Upcoming Events

Ravens Yard is the latest chapter in the 20-year-plus story of 3 Ravens – Melbourne's oldest independent brewery.

They turned a warehouse next to their brewery into an events space in 2024, hosting record labels, performance art, dub sound systems and more since, and now they're set to host a series of epic feasts there too.

The debut dinner sees the brewers team up with Bombay Bento, pairing six 3 Ravens creations – including two exclusive beers and a cocktail – with a five course Indian feast, cult Bollywood classics and a curated Indian soundtrack.

You can read more about it here – and, as a Cabal member, enjoy a $10 saving on tickets.

The Crafty Pint Podcast and Pour It Out are joining forces for a one-night-only live show at Hiker Brewing Co's East Brisbane taproom on April 9.

There's plenty going on in the beer world worth discussing – good and bad – and attendees are invited to submit questions in advance.

There will also be special guests from the Brisbane beer scene: brewer Becky Centeno and Netherworld manager Ivy Macario.

Tickets cost $10pp, which includes the first beer on the night; full details here.

And for Cabal members there's a bonus too: an extra beer from the Hiker crew and some merch from the Crafty team.

Bodriggy Brewing are preparing to brew Radical Sabbatical – a limited release IPA made with Galaxy hop cones delivered straight from the High Country to their Abbotsford brewery.

And they're invited Crafty Cabal members to join them and their Bod Squad in the brewery when the hops arrive.

As well as being there as the key ingredient is added to the IPA, attendees will get to sample a few Bodo beers while enjoying a guided tasting with the brewing team.

Tickets cost just $10pp, which includes:

• Tasting paddle featuring Friday Is The New Friday Cali Pils 
• Rocky & Bodwinkle Hazy IPA
• Permanent Vacation Hazy Pale
• An exclusive taste of Subpoena West Coast IPA from the tank

It kicks off in the brewery at 4pm on March 14 – get there sharp to ensure you're there when the hops arrive – and you can book your spots here.

The Canberra Beer & Cider Festival returns on March 15, showcasing more than 250 beers, cider, meads, spirits, cocktails, sugar-free liquors and who-knows-what else.

It takes place at The Mercure Canberra with more than 40 exhibitors rocking up plus food stalls, live music, and family-friendly entertainment.

You can read all about it here – or try to get your hands on one of three double passes in this Crafty Cabal competition.

Table beers originate in parts of Northern Europe. Typically lower in alcohol and diverse in flavour, you'll find a number on offer from Australian brewers.

Farmhouse ale fans La Sirène create a number of them and are putting them at the centre of a masterclass with brewery founder Costa Nikias on February 27 – details here.

If you and a mate would like to join him, we've got a double pass worth $80 up for grabs for one lucky Cabal member.

For the first Crafty Pint Blind Tasting of 2025, we're doing something a little different: pitting brewers from the Brookie Trail, Inner West Ale Trail and South Coast Ale Trail against each other!

On February 26, you can join us at Hopsters Taproom in Enmore to judge their beers using nothing but your senses to see which brewers and trail end up with bragging rights.

The format is simple:

• Four flights of three beers, each featuring a brewery from one of the three trails
• The first two flights will feature lagers / pilsners
• The second two feature IPAs
• Using a simplified scoring system, attendees will rate each beer blind
• At the end, we'll tally scores and see which beers, brewers and trail come out on top

Tickets cost $30pp, which covers the 12 beers in the flight and some basic nibbles of the sort you'd have if judging beers professionally, but Cabal members can grab theirs for just $15pp.

Hazy Days returns to Freo.Social on March 1, this time offering both hazy beers from a stack of great brewers and summer-friendly pét-nats and cocktails from WA producers.

You can read about the event here – or see if you can get your hands on a Beer Tasting Ticket double pass worth $100 in this giveaway.

The plight of the beer and hospo worlds impacted us at The Crafty Pint in 2024, forcing some tightening of the belt in order to ensure survival. Yet, looking back over the past 12 months, we still managed to put on a diverse array of events for Cabal members.

They took place across the country, at breweries and venues including Brewmanity, Wildflower, Phat Brew Club, The Wheaty, Saccharomyces, Audacious Monk Cellars, FOUND,'s pop-up bar, Rocky Ridge, Working Title, Hotel Sweeney's, Molly Rose, a bunch of festivals, and more.

Now, as we look ahead to what will hopefully be a rather less arduous 2025, we're keen to up our member event game, with the team from Crafty HQ in Melbourne already eyeing up trips to New South Wales, Tasmania and Queensland in the first few months of the year.

So we figured we should ask our members what they'd like to see on that front: any breweries or venues you'd love us to work with, or any types of events you'd like to see come to life.

We're open to any and all ideas (at least those we can conceivably pull off!) so let us know via this form and we'll see what we can do!

Cheers

There's always something new on offer at Molly Rose, whether that's new beers on tap, new in-house spirits, new menu items, or new events.

To close out 2024, they're inviting Crafty Cabal members to join them in the original taproom part of their multifaceted Collingwood home for an exclusive tasting event hosted by brewery founder Nic Sandery.

Guests will get to taste and chat about Molly Rose and their 2024 brewing and distilling journey. 

On the lineup with be five beers and two spirits that have been a success for the team this year. One beer will also be served with a snack fresh from the kitchen.

Tickets cost $30pp, which includes all of the above, with the event taking place on the evening of December 11.

The Crafty Pint team is joining beer gurus and brewers at legendary Adelaide brewpub, The Wheaty, for a deep dive into the world of lagers.

Part blind tasting, part sensory training session, all lager, the event will pit some hometown South Australian lagers against big-hitters from interstate in what will be a winning combination of education, enlightenment and entertainment.

As a Cabal member, you can enjoy $10 off the full ticket price of $25pp, which includes all beers presented in flights for the event. More details on the event here.

Holgate Brewhouse's 25 Years of Beers celebrations roll into Near & Far in Fitzroy on October 25 for a tap takeover showcasing seven of their limited release birthday beers.

You can read about the event here – and Cabal members who rock up will get their first beer free too.

The event runs from 6pm at the bar in Brunswick Street.

On the day Rocky Ridge opened their Brunswick brewery, we were lucky enough to be able to bring 35 Cabal members along for the pre-opening drinks session, an event that allowed attendees to sample to their heart's content from the 30 taps.

If you're a Sydney-based member looking on and wishing you'd been there, we have good news: we've lined up something similar for you at Sydney Beer Week 2024!

On October 21, they're heading to the Hotel Sweeney's Rooftop for a 12-tap takeover and, from 6pm to 8pm, they'll be hosting a guided tasting featuring six of those beers on level 2 of the CBD pub.

Tickets for the tasting cost $30pp plus booking fee, but as a Cabal member you can gain access for just $10 – yes, a saving of two-thirds off the full price.

Back in May, Rocky Ridge raised the spirits of beer lovers with the news they'd acquired the former home of Thunder Road in Brunswick and would be turning it into their home on the East Coast.

They've since been beavering away, turning the brewery and venue into their own, running pilot brews, and preparing to reopen as Rocky Ridge Brunswick on September 13.

Doors will open to the public at 5pm but they're welcoming special guests a few hours earlier – and happily that includes Cabal members!

Yes, up to 40 Cabalistas can join their other invited guests from 2pm for beers, nibbles and a chance to look around the brewery and venue before doors officially open to the general public.

The Brunswick team will be on hand to chat all about their plans for the venue as well as the beers they'll be brewing here, while attendees will get to sample some of the first Rocky Ridge beers to be brewed in Melbourne.

And you can be part of the pre-opening party for just $10pp.

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Few Aussie breweries focus as intently on classic European styles as King River Brewing, the family-run operation based in Victoria's King Valley.

Whether it's conjuring their take on classic German and Belgian beers or plucking styles from obscurity, they love introducing the old world to the new.

Whenever Oktoberfest comes around, they really up the ante too – so we thought that was the perfect time to invite them along for a chat with Cabal members.

We're heading back to Audacious Monk Cellars at 1pm on September 21 for an Oktoberfest-themed meet the brewers at which founder and head brewer Nathan Munt will share his story alongside four new limited releases.

We'll put on some suitably German-themed nibbles too, all for the price of just $25pp.

We're hosting another Bendigo On The Hop Eve event in 2024, this time celebrating 25 years of Holgate Brewhouse.

We'll be taking a trip down Memory Lane with brewery co-founder Paul Holgate and head brewer Chris Brady via both their beers and some that inspired Paul to start the brewery in the first place.

There's more info on the event at the Black Swan on August 30 here – and Cabal members can enjoy a special price of $25pp for them and their mates.

Bad Shepherd are embracing the dark side of winter with Dark Temptation, and they've invited a bunch of their indie mates along for the ride too.

The event on August 10 sees them tap nothing but dark beers – their own plus those of Deeds, Boatrocker, Stomping Ground, Molly Rose, KAIJU!, Westside Ale Works, Bodriggy and Bojak.

There's two ticketing options (General Admission and VIP), both of which get your unlimited samples of the 17 beers on offer. And, as Cabal members, you can save 10 percent on either option.

Crafty contributor Judd Owen is a two-time TV game show winner and is set to switch from guest to quizmaster at Take Down The Title!

The unique event at Working Title on August 1 will see guests test their wits against brewery co-founder and head brewer Mark Howes.

You can read all about it here – and if you head along as a Crafty Cabal member, instead of getting your first beer free as you prepare for the show, you'll get upgraded to a tasting paddle featuring any four beers you fancy.

All you need to do is choose the right ticket here (including whether you want to take part or just watch) and show staff you're a member on the night.

Game on!

FOUND. is one of the hottest names in the Aussie beer scene right now.

The WA operation only released their first beers little more than a year ago, yet they've already won plenty of admirers. Later this year, they'll open their HQ in Subiaco – a third venue alongside FOUND.Lab in Byford and their Maylands pop-up.

While the brewery is new, the people behind it bring a wealth of experience and decades of success to the party – and this event is your chance to hear all about it.

FOUND. instigator Steve Finney and head brewer Will Irving will join The Crafty Pint team for a Q&A plus guided-meets-blind tasting at FOUND. FRIENDS TAPROOM in Maylands on July 31. The evening will delve into their amazing backstories as well as their ambitions for FOUND. – all while enjoying great beers and pizza.

It kicks off at 6.30pm, with full-price tickets costing $45pp and Cabal members and their mates enjoying a special rate of just $35pp.

Tickets include six beers plus pizza to accompany the chat.

Ahead of Perth's biggest beer festival join The Crafty Pint, Phat Brew Club and some of WA's favourite breweries as we go head-to-head, drink delicious beers and dine out on delightful dishes.

Over a four-course dinner, we're pitting Campus and Phat against Margaret River Beer Co and Beerfarm for a beer battle at which guests will enjoy two beers with each course and ultimately decide whether the City Slickers or the South-Westers are responsible for the great state's best beers. 

You can find out more about what's involved here, or if you'd like to save on a ticket, then you can enjoy an exclusive Crafty Cabal discount of $10. 

Beers Of The Burbs sees six Melbourne suburbs (by way of a top beer venue and its drinkers) go up against each other in a good ol' fashioned "Ours is better than yours!" beer competition where new beers are created, tasted, and the winner gets canned and distributed far and wide.

The 2024 event ramps up in early August and if you'd like to be part of a team we've got a special offer for you: grab three tickets and the fourth is FREE!

This year's suburbs and venues are as follows:

• The Local Taphouse representing St Kilda East
• Hopheads representing Yarraville
• Beneath Driver Lane representing Melbourne
• Carwyn Cellars representing Thornbury
• Beermash representing Collingwood
• Miss Moses representing Brunswick

Tickets cost $90pp, which includes:

• Brewstorm at your chosen venue over a beer w/ Molly Rose brewers
• Brew your winning beer at Molly Rose w/ dinner & beer
• Pours of all 6 beers on winning night at Molly Rose and a token to vote for who you think has brewed: 'The Beer of the Burbs'

FOUND. is arguably as close to a supergroup as you'll find in the Aussie beer world.

The brainchild of former Little Creatures, Feral, Gage Roads and Otherside man Steve Finney, who's been joined by former Feral brewer Will Irving and other industry leaders, the brewing company opened their first venue in Byford (FOUND.Lab) in 2023, have since opened FOUND. & Friends in Maylands, and are turning the former Golden West brewpub in Subi into their own place.

It's a great story, they're great folks, and they make great beers – and we'll be joining them for an event featuring all three on July 31, ahead of the 2024 Indies, taking place in WA for the first time.

We're still to lock in exactly what it will look like (they've been a bit busy taking over venues...) but if you'd like to hear about it first once tickets go on sale, you can register your interest now.

Plenty of people in the Australian beer world will know Ian Watson and Rocky Reed, especially those in and around Brisbane.

And now the pair are set to launch their own beer brand, one that celebrates their love of Belgian beer styles.

The new operation goes by the name La Petit Rocher and Ian and Rocky will be debuting their beers at Saccharomyces Beer Café as part of the bar's epic Belgian Beer Week.

The launch event, part of Bloody Bonza Belge which also features a bunch of other great Belgian style beers from Aussie brewers, is on July 17, kicking off with a guided tasting and Q&A with LPR's founders from 6.30pm to 7.30pm.

And we've lined up a special ticket prices of just $10pp for Crafty Cabal members and their mates.

This gets you four tasters, a chance to hear about their inspirations, and to fire some questions at them.

3 Ravens have thrown some wild parties at their Thornbury home over the years, but this looks sure to raise the bar ever higher.

Their 2024 winter solstice event Dark Mass has so much going on, we're best off sending you straight to the full event listing.

But let's just say it features a feast created by Northern Git's Michael Slade adorned by Los Tres hot sauces and an after-party featuring multidimensional live performances at a brand new venue hosted by the wild minds at Sickest House.

You can choose to attend the feast (which includes entry to the after-party) or just the party. And if you fancy doing the whole hog (literally unless you're vego) then we've got a limited number of discounted tickets for Cabal members and their mates.

When La Sirène debuted Praline, it was a beer unlike anything else they'd put out yet quickly went on to become something of a cult classic for the brewery.

It's been released many times and in many iterations since – and in 2024 the brewery team are taking things to another level with Praline Day.

The main event at their Reservoir home will feature several different variations of Praline on tap to pair with Southern-Euro inspired dishes from the kitchen, and head brewer Costa on hand for a chat. More here.

If you're planning to head along, you could do so with a bonus: $50 to spend at the bar.

The big, bold and beautiful Froth Town returns to the Claremont Showgrounds in Perth on August 23 and 24 for three sessions of beer, spirits, ciders, seltzers, wines, cocktails and good times galore.

The 2024 festival will feature more than 75 booze vendors, a massive food court, silent disco, live music, DJs, a driving range, carnival rides, fun competitions, live wrestling, karaoke and much more – see here for details.

Tickets are on sale now, and as part of our partnership with the festival team (which will be very apparent when you arrive at the gates!) we've got some double passes to give away to Crafty Cabal members.

Brewmanity have spent years using good beer to do good deeds, with the brewing company created to raise much-needed funds to fight Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Their launch in 2015 came about as Melbourne Demons captain David Neitz watched his old coach, Neale Daniher, battle the disease.

This year, that mission has got that much better thanks to the arrival of their long-planned brewery. 

And what a venue it is, with the South Melbourne brewery a multi-level space featuring a beer hall, rooftop beer garden and dozens of taps. 

Since the doors opened, head brewer Tim Miller has been hard at work filling those many taps and Brewmanity are eager to welcome our beer-loving Crafty Cabal members in to sample them on May 1.

Kicking off at 6pm, we'll dive straight into the brewhouse (not literally) to enjoy some unreleased beers straight from the tank before heading upstairs to chat with founders David Neitz and Jamie Fox about the brewery's story to date and their plans for the venue. The evening event will roll straight into trivia too so if you want to test your knowledge, plan ahead and hit the books (and book a table for 7pm to be safe).

Tickets cost just $10pp which includes all beer tastings and, due to how tight the brewery floor is, spaces are limited.