Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) a craft beer; a drinker of such beers (see cite 2014 [2]).

2013		GoodFood.com 26 Oct. 🌐 Woolworths and Coles are both entering the market aggressively with their own beers and imports and owning lots of hotels and bottle shops [...] making it a tough game for the crafties.
2014		Inside Guide (Cape Town) 16 Sept. 🌐 The Cape’s biggest range of ice-cold crafties.
2014		Brew UK Forum 8 Feb. 🌐 [T[he Real Ale movement and the Craft Beer movement are one and the same (as if there weren’t hop-monster, sour beer drinking crafties looking down their noses at Real Ale tw@ts either).
2016		Trip Advisor Australia 26 Oct. 🌐 If you like crafties then this is definitely one of the places to come in Launceston.
2018		Trip Advisor Singapore 15 Feb. 🌐 Fantastic crafties, good range, always a good start for a brewery.