Queenstown Craft Beer Tour: Explore Local Breweries with Food Pairings
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Queenstown
Join our Queenstown Craft Beer Tour and explore local breweries with food pairings. Experience tastings, brewery tours, and scenic views in the surging craft beer scene of Queenstown.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Altitude Brewing - An awesome local brewery which is in the top 10% of beer production volume wise in the country. The most prestigious brewery in Queenstown now resides on the side of Lake Wakatipu overlooking the dramatic Remarkables and is filled with award winning beers.
Enjoy a healthy tasting paddle of beer which are crafted on site with other non alcoholic options available - Arrowtown - Enjoy the local cheesery, sweet store, gold store, wool and marino shops or simply relax and put your feet up at a great local establishment.
The historic Arrowtown is born of gold so take a look around and see if you can find any yourself.
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Cargo Gantley’s Pub & Café - This very old Pub once was a store where gold miners would stock up before heading into the upper Shotover river to stake their claim and go gold mining.
Now it is the locals spot in Arthurs Point. Here you will enjoy an exclusive beer and food paired lunch with a great range of Cargo Beers.
Sit outside where peoples dogs and children are running around in the sun or park up infant of the fire in the old stone building. - Searchlight Brewery - Take a tour of the new Searchlight Brewery and learn about the brewing process on an interactive brewery tour.
Then choose four healthy tastings of the 18 available options. 17 beers brewed on site with some other kiwi brewed options available. A 2 minute drive from town, this is a great way to Finnish the tour
What's Included
- Hotel Pickup and Drop-off at a kiwi Craft Beer Bar
- Free time between the 2nd & 3rd breweries
- 13 Craft Beer Tastings
- Wine or cider substitutions at each stop
- Beer matched Lunch with a wine option
- Water provided at each stop
What's Not Included
- Extra food and drinks are available at each stop
Additional Information
Your afternoon craft beer brewery tour will take you to 3 different local craft beer breweries in and amongst Queenstown’s mountains, lakes and surging craft beer scene.
After your hotel pickup, your 5th generation born and raised local guide, Lewis will comfortably drive you around the surroundings, answering your questions and putting you at ease. Enjoy 13 tastings in your afternoon, thats 4+ included craft beer tastings at 3 stops scattered around the Wakatipu Basin with a beer & food matching lunch at the second stop. Enjoy free time in-between the first and second brewery in Arrowtown.
Don’t know much about beer? We will do an educational and interactive brewery tour at our third brewery.
After the final stop you can be dropped in town at one of our great local Craft Beer Houses if you wish to taste more kiwi Craft Beers.
There is Wine or Cider options at each stop or even a local Alcoholic ginger beer.
Sound like you? Don’t hesitate, book now and enjoy a Brew With a View!
- Minimum 2 People per day required
Location
Altitude Brewing
827 Frankton Road
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Jonathonm920
Mar 5, 2024
A Truly Wonderful Tour... - Our tour was on the back of having our flight to Milford Sound cancelled due to weather, so my daughter and I were feeling pretty down as the flight was to be my 60th Birthday highlight. As we trudged back to our unit, we came across a van marked Beer Tours Queenstown parked near our street and I thought 'now there's a thought!' It wasn't quite a flight to and boat cruise on Milford Sound but with nothing to do on my birthday it would be something. A quick chat to the driver and things fell into place with ease. It turned into one of the highlights of our NZ holiday. Lewis - business owner, our driver, guide and all-round genuinely nice guy, made the trip entertaining, interesting and thoroughly enjoyable and I want to thank him for making my birthday memorable and fun. My daughter and I also learnt a great deal about beer and Queenstown itself and our lunch was amazing. I feel so lucky our flight was cancelled so I got to experience Lewis and his wonderful tour plus drink beer on my 60th birthday. One of life's miracles...
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Susan_r
Feb 22, 2024
A wonderful afternoon! - Our guide, Lewis, was both knowledgeable and personable. My husband loved the beers. I enjoyed the wines, and we had a delicious lunch. This is a bonus for me as I asked for a vegetarian meal and it was really good, which is not always the case.
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Trek799958
Feb 2, 2024
Well worth doing - Louis is genuinely a good bloke and coming from an Aussie that is a big call. He even managed to get some sunshine on a rainy day. Only myself and two other kiwi chaps so we spent the afternoon sampling beer, talking sports and reminiscing old music. Definitely recommend this tour.
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Becki_k
Jan 30, 2024
10/10, would recommend, would do again - HUGE thank you to Lewis for an amazing day! Travel times between destinations were filled with local history and knowledge. Lewis talked on a handsfree headset while he drove, so it was easy to hear him throughout the car and he stayed fully safe! It is easy to tell that he has a great friendship with the breweries visited. After 13 beer tastings and a paired lunch, there wasn't even room for dinner! :) If you love beer, sign up, you won't regret it.
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Eryn_b
Jan 5, 2024
Best Craft Beer Tour! - Absolutely loved this tour! We were picked up from our hotel and drove out to the first brewery. Lewis, our tour guide, pointed out a lot of facts about Queenstown on our way and anytime we were in the van going to Arrowtown and the other breweries! There was one other couple on the tour and it was really cool to learn about NZ from them and Lewis (we're American). Lewis was super knowledgeable on the history of the breweries and the beers they provided. At the second brewery, we got a look at how the vats of beer are made. This was also the same brewery where we got the food pairing with our beer...totally blew us away! The food was absolutely delicious and paired well with the chosen brews! You could tell Lewis maintains a personal connection with each of the breweries. What I really loved about this tour was how intimate it felt. Lewis is passionate about what he does and very personable. We made friends with the other couple and ended up getting dinner (and more drinks) with them when we got dropped off!
A highlight of our trip that you definitely don't want to miss out on!
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Wanderer31215929895
Nov 20, 2023
Make sure to add this tour to your itinerary! - This is an absolute must do when your in Queenstown. The breweries are locally owned, I am not a beer drinker but thoroughly enjoyed the day, I switched out beer for wine at some places, but enjoyed all the beer I did taste! Lewis is the best host - a lot of local knowledge of the area and the beer! It is excellent value for money and a great way to see parts of QT! Highly, highly recommended setting aside a day to do this!
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Trail56035366538
Oct 10, 2023
You don’t have to be a beer drinker to enjoy this tour! If you are, you will like it even more - For me, a non-beer drinker, to say this was one of the best outings we did while in Queenstown says a lot. Lewis is knowledgeable, personable, and just a great guy to hang out with for 5 hours! My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our tour.
I liked that there were non-beer options available at most of the stops. Lots of beer, lots of different flavors, and it was great to get a taste of what local breweries are offering.
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Bradmichelle1964
Sep 27, 2023
Fantastic Beer Tour - A fantastic day out with Lewis, touring the local breweries. Great scenery, lunch, beers and an entertaining day hosted by Lewis. Would highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Queenstown. (Even for one of us, a non beer drinker, thoroughly enjoyed Lewis’s recommendations) Thanks fora great day. Brad & Michelle
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Helensu1307wy
Aug 31, 2023
Must do trip - I booked the tour for something fun to do as it was our wedding anniversary. We had no expectations of what it was going to be like. My husband & I aren’t wine fans so I thought this would be something fun to do, tasting beer.
We really lucked out as not only was it a nice, sunny day but we also had an amazing guide in ‘Lewis’. He’s an absolute legend & made our day extra special. We were the only ones on the trip. Lewis certainly had his work cut out with us as my husband & I like to chat - so we didn’t stop talking to him. He was so friendly & absolutely made our day. Being a local made it feel extra special too as his knowledge was spot on along with his beer knowledge. We couldn’t recommend this trip enough. Thanks again Lewis, we will be back. Helen & Mark
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Debra_l
Aug 17, 2023
Beer Fun - Our guide was great! Got us into venues that were closed for the day.
Great food choices.
Such a fun day.
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