The 8 Finest Beer Tastings in Australia

1.XXXX Beer Brewery Tour and Beer Tasting

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

Spend 90 minutes at Brisbane’s XXXX Brewery in Milton, tracing 136 years of brewing, seeing the heritage-listed site, learning about ingredients and pouring beer. Guides such as Ken, Zack, Paul, and Gilberto lead the English tour. Adults finish with fresh beer tastings in the Brewery Restaurant.

“Awesome! it was a wonderful experience to get to know how the beer brewing processed and the history of the Australian beer 🍺. The tour guide is good too. Thanks Zack.!!”

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2.Afternoon Brewery and Distillery session: Tastings & transfers

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

Spend about 4.5 hours visiting two Byron Bay breweries and one distillery with host Jarryd or another local guide. Generous tasting paddles, guided tastings, and transfers from designated meeting points are included. Venues may include Stone & Wood, Cape Byron Distillery, Lord Byron Distillery, Husk, or Seven Mile Brewing Co.

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

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

Spend about six and a half hours visiting Byron Bay breweries and distilleries with host Jarryd. Expect 15 to 20 tastings, lunch, transfers from designated meeting points, and a changing mix of venues such as Stone & Wood, Husk, Wandana, Lord Byron and Seven Mile.

“Jarrod the tour guide was awesome. Fun day out with friends. Would definetly recommend to everyone 😊”

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

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

Travel from Adelaide to the Barossa Valley for tastings at Kies Family Wines, Pindarie Winery, Seppeltsfield Road Distillers, and Greenock Brewers. Enjoy a generous regional lunch, free time in Tanunda, and a professional driver so everyone can sample the drinks. Guides such as Dave, Tom, Thomas, and Craig are known for local stories and easy humor.

“Amazing day out with the family not only did we go tot he wineries we also had the pleasure of tasting some Gim and also stopped at a Brewery. Given we were a small group we had some extra time and headed to Maggie Beer’s Farm and the chocolate factory. Massive shout out to rice our bus driver, he was amazing and fun.”

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 51 reviews · from $78

Start at 12:30 pm for a six-hour Broome introduction with hotel pickup available. Visit the Chinatown pearl showroom, Sun Pictures, Town Beach, the Japanese Cemetery, Gantheaume Point, and Cable Beach. Taste local beer at Spinifex Brewery, then finish with drinks and snacks at sunset.

“Great value tour. Excellent informative with great driver & his wife. Fun filled afternoon. Highly recommend this trip.”

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

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

Spend six hours with an English-speaking guide such as Jaryd, or Jarrod, visiting two breweries and two distilleries around Byron Bay. Taste about 15 to 20 drinks, learn how they are made, enjoy lunch, and travel through the coast and Hinterland by included transport. Cider, wine, or ginger beer can replace beer at some stops.

“We absolutely loved the Distillery Tour! Each distillery had an amazing selection of drinks for us to try. The lunch was also fantastic! We had such an amazing time with our group even after the tour had finished we carried on! Would highly recommend doing this in Byron!”

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

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

Spend four hours visiting two breweries and one distillery near Byron Bay, with transport, a guide, and about 10 to 15 tastings included. You may visit Stone & Wood, Common People, Wandana, Seven Mile, Lord Byron, or Cape Byron. Beer can be swapped for cider, wine, or ginger beer.

“Amazing experience - all of the venues were fun to visit and a great opportunity to experience northern rivers hospitality food and beverages. Tour leader was amazing and a true local !”

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8.1 Hour Private Flight Tour with Paired Inflight Beer Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $429

You’ll board a private aircraft at Archerfield with your pilot, then fly over Redland Bay and North Stradbroke Island while tasting three 187.5 ml Straddie Brewing Co beers. The route includes Jumpinpin, Point Lookout, Cylinder Beach, and Amity Point, followed by a brewery visit and transport back to the airfield.

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