Murphys
Pub with a rooftop
An 1855 pub, once the birthplace of the Geelong Cats, with a rooftop looking over the skyline, pints and cocktails, live music, Saturday bottomless brunch and Sunday sessions.
📍 30 Aberdeen Street, Geelong West VIC 3218
Pubs and beer bars: 7 bars
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The Petrel Hotel
Hotel pub
Geelong's oldest hotel, newly refurbished in warm timber, with local ales and wines and proper pub dining.
📍 81 Pakington Street, Geelong West VIC 3218
White Rabbit Brewery & Barrel Hall
Brewery bar
In Little Creatures Village, with ageing barrels and fermenters on show, the full beer range plus specials only poured here and antipasto platters.
📍 221 Swanston Street, Geelong VIC 3220
Little Creatures Brewery Geelong
Brewery
Geelong's original craft beer star, in a former wool mill, with brewery tours, a kids' playground and its signature American Pale Ale.
📍 221 Swanston Street, South Geelong
Malt Shovel Taphouse
Craft beer pub
Sixteen beers on tap, rotisserie meats and a beer garden with a retractable roof.
📍 Corner of Malop and Bellarine Streets, Geelong
Mount Pleasant Rd Brewers
Brewery
Nine taps and a brew garden, open Friday to Sunday in summer and Friday and Saturday in the cooler months.
📍 110 Mount Pleasant Road, Belmont
Blackman's Brewery Geelong
Brewery
Open since early 2021, with about ten core beers and a cider, plus live music at weekends.
📍 29/8 Lewalan Street, Grovedale
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Your questions
What are the best pubs in Geelong?
Start with Murphys, The Petrel Hotel, White Rabbit Brewery & Barrel Hall, Little Creatures Brewery Geelong and Malt Shovel Taphouse. Our full list has 7 bars.
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Who wrote this guide
This guide is written by the team at M.AD Agency. We run Cocktail Week, the ten-day cocktail festival held town by town across the UK and Ireland. Now we're bringing it to Australia. Since 2022 we have taken it to more than 20 towns and cities and worked with hundreds of bars. We put this guide together from our own research and trusted local guides, including Sitchu.
No bar paid to be included and nobody can buy a place. We check the guide regularly as bars open, change and close.
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