List of breweries in Australia

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Major breweries

Name Owned By Location Established Main Beers Website
Carlton and United Breweries Foster's Group Abbotsford, Victoria (Melbourne) and
Yatala, Queensland (Gold Coast)		 1907 VB, Crown Lager, Carlton Draught, Pure Blonde and Reschs Pilsener [1]
Cascade Brewery Foster's Group Hobart, Tasmania 1824 Cascade Premium Lager, Cascade Light, Mercury Cider [2]
Castlemaine Perkins Lion Nathan Brisbane, Queensland 1878 XXXX Bitter Ale,XXXX Gold, XXXX Light, XXXX Summer Bright Lager
Coopers Brewery The Cooper Family
(majority shareholders)		 Regency Park, South Australia (Adelaide) 1862 Sparkling Ale, Original Pale Ale, Best Extra Stout, Dark Ale, Mild Ale [3]
Hahn Brewery Lion Nathan Camperdown (Sydney)
New South Wales		 1986 Hahn Premium, Hahn Super Dry, Hahn Light, Hahn White
J. Boag & Sons
(orig. as Esk Brewery)		 Lion Nathan Launceston, Tasmania 1883
(1881)		 James Boag's Premium, Boag's Draught [4]
South Australian Brewing Company Lion Nathan Thebarton, South Australia (Adelaide) 1859 West End Draught, Southwark Bitter
Swan Brewery Lion Nathan Canning Vale, Western Australia
originally Perth, Western Australia		 1837 Swan and Emu
Tooheys Lion Nathan Lidcombe, New South Wales (Sydney) 1869 Tooheys New, Tooheys Old and
Tooheys Extra Dry

Microbreweries

A microbrewery, or craft brewery, is a modern brewery which produces a limited amount of beer, usually with an orientation toward distinctive and flavorful products. The maximum amount of beer a brewery can produce and still be classed as a microbrewery varies by region and by authority, though is usually around 15,000 barrels (18,000 hectolitres/ 475,000 US gallons) a year.

The following is a list of all of the microbreweries in Australia, listed alphabetically.

Name Location Established Notes Website
3 Ravens Brewing Company Thornbury, Victoria 2003 [5]
4-Pines Brewing Company Manly, NSW 2009 [6]
2 Brothers Brewery Moorabbin, Victoria [7]
Angoves Pty Ltd Renmark, South Australia [8]
Australia Independent Brewers Smeaton Grange, New South Wales 2005 [9]
Barons Brewing Company Woollahra, New South Wales 2005 [10]
Barossa Brewing Company Greenock, South Australia 1998 [11]
Barossa Valley Brewing Lyndoch, South Australia 2002 [12]
Beard and Brau Para Hills, South Australia [13]
Bellarine Brewing Company Bellarine, Victoria 2007 [14]
Billabong Brewing Myaree, Western Australia 1993 [15]
Bintara Brewery Rutherglen, Victoria 2003 [16]
Blackwood Valley Brewing Company Bridgetown, Western Australia 2000 [17]
Blue Sky Brewery Cairns, Queensland 2008 [18]
Bluetongue Brewery Warnervale, New South Wales 2003 Produce Bluetongue and Bondi Blonde premium beer brands. [19]
Boars Rock Langhorne Creek, South Australia 1997 [20]
Bootleg Brewery Margaret River, Western Australia 1994 [21]
Bowral Brewing Company Moss Vale, New South Wales 2005 [22]
Brew 42 Allanson, Western Australia [23]
Brewboys Croydon Park, South Australia [24]
Bridge Road Brewers Beechworth, Victoria 2005 [25]
Bright Brewery Bright, Victoria 2005 [26]
Broo beer Brewery Beechworth, Victoria 2009 100% Australian owned [27]
Burleigh Brewing Company Burleigh Heads, Queensland 2006 [28]
Bush Shack Brewery Yallingup, Western Australia 1998 [29]
Byron Bay Brewery Byron Bay, New South Wales 2004 [30]
Coldstream Brewery Coldstream, Victoria 2007 [31]
Colonial Brewing Company Margaret River, Western Australia 2004 [32]
Copper Coast Wines Moonta Bay, South Australia Maker of Swanky Beer [33]
Cowaramup Brewing Company Cowaramup, Western Australia 2006 [34]
Dark Island Brewery Glenorchy, Tasmania
Duckstein Brewery Henley Brook & Margaret River, Western Australia 1999 [35]
Elmars in the Valley Henley Brook, Western Australia [36]
Feral Brewing Company Baskerville, Western Australia 2005 [37]
Fish Rock Brewery Mittagong, New South Wales 2005 [38]
Five Islands Brewery Wollongong, New South Wales 2001 [39]
Flying Horse Warrnambool, Victoria 2008 [40]
Fusion Brewing Pyrmont, New South Wales 2006 Makes beers to match with food flavours [41]
Gage Roads Brewing Palmyra, Western Australia 2005 [42]
Geelong Brewing Moolap, Victoria
Goodieson Brewery McLaren Vale, South Australia 2008 [43]
Grand Ridge Brewing Mirboo North, Victoria [44]
Grumpys Brewhaus Verdun, South Australia 2002 [45]
Gulf Brewery Adelaide, South Australia [46]
Happy Goblin Mount Kuring-gai, New South Wales 2006 [47]
Hargreaves Hill Brewing Company Steels Creek, Victoria 2004 [48]
Hawthorn Brewing Company Hawthorn, Victoria 2009 [49]
Holgate Brewhouse Woodend, Victoria 2002 [50]
HopDog BeerWorks South Nowra, New South Wales 2011 [51]]
Hunter and Allied Cameron Park, New South Wales Contracted out of Bluetongue brewery.
Independent Breweries Australia Laverton, Victoria
Iron House Brewery Ironhouse Point, Tasmania 2007 [52]
Ironbark Brewery Caversham, Western Australia 2001
Island Brew Kangaroo Island, South Australia [53]
James Squire Brewhouse Sydney, New South Wales [54]
Jarrah Jacks Pemberton, Western Australia [55]
KAT Breweries Castle Hill, New South Wales [56]
Knappstein Enterprise Brewery Clare Valley, South Australia 2006 [57]
Kooinda Boutique Brewery Heidelberg, Victoria 2006 [58]
Last Drop Brewery Bedfordale, Western Australia [59]
Lawerence Victor Estate Brewery Penola, South Australia
Little Creatures Brewery Fremantle, Western Australia [60]
Lobethal Bierhaus Lobethal, South Australia [61]
Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel The Rocks, New South Wales [62]
Lovely Valley Beverage Factory Myponga, South Australia
Malt Shovel Brewery Sydney, New South Wales [63]
Mash Brewing Company Henley Brook, Western Australia [64]
Malt Shovel Brewery Camperdown, New South Wales [65]
Matilda Bay Brewing Company Dandenong South, Victoria
Mildura Brewery Mildura, Victoria [66]
Moo Brew Tasmania, Australia [67]
Moon Dog Craft Brewery Abbotsford, Victoria 2011 [68]
Mountain Goat Beer Richmond, Victoria 1996 [69]
Mount Tamborine Brewery North Tamborine, Queensland [70]
Mudgee Brewing Company Mudgee, New South Wales [71]
Murrays Craft Brewing Co. Taylors Arm, New South Wales [72]
Nail Brewing Company Perth, Western Australia [73]
O'Brien Brewery Ballarat, Victoria [74]
Old Coast Road Brewery Myalup, Western Australia [75]
Otway Estate Barongarook, Victoria [76]
Outback Brewery Loftus, New South Wales [77]
Pi55 Beer Co. Richmond, Victoria 1998 [78]
Pikes Beer Company Sevenhill, South Australia [79]
Preservation Brewery Eumundi Markets Eumundi, Queensland
Queensland Breweries
Red Duck Brewery Camperdown, Victoria [80]
Red Hill Brewery Red Hill, Victoria [81]
Redoak Brewery Sydney, NSW 2004 [82]
Saltram Wine Estate Angaston, South Australia [83]
Seven Sheds Railton, Tasmania [84]
Silly Yaks Melbourne, Victoria [85]
Six Star Breweries Mulgrave, Victoria Woolworths brand name.
Skinny Blonde Sydney, New South Wales 2009 Controversial label [86]
Snowy Mountains Brewery Jindabyne, New South Wales [87]
Southern Bay Brewing Co. Moolap, Victoria 1987 [88]
Spring Hill Craft Brewery Spring Hill, Queensland
SSS Ironbark Brewery Tamworth, New South Wales [89]
St Arnou Sydney, New South Wales [90]
Steam Exchange Brewery Goolwa, South Australia 2006 [91]
Steel River Brewery Mayfield West, New South Wales [92]
Sunshine Coast Brewery Kunda Park, Queensland [93]
Tanglehead Brewing Company Albany, Western Australia [94]
Temple Brewing Company Melbourne, Victoria [95]
The Little Brewing Company Port Macquarie, New South Wales [96]
The Swan Brewery Company Canning Vale, Western Australia
Three Troupers Brewery Pyrenees, Victoria [97]
Two Metre Tall Company New Norfolk, Tasmania [98]
Unicorn Brewery Burra, South Australia 2008 Originally opened in 1873 and closed in 1902 [99]
White Rabbit Healesville, Victoria 2009 [100]
William Bull Brewery Bilbul, New South Wales 2003 The Riverina’s first microbrewery [101]
Wingless Bay Brewery Bicheno, Tasmania
Woolshed Brewery Renmark, South Australia 2009 Brewery built in a historic shearing shed [102]
Yorke Brewing Company Yorke Peninsula, South Australia [103]
Zierholz Premium Brewery Canberra, ACT 2007 [104]

Brewpubs

The following is a list of brewpubs; restaurants or pubs that have breweries attached to them.

Name Location Established Website
Australian Hotel and Brewery Sydney, New South Wales 2010 [105]
Barham Brewery Barham, New South Wales
Bells Hotel and Brewery South Melbourne, Victoria
Braidwood Traditional Ales Braidwood, New South Wales
The Brewhouse Woolloongabba, Queensland [106]
Buffalo Brewery Boorhaman, Victoria
Bug Ocean Brewing Company Margaret River, Western Australia
Duckstein Brewery Henley Brook, Western Australia
Eumundi Brewing Company Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Five Islands Brewery Wollongong, New South Wales
Gold Coast Brewpub Surfers Paradise, Queensland
Goulburn Brewery Goulburn, New South Wales 1833 [107]
Holdfast Bay Brewing Company Glenelg, South Australia
Hopping Mad Brewery Orange, New South Wales
Jamieson Brewery Jamieson, Victoria
The Lord Nelson Sydney, New South Wales [108]
Lone Hand Brewhouse Cassilis, Victoria [109]
Macquarie Hotel Sydney, New South Wales [110]
The Monk Kitchen & Brewery Fremantle, Western Australia [111]
Matsos Cafe and Brewery Broome, Western Australia [112]
Paddy's Brewery Flemington, New South Wales [113]
Port Dock Brewery Hotel Port Adelaide, South Australia [114]
Potters Brewery Nulkaba, New South Wales
RedOak Boutique Beer Cafe Sydney, Australia [115]
Sail and Anchor Brewery Fremantle, Western Australia [116]
Scharers Little Brewery Picton, New South Wales
Scottish Chiefs Tavern Brewery Geelong, Victoria [117]
St Ives Brewery Corporation Battery Point, Tasmania
St Peters Brewery St Peters, New South Wales
Toowong Regatta Hotel Toowong, Queensland
Townsville Brewing Company Townsville, Queensland
Wig and Pen Tavern and Brewery Canberra, ACT
Zierholz Premium Brewery Canberra, ACT [118]

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