The 9 Best Brisbane Drinks Tours

1.Mount Tamborine Wine Tasting Tour from Brisbane or the Gold Coast

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 456 reviews · from $169Our pick

Spend about eight hours visiting four Mount Tamborine tasting venues with a small group, including wineries and Tamborine Mountain Distillery. Your guide, often Boris, Ari, or Barry, leads tastings and keeps the day moving. A two-course winery lunch, snacks, water, and hotel transfers are included, with pickup from Brisbane at 8:30 am.

“Beautiful drive to some amazing wineries. The best part was our driver who had the best jokes and kept conversations going.”

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2.XXXX Brewery Tour

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

Spend 90 minutes inside Brisbane’s XXXX Brewery with a local guide such as Paul, Josh, Ken, or Dan. Learn how the beer is made, see the brewing and bottling areas, watch the weekday packaging line when it is running, then taste three XXXX beers. Add a burger and fries for $18.

“Great tour that covers the history of brewing, the story of XXXX, all of their advances and initiatives, and they still invite you to their tasting room at the end too. The burger and fries are amazing and the other orders looked just as delicious. Ken is a great guide. Thank-you for returning to the brewery to lead these tours. You add great context balanced with the fun of seeing the end to end workflow and rounded out with some beer.”

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3.Deluxe Wine Tour to Tamborine Mountain, includes two course lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 175 reviews · from $236

Spend about eight hours exploring Tamborine Mountain with a guide such as Michael, Tash or Peter. You’ll visit boutique wineries, a distillery and possibly a brewery, enjoy a two-course lunch, sample local drinks, and stop for Great Dividing Range views. Hotel pickup may be available from selected Brisbane areas.

“This was a last-minute replacement for the usual Mt Tambourine tour - re-routed because of storm damage to Mt Tambourine.”

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4.XXXX Beer Brewery Tour and Beer Tasting

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

Spend 90 minutes inside Brisbane’s heritage-listed XXXX Brewery with an English-speaking guide such as Ken or Zack. Follow the brewing process, learn the story behind the XXXX name, inspect raw ingredients, and finish with fresh beer tastings. Bring photo ID and flat, closed-toe shoes. Packaging lines may be idle on weekends.

“our guide Ken was brilliant, very knowledgeable, good fun. would recommend”

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5.Tamborine Wine & Distillery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 100 reviews · 8 hours · from $134

Ride from Brisbane in a comfortable, air-conditioned mini bus for guided tastings at two Tamborine Mountain wineries and Tamborine Mountain Distillery. Your English-speaking guide shares local stories and wine tips, with a scenic lookout, Gallery Walk free time, onboard snacks, and water. Lunch is your choice and cost at Gallery Walk.

“We had a great day enjoying various wines and food.”

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6.Tamborine Mountain Local Winery Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 79 reviews · 6 hours · from $162

Spend a full day on Tamborine Mountain with Pineapple Tours, visiting three boutique wineries, tasting local wines, and enjoying a two-course lunch. Guides such as Michelle, Scotty, Paul, and Andy have led recent trips. Expect modern air-conditioned transport, scenic stops, a small group, and possible bus changes during the day.

“Outstanding trip with Scotty as our tour guide. Very knowledgeable and a true professional! Highly recommend.”

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7.Barefoot Luxury Mount Tamborine Winery Tour from Brisbane

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 72 reviews · from $235

Spend about eight hours exploring Mount Tamborine with Pineapple Tours, tasting 6 to 10 wines, enjoying a two-course lunch, sampling spirits and fudge, and browsing Gallery Walk. Pickup is offered, groups are capped at 13, and guides such as Boris, Scotty, Jaden, and Graham keep the day moving.

“I had a great day, the wine was good, lunch was good even the misty scenery was an interesting twist on the day and the company was fun. My only comment is I chose this tour (cost a bit more than others) because there was an option tRead more”

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8.Brisbane Brewery Full Day Tour with Lunch

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

Meet your beer-loving guide in central Brisbane or Fortitude Valley, then visit four breweries by air-conditioned minicoach. You’ll sample core and seasonal beers, enjoy lunch, and may meet brewers or see the brewing equipment if schedules allow. The tour ends back in central Brisbane after about six hours.

“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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9.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 Company. Your guide, often Matt, leads tastings, brewery visits, and beer talk, with lunch and air-conditioned transfers from designated Gold Coast pickup points included. Brisbane visitors can reach Helensvale by direct train, but transport to the Gold Coast is not included.

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