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Great Taste Beer
1 day $75 NZD
Calling Craft Beer lovers. Of course you have come to Nelson because it is the Craft Brewing Capital of NZ, right? So you won’t want to miss NZ’s first beer cycling tour, door-to-door from Nelson city.
Identification (NZ Drivers Licence or Passport) required
You will hardly get a sweat up during this easy, super-relaxed beer ride. Cycling self-guided and following our idiot-proof map, you have heaps of time to linger and chat along the way. Try the craft brews at Eddyline Brewery and McCashins Brewery, Kitchen and Bar. Visit the Speights Ale House and relax in the outdoor garden at the Honest Lawyer Country Pub. Call in on Pics Peanut Butter factory (Mon - Fri). NEW: visit the guys at the League of Brewers home brew shop (Mon - Sat). Taste and buy their original beers and when you get home, go on-line for their recipes, hops, malts & gear then brew up your favourites.
What’s the route like?
Starts and finishes at The Gentle Cycling Company
Distance approximately 16 km. Flat & urban, mostly on a cycle trail
Breweries on the route: McCashins Brewery Kitchen & Bar, Eddyline Brewery
Pubs on the route: Speights Alehouse, the Honest Lawyer
Also on the route: Home brew store the League of Brewers (Mon - Sat), Pics Peanut Butter factory (Mon - Fri)
What’s included?
Door-to-door return transfers. Depart Nelson city 10.30am, return 5.15pm
Full day bike hire, helmet, souvenir map, emergency wet weather support
Afternoon tea / beer at McCashins Brewery, Kitchen & Bar