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Brisbane's Best Winter Bars

Death and Taxes

From cosy vintage lounges and underground speakeasies to whisky dens and igloos, here's 20 Brisbane bars that are perfect for a winter drink:

Streetcorner Jimmy
Seating inside Streetcorner Jimmy bar in Brisbane's Teneriffe
Streetcorner Jimmy is a charming, old-world bar and eatery housed in the heritage-listed London Woolstore
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Toscano Bar & Kitchen
Toscano Bar Kitchen
A stunning Italian cocktail bar and eatery in the base of a century old warehouse
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Miss Demeanour
Miss Demeanour Brisbane CBD
This ambient underground eatery and bar is located down Rowes Lane, beneath the historic Rowes building
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Hope & Anchor
Hope & Anchor is Paddington's very own English-style neighbourhood pub that has made its home in a heritage-listed 19th century bakery
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Finney Isles
Finney Isles Fortitude Valley
Finney Isles is a low-key glamorous cocktail and wine bar unlike any other in Brisbane, hidden behind a closed blue door in Fortitude Valley
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Antico
A gorgeous Italian-inspired cocktail bar inhabiting a character-filled split-level space in Brisbane's oldest lane
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Mrs J. Rabbits
Mrs J Rabbit
Mrs J. Rabbits is a secret 1920s whiskey and jazz speakeasy whose entrance is through an antique wardrobe
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The Gresham Bar
The Gresham Bar is one of Brisbane’s most ambient old world bourbon and whisky bars, tucked away in a corner of the heritage-listed
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Lefty's Music Hall
Seating booths, bar and hall inside Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall bar
Lefty's Music Hall is like a lavish honky tonk saloon meets bordello beamed up from the deep south of 19th century America
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The Inchcolm Bar
The Inchcolm Bar Spring Hill
A splendid old world Hollywood-inspired lounge bar in the lobby of the heritage-listed Inchcolm Hotel
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Death & Taxes
Death & Taxes Brisbane
Death & Taxes is a gorgeous old-world cocktail lounge and wine bar hidden away in Brisbane's oldest laneway
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Can You Keep A Secret?
Can You Keep a Secret? Bar Woolloongabba
Can You Keep a Secret? is a fabulous retro-themed wine bar and lounge with a tiny secret vintage boutique inside
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Savile Row
Savile Row Fortitude Valley
Savile Row is a hidden Valley treasure that is one of Brisbane’s best bars - an opulent speakeasy-style vintage lounge bar
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Brooklyn Standard
Brooklyn Standard Brisbane
Brooklyn Standard is Brisbane’s coolest basement bar - a dim-lit brick cellar accessed by a secret laneway door where live music
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Mrs J. Rabbits
Mrs J Rabbit
Mrs J. Rabbits is a secret 1920s whiskey and jazz speakeasy whose entrance is through an antique wardrobe
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Mr Mista
Mr Mista Fortitude Valley
Mr Mista is Fortitude Valley’s glamorous Hollywood-inspired bar eatery featuring sunken jade green velvet lounges
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Before + After
Before + After Brisbane CBD
A secret subterranean Amaro and cocktail bar found down an historic carriageway and located in the basement
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Electric Avenue
Electric Avenue Woolloongabba
Electric Avenue is an exquisite old world pub that perfectly captures the spirit of Woolloongabba’s antique precinct
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Frog's Hollow Saloon
Frog's Hollow Saloon, Brisbane
A stunning 12-metre whisky bar nestled on the upper floor of the heritage-listed John Reid & Nephews building
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Black Bear Lodge
Black Bear Lodge Bar Fortitude Valley
Upstairs above the old Cosmo Coffee Shop is this Twin Peaks meets Blue Velvet bar
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Still thirsty for more suggestions on where to grab a drink in Brisbane, head to our comprehensive Eat & Drink section HERE! Cheers!

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