8 Breweries Tours in New Zealand to Build a Day Around

1.Speight’s Brewery Tour & Guided Tasting

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

Spend about 75 minutes at Speight’s Brewery in central Dunedin, walking through historic and modern brewing areas before a guided tasting of several beers. Guides such as Tom, Thomas, Marty, Israel, and Monica have led engaging sessions. Expect stairs, closed-toe shoes, a valid passport, and no bags.

“Tour of the history of the brewery was great. The guide was so passionate about the history of Speights. Beers at the end of the tour were so refreshing.”

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2.Speight’s Brewery Guided Tour with Tasting

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

Spend 75 minutes touring Speight’s Brewery with an English-speaking guide. See the historic Brew Floor, modern brewing equipment, and learn how water, malt, hops, and yeast become beer. Finish with a guided tasting, then browse the brewery shop or buy fresh beer at the Cellar Door. Closed-toe shoes and more than 200 stairs are required.

“Excellent insight as to the brewing process and the beginnings of Speight’s. Tastings at the end were awesome, book a taxi if not within walking distance.”

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3.Monteith’s Brewery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 93 reviews · from $27

Spend 45 minutes at Monteith’s Greymouth brewery with a guide such as Austin or Harvey, exploring old brewing equipment, West Coast beer stories, and historic recipes. You’ll take part in a smell, sight, and taste lesson, pour your own beer, enjoy tap samples, and leave with a mixed six-pack.

“The brewery is a great place to visit with excellent beers on Tap. The lady who did our tour last Wednesday afternoon was amazing. She had great stories about the brewery and westcoast. Down to earth and an all round great person to have a beer with.”

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

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

Start in Picton or Blenheim and spend a day moving between Marlborough wineries, breweries, museums, restaurants, shops, and activity centers. Your driver, map, and timetable help shape the route, while stops such as Allan Scott Winery, a gin distillery, and the aviation museum add variety. Tastings and meals cost extra, and advance bookings are wise.

“Overall good but it was confusing re pickup times and how they did the drop off run. Once we worked it out it was good. A couple of the stops the places hadn’t even opened when we were being dropped off we had to wait for them to open. Our driver wasn’t as enthusiastic as I would have liked but by the end of the day it didn’t matter as we had had a great time at a few of the wineries. Make sure you book a head if you want to have lunch or do tastings as most places you had to book into. We weren’t aware of that…”

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5.Craft Beer Brewery Tour with Lunch

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

Spend five hours visiting three Queenstown breweries, tasting 13 local beers, and enjoying a filling beer-paired lunch. Lewis, a Queenstown-born guide, leads the day with local stories, brewery insight, hotel pickup, scenic drives, and drop-off afterward. You can choose beers at each stop, with cider, wine, ginger beer, and lagers available too.

“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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6.Emerson’s Brewery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $24

At Emerson’s Brewery in central Dunedin, you’ll follow the full process from malt room to fermentation, bottling, and packaging. A guide such as Sam explains the operation, including the 5000L brewery and 1200L workshop, before serving a tasting tray. The one-hour tour has a maximum of 16 people and returns to the meeting point.

“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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7.Wineries / Brewery

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $173

Spend four hours in an air-conditioned minivan with local guide Brett, visiting Soljans Estate Winery, Kumeu River Wines, and Hallertau Brewery. Taste New Zealand wines, sample craft beers made with local hops, and buy bottles to take home. Hotel pickup is included, while tasting fees and lunch cost extra.

“Brett was an ideal guide, very friendly and knowledgeable. The wineries we visited had very friendly staff who were happy to share their knowledge with you and provide very informative information about their wines. Also had a lovely lunch at the brewery and very interesting and different beers to try”

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8.Ultimate Auckland Experience Full Day Tour with Brewery Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6 reviews · from $155

Spend about 12 hours with Cheeky Kiwi Travel, combining Auckland landmarks, volcanic viewpoints, Muriwai Beach, seasonal gannets, North Head, and lunch at Hallertau Brewery. Groups are capped at 15, with hotel pickup from selected locations. Simon may guide your day, with optional craft beer tasting and Sky Tower entry at extra cost.

“Simon was absolutely brilliant went above and beyond to make sure we seen as much as we could, nothing was too much trouble.”

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