Departs 2-4 September 2016
Friday – Our adventure starts off at the Rocks Brewing Co in Sydney. We suggest you arrive in time to grab some lunch and a quite frothy. Here you will be met by your awesome beer guides for the weekend and they will get you sorted and arrange for your luggage to be loaded on the bus.
Dave’s bus departs at 2pm as we head North towards the Viking destination of Ekim Brewing. Grab yourself an After Battle Pale Ale or Berserker and meet the man behind Ekim, Mike Jorgenson. After a couple of hours pillaging, we head further North and arrive at our digs for the night, Warners at the Bay Hotel. Tonight we head into Foghorn Brewhouse for dinner and beers then grab some z’s to get ready for tomorrow’s beer festival.
Saturday – Enjoy a sleep in or grab some coffee and breaky, because it’s a lazy start. Today we head to Bottle-O at Lambton for their 5th Annual Beer Festival. The event features beers from over 30 brewers, food, live entertainment, lucky door prizes and more! Entry to the festival and 15 tastings are included in your tour price, so we’ve got you covered. Tonight, you will be free to explore the Newcastle beer scene. We will get you into town so you can wander between the great Craft Beer venues including The Grain Store , Hop Factory , The Happy Wombat, The Lucky Hotel or The Blind Monk before heading back to Warners
Sunday – Rise up and grab breakfast before we check out from Warners and head south to Six String Brewing. Don’t forget to grab some takeaways from the bottle shop. After checking out Six String, a few lazy Sunday beers we’ll head down the road to Block n’ Tackle where you will get another tour and grab another paddle. After a great weekend of Craft Beer Discovery with friends, it’s time to head for home with a drop off at the Rock Brewing Co. around 5pm.
Sound good? So what’s the deal?
Craft Beer Travel
Here is what you get.
- All transfers in Modern Minibus
- Your own Beer Gurus from Dave’s and We Love Craft Beer
- 2 night (twin share) accommodation at Warners
- Tours and Tasting at 3 breweries, Ekim, Six String and Block n’ Tackle
- Entry to the Bootle-O Lambton Beer Festival and 15 tasters
- Some freebies and cool merch
What’s the damage? Well the regular price is $495 per person, but as a We Love Craft Beer member, you are entitled to a whopping $100 discount, so sign up for Membership now and save $100 straight away.
What’s not included? Anything not listed above, which is basically meals and drinks.
Booking Details: Due to transport and logistics we have a minimum number of 8 and a maximum of 12 people so it is first in best dressed.
An Important Note – We Love Craft Beer and Dave’s practice the Responsible Service of Alcohol and provide Craft Beer Discovery Travel experiences aimed at appreciation, education and fun. Our travel experiences are NOT substitutes for end of season footy trips or bucks parties. We expect that people behave responsibly and respect all those around them. So if you’re up for exploring Craft Beer with a group of like-minded people then our travel experiences are for you.