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Inner West Ale Trail

Official account of the Inner West Ale Trail, home of 16 local independent breweries in Sydney's Inner West suburbs.

Run by the Inner West Breweries' Association (IWBA). Visit our website for brewery info, great beer deals, maps, event guide + more. The Inner West region of Sydney is the craft beer capital of Australia and the Inner West Brewery Association was formed in 2017 in order to increase the recognition and prosperity of Inner-West breweries and in the process generate benefits for the local community, the Sydney tourism industry and the Australian economy.

13/06/2026

We’ve got a degustation of delicious new beers on the Ale Trail. Pull up a chair this weekend ❤️🍺

12/06/2026

🦘‘ROOS & BREWS! 🍻 Our mighty Socceroos take on Türkiye in our World Cup opener this Sunday at 2pm. Come watch live and loud with big screens, big beers and awesome food. Book ahead to snag the best spot. Game on, people!

10/06/2026

Say g’day to Grifter’s boss brewer Nick! We bailed him up between batches to ask about the best time to drink beer, hangover cures, Ale Trail tips and Rum Pigs.

Get down to Grifter Wednesday to Sunday for Nick’s awesome beers, good times and the most excellent pizza courtesy of .

05/06/2026

Looking sharp there, Louie! Straight outta Manchester UK, this legend first started at Batch before moving up the street to brew up a storm at Bracket.

You can sample their magic brews at their Addison Rd HQ every Thursday to Sunday – just leave your swords by the door please! Cheers for the chat Louie, bring on those Dark Mids… 😋

04/06/2026

HOP ON THIS! We've got a handful of festival tees left over, which you can grab right now from our merch shop (link in comments)

Plus we've reprinted our iconic IWAT shirt and if you spend $100+ we'll throw in a free hat + free shipping. How good is that!

All profits go back into running the Ale Trail and more events.

30/05/2026

🌞HELLO SUNSHINE🌞We forgot what you felt like for a bit but we’re so happy you’re back. As Sydney starts to dry out, remember we’re here to wet your whistle all weekend long. Who’s coming out to play?🍻

29/05/2026

Fresh frothies untapped 🍺😛 From hoppy hazies to Czech dark lagers to ESBs, we’ve got plenty of new beers pouring, alongside your usual Inner Westie faves. Who’s thirsty?

28/05/2026

Happiness is… fresh beers from the source, cute brewery dogs and rolling adventures. Choose your own this weekend with our 16 breweries on the Trail.

27/05/2026

We’ve posted a bit about Wildflower closing already, but just had to share this awesome pic we found from 2014. It’s founder Topher Boehm and wife Benny cooking BBQ outside of Batch, where Topher first start working.

We love how interwoven the Ale Trail community is, so we just had to ask Batch co-founder Andrew and Topher about it.

Andrew: “Topher helped us set up the brewery before it opened in 2013. He built most of the high tables at the brewery, among many other things! He then started brewing alongside (co-founder) Chris Sidwa and is attributed to the Elsie and West Coast original recipe development.

On the side, he used to make brisket for Saturday service. No doubt at the time, we either weren’t paying him or able to pay much, so he did this to help supplement cash flow as well as doing it for a bit of fun. I think it was more about smoking the meat than the cash to be honest. He was our first food truck!”

Topher: “Benny and I started doing smoked brisket sandwiches under the name Burnt Ends every other Saturday in 2014 outside before food trucks were common. We used the BBQ funds to live in Europe for a year and eventually travel and work at a bunch of different breweries over there. We came back and opened Wildflower in 2017.”

Wildflower’s open this Thursday to Sunday before closing its Marrickville doors for good (it’s moving rural). Sadly Burnt Ends BBQ won’t be appearing this weekend but you can bet it’s going to be a helluva party so come on down and join us...

26/05/2026

Young Henrys bar manager Anika is the latest legend to jump in the hot seat and spill her Inner West faves. What can we say – she’s got great taste! ❤️🍺

Catch Anika and her merry crew at Young Henry’s tasting bar in Newtown Monday to Sunday, with happy hour pints for schooners weekdays 3-5pm.

Address

44 Sydenham Rd
Marrickville, NSW
2204

Website

https://innerwestaletrail.com/

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