Monteith's Brewery Tour: Join the Beer Experience

Join the Monteith’s Brewery Tour for a fully immersive beer experience. Learn about the history of Monteith’s, take a behind-the-scenes tour, and enjoy a tasting and pouring lesson. Plus, take home a mixed-six-pack of your favorite beers and ciders.

Duration: 45 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Monteith’s Brewing Company - Monteith’s Brewing Company has been brewing on the West Coast of the South Island for 150 years (which is a long time by NZ standards). Originating in the small town of Reefton, years of development & growth have led us to this contemporary, architecturally designed building in Greymouth that pays homage to our proud…
What's Included
  • Explore backstage in our former brewhouse
  • Monteith’s and beer history lesson
  • 15-minute behind the scenes tour
  • Takeaway mixed-six-pack filled with your own selection
  • Two beers poured from the Brewer’s Table
  • Guidance from an expert guide
  • 20-30 minute tasting and pouring lesson
What's Not Included
  • Food
  • Lunch
Additional Information

JOIN THE BEER EXPERIENCE TOUR
The Monteith’s Brewing Co Beer Experience is a walking, talking and tasting tour through the original home of Monteith’s. Join us in our former brewery and newly refurbished gastro bar and restaurant where we will take you backstage for a fully immersive tasting experience.
YOUR TOUR INCLUDES
• An expert guide
• Monteith’s…

Location
Monteith's Brewing Company
60 Herbert Street
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Zonnern
Jul 26, 2024
Fascinating journey through the brewery. - Thoroughly enjoyed this experience. Friendly staff gave a great coverage of the history and the brewing process. The guide answered any questions we had and it was fun to be able to pour our own beer. Plus taking a mixed six pack of our choosing capped things off. Definitely value for money.
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Jenniferthomas052
Jul 8, 2024
Cool experience 🍺 - Really good tour, our guide was really knowledgeable about the company, the brewing process & all of our questions. I don’t drink but still found it really interesting. Definitely worth a visit if you love a pint! Loads to choose from in the bar too!
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Jant338
Jan 3, 2024
Mature traveller's meeting locals - Did an afternoon tour after arriving on the train from Christchurch, collecting cycles, finding our Airbnb, a cup of tea and then the Brewery tour. Great tour with small group, we all stayed on after the tour and had drinks and dinner together. Good staff, very knowledgeable and friendly. The beer tasting was good as was dinner and company.
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Mackapuriri
Aug 19, 2023
Awesome tour, great tour guide, amazing beer and restaurant food - THIS PLACE IS A MUST ! Was amazing ! Food outstanding, service and staff were great, now this is how a well run restaurant should be!
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Roam08443052464
Jul 5, 2023
Great value! - What great value! An interesting and informative tour of the former brewery here at Monteith's followed by a tasting and a take home 6 pack! About the best $35 I've spent on my NZ holiday so far! The tour guide Marie was extremely informative and passionate about beer and the local area!
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Davegarwood
Apr 2, 2023
Reuben was an awesome guide - Fabulous brewery tour led by Reuben who was very knowledgeable and welcoming. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and would highly recommend on a visit to Greymouth!
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Greg
Apr 14, 2023
One moment let it down - The Brewery tour was very good and interesting. The explanation of the brewing process was good, though quite fast - had it been done in front of the process diagram on the wall, it would have been better. Our guide was enthusiastic and knowledgable. The smelling of the hops and barley grain, and then tasting the beers, was interesting and enjoyable. It was a nice touch to then gift each tourist a 6-pack of mixed beverages of their choosing. We stayed to have dinner. As I stood next in line to order some food, another patron decided to jump the queue and order his meal. I protested to him and the female staff member serving him - but she just allowed it to happen. Instead of serving me, she sent me to another register where I had to further wait for service. As I walked to the other register, she apologised to the guy to who had jumped the queue! In my 15 years of hospitality experience, and as a general customer/consumer, this remains one of my top pet-hates - queue jumping and staff not respecting their customer's patience. The food was nice, though poor staff ettiquette resulted in a disappointing end to what was otherwise an enjoyable visit, hense a 5/5 rating reduced to 3/5.
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Anthoniev2019
Oct 21, 2024
Disappointing visit to Monteiths Brewery in Greymouth. - In New Zealand we got acquainted with Monteiths Black and we liked it so much that we bought it regularly in the supermarket. As we were travelling to the west coast of South Island, we decided to visit the brewery in Greymouth. Ordered 2 glasses of Monteiths Black upon arrival. The beer tasted good but the atmosphere was not good, there were 4 young ladies in the service where the grumpiness could be read on the face of each, there was no smile. Just by the I looked at t-shirts and there was a nice t-shirt hanging with it that I wanted. To the register to pay. I gave the t-shirt to the lady behind the till, she showed no emotion, t-shirt paid and it was returned to me, without a bag and receipt, I had to ask for that. I might as well have just taken the t-shirt straight from the rack and taken it with me, apparently no one cares. Normally we still order a 2nd beer with something to eat, but we have now left that behind, after having drunk our beer, we left again, what a disappointment, atmosphereless and customer-unfriendly. A nice t-shirt (hence 2 stars), apparently at least one person at the brewery still has a sense of humor....
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E3605qptaniah
Jun 7, 2023
Disappointed Customer - Myself and my cousin ate at this restaurant the week before and the meal was a ok, we went back yesterday. I order the ribs I was very disappointed with them, the ribs had been boiled, they were not fulling off the bone there was no tender meat on the bone, they were tough stringing still had the membrane underneath and the sauce tasted like shop bought sauce. Dessert was not a gooey chocolate brownie it was very dry and really should be called a chocolate cake.I did ask to speak with the cook I was told he was coming out to speak to me but I had to go to him. I had spoken to the cook he wasn't helpful he was quite rude and arrogant. This is the first time I have left a review and myself being a cook I would listen to the customer
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Colinf575
Apr 25, 2023
Not actually a working brewery - Great pub but the brewery stopped brewing some time ago. This wasn't mentioned when we booked and we found out part way through the tour.
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