WORLDWIDE · FULL-DAY
Good full-day beer tours fill up weeks ahead and the great ones go first. Below: the 15 to book early, what each includes and how they differ.
Join Hop On Brewery Tours for a six-hour Brisbane beer outing with tastings at four breweries, lunch, brewery stories, and central pickup. You will visit Green Beacon, Sea Legs, White Lies, and Future Magic, though stops can change. Bring photo ID and wear closed-toe shoes.
“Made awesome friends. Learned a lot. Best way to get a dose of education while getting a very decent amount of beer!”
Spend about six hours visiting Lost Palms, Black Hops, Balter, and Burleigh Brewing. Your guide, often Matt Farrelly, leads tastings, brewing talk, and brewery visits, with lunch and Gold Coast pickup and drop-off included. Brisbane visitors can reach Helensvale by direct train.
“Matt Farrell was a very knowledgeable and entertaining guide ! A superb bus tour around 4 breweries on the Gold Coast. A huge selection of beers throughout which were great on the palate for all of our team. Matt made the day great fun anRead more”
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.”
Spend about seven hours touring Melbourne’s major sports venues with guides such as Simon, Anthony or Tamara. Go behind the scenes at the MCG, see Flemington and Marvel Stadium, drive the Albert Park Grand Prix circuit, enjoy lunch with a drink, and finish with a craft brewery tour and tastings.
“Just what I expected. Excellent day. The guide was very good. Thoroughly enjoyable.”
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”
Travel by private vehicle from Prague to Kutna Hora with a guide such as Vadim, Ivan, or Natalia. Visit St. Barbara’s Church and the remarkable Sedlec Ossuary, walk the old town, and finish with Czech beer, sometimes at a local brewery rather than Restaurace Dačický.
“Vadim was incredibly knowledgeable and showed my wife and I such a great time during our day trip to Kunta Hora and the brewery. The bone church is neat and certainly worth the trip, but we also really enjoyed walking through the town of Kunta Hora and the delicious lunch stop Vadim picked out. Highly recommend!”
Spend 9 to 10 hours with Merry Heart CBR visiting Jeir Creek, Eden Road, Four Winds, Ambrosia Distillery and BentSpoke Brewing. Bishoy provides transport, tastings, pizza lunch, snacks, drinks and scenic photo stops. Pickup is from central Canberra or Murrumbateman.
“Trip went all day. Wineries were interesting especially the small ones.”
Join Perth Beer Tours at 10:30 am for a six-hour brewery run with guides such as Andrew or Carmel, tasting 25-plus beers across five stops. You will visit Billabong Brewing, sample 11 beers at Two Up, enjoy lunch, and carry purchases in onboard coolboxes.
“Do not book this experience if the weather is likely to be hot, unless you have previous experience of drinking craft beer in very hot weather. The beer at the first two breweries was enjoyable as the temperature was below 30C. However, as tRead more”
Join Daves Tours for a seven-hour brewery day from Newcastle or Pokolbin. A small group of up to 10 visits Hope Estate, Lovedale Brewery, and Hunter Beer Co, with beer and cider tastings, brewery tours, lunch, snacks, water, and an air-conditioned minivan. Gregg may be your guide.
“Greg was great. Such a fun day visiting the breweries. Would definitely recommend to anyone who loves beer!”
Spend a full day seeing Auckland’s waterfront, volcanic peaks, west coast, and North Shore in a modern minibus. Your guide handles the driving and local stories, with a set-menu lunch at Hallertau Brewery. Craft beer tasting and Sky Tower entry cost extra.
“Simon was absolutely brilliant went above and beyond to make sure we seen as much as we could, nothing was too much trouble.”
Leave Prague at 9 a.m. for a private day trip to Karlovy Vary, with hotel pickup, a guided city walk, free time, and a Royal Brewery Krusovice tasting. The booking may also offer Moser glass instead. Guides such as Vadim add a personal touch, though the driver and guide may be separate.
“Our guide, Grand Pupp Hotel and architecture. Our private car was comfortable and the driver was knowledgeable and friendly. It made our trip very memorable.”
Spend eight hours with an English-speaking guide visiting Living Legends, where retired racehorses and kangaroos share Woodlands Historic Park. Continue to Gisborne Peak Winery for wine and wood-fired pizza, then finish at Holgate Country Pub and Brewhouse with local beer tastings.
“Tamara was the best tour guide. ***** Excellent knowledge of the area and each stop. My favorite part was the morning tea and horses. Highly recommend”
Spend about seven hours touring Wellington’s craft beer scene in a private group of up to 12. Ride to Upper Hutt for Kereru, Boneface, and Panhead, then return to Wellington for Parrotdog and Garage Project. Your guide handles the driving, tastings, lunch, and local commentary.
“We really enjoyed our day. Selwyn was a great tour guide. He added a lot of local knowledge of the area and took us to several points of interest. Would highly recommend it! Really enjoyed the local breweries and would highly recommend it!!”
Visit five Niagara venues in about six hours, with three wineries, a brewery, and a distillery selected from a set list. Pickup and return are included in Niagara Falls and Niagara-on-the-Lake. Tastings, water, transport, and a cheese and charcuterie lunch are covered.
“It was amazing, a great experience. Trevor was great and looked after us so well. So glad we did this tour.”
You’ll ride 18 mostly downhill miles of the George S. Mickelson Trail with a private guide, rental gravel bike, helmet, snacks, and trail pass included. Kevin and Randy have guided this route, which ends near a Hill City winery with optional tastings and lunch.
“Kevin was an awesome tour guide. The bikes were in great shape, the trail lovely, not difficult and beautiful scenery. Kevin also provided snacks, beverages and checked on us along the way. The winery was alot of fun, you get 5 wine tastings. We had lunch there, which was delicious. A great day and great way to see South Dakota.”
