A rich, smooth stout with layers of malt complexity. Roast malt, coffee and chocolate notes. The Grifter Brewing Co is all about "good and honest beer", which made it no surprise when it won our Brewery of the Year award at our Best Of Awards 2022. This independent beer brand, from Sydney's hip inner west, is a hotbed of creativity. From its wildly inventive craft beer flavours to its colourful packaging, Grifter reminds us that beer is always ripe for reinvention.

Sapporo Premium Beer was originally brewed in 1876 by Japanese brewmaster Seibei Nakagawa. Trained in Germany, Seibei had a true passion for his craft. With authentic brewing techniques and quality local ingredients, he developed a perfectly balanced golden lager. As a former frontier town, the northern city of Sapporo thus became the home of Japan's oldest brewery. The iconic gold star reflects the pioneering spirit of Sapporo and its famous brewer. Sapporo Premium Beer is brewed with the Japanese attention to detail. The slow cool fermentation balances delicate hops and esters with a full malt character. The authentic brewing techniques and quality ingredients used have produced a crisp and refreshing lager beer.

Peroni Nastro Azzuro is brewed to the authentic Italian recipe originating in Lombardia, Italy in the 19th century. Brewed under licence to produce a fresh and crisp taste, Peroni Nastro Azzurro can now be found in all good cafés and bars and is the perfect lager to quench a serious thirst.

Steersman Ultra Dry is a refreshing crisp, full strength, lower carbohydrate, lower gluten Australian lager. It is skilfully brewed using premium ingredients to provide a well-balanced, dry finish.

It has a mild hoppy taste with a subtle sweet flavour. Unlike a lot of reduced alcohol beers it maintains a solid body and texture. It is an excellent beer for those long lunches.

North-western brewing maestros, Matso's, produce some of Australia's premier craft beers. Their Mango Beer is based on a classic Belgium Blonde recipe with a fruit flavoured slant. Using a 100% natural mango blend the brewers have developed an easy drinking beer style with excellent fruit aroma and balancing sweet dryness.

This exceptionally rich and mellow Dark Bourbon from Hogs takes its unusually distinctive complexity from the finest Rye that is used together with a final maturation in charred oak barrels.

Tooheys Old is a robustly flavoured Ale made with top fermentation Ale yeast. The beer is lightly hopped, and gets its darker colour from black malt. Fruity Ale-like esters blend well with subtle hoppiness, hints of coffee and chocolate to deliver a unique beer.

Stone & Wood from Byron Bay have burst onto the craft beer scene with some fantastic hand crafted beers including this Pacific Ale which is jam packed full of fresh tropical fruit aromas and flavours. The quintesential summer sessional beer, it has crowd pleaser written all over it.