The 13 Best Brewery Tours in Australia

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

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

Spend about six and a half hours visiting handpicked Margaret River wineries, a brewery, distillery, and local producers. Tastings and lunch are included, with hotel pickup and drop-off. Guides such as Dan, Simon, Nico, and Russell are known for friendly hosting, though stop times and commentary can vary.

“We had a great time and made new friends. The selection of wineries and breweries were fantastic and the driver was so nice and accomodating! Definitely want to go again”

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2.Margaret River Winery, Brewery Tour with Gourmet Lunch.

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 401 reviews · from $157Top rated

Ride from Busselton, Margaret River, or Dunsborough to up to six wine, beer, and food venues. Guides such as Adam, Peter, Rhys, and Dan mix local stories with tastings, a bush-tucker lunch, cheese, chocolate, and forested vineyard views.

“Awesome tour with some great winery experiences. Highly recommend this tour. The bush tucker lunch is first class”

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3.Sydney Beer and Brewery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 394 reviews · from $110

Meet in Surry Hills for a three-hour small-group tour of Sydney breweries. Guides such as Matt and Tom share brewing insight, arrange stops around the day’s activity, and serve generous tastings. Visit working breweries, go behind the scenes, and return to Surry Hills by air-conditioned minivan.

“Cute tour, it just happened to be a super hot summer day and we were all dying because none of the breweries had any air conditioning. We all arrived at 11am and hopped into a bus which took us to the breweries. At the first brewery our touRead more”

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4.XXXX Brewery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 345 reviews · from $29

Spend 90 minutes touring Brisbane’s XXXX Brewery with guides such as Paul, Ken, Josh, or Dan. See brewing and packaging areas, learn the brewery’s story, sample three beers, and finish at the bar. Weekday tours offer the best chance of seeing bottles moving on the line.

“Paul was our tour guide and he was fantastic! Very friendly and knowledgeable - he took his time to explain everything and so make the tour feel very personalised. Highly recommended if you are in Brisbane!”

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5.Broome Trio Afternoon Adventure: Brewery, Museum & Crocodile Park

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 316 reviews · from $93

Spend four hours with a local guide visiting the Broome Historical Museum, Matso’s Brewery, and Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park. Expect hotel pickup, air-conditioned transport, two complimentary beer samples for adults, local stories, and a crocodile feeding show. Guides may include Georgia, Gabby, Dooma, Stef, or Winona.

“Very informative guide lots of tips for around Broome. Matzos was a great place to find for a mango beer and the cricket park was really interesting with a great guide to show you around”

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6.Brisbane: XXXX Beer Brewery Tour and Beer Tasting

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

Spend 90 minutes at Brisbane’s XXXX Brewery in Milton, tracing the brand’s 136-year story from raw ingredients to finished beer. Guides such as Ken, Zack, and Gilberto lead the walk through the heritage site, followed by fresh beer tastings. Bring photo ID and closed-toe shoes.

“What a wonderful tour, great value for money and very informative. Fantastic afternoon well spent.”

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7.Hobart: Cascade Brewery Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 111 reviews · 1h 15m · from $28Best value

At Cascade Brewery, explore The Mill and previously unseen brewery areas with an English-speaking guide such as Paige, Max, or Henry. Learn how one of Australia’s oldest beer recipes is made, then sample four beers. Allow 75 minutes, wear flat closed shoes, and expect stairs.

“The tour was very informative and well executed, our guide was lovely, bright and cheerful. We met some lovely people.”

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8.Afternoon Brewery and Distillery session: Tastings & transfers

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

Spend an afternoon visiting two Byron Bay breweries and one distillery, with generous tasting paddles and transfers from designated meeting points. Jarryd and the team keep the group small, share local drink knowledge, and may adapt the stops toward gin or beer preferences when possible.

“Absolutely great afternoon! Huge thanks to Jarryd for taking us around. Fantastic guide and photo taker!! Visited Lord Byron Distillery, Stone and Wood and Cape Byron Distillery. The views at Cape Byron were so beautiful. Amazing businesses and top quality drinks. Couldn’t recommend highly enough.”

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

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

Spend 6.5 hours with guide Jarryd sampling beer, spirits, cider, wine and seltzer at Byron Bay breweries and distilleries. The route visits four venues, usually two breweries and two distilleries, with lunch, tastings and transfers from designated meeting points included.

“Fantastic time, 2 breweries and two distilleries. Jarryd had everything sorted and the locations (Stone & Wood, Common People breweries and Brookies & Lord Byron distilleries complimented each other well. Lunch at Common People was abundant and we all enjoyed the experience.”

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10.Brisbane Brewery Full Day Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 64 reviews · from $149

Spend six hours tasting fresh beer at four Brisbane breweries with a local guide, lunch, and minicoach transport from central Brisbane or Fortitude Valley. Expect core beers, seasonal releases, brewery stories, and possible behind-the-scenes access, with stops subject to change.

“Made awesome friends. Learned a lot. Best way to get a dose of education while getting a very decent amount of beer!”

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11.Gold Coast Full Day Brewery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 61 reviews · from $149

Spend about six hours visiting Lost Palms, Black Hops, Balter, and Burleigh Brewing with guide Matt Farrelly. You get beer tastings, lunch, brewery stories, and pickup and drop-off from selected Gold Coast meeting points. 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”

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

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 51 reviews · from $78

Spend six hours seeing Broome with a local driver-guide such as Brenda, Mark, Evan or Gordon. Visit the pearling district, Sun Pictures, the Japanese Cemetery, Town Beach and Gantheaume Point, then taste local beer and finish with drinks and snacks at sunset.

“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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13.From Perth: Swan Valley Winery & Brewery Day Tour With Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 47 reviews · 8 hours · from $116

Spend eight hours touring Swan Valley with an English-speaking guide, tasting wines at four wineries, beer at two breweries, chocolate, cheese, and lunch at Homestead Brewery. Guides such as Peter, Michael, Michel, Mike, and Keith have been praised for making the day friendly and informative.

“Fantastic day out, we'd recommend it to anyone. Michael, the driver/guide was spot on. Really nice guy and professional. All the stops were good, in different ways. Met some really nice people which made the day even better.”

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