Western Victoria Brewery road trip

[ismellbanana]

Planning a road trip from Adelaide along the Great Ocean Road, heading briefly into Melbourne (Grain & Grape for supplies) then north for a bit and back through Grampians. Don't want to go too far east of Melbourne as I only have a week. Would like to see some great breweries who have quality beer. Any recommendations?

 

[Slug]

Not an exhaustive list by any means but heres a few, heading in an easterly direction:

Forrest Brewery - In the Otway ranges, a side trip from the Great Ocean road
Prickley Moses - In a similar area but they have a brew pub at Apollo Bay and i think Queenscliff where they serve their beers
Rogue Wave - Aireys Inlet
There are a few more around Torquay/Geelong but ive only been to the Little Creatures/White Rabbit setup in Geelong.
Rock Paper Scissors, or some combination of that are soon to open up in Halls Gap, Grampians but not sure when exactly
Ballarat has a few but again, havnt been to them. The Mallow and Hop Temple are good beer bars though.

 

[ismellbanana]

sounds great, I'm in planning mode. I'm particularly interested in the microbrewery with taps, not necessarily brewpubs. A reconnisance holiday! Keep them coming. My easterly limit is probably Healesville through to Shepparton.