Food & drink · October 2026 figures
Breweries & Distilleries in Australia
The Agentize Directory ranks 438 breweries & distilleries across 29 Australian cities and towns. The top-ranked nationally are Granddad Jack's Craft Distillery on the Gold Coast (5.0 from 508 reviews), Heaps Good Spirits in Adelaide (5.0 from 236 reviews) and Wild Flower Gin Distilling on the Gold Coast (5.0 from 164 reviews).
- Ranked
- 438
- Cities and towns
- 29
- Median rating
- 4.7
- With a website
- 98%
Breweries & Distilleries at a glance
- 98% of breweries & distilleries in the directory list a website, 86% a phone number and 93% their opening hours.
- 94% of those with hours open on Saturday and 77% on Sunday.
- 2 list round-the-clock hours every day of the week.
- Their median Google rating is 4.7, from 123,355 reviews in all.
- Melbourne has the most (76), then Sydney (64) and Perth (52).
- Of the cities with twenty or more, Melbourne has the highest median rating (4.8).
- Little Creatures Brewery, Fremantle in Perth has the most Google reviews of any brewery listed (5,326).
The ten best-proven breweries & distilleries in Australia
- 1Granddad Jack's Craft DistilleryMiami, Gold Coast · 5.0 from 508 · Proven 4.96
- 2Heaps Good SpiritsHahndorf, Adelaide · 5.0 from 236 · Proven 4.92
- 3Wild Flower Gin DistillingVarsity Lakes, Gold Coast · 5.0 from 164 · Proven 4.89
- 4Bucketty's Brewing Co.Brookvale, Sydney · 4.9 from 1,864 · Proven 4.89
- 5TWOBAYS Brewing CoDromana, Melbourne · 4.9 from 1,042 · Proven 4.88
- 6Penny Red Beer CoMcLaren Vale, Adelaide · 5.0 from 150 · Proven 4.88
- 7Headlands Distilling Co.North Wollongong, Wollongong · 5.0 from 146 · Proven 4.88
- 8Seabourne DistilleryNoosaville, Sunshine Coast · 5.0 from 132 · Proven 4.87
- 9Buddy BrewingBurpengary, Brisbane · 5.0 from 124 · Proven 4.86
- 10Hang 10 DistilleryWarriewood, Sydney · 5.0 from 121 · Proven 4.86
Breweries & Distilleries in New South Wales
Top breweries & distilleries across New South Wales
Sydney
64 ranked · median 4.7
Bucketty's Brewing Co. 4.9 · 1,864
Newcastle
13 ranked · median 4.7
Bread and Brewery 5.0 · 85
Wollongong
11 ranked · median 4.9
Headlands Distilling Co. 5.0 · 146
Central Coast
7 ranked · median 4.7
Bay Road Brewing 4.9 · 231
Byron Bay
3 ranked · median 4.8
Cape Byron Distillery 4.8 · 218
Mudgee
3 ranked · median 4.8
Small Batch Brewery and Hop Farm 4.9 · 330
Orange
3 ranked · median 4.8
Parrot Distilling Co 4.8 · 168
Port Macquarie
3 ranked · median 4.9
Moorebeer Brewing Co. 4.9 · 163
Cessnock
3 ranked · median 3.5
Pokolbin Distillery 4.8 · 158
Breweries & Distilleries in Queensland
Top breweries & distilleries across Queensland
Brisbane
37 ranked · median 4.7
Buddy Brewing 5.0 · 124
Gold Coast
25 ranked · median 4.8
Granddad Jack's Craft Distillery 5.0 · 508
Sunshine Coast
24 ranked · median 4.7
Seabourne Distillery 5.0 · 132
Cairns
4 ranked · median 4.8
Narrow Tracks Distilling 5.0 · 106
Townsville
4 ranked · median 4.8
Selwyn Nicholas Brewing Co. 4.9 · 155
Bundaberg
3 ranked · median 4.8
Kalki Moon Distilling Company 4.8 · 333
Toowoomba
3 ranked · median 4.9
Volcanic Brewing 4.9 · 37
Breweries & Distilleries in Western Australia
Breweries & Distilleries in South Australia
Breweries & Distilleries in the Australian Capital Territory
Breweries & Distilleries in the Northern Territory
Breweries & Distilleries by suburb
The suburbs with the most breweries & distilleries listed. Every one has its own ranked list.
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Questions
Who are the best breweries & distilleries in Australia?
The top-ranked nationally are Granddad Jack's Craft Distillery on the Gold Coast (5.0 from 508 reviews), Heaps Good Spirits in Adelaide (5.0 from 236 reviews) and Wild Flower Gin Distilling on the Gold Coast (5.0 from 164 reviews). Each list is ranked city by city by proven rating, the Google rating weighted by the reviews behind it.
Which Australian city has the most breweries & distilleries?
In the Agentize Directory, Melbourne has the most breweries & distilleries (76), followed by Sydney (64), Perth (52) and Brisbane (37).
Where are breweries & distilleries rated highest?
Among cities with at least twenty breweries & distilleries listed, Melbourne has the highest median Google rating: 4.8 across 76 businesses.
How many breweries & distilleries list their opening hours?
93% of the 438 breweries & distilleries in the directory list opening hours on Google; of those, 94% open on Saturday and 77% on Sunday.
Ratings and review counts are Google's, as listed in October 2026. Phone numbers, websites and opening hours are the ones each business lists on Google. No business pays to be listed or to move up, and none is verified or endorsed by Agentize. How the ranking works.