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Must Do Brisbane: Brisbane's smallest bars

From the time Brisbane's very first small bar opened some six years ago, there's been a raft of blink-and-you-miss-them bars springing up across the city. 

With some you could barely swing a cat inside and others that are actually bars within bars, what they lack in size they make up for in ambience - here are 10 of Brisbane's smallest bars.

Bar Lonely

Must Do Brisbane: Brisbane's smallest bars.

Brisbane's smallest bar has only 12 seats - find it buried underground as part of a colourful labyrinth of Asian-themed bars in an old newspaper print office.

Maker Bar

Must Do Brisbane: Brisbane's smallest bars.

Like a tiny darkened bar you'd stumble upon in the back lanes of a European city, Maker Bar comes complete with charcuterie cabinet and killer artisan cocktails.

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Whisky Lounge

Must Do Brisbane: Brisbane's smallest bars.

Blink and you'll miss the entrance to the teensy dimlit whisky lounge next door to the cosy main bar area in this cool café by day, bar by night.

Pint-Sized Craft Bar

Must Do Brisbane: Brisbane's smallest bars.

True to its name is this convivial little craft beer and boutique wine bar tucked away in a northside suburban shopping centre.

Blind Tiger Bar

Must Do Brisbane: Brisbane's smallest bars.

Straight out of the Prohibition era is this pocket-sized speakeasy style bar where jazz, whisky and forbidden cocktails rule.

Biru Shinobi

Must Do Brisbane: Brisbane's smallest bars.

A secret Japanese whiskey, beer and sake bar attached to an equally small Japanese kitchen is the go-to for rare top shelf whiskey.

The Tree House

Must Do Brisbane: Brisbane's smallest bars.

An enchanted little fairytale laneway bar inspired by Peter Pan's lost boys and serving organic beer, wine and vegetarian bar treats.

Skukum Lounge

Must Do Brisbane: Brisbane's smallest bars.

An alpine-themed bar that lives inside a little vintage cocktail lounge that just happens to be Brisbane's very first small bar.

BOSC

Must Do Brisbane: Brisbane's smallest bars.

On the cusp of an inner-city boho precinct lives this warm and rustic little boutique gin and beer bar with a social conscience.

John Mills Himself

Must Do Brisbane: Brisbane's smallest bars.

Named after the heritage-listed century old warehouse that it lives in the base of, this hidden-away small bar still found room for a piano.

This article originally appeared in Must Do Brisbane.