Upcoming Events

Most people look forward to some downtime when they're on holiday with family, but not The Crafty Pint!

Nope, we're putting on another of our blind tastings when we hit Busso in January 2023 – pitting the best of the South West against the best of the rest of WA.

We'll be at Rocky Ridge's TapHouse with special guests on January 13 to see who gets local bragging rights to kick off the new year.

You can read about the event here and, as a Crafty Cabal member, save $20 on tickets ($45pp for everyone else) too.

Most people look forward to some downtime when they're on holiday with family, but not The Crafty Pint!

Nope, we're putting on another of our blind tastings when we hit Busso in January 2023 – pitting the best of the South West against the best of the rest of WA.

We'll be at Rocky Ridge's TapHouse with special guests on January 13 to see who gets local bragging rights to kick off the new year.

You can read about the event here and, as a Crafty Cabal member, save $20 on tickets ($45pp for everyone else) too.

Few breweries put out as many barrel-aged beers as Hawkers, and few do it as well.

They've released imperial stouts, barleywines, wheat wines, old ales and far more over the years, using everything from whisky and bourbon barrels to those that once housed aquavit.

On November 18, ahead of our All Back To Hawkers event for Cabalistas, brewery founder Mazen Hajjar will be pulling out some of his favourites for an intimate masterclass with just 20 of you.

We'll put on some tasty cheese & charcuterie platters too – and attendees get to stick around for the later session without having to pay an extra fee.

It kicks off in the brewery at 5.30pm, with barrel-aged beers, platters, and entry to the All back To Hawkers beers, tour and pizza session all included for just $50pp.

In a blaze of hops and glory, the fourth iterations in Wolf of the Willows' Vision Series beers are about to be unveiled. 

If you want to fully immerse yourself in Inner Vision (a Strata hazy IPA) and Double Vision (a microdosed hazy double IPA), then head to their taproom on October 21 when Wolf head brewer Josh Kendal hosts a hop-focused masterclass.

You can read all about it here, or save 15 percent on tickets as a member of The Crafty Cabal.

One of the earliest events we put on for Crafty Cabal members was an end-of-year gathering at Hawkers.

Founder Mazen Hajjar guided us all through the brewery, filled a giant grain bin with ice cold cans, and attendees ate enough pizza to keep a small army going through winter.

As 2022 draws to a close – and with Hawkers having enjoyed a great year in which they claimed the Champion Large Brewery title at the Australian International Beer Awards – we're heading back to Rezza.

Much has changed at the brewery, not least that it's waaaay bigger and they now brew a whole bunch of different beers.

We'll be meeting there from 7pm on November 18 for another evening where attendees will get a tour of the much-expanded operation, beer and pizza. And if you fancy something extra special, check out the pre-tour Barrel-Aged Masterclass we're hosting for 20 members beforehand... UPDATE: Sorry – Masterclass sold out in 48 hours!

Working Title and Bracket Brewing are two of the most talked-about brewing companies on the East Coast right now, and we're bringing them together for an exclusive Meet The Brewers event for Crafty Cabal members on October 26.

We'll be back at the Union Hotel in Newtown with Judd Owen in the MC role as the brewers serve up samples of a few of their beers, including their upcoming collab.

Attendees will get to try five beers – two from each brewery plus their new collab – which will be served with some nibbles from the Union kitchen too. And all that for just $25pp.

Working Title and Bracket Brewing are two of the most talked-about brewing companies on the East Coast right now, and we're bringing them together for an exclusive Meet The Brewers event for Crafty Cabal members on October 26.

We'll be back at the Union Hotel in Newtown with Judd Owen in the MC role as the brewers serve up samples of a few of their beers, including their upcoming collab.

Attendees will get to try five beers – two from each brewery plus their new collab – which will be served with some nibbles from the Union kitchen too. And all that for just $25pp.

Bonehead are turning their Kensington brewery into a little Bavarian satellite when they celebrate Oktoberfest on October 1. 

It's a day that includes steins, traditional German-style beers and a Bavarian feast thanks to Houston's BBQ who are serving up smoked pork and sauerkraut, smoked chicken and gurkensalat, and smoked sausage in currywurst on potatoes.

You can read all about the event here and save 10 percent on your ticket as a Crafty Cabal member.

Working Title and Bracket Brewing are two of the most talked-about brewing companies on the East Coast right now, and we're bringing them together for an exclusive Meet The Brewers event for Crafty Cabal members on October 26.

We'll be back at the Union in Newtown with Judd Owen in the MC role as the brewers serve up samples of a few of their beers, including their upcoming collab.

Given how many new releases both put out, we're yet to finalise details of the event, but if this sounds like your jam you can register via the button below and we'll shoot you an email as soon as we've got tickets on sale to make sure you don't miss out.

Cheers!

The folks running Burnley Brewing cut their teeth in the world of brewing in Germany so it's little surprise they go hard when it comes to Oktoberfest.

For 2022, they're releasing no less than eight German-inspired beers, which will be hitting taps and appearing in mixed packs (which beer club members can also try to win).

Ahead of their month-long Oktoberfestivities kicking off at their Richmond brewpub, they've invited us to bring 30 Cabal members along for an exclusive tasting led by head brewer Michael Stanzel.

Attendees will get to sample eight different beers and enjoy some German style snacks too – all for just $15pp.

The event starts at 6pm on September 14 at their brewpub, 648 Bridge Road, Richmond.

The Killer Sprocket team are set to embark on a third collaboration with Tin Man Coffee Roasters.

And they're inviting guests along to join them on the day, with ticket packages including:

• Get up close and personal with the brewing process
• Brunch
• Coffee tasting and Q & A with Ben from Tin Man Coffee Roasters
• Brew & A session with Sean from Killer Sprocket covering everything from making beer to starting your own brewery

Once the beer is ready you also receive:

• Free pint of the finished beer for you and a friend
• Take home pack including 4 cans of Shiny, bag of coffee, beer glass and coffee mug

Tickets for the event on August 6 cost $119 and can be bought here, but they're offering Cabal members a 20 percent discount.

Keen to see how the best of the Sunshine State stands up against the rest of Australia?

Join The Crafty Pint and friends at Milton Common for another of our blind tasting events – but this time with a twist as we pit the brewers of Queensland against the rest of the country.

You can read all about the event here.

Tickets cost just $25pp for Cabal members – a saving of $24.

They gets you:

• a welcome beer on arrival
• 12 x tasting glasses of various IPAs
• nibbles during the tasting
• shared platters (once the scoring is done)

It kicks off at 2pm on September 10 in the Mezzanine at Milton Common.

Keen to see how the best of the Sunshine State stands up against the rest of Australia?

Join The Crafty Pint and friends at Milton Common for another of our blind tasting events – but this time with a twist as we pit the brewers of Queensland against the rest of the country.

You can read all about the event here.

Tickets cost just $25pp for Cabal members – a saving of $24.

They gets you:

• a welcome beer on arrival
• 12 x tasting glasses of various IPAs
• nibbles during the tasting
• shared platters (once the scoring is done)

It kicks off at 2pm on September 10 in the Mezzanine at Milton Common.

Bendigo On The Hop returns on August 27, taking over the regional city for another day of roving and sampling.

The night before it kicks off, we're pitting longstanding festival sponsors Holgate Brewhouse and Bridge Road Brewers against each other in a blind tasting battle in which you decide the winner!

Join The Crafty Pint team and the brewers at Hustler from 6.30pm and warm up for the big day as follows:

• Blind taste several rounds of beers featuring one beer from each brewer
• Pick your favourite in each round
• Tuck into some bitesize treats from the Hustler kitchen
• And enjoy a Q&A about the breweries, their beers, the festival and whatever you want to know, hosted by Crafty Pint founder James Smith

There will be prizes on the night too, and Crafty Cabal members can book tickets for the bargain price of $25pp, saving almost 40 percent from the full ticket price.

Spaces are limited so get in quick!

Bendigo On The Hop returns on August 27, taking over the regional city for another day of roving and sampling.

The night before it kicks off, we're pitting longstanding festival sponsors Holgate Brewhouse and Bridge Road Brewers against each other in a blind tasting battle in which you decide the winner!

Join The Crafty Pint team and the brewers at Hustler from 6.30pm and warm up for the big day as follows:

• Blind taste several rounds of beers featuring one beer from each brewer
• Pick your favourite in each round
• Tuck into some bitesize treats from the Hustler kitchen
• And enjoy a Q&A about the breweries, their beers, the festival and whatever you want to know, hosted by Crafty Pint founder James Smith

There will be prizes on the night too, and Crafty Cabal members can book tickets for the bargain price of $25pp, saving almost 40 percent from the full ticket price.

Spaces are limited so get in quick!

Wolf of the Willows and Lark Distillery are going big on the launch of their fifth collaboration.

There's three events – all of which you can find in The Crafty Pint Events Diary – including a launch party at their taproom.

It's effectively a double release party, thanks to the Barrel Exchange Program that first sees an imperial version of the brewery's Johnny Smoke Porter aged in empty Lark whisky casks before those casks are returned to the distillery where they're filled with single malt whisky and the ensuing spirit is released as The Lark Wolf.

You can read all about the event on August 12 here and also save 15 percent on tickets as a member of The Crafty Cabal.

The Crafty Pint is heading back to The DTC for another blind tasting – but this time with a twist!

Each flight of IPAs will feature two of the best from the West vs two from elsewhere in Australia. And you get to decide who brews the best of them.

You can read all about the event here – and book your spots for the event starting at 6.30pm on August 18.

Tickets cost just $25pp for Cabal members ($49 full price), which includes welcome drink, three flights of IPA samples, shared platters, enlightenment and entertainment.

The Crafty Pint is heading back to The DTC for another blind tasting – but this time with a twist!

Each flight of IPAs will feature two of the best from the West vs two from elsewhere in Australia. And you get to decide who brews the best of them.

You can read all about the event here – and book your spots for the event starting at 6.30pm on August 18.

Tickets cost just $25pp for Cabal members ($49 full price), which includes welcome drink, three flights of IPA samples, shared platters, enlightenment and entertainment.

Westside Ale Works was already one of the most prolific breweries in Australia, regularly filling 20 of the 30 taps at their South Melbourne brewpub with their own beers.

Then they embarked on Ida Pruul – a wild ale and barrel-aged beer joint venture with brewing offsider Ben Sewell – and added even more to their already-colourful lineup.

If you'd like to learn all about the two operations, sample some of their beers, and enjoy some pizza at the same time, you can join them for a Crafty Cabal member event on August 4.

Kicking off at 6.30pm upstairs at their brewpub, Westside founder Casey Wagner and Ben will share some of their favourite beers and give you an insight into their ethos and plans for the future.

Tickets cost just $15pp and will include a launch night taste of The Pint of Origin PoO-totype – a beer we were originally hoping to brew for Pint of Origin (#PoO22) venues before running out of time.

The concept was to create something that represented every PoO region in some way or another, which led to a beer featuring:

• Malt from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the UK
• Hops from the USA
• Kveik yeast from Europe
• Yuzu juice from Japan

It's being launched on the night before, hopefully, sparking a series of future PoO beers in years to come.

Right then... here's hoping the phrases "third time lucky", "three is the magic number" and "third time's a charm" actually have some basis in reality.

After two aborted attempts to put together an event with Botany neighbours Slow Lane and One Drop, we're hopeful there will be no more lockdowns or mega-COVID waves to prevent us going ahead this time around.

We've locked in October 8, 2022, and have some very exciting plans for the double-header event.

We'll be kicking off late morning at Slow Lane before heading to One Drop around lunchtime. There will be food, beer, enlightenment and excitement at both legs. But aside from that, well, we're keeping it a secret until the day!

Let's just say it's going to be special and the sort of event you'll be telling your mates about for ages afterwards.

Spots are very limited and cost $30pp, which includes beer samples and food at both breweries. And this is a strictly member-only event too – no plus ones.

Good Land Brewing Co are celebrating their first birthday with a festival at their brewery on July 23.

There will be eight new beers on tap, including collabs with 2 Crows (Canada), Carwyn Cellars and Sailors Grave, plus live music.

You can read all about it here – and if you're a Crafty Cabal member save on tickets too.

Moffat Beach Brewing Co is the little brewery that can.

Since launching with a tiny brewpub kit in a café overlooking the beach on the Sunshine Coast, the brewing company has grown into one of the best stories in Aussie beer.

In May, they added three more trophies – including Champion Small Australian Brewery – to their outrageous haul from recent years at the AIBAs. Better still, Shaz and Matt are bloody lovely folks too.

If you'd like to taste some of their beers and chat to them about their remarkable rise, how they're expanding their Sunny Coast operation, and how Matt turned blunt feedback from beer judges into some of the highest-rated beers in the country, you can join us at Brewski on June 23 at 6.30pm.

Tickets for Cabal members cost just $10pp – and you can bring a mate for the same price too. That includes beers and nibbles.

See you there!

Moffat Beach Brewing Co is the little brewery that can.

Since launching with a tiny brewpub kit in a café overlooking the beach on the Sunshine Coast, the brewing company has grown into one of the best stories in Aussie beer.

In May, they added three more trophies – including Champion Small Australian Brewery – to their outrageous haul from recent years at the AIBAs. Better still, Shaz and Matt are bloody lovely folks too.

If you'd like to taste some of their beers and chat to them about their remarkable rise, how they're expanding their Sunny Coast operation, and how Matt turned blunt feedback from beer judges into some of the highest-rated beers in the country, you can join us at Brewski on June 23 at 6.30pm.

Tickets for Cabal members cost just $10pp – and you can bring a mate for the same price too. That includes beers and nibbles.

See you there!

Jervis Bay Brewing was brought to life by four mates at the very end of 2019, and despite the challenges that have followed – bushfires and the pandemic among them – they've enjoyed a fine start to life.

It wasn't long before they figured their original brewpub wasn't big enough for all the beer they wanted to make and started planning a bigger brewery across the road from their family-friendly home, one with their ethos of sustainability at its heart.

If you'd like to hear more about their story and taste some of their beers, they're heading to the Union Hotel in Newtown on June 16 for a chat to Crafty Cabalistas in what will be the start of regular member events at the iconic craft beer venue.

Tickets cost just $10pp, for which you'll get to sample a selection of Jervis Bay beers while hearing about their story to date and plans for the future. We'll put some finger food on too.

It kicks off at 6.30pm – places are limited so get in quick!

This is for people wanting to bring a mate to the event. If you're planning to fly solo, head to the event listing marked 1 TICKET!

Jervis Bay Brewing was brought to life by four mates at the very end of 2019, and despite the challenges that have followed – bushfires and the pandemic among them – they've enjoyed a fine start to life.

It wasn't long before they figured their original brewpub wasn't big enough for all the beer they wanted to make and started planning a bigger brewery across the road from their family-friendly home, one with their ethos of sustainability at its heart.

If you'd like to hear more about their story and taste some of their beers, they're heading to the Union Hotel in Newtown on June 16 for a chat to Crafty Cabalistas in what will be the start of regular member events at the iconic craft beer venue.

Tickets cost just $10pp, for which you'll get to sample a selection of Jervis Bay beers while hearing about their story to date and plans for the future. We'll put some finger food on too.

It kicks off at 6.30pm – places are limited so get in quick!

NB If you'd like to bring a mate along, head to the other event listing for 2 TICKETS instead!

All Inn Brewing mark ten years of beers in 2022, and kicked off the year with a bold rebrand and a reworking of their core range.

Now they'd like to tell our beer club members all about it and have invited Cabalistas along on April 27.

Head along from 6.30pm and you'll get to hear the story of their evolution, check out the brewery and, of course, taste a bunch of beers.

We'll put some pizza on too, and all this is yours for a mere $10pp!

All Inn Brewing mark ten years of beers in 2022, and kicked off the year with a bold rebrand and a reworking of their core range.

Now they'd like to tell our beer club members all about it and have invited Cabalistas along on April 27.

Head along from 6.30pm and you'll get to hear the story of their evolution, check out the brewery and, of course, taste a bunch of beers.

We'll put some pizza on too, and all this is yours for a mere $10pp!

Lagers have been enjoying a renaissance in the craft beer world in recent years, with Hop Nation one of the breweries leading the way.

Their Rattenhund pilsner was a trophy-winner at the 2021 Australian International Beer Awards and they've got more lager styles on the way.

And now they're keen to show them off and chat all things lager for Cabal members.

On May 1, from 3pm, we're heading along to join the brewing team to sample a selection of lagers, learn all about the much misunderstood world of lager, try some new release lager, and have some fun along the way. Did we use the word lager enough yet?

Spots are limited, so get in quick if you want to be part of it!

It's been a long time between drinks for the Crafty team members based in Tassie, but Will Ziebell is off to Hobart for a week of brewery and bar visits this February.

While there, we're putting on a keg at Hobart Brewing Co and inviting Cabal members and industry mates to help us drain it.

Head to the Red Shed from 6pm on February 24 and ask for Will.

We're tapping a pre-release keg of NAIPA, fresh from the tank!