showcase Italy’s finest brews and local fare. On this trip, you'll be able to sample 8 different imported Italian beers from all over Italy, matched with 5 different Italian dishes.. Then enjoy the beers that you like for the duration of the event! Everything is covered by the $34 price you just need to come drink enjoy and be merry!!!

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.

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!