SA’s top craft breweries

By Ellen Morgan
Published: Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Updated: August 13, 2021 at 1:50 pm

There’s been a beer boom in SA, with micro-breweries popping up all over the state. While there are plenty to choose from in the city and the regions, here are some of our favourite frothy spots.

Little Bang's menu is perfect to pair with a pint. Image: Iain Dalrymple — Little Bang’s menu is perfect to pair with a pint. Image: Iain Dalrymple

1. Little Bang Brewing Company

Stepney, Adelaide

Award-winning Little Bang is the ultimate Friday beer o’clock spot, with dine-in bites the likes of burgers, chicken wings and fries and more than 50 beers to choose from.

You’ll have to come back to try a different brew each time, with the range including everything from experimental and seasonal, to crowd-pleasing classics. You can even take a brewery tour.

The Yorke Peninsula brewery's colourful cans. Image: supplied — The Yorke Peninsula brewery’s colourful cans. Image: supplied

2. Watsacowie Brewing Company

Minlaton, Yorke Peninsula

Watsacowie welcomes both families and furry friends, with plenty of space in their shed-style brewery. Live music plays most weekends, and while there’s no in-house kitchen, they’re known to host guest chefs and cooks.

Suburban Brew's popular cans. Image: Nick Bracken Photography — Suburban Brew’s popular cans. Image: Nick Bracken Photography

3. The Suburban Brew

Goodwood, Adelaide

With the philosophy of love thy neighbour, love their beer, The Suburban Brew is all about sharing an ale with a fellow local, creating conversation and a sense of community. Their taproom warehouse space and backyard lawn area on Goodwood Rd creates a relaxing environment to enjoy a craft brew, play pinball and chew the fat with mates (and your pooch). Aside from the yummy pints, kombucha by Gather Brewing is also on offer – perfect for designated drivers.

One of Loophole's tasty brews. Image: supplied — One of Loophole’s tasty brews. Image: supplied

4. Loophole Brewing

Wangolina, Limestone Coast

Loophole brews are crafted in a brewhouse out the back of the stunning Cape Jaffa winery. You can taste a brew at the Cape Jaffa cellar door. The beer is made using water from a natural aquifer in the striking Limestone soils, with the Quick Hare Cape Ale and the Loophole Draught among the popular range.

The many brews on tap at Bond Store. Image: supplied

5. Bond Store Wallaroo

Wallaroo, Yorke Peninsula

A restaurant, distillery and microbrewery all in one, Bond Store Wallaroo is a must visit on any Yorke Peninsula escape. Twelve brews are crafted on-site, all using local grain, for which the region is renowned. Plus, it’s housed in a renovated 150-year-old warehouse.

The spacious outdoor area and shed space in Aldinga. Image: Kick Back Brewing

6. Kick Back Brewing

Aldinga, Fleurieu Peninsula

One of the newest breweries on the mid-coast block, Kick Back Brewing is a snazzy space on historic Old Coach Rd in Aldinga. Offering quirky bites, beer crafted right next door, local wines, spirits, and a buzzing atmosphere to boot, it’s the ultimate spot to kick back (pun intended) – oh yeah.

The faces (and paws) behind Smiling Samoyed. Image: SATC/Meaghan Coles

7. Smiling Samoyed Brewery

Myponga, Fleurieu Peninsula

Nestled just off the main drag in Myponga, overlooking the pretty-as-a-picture Myponga Reservoir, this brewery is the ultimate spot for a Sunday session. Taste a selection of their core beers, as well as special releases in their eclectic cellar door shed space, or outside on the deck. Order the brewer’s lunch and fill your belly with local delights including Buffalo chicken wings, pizza and more.