Best Local Pub Brewery

SCHWARTZ BREWERY, SCHWARTZ BREWERY HOTEL

Cosily tucked away in the basement of the heritage-listed Schwartz Brewery Hotel (formerly the Macquarie Hotel), this is a microbrewery with charm and character. But you’re not here for the aesthetics – it’s all about the beer! One of the inner city’s best-kept secrets, this drinking den produces eight boutique brews including a pale ale, a pilsner and a Bavarian Red. The finest natural ingredients are the go here, with no artificial preservatives – meaning you can drink to your heart’s content without getting a nasty hangover. Unless you drink way more than you should, which journalists never do in the course of their research… (Peter Hackney)

40-44 Wentworth Avenue, Sydney, 8262 8888.

www.schwartzbrewery.com