Brewery activities in Australia

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   Castlemaine-Perkins XXXX Brewery

   • Brisbane, Australia
   • Activities › Brewery

   If you're a fan of the golden nectar, you'll enjoy touring the XXXX brewery. Adult entry includes four ales to quench your thirst at the end of the tour, so leave the car at home. Also on offer are weekend beer and barbecue tours ($35), which include lunch. Call or go online for details. The brewery is a 20-minute walk west from the transit centre, or you can take the Citytrain to Milton Station. Wear enclosed shoes.

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2. Coopers Brewery

   • Adelaide, Australia
   • Activities › Brewery

   You can't possibly come to Adelaide without entertaining thoughts of touring Coopers Brewery. Tours take you through the brewhouse, bottling hall and history museum, where you can get stuck into samples of stouts, ales and lagers (some of which are carbon neutral). Bookings required; minimum age 18. The brewery is in the northern suburbs − grab a cab, or walk 1km from Islington train station.

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   Boag's Centre for Beer Lovers

   • Launceston, Australia
   • Activities › Brewery

   Boag's beer – northern Tasmania's favourite – has been brewed on William St since 1881. Explore the brewery – and taste the beers – on tours, ranging from one hour (adult/child $18/14) to 90 minutes ($25/22).

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4. Bright Brewery

   • Bright, Australia
   • Activities › Brewery

   Bright Brewery produces a range of beers (sample five for $9) and runs tours (ring to book a time). Love it? Be a ‘Brewer for the Day’ ($320).

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   Cascade Brewery

   • Hobart, Australia
   • Activities › Brewery

   Around a bend in South Hobart, standing in startling Gothic isolation, is Australia's oldest brewery. Cascade was established in 1832 next to the clean-running Hobart Rivulet, and is still pumping out superb beer and soft drinks today. Tours involve plenty of stair climbing, with tastings at the end (including Cascade Premium, the global sales smash). Wear flat, enclosed shoes and long trousers (no shorts or skirts). You can take a tour on weekends, but none of the machinery will be operating (brewers have weekends too). A full-of-history one-hour wander around Cascade's lovely gardens is also on offer. Online or phone bookings are essential. To get here, take bus 43, 44,…

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