Beat’s booze guide: the Australian independent makers and sellers you need to know about

After two months of being cooped up at home, lockdowns are finally starting to lift. While this means you can finally get out and show your local venues some love, we can’t all be clogging up the pubs just yet. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t still get your drink on.

Here’s a list of celebrated Aussie brewers, winemakers, distillers and boutique bottleshops so you can round up your mates (well, 20 of them) and bring the bar home. And if you’re itching for that first post-iso restaurant outing, we’ve got you covered there, too.

We’ll drink to that.