Where to Start: the 12 Best Distillery Tours in Australia

1.Tamborine Wine & Distillery Tour

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

Review of Brisbane’s Tamborine wine and distillery tour, with tastings, scenic views, Gallery Walk, transport, pricing, and practical tips.

“Great tour that started off at a liqueur distillery in the mountains, then goes on to visit several wineries in the local area, where you get to try a variety of different styles, and get a bit of history on the venues. Oh, and the views are fairly spectacular in most of them. Stopped for a meal in 1 location, and it was beautiful also. All led by our guide Andrew on the vino bus, who had tons of knowledge on the local area and was super nice.”

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2.Afternoon Brewery and Distillery session: Tastings & transfers

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 98 reviews · from $111Top rated

Review of Byron Bay’s four-and-a-half-hour brewery and distillery tour, with tastings, transfers, small groups, guides, value, and booking tips.

“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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3.Byron Bay Brewery & Distillery Tour: Tastings, Lunch & transfers

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 97 reviews · from $147

Sample Byron Bay beer, spirits, cider and wine on a six-hour tour with lunch, transfers, small-group hosting and 15 to 20 tastings.

“Awesome day out!! Jarryd was a fantastic host who took us to some of the best places around the area heaps of different tastings in which a gained great understanding of the different processes involved . I Highly recommend 👍”

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4.Hunter Valley Wine Tour ex Hunter Valley – Lunch, Cheese, Chocolate, Distillery

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 80 reviews · from $192

Taste Hunter Valley wines, spirits, cheese and chocolate on a 6.5-hour small-group tour with lunch and hotel pickup.

“It was great being picked up by our friendly and knowledgeable tour guide Peter at our accommodation in Cessnock. Though there was a mix up with the first winery he quickly resolved the issue and a substitute winery was found. The chRead more”

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5.Distillery Daily Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 71 reviews · from $35

Tour Husk Distillery in NSW for Ink Gin and Husk Rum tastings, behind-the-scenes production, a welcome drink, and a relaxed farm setting.

“Awesome tour. The staff are friendly and professional. I even had a good chat with Lu the gardener who is an amazing lady. I highly recommend a visit and be sure to say hello to Lu”

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6.Distillery Tour and Guided Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 42 reviews · from $32Best value

Tour historic Dysart House, see Old Kempton’s distillery, and taste four Tasmanian spirits in a relaxed 90-minute visit.

“John provided an excellent and informative tour of the distillery and the process for making their hand crafted whisky, gin and other liqueurs. I would highly recommend the tour tasting.”

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7.Canberra Brewery Winery and Distillery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · from $121

Review of Canberra’s brewery, winery and distillery tour, with tastings, snacks, minibus transport, pricing, itinerary and booking tips.

“Many thanks for our upgrade to the whole day tour. We shared our day with a great group of fellow tourists We all got on so well with each. All wineries and distellery visited offered great products...wine, cheeses and gins of many flavours complemented with tremendous chocolates. A truly wondetful day.”

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8.Byron Bay Brewery and Distillery Day Tour: Lunch & tastings

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 15 reviews · 6 hours · from $145

Taste Byron Bay beers, spirits, cider, and wine on a six-hour guided tour with lunch, coastal views, transport, and 15 to 20 tastings.

“Distillery tour was fabulous so much information and great drinks provided we had a lot of fun would definitely recommend”

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9.Afternoon Brewery and Distillery Tour & tastings

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 11 reviews · 4 hours · from $105

Taste Byron Bay beers, spirits, cider, wine and ginger beer on a four-hour brewery and distillery tour with transport included.

“Enjoyed diversity if the different breweries and distillery. Guide, Jarrod, was great. And enjoyed all the others on the tour. Especially Jason Mamoa. He was looking a bit short though. 😆”

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10.LARK Distillery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · from $49

Tour LARK Distillery in Pontville for whisky history, restored buildings, three tastings, and a close look at Tasmanian single malt.

“Amazing knowledge and experience from the staff. Incredible learning all a out the unique history of the distillery and founders of Lark.”

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11.From Canberra: Winery, Distillery, & Tasting Tour with Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 7 reviews · 8 hours · from $159

Taste Canberra wine, gin, sweets, and a relaxed lunch on an eight-hour small-group tour with winery visits and local guides.

“An enjoyable day with a small group (6 guests plus guide). A 'behind the scenes' look at a local winery was advertised as an inclusion but did not take place. While the wineries visited were good (particularly Shaw and Four Winds) I would have preferred to visit some smaller, lesser known wineries rather than those whose wines are readily available in bottle shops.”

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12.Private Tassie Distillery Tour – Tastings, Lunch and Morning Tea

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $860

Review of Hobart’s private Tassie distillery tour, with tastings, cheese morning tea, lunch, behind-the-scenes visits, and whisky blending.

“My husband and I along with some friends did this tour. From the outset, everything was well organised and professional, with a personal feel. The tour guide had a great rapport with all the distillery owners, along with a great knoRead more”

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