Number of craft breweries explodes to nearly 600
Statistically, a new craft beer brewery opens every six days in Australia. The industry has grown by almost 200 percent in the past seven years. Fifty-two new breweries, brewpubs and contract brewers opened in 2018, bringing the number of craft breweries to 585 - a 197 percent increase since 2011, or one brewery for every 41,500 people (aged over 18).
