Top 15 Beer Tastings in Australia

1.Swan Valley Tour from Perth: Wine, Beer and Chocolate Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 204 reviews · from $68Our pick

Spend up to eight hours touring Swan Valley from Perth, with wine tastings at several estates, a shared cheeseboard, craft beer, chips and chocolate. Full-day bookings add lunch and a beverage at Homestead Brewery. Guides such as Keith, Kim, Lucy and Michael are known for adding local stories and good humor.

“Brilliant tour. Our guide for the day Lucy was full of useful information and fun. This tour took in four wineries, one brewery and a chocolate factory. At each winery we were treated to 6 tastings of estate wines. At the Brewery we were given a token to have either a beer, wine or soft drink. The meal included in our tour was really good. If you like wine and making friends for the day this tour is for you.”

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2.XXXX Beer Brewery Tour and Beer Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 172 reviews · 1h 30m · from $29

Tour Brisbane’s heritage-listed XXXX Brewery for 90 minutes with an English-speaking guide. Follow the brewing process, learn the brand’s story, see the raw ingredients, practice a perfect pour, and finish with fresh beer tastings. Guides may include Ken, Zack, Paul, or Gilberto.

“a well educated guide . unfortunately being new years eve there were no production lines running so our visitors from the UK only saw the static side of production. But all in all it was a great morning out with cold beer tasting at the end. Everyone was very impressed with the cleanliness of the plant as a whole. Thank you 4X for a well l guided tour!😁👍🍻”

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3.Afternoon Brewery and Distillery session: Tastings & transfers

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

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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4.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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5.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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6.Barossa Valley: Maggie Beer’s Wine Tasting & Cheese Platter

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 53 reviews · 45 min · from $29

Spend 45 minutes at Maggie Beer's Farmshop tasting Pheasant Farm wines with an English-speaking host, then enjoy your favorite by the dam with a cheese platter. The small group is limited to eight adults, with time to browse the shop afterward.

“Fabulous place to visit and great stories of the vineyard”

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7.Afternoon Broome Town Tour including Beer Tasting & Sunset Drinks

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 51 reviews · from $78

Spend an afternoon with Australian Pinnacle Tours exploring Broome’s pearling past, Chinatown, Sun Pictures, Town Beach, the Japanese Cemetery and Gantheaume Point. Local guides such as Brenda, Mark, Evan and Gordon add stories, while Spinifex Brewery tastings and sunset drinks round out the six-hour outing.

“Brenda is a very knowledgeable local who loves to share her town with guests. We got to see enough to give us an overview of the town as well as some of the beauty spots along the coast. Highlight of course was sunset picnic at Cable Beach. A brilliant afternoon, enjoyed by all.”

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8.Barossa & Maggie Beers Farm (4 wine Tastings & Lunch included)

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 45 reviews · from $121

Spend about eight hours touring four Barossa wineries, Maggie Beer’s Farm Shop, and an optional chocolate stop. Your driver-guide handles the driving, tastings, lunch, and hotel pickup. Guides such as Paul, Gerry, Deep, and Peter are noted for friendly commentary and flexible pacing.

“Our guide was Gerry who was a very cheerful and friendly person. She was able to give us a great insight into the regions and wine culture. Had a really good time”

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9.Byron Bay Brewery and Distillery Day Tour: Lunch & tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · 6 hours · from $145

Spend six hours with guide Jarrod visiting two breweries and two distilleries around Byron Bay. Taste about 15 to 20 beers, spirits, cider, wine, or ginger beer, enjoy lunch, and ride safely through the coast and Hinterland.

“Jarrod the tour operator was fantastic, the group was great and the tour was put together well.”

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10.Byron Bay: Afternoon Brewery and Distillery Tour & tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 11 reviews · 4 hours · from $105

Start at 2:00 PM for a guided visit to two local breweries and one distillery, with roughly 10 to 15 tastings, transfers, and views across Byron Bay’s coast and hinterland. Your English-speaking local guide, including guides named Jarrod and Jarryd, explains Northern Rivers brewing and distilling.

“Enjoyed diversity if the different breweries and distillery. Guide, Jarrod, was great. And enjoyed all the others on the tour. Especially Jason Mamoa. He was looking a bit short though. 😆”

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11.Champion Racehorse Tour with Beer and Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 10 reviews · from $208

Spend about eight hours with guide Tamara or another local host, meeting retired champion racehorses at Living Legends, enjoying included morning tea and lunch, and tasting Macedon Ranges wines and Holgate craft beers. Pickup is available from selected Melbourne areas.

“This is a very enjoyable and interesting tour for solo travellers, couples or groups. We only had 7 on our tour and 6-12 is probably an ideal number. The tour operator collected me from my Hotel on time and we arrived back in Melbourne on sRead more”

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12.Port Macquarie Wine and Beer, Hastings Tasting Trail Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · from $139

Spend 5.5 hours with Ian and Nadia of Indulgence Tours, visiting boutique wineries and a brewery around Port Macquarie. Enjoy private air-conditioned transport, tasting fees, bottled water, local stories, flexible timing, and room for wine purchases. Lunch is not included.

“We had an amazing day touring local wineries. First was a historic winery for tasting and a look around . Then we moved on to lunch and more tasting at the next.”

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13.Noosa Hinterland Drinks Private Tour with Gin, Beer, Mead & Wine Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $458

Join Joel’s Journeys for a private six-and-a-half-hour outing through the Noosa Hinterland. Taste mead, gin, wine with cheese and craft beer, with scenic country drives, a luxury vehicle and door-to-door pickup included. Stop changes apply when the meadery or winery is closed.

“Very good value with excellent guidance and tops barramundi lunch. The winery and brewery stops were fine destinations- the detour through Noosa Heads added to the value. Joel is enjoying what he does and it makes all the difference”

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14.Hahndorf: Grunthal Gin, Beer, Wine, and Cheese Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 4 reviews · 1 hour · from $27Best value

Spend one hour inside the Grunthal Brew Building tasting one gin sampler, two craft beers, two Hesketh wines, and five matched cheeses. The session is self-guided and private, with a casual eatery and landscaped riverfront backyard available afterward. Guests must be 18 or older.

“Yeah was alright. Thought it was going to be a little more higher end but it’s kinda like a family friendly kinda place. Great if you want to go with the family.”

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15.1 Hour Private Flight Tour with Paired Inflight Beer Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $429

You’ll board a private aircraft at Flight One for a scenic flight from Archerfield over North Stradbroke Island, pairing Jumpinpin IPA, Point Lookout Lager, and Amity Pale Ale with the views below. Pilot Ashley has been praised for making the low-level flight engaging, with a brewery visit and return transport included.

“It was a good fun thing to do. It's not every day you fly on a small plane as low as 500 feet seeing dolphins, some mantra rays and a shark whilst spilling beer on your shirt. Our pilot Ashley was terrific and made it a good fun and engaging flight over. It was all it said it would be. I loved it.”

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