Best Beer Shops in Melbourne
Remember the days when buying a beer meant choosing between the green label or the maroon label? Thankfully, we're past that. At these spots you'll find thousands of colours, sizes and flavours competing for your attention. Whatever you want, you'll be able to find it with help from the knowledgeable enthusiasts that staff each shop.
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Carwyn Cellars
Two boys from wineries nailing their beer.
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McCoppins Bottle Shops
A cult pair of shops that close late.
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Blackhearts & Sparrows
Seven locations to browse at.
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Otter’s Promise
A rustic, relaxed bar and bottle-o with more than 400 beers in the fridge.
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Penny Young
At this bottle-o and attached beer hall, there are 17 draught beers to drink on site, and more than 350 to take home.
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Purvis Beer
One of Melbourne's original beer specialists.
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A Point of Difference Liquor
These stats are impressive: 850 beers, 350 wines, 500 spirits and 40 years in the business.
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Village Vineyard
A warm, communal bottle-o with more than 300 wines and 200 beers. Plus, tables out the front where you can sit and enjoy a glass.
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Hudsons Road Wine and Beer
This spot in the western suburbs has roughly 200 wines and the same again of beers, plus a deli cabinet filled with cured meats, pate, and a range of cheese. All of the above are available to enjoy in the relaxed shopfront overlooking the street.
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Grape & Grain
A bottle shop that invites you to stay.
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Harvest Wine & Liquor
A well-priced collection of local and international bottles.
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Far Side Beers
Around the world in 180 beers.
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Audacious Monk Cellars
The focus here is on the locals.
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Chapel Street Cellars
Buy a beer, drink it here.
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Benchwarmer
This beer bar stocks limited release and hard-to-find brews, as well as funky, mostly local, wines. And don't miss the Japanese izakaya-style food. Designed by an alumnus of legendary restaurant Yardbird, it punches well above its weight.
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BeerMash
A beer for every taste.
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Hopheads
Communal and family-oriented.
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Hopheads Yarraville
Adrian Chong helped kick off Malaysia’s craft beer bar scene. His devotion is just as clear at this bottle shop and bar, across more than 350 beers and 12 taps (plus options for beer deniers).
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The Valley Cellar Door
150 bottles selected by a sommelier.
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Good Liquor and Wine
This drink-in bottle shop pours wild ales, natural wines and sour Negronis. Come for beer-infused cocktails, Belgian lambics and plenty of snacks.
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Mr West
Local skin-contact wine, Spanish ciders, obscure spirits and easy-drinking beers are all on the menu at this friendly neighbourood bottle shop and bar in Nicholson Street Mall.
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