New Breweries in 2018

Posted on January 17, 2019 in Australia, Brewery, Features, The Brewery List // 2 Comments

Last year, 2018, saw the highest ever number of new craft beer breweries added to The Brewery List.

The total number of new craft breweries that opened in Australia in 2018 was 83.

The “rate of new openings” increased last year to one new craft beer brewery opening every 5 days. When you exclude the contract brewers, one new physical brewery opened every 7 days.

Of those 83 breweries:

28 were in New South Wales
17 were in Queensland
12 were in South Australia
11 were in Victoria
10 were in Western Australia
2 were in Tasmania
2 were in the Northern Territory
1 was in the ACT

where:

39% are contract, or gypsy brewers
37% are small breweries. These are the nano and pub breweries
24% are medium size. These are the micro-breweries producing between 50,000 and 300,000 litres per year

A full list is on our New Breweries 2018 page.