Atlanta Brew Bus Tour
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Atlanta Brew Bus Tour
By Southern Culinary Tours
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Tour three Atlanta breweries on this brewery tour by bus and avoid the stress of having to plan a driver and figure out which breweries to visit. Along with a comfortable ride to three breweries, this tour includes a private tour and guided tasting at SweetWater Brewing.
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Ages 21-99, max of 40 per group
Duration: 5h
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Live guide: English
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Highlights
- Visit three Atlanta breweries to learn about the city's brewing culture
- Take a private guided tour along with a guided tasting at SweetWater
- Don’t worry about driving—ride comfortably in a climate-controlled bus
- Tasting at SweetWater and 1 pint at each additional brewery
- Bottled water
- Tour escort/host
- Entry/Admission - SweetWater Brewery
- Entry/Admission - Monday Night Brewing
- Entry/Admission - Atlanta Brewing Company
What's not included- Lunch
- Gratuities
- Start this Atlanta brewery tour at the designated meeting spot, and get ready for a day of diving into Atlanta’s beer culture. Your tour begins at SweetWater Brewing with a private tour of the brewery, as well as a guided tasting of the beers made there. Afterward, enjoy a pint of SweetWater beer. In addition to SweetWater Brewing, this tour takes you to two other breweries, where you can sip on a pint of beer. This Atlanta brewery tour ends with drop-off where the tour began.
- Start:
- Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant, 3535 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326, USAWe set up on the patio at Iron Hill Brewery Buckhead. There is free parking at the parking deck behind the brewery.
End:This activity ends back at the meeting point. - Not wheelchair accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
If you have questions about accessibility, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 14160P1- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Minimum age is 21 years
- Closed toe shoes required for tours of the brewery
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Most travelers can participate
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travelers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- If you have questions about this tour or need help making your booking, we’d be happy to help. Just call the number below and reference the product code: 14160P1
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- 3535 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30326, USAWe set up on the patio at Iron Hill Brewery Buckhead. There is free parking at the parking deck behind the brewery.
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- leisurelife1140 contributionsRecommendThe tour time we selected did not meet the minimum. We were offered several options to reschedule if we chose to. So glad we rescheduled! Katrina was a wonderful tour guide and her food and drink selections were great!Written April 19, 2024
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- Binercaisse0 contributionsMidtown Atlanta Food and Cocktail TourThis was a great tour! Katrina was a lot of fun and provided a good mix of Atlanta history and culture with delicious food and drink recommendations. I’ve been on on many food tours and this was one of the best! Don’t miss this one!Written November 12, 2023
- 741susane0 contributionsTour cancelledSouthern Culinary Tours cancelled my tour due to not reaching minimum number. I didn’t see anywhere that they would cancel if 4 people didn’t sign up. Good thing I did a tour early in the week with their competitor which was great.Written November 4, 2023
- Tena M0 contributionsGreat food! Great tour guide! Highly recommend!We have lived close to Atlanta all my life, but this tour taught me history of Atlanta that I never knew. The good and drinks were fantastic! Our guide, Corey, was very friendly, knowledgeable, and engaging. This was a gift to my adult children for a family outing, and we all loved it!! I highly recommend it!Written June 25, 2023
- Jivesalmon0 contributionsFood and cocktail tour in Atlanta MidtownMy friend and I had a wonderful time on the tour. Katrina was a wonderful guide and set a fantastic tone for the day. She was enthusiastic and engaging and the afternoon flew by. The other guests on tour were also fantastic and that also made for a great afternoon. If you are visiting Atlanta, I can’t recommend this enough. I also hope you get Katrina as a guide because she will make the tour!Written February 26, 2023
- RatDog740 contributionsSo much fun to get out and taste the city!This is the sort of thing I love to do when we’re traveling, so it was fun to do it as a local and experience our own city from a different viewpoint! We enjoyed the variety of cuisines from innovative Southern to pizza and tapas. Our guide, Claire, was friendly and entertaining and did her best to keep us moving and warm in some uncharacteristically miserable weather!Written February 12, 2023
- francinep2900 contributionsSuper fun walking tour.So glad I booked this tour. We had the best time tasting food and cocktails from four restaurants we might have missed if on our own. All stops were excellent. Guide Claire did an outstanding job hosting us.Written December 28, 2022
- itravelwithmarie0 contributionsMust do food tour!Katrina was so fun and filled of great information about the area and history. She engaged the group with “her to know you questions” so we felt like friends in no time.The food was excellent at each location and we got to try a variety of unique cocktails…so yummy!Written December 4, 2022
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- dkduff0 contributionsAwesome food tourWe have been on several food tours in various cities and Southern Culinary food tour was one of the best. The food and drinks were exceptional. The tour guide was knowledgeable and was great at getting the group to socialize. Right amount of fun facts and restaurants in the area. You weren't rushed and tour guide kept everyone entertained. It was a very pleasant afternoon for my husband, adult daughter and I to enjoy Atlanta.Written October 17, 2022
- Amberchurchwell010 contributionsAmazing Experience!!I have lived in Atlanta for most of my life, and this food tour taught me history I didn’t know, places I’d never eaten, and created memories I will always cherish! Katrina was a phenomenal guide, and we could not have asked for a more perfect experience. It was well organized and perfectly timed.Written October 8, 2022
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Jordan D.
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Jan 2021
Southern Beer Tour was the perfect activity for our bachelorette trip! We wanted to have a set activity, but wanted to still be able to socialize with each other and relax. The bus picked us up from our brunch location, drove us to three different wonderful breweries, and then dropped us back off. Everything was so easy and organized. The company was easy to get in touch with. We even had one person drop out of our group a week before, and she was refunded her amount with no issue! Highly recommend this activity!
Written January 20, 2021
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Thank y'all for joining us. Y'all were a terrific group and we enjoyed hosting!
Written January 21, 2021
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Kaleb P
1 contribution
Nov 2023 • Friends
Katrina provided an amazing tour filled with interesting facts/history combined with laughter. The drinks and food were great. I highly recommend this trip! It provided a variety of experience at one reasonable price.
Written November 12, 2023
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Susan W
Atlanta, GA101 contributions
Sep 2017
I bid on 4 tickets at a charity benefit so took 3 of my friend’s for a fun day. We traveled to various breweries on a comfortable bus. We were given goodie bags that included water and some crackers and a few other treats. We had A great timesampling local brews. The sampling’s were generous...by the end of the trip I was giving tickets away. Well organized and fun!
Written May 28, 2018
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Thank you so much for visiting with us!
Written January 22, 2019
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Laurie K
38 contributions
Mar 2018 • Friends
Southern Beer Tours did a great job at organizing a very fun day! It was easy to park at the Taco Mac lot and the registration table was visible and we were greeted warmly. We could see right away that our guides had a sense of humor and that it would be a fun tour. The bus was comfortable, but it didn't seem like we were on it for very long. We started at Sweetwater and had a tour there and a pint. There was time to get extra beer for anyone that wanted it. One brewery tour is enough and I give them credit for only doing that part at Sweetwater and not making us take a tour of the other breweries. We then went on to Monday night and Red Brick where we could get a pint (or two) and just relax. The guides were very knowledgable about the breweries and the beer and made good recommendations for all of us. As the tour went on, the people on the bus loosened up and there were some funny moments. I live in Atlanta and would do this tour again and bring people from out of town. It was a very fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon and it felt like the time flew by. Take this tour! It was a great time.
Written March 4, 2018
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Thank you so much for taking the time to write us a review and joining us on our tours. We really appreciate it and would love to host you again.
Written January 22, 2019
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Susan W
Atlanta, GA101 contributions
Jun 2017 • Friends
We attended the Beer Tour with Brent as our guide and had a great time. The bus was comfortable and after having a few beers at the stops it was good none was driving! We visited 3 breweries and had ample and generous samples at each place. Each brewery had a number of beers to select from. We got sample glasses as well as a bottle of water and some crackers. A fun way to spen d an afternoon. Brent was cordial and friendly and took great care of us. Well done!
Written June 25, 2017
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Longano
Beaufort, North Carolina, United States53 contributions
Apr 2017 • Couples
This tour had such potential. But fell short.
We did the Brewery and Braves tour. We understand that some things need to get ironed out because of the I-85 closure and the new ballpark location. But my SO and I felt things went wrong despite these issues.
1. The email updates did not always match what was being expressed on Facebook. They moved the time of our meeting at Taco Mac to 230pm. An hour earlier. Ok. No biggie. We are easy going. And then an email went out about getting there 10 minutes early. However, we see on Facebook they recommend to get there 45 minutes early because buses will leave as soon as they fill. First come first serve. So, we tried to get there as early as we could. We got a spot but both buses didn't leave until well after 245pm. They didn't know how to get to the Brewery through the back roads apparently.
2. No introductions. I didn't know who was in charge. No formal announcement of names. Nothing. Come on guys!! Make this a fun experience!! Tell us your names. Give us some background on the brewery we are going too. Something. Nope. We just got on the buses. Waited to leave. Then we were off to the brewery. We didn't get to know many of the other people on the bus and we LOVE meeting others.
3. Get off at the brewery. They just hand us a glass with tickets and tell us to have fun. Then we are mixed in with everyone else that is there. I thought we would mingle with the folks on the bus. I wanted to make this a tour with a whole big group. Get to know each other. Hard to do that in this setting. So my SO and I just got on line, got our drinks. Never being at this brewery, I wasn't sure where to go. Wasn't sure if they were going to give us a tour. Wasn't sure if we were all going to hang as a group. It was SO disappointing as I have been on other tours that are FAR more interactive than this one.
4. We get back on the bus. I liked their text updates, but why not tell us the plan before we even get to the brewery. Say when we will need to meet back (time and place). We also didn't know we could have gotten one more drink at the brewery and taken it on the bus. So much was left unsaid on this tour!
5. They gave us a sandwich and chips when we walked on the bus. Yum and greatly appreciated! Had we known this though we would have grabbed a drink before getting on! We thought we were getting food at the ballpark (which we eventually did as well!).
6. We get driven to the stadium but are delayed because they aren't sure where to drop us off (where the bus drop off/pick up is). This is inevitable given a new stadium! So, totally understand that. This actually upset a lot of people, but not us. We get it!
7. The baseball game was great. We LOVE baseball. So we have fun regardless. But why not block off a section of GA for the group. We could all sit together and have fun. And even if others want to venture off they can. But there was so much potential here as well. They just dropped us off and told us we could sit anywhere before certain sections. Ummm...ok. So we felt we were doing the "tour" alone. Just so odd!
8. We met the bus back. The whole 30 minutes after the last pitch we will leave without you thing...ya no! But try to be on time. They did a great job getting us back as quickly as possible.
9. Parking!!!! We parked in the garage thinking they would validate our pass. Nope. $14 extra dollars to park because we didn't know and we wouldn't have known where to park otherwise...being unfamiliar with the area.
Regardless of these things, my SO and I had a nice time. But we felt this tour really missed the mark. That of perhaps we just did not understand how this "tour" truly worked and had higher expectations for the price we paid!
We did the Brewery and Braves tour. We understand that some things need to get ironed out because of the I-85 closure and the new ballpark location. But my SO and I felt things went wrong despite these issues.
1. The email updates did not always match what was being expressed on Facebook. They moved the time of our meeting at Taco Mac to 230pm. An hour earlier. Ok. No biggie. We are easy going. And then an email went out about getting there 10 minutes early. However, we see on Facebook they recommend to get there 45 minutes early because buses will leave as soon as they fill. First come first serve. So, we tried to get there as early as we could. We got a spot but both buses didn't leave until well after 245pm. They didn't know how to get to the Brewery through the back roads apparently.
2. No introductions. I didn't know who was in charge. No formal announcement of names. Nothing. Come on guys!! Make this a fun experience!! Tell us your names. Give us some background on the brewery we are going too. Something. Nope. We just got on the buses. Waited to leave. Then we were off to the brewery. We didn't get to know many of the other people on the bus and we LOVE meeting others.
3. Get off at the brewery. They just hand us a glass with tickets and tell us to have fun. Then we are mixed in with everyone else that is there. I thought we would mingle with the folks on the bus. I wanted to make this a tour with a whole big group. Get to know each other. Hard to do that in this setting. So my SO and I just got on line, got our drinks. Never being at this brewery, I wasn't sure where to go. Wasn't sure if they were going to give us a tour. Wasn't sure if we were all going to hang as a group. It was SO disappointing as I have been on other tours that are FAR more interactive than this one.
4. We get back on the bus. I liked their text updates, but why not tell us the plan before we even get to the brewery. Say when we will need to meet back (time and place). We also didn't know we could have gotten one more drink at the brewery and taken it on the bus. So much was left unsaid on this tour!
5. They gave us a sandwich and chips when we walked on the bus. Yum and greatly appreciated! Had we known this though we would have grabbed a drink before getting on! We thought we were getting food at the ballpark (which we eventually did as well!).
6. We get driven to the stadium but are delayed because they aren't sure where to drop us off (where the bus drop off/pick up is). This is inevitable given a new stadium! So, totally understand that. This actually upset a lot of people, but not us. We get it!
7. The baseball game was great. We LOVE baseball. So we have fun regardless. But why not block off a section of GA for the group. We could all sit together and have fun. And even if others want to venture off they can. But there was so much potential here as well. They just dropped us off and told us we could sit anywhere before certain sections. Ummm...ok. So we felt we were doing the "tour" alone. Just so odd!
8. We met the bus back. The whole 30 minutes after the last pitch we will leave without you thing...ya no! But try to be on time. They did a great job getting us back as quickly as possible.
9. Parking!!!! We parked in the garage thinking they would validate our pass. Nope. $14 extra dollars to park because we didn't know and we wouldn't have known where to park otherwise...being unfamiliar with the area.
Regardless of these things, my SO and I had a nice time. But we felt this tour really missed the mark. That of perhaps we just did not understand how this "tour" truly worked and had higher expectations for the price we paid!
Written April 16, 2017
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Thanks for taking the time to let us know what we need to improve on. I apologize for not hitting the 5 star experience we strive for.
A lot of the issues you described have been addressed by retraining our guides. There should have been an introduction. There should have been more direction. I believe we have taken the steps needed to make sure this does not happen in the future.
Additionally, we have changed bus companies right after this for their lack of preparation for the back roads around I-85 and taking wrong turns into SunTrust park. This was already in the works previously as we want to make sure we are always teamed up with the best in the City!
We have also streamlined our time information. With this tour, we announced we would start check in 45 minutes early, since we had 80 guests. The bridge collapse is less than 2 weeks from being repaired and will alleviate some of the pressure on this as well.
And finally to address the group setting at the stadium and brewery. The brewery and baseball game were both at capacity. We try our best to keep a grouping if possible, but with the crowd sizes this day, it was an impossible feat. The only way around this would be for us to sell reserved seating instead of general admission, but that would be increase in price.
Written May 9, 2017
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taz291998
Athens, GA1 contribution
Mar 2017 • Friends
We had family in from out of town that wanted to visit a brewery. I found this tour and thought it would be the perfect way to see more than one brewery in Atlanta. It was absolutely wonderful!! Very informative and a great way to see Sweetwater and other breweries to find your favorite! I would definitely recommend this group to friends and actually we are already planning another trip with them.
Written March 14, 2017
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Thank you for joining us and also taking time to write such a kind review. We would love to host y'all again. Look for some new events we are doing soon!
Written March 16, 2017
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Stacie A
5 contributions
Mar 2017 • Friends
Loved everything about this tour. We went to Sweetwater, Red Brick, and Monday Night Brewing (all amazing!). Justin was a very organized, knowledgeable, and fun guide! He made sure everyone was taken care of and having a good time. We had a private room at Sweetwater and no waiting in line at the other two breweries. Definitely recommend for anyone who loves beer and would like to see multiple breweries in one day(safely!!). This tour is great for groups, couples or even going solo. Will definitely be doing this tour multiple times (actually going on the Brewery and Baseball Tour April 15th). You won't regret booking with Justin and Southern Beer Tours!
Written March 12, 2017
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Thanks Stacie! We look forward to hosting you on our next tour!
Written March 24, 2017
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Erin P
12 contributions
Jul 2016 • Friends
I've been on a couple of these tours now because they change the breweries and not only does the owner really care about his guests on each tour, but he makes it a priority to talk to every guest. This tour offers behind the scenes, getting in to some breweries before they open. Everyone on the tours end up becoming friends. It's a one of a kind experience without having to worry about anything other than getting the tickets before they sell out and getting on the bus. Definitely recommend it to put it on your list if you're in Atlanta.
Written July 25, 2016
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Thank you for the great review. We always enjoy having you and hope you will join us again soon!
Written August 29, 2016
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Falcarragh13
Atlanta, GA191 contributions
Mar 2015 • Friends
They are smart to do the pickup/drop off at Taco Mac at Lindbergh - you can go get some food and give yourself plenty of time after the tour to let the effects wear off!
But the tour itself is really low maintenance. We had probably 40-45 people on ours ranging in age from early 20s to 60s. Everyone on the tour is there to have a good time so it is very upbeat. We went to three breweries - Sweetwater, Wild Heaven and Three Taverns. You can absolutely go to them on your own and save a few bucks, but the incremental $10 that you're paying to be on this tour, on a bus, with someone else worrying about how to get there, where to park, (am I ok to drive?), makes it a lot more relaxed.
But the tour itself is really low maintenance. We had probably 40-45 people on ours ranging in age from early 20s to 60s. Everyone on the tour is there to have a good time so it is very upbeat. We went to three breweries - Sweetwater, Wild Heaven and Three Taverns. You can absolutely go to them on your own and save a few bucks, but the incremental $10 that you're paying to be on this tour, on a bus, with someone else worrying about how to get there, where to park, (am I ok to drive?), makes it a lot more relaxed.
Written March 24, 2015
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