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3–5 hours
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Bristol Hoppers
Bristol Hoppers
5
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Monday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Tuesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Wednesday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Thursday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Friday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Saturday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
Sunday
12:00 AM - 11:59 PM
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Explore Bristol's brilliant craft beer scene with a variety of beer tours. There's a choice of self-guided tours for those that would like explore and drink at their own pace on your chosen day and time, or scheduled guided tours where you'll be given a background of the breweries and beers while meeting new people. Whether you choose a low budget audio tour, or one with all drinks included, you'll discover lots of locally brewed beers and multiple, fabulous independent venues.
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Paul S
8 contributions
Oct 2020 • Solo
Took a couple of days trip to Bristol to relax and check out the local brew scene. Very informative and easy to follow. Brought up some pubs worth visiting later on, fav was the Strawberry Theif. Definitely worth doing if you like beer, history and want to find out more about this fantastic city
Written October 22, 2020
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Thank you so much for taking my new audio tour.
I am so glad you enjoyed it, and the wonderful Strawberry Their.
I really appreciate you taking the time to leave the audio tour it's first review!
Written October 23, 2020
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RosA
Edinburgh, United Kingdom3 contributions
Aug 2022 • Friends
This was a lovely tour! It's my first time in Bristol and I was so glad to have this tour to help me around and help me get my bearings. Ready to praise and stop in at many local shops and restaurants. Will definitely recommend to anyone visiting Bristol! :)
Written August 10, 2022
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I'm so glad you enjoyed your tour and the lovely places along the way. I really appreciate that you took the time to leave this review.
Written September 5, 2022
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BernieBristol
Bristol82 contributions
Oct 2019
We thoroughly enjoyed this guided walking tour of 3 of Bristol's Craft breweries. In 2 of the locations we were given a talk/mini-tour and all along enjoyed a variety of excellent beers- plenty of choice for all tastes.
At least as important was the fun of being in a small group; we will certainly do one of these tours again.
Thanks Heather- you are doing a great job!
At least as important was the fun of being in a small group; we will certainly do one of these tours again.
Thanks Heather- you are doing a great job!
Written October 28, 2019
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Hi Bernie,
Thank you so much for reviewing your evening and your kind words. It was a really fun evening and you guys were such a great group. I really appreciate it.
Heather.
Written October 29, 2019
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Mirrimaria
Bristol, UK109 contributions
Aug 2019
I went on the self-guided cross harbour tour with my dad and it was the perfect day out! We started at the first pub and as we were quite excited and keen to see where we would go next only ended up staying there for around half an hour. It was fun to read through all the information provided in the envelope and find out about the next steps of the tour. At the next pub we stayed a little longer and as I am a much slower drinker than my dad, he enjoyed a second drink there while he waited for me. It is perfect to be so flexible and do it all in your own time. The third stop offered something a little different which was also great (I don’t want to spoil any surprises). Again my dad opted for an additional drink while I finished mine. At the last stop we sat a little longer and relaxed. We had a thoroughly nice time! I think all in all it took us about 3.5h for the main tour but we decided to walk to Wapping Wharf as suggested by the organiser and have another drink there as it was such a nice day. Also good to know: most places also offered cider instead of beer. So you can still enjoy it even if you don’t fancy a beer at every stop. Would definitely recommend this and can imagine it being even more fun in a bigger group!
Written September 4, 2019
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Thank you so much, Maria.
I think that this is the most detailed review I've ever received. Very useful and lovely to hear.
I probably should say about the cider options more on the tour description, so thanks for pointing that out.
I'm really glad you enjoyed yourselves!
Written September 5, 2019
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luken000
1 contribution
Jul 2019 • Friends
I booked to go on one of the self-guided tours as part of a stag and Heather was really helpful in making it tailored to our group and suggesting other things to do in the surrounding area, even though it was a relatively last minute booking.
Unfortunately we had to cancel due to unforseen circumstances but I'll definitely be re-booking once we're able to again. Absolute pleasure to book through
Unfortunately we had to cancel due to unforseen circumstances but I'll definitely be re-booking once we're able to again. Absolute pleasure to book through
Written July 11, 2019
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Hi Luke,
I'm so sorry your group had to cancel your trip to Bristol.
Thanks so much for leaving this review of your experience of booking a custom self-guided tour. Hopefully you'll be able to enjoy the actual tour one day soon!
Written July 14, 2019
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Peter L
Chepstow, UK11 contributions
Jan 2018 • Friends
Thank you Heather for an excellent afternoon tour.
Plenty of knowledge.
You certainly know your beers.
Plenty of knowledge.
You certainly know your beers.
Written January 4, 2018
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Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review.
I had a lovely afternoon with your group, a real pleasure to show you around Bristol & it's beer scene.
Written January 6, 2018
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Sandy M
5 contributions
We would never have gone to these places without this tour. Lots of them look like the sort of place you would walk past if you didn't have a reason to go in but I'm so glad we did, they were really fun! The beer was great and the bar staff were lovely. Don't judge a book by its cover is definitely the take home here!
Written August 13, 2021
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Thank you so much for your review. I am very pleased that you enjoyed your tour around Old Market. These venues along the route are places that I love to go for a drink in myself and am so pleased when others tell me how much they enjoyed visiting them.
Written August 17, 2021
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cip1984
2 contributions
Oct 2020 • Couples
In this tricky time Bristol Hopper (and our audio guide Heather) have really made the best of things with this tour. it was very inexpensive and gave us structure on how to view the city quickly; hitting all the main sights in an afternoon. The tips for local breweries was also great. Left Handed Giant ( think thats the name!?) was an especially good spot. Good on you! Cat and Luke
Written October 27, 2020
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Hi Cat and Luke.
Thanks for taking my audio tour of The Old City and it's brilliant pubs. . I'm really glad you enjoyed yourselves and found some lovely places for beers too. I really appreciate your kind words and for taking the time to write this.
Watch out for the Bristol's Brewery Tap Room tour coming very soon!
Written April 16, 2021
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Liza B
1 contribution
Mar 2020 • Couples
For £18 a person you don’t get all that much to drink.
The tour starts on an industrial estate which made us a little wary, there wasn’t much of an atmosphere in the area.
The walk isn’t very long in between venues which is a plus but the selection on offer - after the first place - is a little lacking.
We didn’t even visit the last venue as it looked a bit of a hole with a cheesy disco underway.
Would not book this again nor particularly recommend it.
The tour starts on an industrial estate which made us a little wary, there wasn’t much of an atmosphere in the area.
The walk isn’t very long in between venues which is a plus but the selection on offer - after the first place - is a little lacking.
We didn’t even visit the last venue as it looked a bit of a hole with a cheesy disco underway.
Would not book this again nor particularly recommend it.
Written March 16, 2020
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I am really sorry that you didn't enjoy yourself.
This is my first review of less that four stars and I'll be honest, is a little surprising.
Nearly all breweries are based in industrial estates. Moor is where I drink on a weekly basis and I find the staff and atmosphere makes it a lovely place to hang out, with a huge selection of great beers to choose from. The four venues all have unique personalities and styles. In two of them you would had been served by the business owners themselves.
The last pub, The Elmer's Arms does have live music on Friday & Saturday nights, and occasionally a Thursday. These are vinyl DJ's or live bands. The beer selection in there is fabulous, with ten lines (eight of which are local) and therefore the pub is extremely popular with craft beer drinkers. Elmer himself is one of the loveliest men you'll ever meet, so it's a real shame you didn't venture in.
You do pay a few pounds more than it would cost to buy the beers yourself and I am very sorry if you feel that means bad value after the maps, factsheets, beer tokens have been lovingly put together by me. The venues are tiny, independent venues stocking locally produced beers and therefore the beer is not necessarily the cheapest you find.
I am therefore also very sorry you didn't feel that it was good value.
Written March 17, 2020
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SJorgenbum
Nottingham, UK3 contributions
Had a wonderful few hours completing the Bristol Hoppers Beer Tour. It was great to explore the area as well as sample the local ales. The tour was easy to follow and navigate. Plenty of detail with maps included. We took our time and completed the tour in a comfortable 4 hours. Such a wonderful activity to take part in. I’d highly recommend it.
Written February 23, 2020
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Thanks so much for taking the time to review your tour. I'm very pleased you enjoyed yourself.
I also really appreciate you commenting on the time you took and that it was easy to follow.
Written March 15, 2020
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