The 10 Best Beer and Distillery Tours in Australia

1.Laid back, Yarra Valley Wine Tour: Wine, Cider, Gin, Beer + Choc

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4,552 reviews · from $93Our pick

Spend about 8.5 hours touring the Yarra Valley from central Melbourne with guides such as Matt, Callum, Andrew, or Peter. Taste wine, cider, gin or beer, and chocolate, with a flexible stop at Hubert Estate or Domaine Chandon for lunch at your own cost. Acoustic guitar and a social small-group feel add character.

“A great day where you get to visit multiple wineries, and also try gin and chocolate. Our tour guide Callum was great fun and we really enjoyed it.”

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2.Epic Yarra Valley Wine Tour + Lunch, Chocolate & Gin/Beer Option

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,819 reviews · from $139

Join Dancing Kangaroo Tours for an 8.5-hour Yarra Valley outing from Melbourne. Guides such as Sean, Stefan, Posi, and Danny combine local commentary with visits to three or four wineries, lunch, chocolate, and an optional Four Pillars gin or Watts River beer tasting.

“This was a great day out ! We had a lovely group of 17 people and everyone was so friendly Danny our driver was great, very informative and telling us about Melbourne as we were driving along Lunch was included with the Tour and the place we stopped at was lovely Thanks for a great day out Danny Definitely recommend this Tour !”

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3.Yarra Valley Wine, Cider, Gin, Beer, & Choc Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 719 reviews · 8 hours · from $92Best value

Spend eight hours touring the Yarra Valley from Melbourne with TeePee Tours. Taste wine at Yering Farm and Tokar Estate, then choose between gin, beer, wine, or chocolate. Guides such as Matt, Callum, Aydin, and Andrew keep the day social, flexible, and easygoing.

“Great options of wine, gin and chocolate tasting. Matthew was fun, knowledgeable of local area and told us what to expect before we arrived at every venue . He looked after all the guests and made the bus time fun. An extra half hour at Hubert’s Estate to enjoy lunch and do the cellar door would be good. Lunch felt a little rushed and it would have be nice to have a little more time at this beautiful winery.”

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4.Margaret River Wine, Brewery & Distillery Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 488 reviews · from $129

Spend about six and a half hours touring Margaret River with Margies Big Day Out. Expect hotel pickup, three winery tastings, local producers, chocolate, lunch and a brewery finish. Guides such as Dan, Simon and Russell are known for a social, easygoing style, but venue quality and commentary can vary.

“This is a wine tour for a younger crowd or inexperienced wine tasters. You don’t get a ‘tour guide’ you get a driver basically. More interested in sitting in the bus and watching his Netflix. Communication between your group and venues was very poor, as a group we found ourselves sorting many things ourselves. The brewery’s disappointing.”

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5.Yarra Valley Wine Tour + Lunch & Gin/Beer Option

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 333 reviews · 8h 30m · from $137

Spend about 8.5 hours in the Yarra Valley with guides such as Posi, Sean, Stefan, Karen, or Danny. Visit four wine producers, enjoy lunch at Soumah, and finish with chocolate and ice cream. You can swap the fourth winery for Four Pillars Gin or Watts River Brewery.

“Overall experience was awesome. Great host, good wine and food”

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6.Afternoon Brewery and Distillery session: Tastings & transfers

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 98 reviews · from $111

Join guide Jarryd or another Behind the Barrel host for a four-and-a-half-hour Byron Bay tasting tour. Visit two local breweries and one distillery, enjoy generous tasting paddles, hear how the drinks are made, and ride between venues with transfers included.

“Great afternoon of visiting local brewers and distillery owners Four hours was just perfect Host Jarryd was professional, friendly and very informative”

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7.Byron Bay Brewery & Distillery Tour: Tastings, Lunch & transfers

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 97 reviews · from $147

Spend about six and a half hours with guide Jarryd visiting a changing mix of Byron Bay breweries and distilleries. Expect 15 to 20 tastings, lunch, transfers from designated meeting points, and a choice of beer, spirits, cider, wine and seltzer.

“An experience needed In Byron Bay. Awesome fun, great information and well worth the time. Thank you to the bus driver who really made the day.”

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8.Red White & Brew – Wine, Gin & Beer Tour with Tastings from Adelaide

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 85 reviews · from $128

Spend about eight hours exploring the Barossa Valley by minibus, with wine tastings at Kies Family Wines and Pindarie, gin at Seppeltsfield Road Distillers, beer at Greenock Brewers, lunch, and free time in Tanunda. Drivers such as Dave, Tom and Thomas add local stories and humor.

“Dave our driver was informative/helpful and shared a great deal about an area and industry he truly loves. The tour was a great mix of venues with truly quality products made by Aussie family businesses. Highly recommend.”

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9.Full-Day Wine, Beer, Gin, Cider Private Guided Margaret River Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 34 reviews · from $125

Set out from Dunsborough at 10:30 am with a private guide for tastings at Happs Wines, Driftwood Estate, Beerfarm and After Hours Wine. Lunch and alcoholic drinks are included, and the route can be adjusted for your group. The day ends around 4:45 pm.

“A great day at some great wineries, brewery and chocolate place guided by Simon from unwind tours. . Best was the gin we tasted at After hours. Fabulous day overall.”

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10.Full-Day Wine, Beer, Gin, Cider Private Guided Margaret River Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 17 reviews · from $157

Spend about seven hours with your private group visiting Margaret River cellar doors, tasting wine, enjoying a two-course lunch, and sampling gin. Pickup is offered from Busselton, with stops at Credaro Wines, Lentedal or Driftwood Estate, Clairault Streicker, and Happs or West Winds Distillers.

“Driver was over an hour late, I say driver because they were in no way a tour guide, there was no beer or cider tasting on the trip, it also came to our attention during the trip that we had paid a lot more than everyone else had for the same service, other than that it was a good day mostly because of the other people on the trip who were great”

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