Brewery Trail Nelson - Craft Brewing Capital

NATURAL BREWERY TRAIL OF NELSON - FIRST IN NEW ZEALAND & UNIQUE TO JJ'S QUALITY TOURS

Prepare yourselves for a fun and informative half day tour taking in four local award winning breweries. You will be able to sample some of the finest naturally brewed beers Nelson has to offer and see behind-the-scenes processes from the raw ingredients to finished product.

• 2 Boutique breweries and two boutique vineyards
• 5+ hour tour

Nelson is the Craft Brewing Capital of New Zealand.

Travel in comfort and style with your personal guide. For the beer love, a fun and informative tour taking in 2 Craft Breweries. Learn the history of hop growing in Nelson and experience the wide range of unique, naturally brewed beers and ciders.

See behind the scenes from the raw ingredients to the finished product.

Whether you prefer an icy pilsner or a cask-pulled ale, you will find it in Nelson with JJ’s Tours.
Includes a brewery tour by arrangement

2 Award winning family owned Vineyards, where you will meet the owners or winemakers, sample their award winning wines served with passion, all of which is complimented by Nelson’s pristine scenery.

Leisurely lunch stop (own cost)

JJ's Quality Tours offers a door to door service in their comfortable air-conditioned buses.
Brewery Tour: $95

	Sprig and Fern Brewery Nelson are brewing 16 different ales and lagers, ranging from light lagers through to stout. All their beers are free from added sugars, artificial flavouring and colouring.
	Bay's Brewery This award winning brewery produces naturally brewed beers without chemicals, preservatives or sugar. They also produce an alcoholic lemonade and a traditional dry cider. Bays is the home of Gold Lager, judged NZ Best Lager 2003/2004.
	Founders Brewery Cafe and Bar This Champion Small Brewery is the first Certified Organic Brewery in New Zealand. The Duncan family (6th generation Nelson brewers) produce four award winning beers: Tall Blonde, Redhead, Long Black and Generation Ale. On site cafe.
	Lighthouse Brewery Dick Tout operates the smallest legal brewery in New Zealand. Using Nelson's finest hops, he produces a Light Pilsner, a Dark Ale and a classic full bodied Black Stout. Lighthouse Brewery is a consistent medal winner.
	McCashin’s Brewery was born in 1980 when hotelier and former All-Black Terry McCashin and his wife, Bev, bought the Rochdale Cider Factory in the small upper-South Island city of Nelson. With Jim Pollit, of Carlsberg fame, as Head Brewer, along with the plan to brew distinctive, high-quality beer, McCashin’s Brewery soon became the most successful independent microbrewery in the country. Its award-winning 100% naturally-brewed beer revolutionalised the way beer was produced. And both its beer and cider won the hearts and tastebuds of the nation. Today, McCashin’s continues to pioneer beer- and cider-making and has extended its range to include fine wines, spirits and the purest water in the world.

Don't forget that we are FLEXIBLE! Try our Best of Both Worlds tour. We'll show you to 2 brewery and 2 wineries (or 2 wineries and 2 breweries), and pick you up and drop you off. Simply contact us with your requirements and we can plan to suit your needs!