The Crafty Squire

The Crafty Squire (formally known as The Portland Hotel) showcases the experience, life and times of James Squire. The Crafty Squire offers the entire Squire range and is Melbourne CBD's only working micro-brewery producing handcrafted ales brewed on site as well as those brewed by the Malt Shovel Brewery.

The Crafty Squire is a place for beer lovers. It has everything from crisp easy drinking lagers to big hoppy craft ales with great traditional pub food to match. The easy going traditional pub environment and friendly knowledgeable staff make for the perfect beer drinking experience whether you are just in for a quiet pint or wish to learn more about the inner workings of an operational microbrewery.

Visitors can enjoy one of the The Crafty Squire's famous 6 beer tasting paddles with accompanying tasting notes and join one of our guides into the brewery itself to learn all about how we craft the beer from the grain mill to the tap.

The Crafty Squire's award winning original brews include; the Portland Pale Australian style Pale Ale; The Highwayman thrice hopped Red Ale; The Craic traditional Irish Stout and the Speculator robust hop heavy American Pale Ale.

The Crafty Squire is open from 11am every day except Christmas so those in search for good full flavoured craft beer will always have this little piece of beer drinking heaven to come to.