8 Brewery Tours You Can Take in Edmonton this Summer
This summer, head to a local brewery and sample the best of with a flight of beer, a beer tour or try a pairing of beer and food with a local Edmonton brewery. One of our favourite ways to explore a new brewery and learn more about the beer is a brewery tour. Join a tour where you can learn more about the process of creating your favourite local beers.
8 Brewery Tours You Can Take in Edmonton
Urban Pedal Tour
Grab your closest 14 friends and head on a brewery tour through Whyte Ave or Downtown. You pick the area and they will take care of the route to hit the best breweries. Plus one new perk for this tour is you can drink while biking the big 15 person bike to each location. At each location you will sample a local bevy and at one brewery they will give you a peak at the process of making the beer.
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Blind Enthusiasm Brewing
If you are looking for an out of the ordinary tour experience look no further than The Monolith. Take a tour at Blind Enthusiasm Brewing and see how they make the creations like fruit wine and more in The Monolith. All tour get a guided tasting of the offering from the tap room.
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Alley Kat Brewery Tour
There are 1 hour tours offered up at Alley Kat that offer a look behind the scene. While most tours end with a sampling of the Alley Kat products, during special times of the year, you might be able to try a new flavour that Alley Kat is developing.
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Edmonton Brewery Tours
This private experience is for up to ten people. You will be taken to 3 of Edmonton’s breweries on this 3.5 hour tour. At each location there will be a full presentation about the brewing process and sampling of each brewery. This tour provides everything from the beer to the transportation to each brewery.
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Take a Self Guided Tour of Happy Beer Street
Happy Beer Street is located on 99 st, where a few local breweries are setup. Hit one of the 7 breweries that are in the area, the whole area is about 2km one way. This will give you lots of time rest and sample a few beers. Between Bent Stick and Alley Kat Brewing Co. you will be able to hit up some of Edmonton best breweries.
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ZooBrew
If you want sample beer from a large amount of breweries in a short time, ZooBrew is the place to head. With an adult only night at the zoo, they have brought in 24 breweries for you to try. Enjoy walking among the animals and sample a few different craft beers from local breweries.
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Yeg Hop Pocket
Want to check out a new collective of breweries downtown? Yeg Hop Pocket is 8 breweries that are within biking distance of each other and they have the map to get you there. The organizers wanted to highlight the north of the river like Happy Beer Street, promoting the new and old breweries that have pop up downtown and north Edmonton. They are also offering some fun activities like cask events and a scavenger hunt.
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Sherwood Park Newest Brewery
Manual Labour Beer Co. is the newest brewery to the Edmonton area and you can spend a hour with them learning about their brewing process. Manual Labour will usher you through a day-in-the-life at the brewery, including a step-by-step guide to beer production on brew days, the calculated bedlam of packaging days, and the inspiration behind each beer recipe and ingredient selection. At the end of the tour everyone will enjoy a flight of beers.
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