The 6 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 $29Best value

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.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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6.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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