Bentspoke Brewing Company

Always impressed by the amazing food and really tasty beers. Great service and the fit out is fantastic. Canberras best brewery by far.

Excellent beers! Crankshaft is an excellent IPA, and their stouts also always impress. The venue can feel a little clinical, and too brightly lit, but I for one am very glad to see another exciting food&drink business in Braddon.

So many options!!! All kinds of beer and some cider and ginger beer too! Warm cider was perfect for the vil weather.
These guys have put a creative spin on your everyday microbrew. The place was hopping tonight, was hard to find a table, but if you post up at the bar you can get lucky.

Great beers, great location, great food.
I love this place, and it is my go to for drinks with friends. Most of the beers I really enjoy, and the vibe of the place is awesome. Much better food than places in Kingston Foreshore.
Bought a traveller which ensures I keep coming back for more and more beverages!

Great spot ! Groovy ! Staff are keen as mustard and the beer rocks!

I didn’t have any food here so the five stars is basically on the strength of how damn awesome the beer and staff are.
One of the best brew bars I have been to hands down, indeed so good we visited twice in one day!
With 18 beers and ciders on offer there is something for everyone and the staff will happily help you out and give you a taster to find the perfect something for you to settle down to nurse. There is also a raft of info on each beer on the menu and boards.
The best thing about the place though was it seemed to be a pretentious and dickhead free zone. Craft and micro brewing is somewhat becoming tedious due to the people involved who seem to turn their nose up at anything that doesn’t have the latest hops from Outer Mongolia grown by blind monks and give your Pale Ale an IBU of 20 billion.
At Bentspoke you won’t find this. It’s simply great beer that’s kept simple and cherished by the brewers.

I didn’t stand a chance with Bentspoke. C’mon, a brew pub that serves nothing but its own beers on 12 different taps? This place was made for me.
And Bentspoke may have been a large factor in my decision to visit Canberra.
A very large factor.
The beer was impressive in variety and taste. I sampled four all together, from a farmhouse ale, to a pale ale, to a Belgium inspired red, to a raspberry infused wheat beer.
I love that they use the beer (or beer ingredients) in their food menu, but that’s also where this place stumbled for me. While the food was all good, the flavour combinations just didn’t meld well for me. The grain crusted hot wings (giant «small» order $ 12) tasted too much like grain, and the tomato sauce coating (pasta like, not ketchup like) was a bit strange. Despite seeing tons of chili flakes, I also didn’t feel much heat.
The B-​Ten brisket burger ($ 19) was let down by the barbecue sauce made from their own Braddon Bitter beer.
Despite this, Bentspoke is a standout pub with a great vibe, knowledgable and friendly staff, and is definitely worth a visit for anyone who enjoys craft beer.

Food, service and atmosphere was awesome, but the home brew is outstanding. An excellent variety of beers, plus a cider and ginger beer, made on the premises.
Catered to large groups with fast service of food. Highly recommend. Will be back again.

Brewpub on the sidewalk with good food in Canberra near CBD. Extensive list of beers brewed on site, and decent menu of good food. Great find.
Be warned, they’re run out of stuff, both certain beers and food items. Come with an open mind and ask to the staff for alternatives, if your first choice doesn’t work out.

Great local beer & gourmet pub food in the city centre. It’s in the new Habitat building. They sell beer brewed on location. Week one they had a limited menu but I can’t wait to go back and try the full menu. Well done on opening a brave new venture in this location.