Kingdom of Beers

Overview

Choosing which beer to drink at any given time can be far more difficult than it sounds. There are just so many brands, breweries, types and flavours, so you can be forgiven for feeling completely spoiled for choice. No one wants to start sipping a substandard tipple — or get stuck with a pint of something that's merely average. At Kingdom of Beers, though, it'll be top brews all the way, because that's what this brand new Brisbane beer festival is all about.

On Saturday, March 7, across two sessions between 1–4.30pm and 5–8.30pm, 20 of Australia's best breweries will be serving up more than 100 stellar beers. And you'll know they're good because some of them will be medal-winners, with the event held by the the Royal Queensland Food and Wine Show and linked to its RQFWS Beer Awards. It all happens mere days after the best 2020 picks are announced, actually, so everyone will be mighty buzzed indeed.

Expect beers from Aether, Bacchus, Felons, Soapbox, Catchment, Newstead Brewing, Stone and Wood, Ballistic, Slipstream, Green Beacon and more, all on offer in the Exhibition Building at Brisbane Showgrounds. Some of the beverages — from 13 brewers, in fact — will have been made using desalinated water from the Pacific Ocean, so that's something you can ask all the chatty brewers in attendance about.

Rachael Nixon

You'll also be able to grab a bite to eat, including wagyu rolls, German sausages, Italian street food, jerky and gluten-free doughnuts. Live music, inflatable jousting, axe-throwing, giant jenga, handball and live street art are also on the bill.

Tickets start at $10, if you nab one online before Monday, February 3 — and will cost you $15 after that, or $20 on the door if any are still available on the day.

Top image: Felons Brewing Co.