Cascade Brewery

Cascade Brewery is the oldest brewery in Australia and is sited next to the Hobart Rivulet. Check it out on the map here. 

It has an iconic building that is renown around Australia and the mere shape of its 'roof line' and the windows are distinct and I can't imagine any other breweries in the world look quite like this one. Now I have to say 'roof line' as actually its a facade created when the brewery was built to give it stature. Also the windows themselves have an interesting story. This is just one of the things that you could find out about on a brewery tour. The tours cost $25/$20 (adult/student or senior) run for about an hour and a half and ends up, of course, in the bar with a handful of bottle tops that can be exchanged for beers of your choice.

There is a pretty cool looking Thylacene (Tasmanian Tiger) there but when my buddy showed his Tassie Tiger tattoo to the bar tender and got a photo with the 'real' Thylacene, he got a shock to find out that its not actually real. You aren't allowed to buy or sell extinct species. Even so, if the bartender hadn't said, we'd have all been fooled - it looks real and anyone you show a pic to would believe it too.

You can sit in comfy sofas, stand at the bar and quiz the bartender or head outside on nice days, appreciate the gardens and get food to compliment your newly found love for Cascade beer. I haven't sampled the food yet, so i cant officially comment, but I assure you it looks and smells great.

If you're not a drinker (I don't know why you'd be on the tour) you can choose the very nice Cascade soft drinks instead. They are all there on offer and definitely worth a try if you're the designated driver. Please note, there are buses that run from Hobart bus mall up to Cascades so maybe noone has to drive after all. Its also worth mentioning that there is a Female Factory attraction nearby too, so its possible to do both in a single visit.

There is a gift shop where you can buy the usual kinds of brewery mechandise but its nothing radical, just a nice momento to remind you in the morning that you went to the brewery the afternoon before.

You can make bookings for the tour online: Book Now

General information on Cascades Brewery can be found on their website.