There are, by my count, 36 craft breweries in Victoria. There’s 687 wineries, so there’s lots of potential for growth! I don’t know how many breweries there are in Australia. There’s always new lovelies opening, with many only available locally.
The biggest threat to all this craft beer that I see is the rise of the “premium beer” market. All those bland brews pushed by Fosters and Lion Nathan, or, increasingly, imported. There are big banners for Peroni and Budweiser in the city at the moment. And then there are the craft collaborators.
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