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11 Brewery Visits in New Zealand Worth Booking

11 tours  ·  from $16 a head

The 11 best brewery visits you can book today, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.

Speight's Brewery Tour & Guided Tasting - Starting at 200 Rattray Street
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Speight’s Brewery Tour & Guided Tasting

1.Speight’s Brewery Tour & Guided Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 508 reviews · from $16Our pick

Tour Dunedin’s historic Speight’s Brewery, see old and modern brewing floors, then sample beers with a guide for $16.

“Very educational and informative tour. Thomas was great tour guide. Loved the tastings at the end! Was interesting hearing an about Mr Speight!”

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Dunedin: Speight's Brewery Guided Tour with Tasting - Entering the historic Brew Floor
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Dunedin: Speight’s Brewery Guided Tour with Tasting

2.Speight’s Brewery Guided Tour with Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 170 reviews · 1h 15m · from $28

Tour Dunedin’s 144-year-old Speight’s Brewery, see historic and modern brewing areas, then sample the South Island’s famous beers.

“Fun tour, interesting to hear the history, see the old parts of the brewery—giant tanks and the like. Very nice people and a great scene in the tasting room at the end—they pass out flights/samplers of the various beers, I went back for 2nds and 3rds…everybody was rolling and having a great time!”

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Monteith's Brewery Tour - Inside the former Greymouth brewhouse
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Monteith’s Brewery Tour

3.Monteith’s Brewery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 93 reviews · from $27

Review Monteith’s Brewery Tour in Greymouth, with beer tasting, pouring lessons, a mixed six-pack, practical tips, and honest value advice.

“Very interesting and informative Host. Great value. No hassles. However, They did forget our Monteiths Passports. Very nice restaurant and very good food.”

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Marlborough: Hop-On Hop-Off Wine, Brewery, and Wonders Tour - Starting from Picton or Blenheim
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Marlborough: Hop-On Hop-Off Wine, Brewery, and Wonders Tour

4.Marlborough: Hop-On Hop-Off Wine, Brewery, and Wonders Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 35 reviews · 1 day · from $77

Explore 26 Marlborough stops by coach, from wineries and breweries to museums, with flexible hop-on hop-off travel from Picton or Blenheim.

“Pete our driver was informative without being overbearing, which sometimes happens. Transport pick up times were reliable. It would have been nice to know about some of the places we visited before hand,as the aviation museum was excellent, but we rushed it in 1/2 an hour,not realising our winery was only 3 minutes up the road and we arrived an hour early for lunch,which was a pity.”

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Wellington Craft Beer & Brewery Half-Day Tour - Baylands Brewery starts the tasting with four beers
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Wellington Craft Beer & Brewery Half-Day Tour

5.Wellington Craft Beer & Brewery Half-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 28 reviews · from $102

Sample Wellington craft beer at Baylands, Panhead and Garage Project with brewery visits, local stories, hotel pickup and a small group van.

“Tour was for birthday surprise but would repeat the tour with mates any time. Phil, driver/owner was interactive and got to understand my preference for craft beer styles and where to visit based on what my likes were. Although the tour had Read more”

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Queenstown: Craft Beer Brewery Tour with Lunch - Pickup from Queenstown hotels and the airport
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Queenstown: Craft Beer Brewery Tour with Lunch

6.Craft Beer Brewery Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 21 reviews · 5 hours · from $110

Explore three Queenstown breweries, taste 13 local beers, enjoy a four-course pairing lunch, and ride with a local guide for five hours.

“alot of drinks for the price of the tour including lunch. lunch was including a beer per each course which was 4course and very filling. would highly recommend”

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Wellington Craft Brewery Half-Day Guided Tour with Tastings - The coastal drive to Brewtown in Upper Hutt
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Wellington Craft Brewery Half-Day Guided Tour with Tastings

Emerson's Brewery Tour - Starting at 70 Anzac Avenue
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Emerson’s Brewery Tour

8.Emerson’s Brewery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $24

Tour Emerson’s Dunedin brewery, follow the beer from malt to bottle, then finish with a guided tasting in a small group.

“Learning about the owner how it all started. Knowing how the beer is made from start to finish. How every thing is cleaned daily. I enjoyed the beer and the hour’s experience”

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Speight's Brewery Tour & Dinner - The old brew floor and the modern plant
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Speight’s Brewery Tour & Dinner

9.Speight’s Brewery Tour & Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 7 reviews · from $48

Tour Dunedin’s historic Speight’s Brewery, taste fresh local beers, learn the brewing craft, and finish with a hearty two-course Ale House meal.

“Our tour guide Marty was great, kept us amused with some interesting anecdotes and was a wealth of information. The beer tasting proved that fresh is best, it was excellent. We thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The food at the Ale House was brilliant, best seafood chowder ever! It’s a big tick from us.”

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Wineries / Brewery - Kumeu River Wines: a second look at local wine
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Wineries / Brewery

10.Wineries / Brewery

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $173

Taste Kumeu wines, Hallertau craft beer, and a Kiwi lunch on a private four-hour Auckland tour with hotel pickup.

“Highly recommend this tour! We went to 3 great wineries and 1 amazing brewery! Brett was wonderful and we had an amazing time! Walked away with many bottles of incredible New Zealand wines and port!”

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Ultimate Auckland Experience Full Day Tour with Brewery Lunch - Starting at Te Toka o Apihai Te Kawau
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Ultimate Auckland Experience Full Day Tour with Brewery Lunch

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