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Breweries in Wānaka

Every brewery recorded in Wānaka, Otago Region, New Zealand by Open Brewery DB, 6 in all.

Breweries in Wānaka

Open Brewery DB records 6 breweries in Wānaka, Otago Region, New Zealand. By type they include 3 microbrewerys, 2 contract brewerys and 1 brewery (closed), with the microbrewery being the most common.

The full list, with the type and address of each, appears in the table below. Details come from open data, so confirm current hours and taproom arrangements with the brewery before setting out.

A concentration of breweries in one town usually means a lively beer scene worth exploring, whether you are after a taproom crawl or a benchmark pint of a style you want to brew.

Visiting and finding out more

6 of these breweries list a website in the dataset, which is the best place to check their current beers, tours and opening times before you visit.

For a homebrewer, a local brewery is a useful neighbour. Taprooms let you taste the styles you are trying to recreate at home, some breweries sell fresh spent grain or even yeast, and many are happy to talk shop or point you towards the local homebrew club and competition scene.

Tasting a fresh, professionally brewed example of a style is the best way to calibrate your own attempts at it, which is why knowing your local breweries is worth the effort.

About this listing

This listing is drawn from Open Brewery DB, an open, community-maintained dataset of breweries around the world. Because it depends on submitted data, a brand new or very small operation may not appear yet, and details can change.

For the wider picture, see the directory of breweries across all of Otago Region, New Zealand, which groups every recorded brewery in the region by city.

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Sources: Open Brewery DB