Rhyme x Reason Tap Room

Join us for a pint, tasting paddle or snag a bottle or rigger fill to take away with you. 

The ultimate Wānaka beer spot

Make yourself at home in our cosy macrocarpa Tap Room, watch your favorite beers get brewed and enjoy the sounds and smells of our working brewery. Get snug in the Malt Room or soak up the sun and good vibes in our beer garden. 

We are dog and family-friendly!

Want to try the best of New Zealand craft beer?

Enjoy a tasting paddle of our four core beers: Happy Pils -Pilsner, Mt Alpha - West Coast IPA, Black Lips - Porter and Joy Rider - Pale Ale. Or make your own paddle and select from the 14 beers we have on tap. 

Outdoor beer garden 

Our Tap Room opens right up to our beer garden, which gets the very best of the afternoon Wānaka sun.

Now Bao NZ

Open Daily 12pm-8pm

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More than beer:

Central Otago wines and NZ ciders

If beer’s not your thing, we also offer a local wine list, NZ ciders, soft drinks and a few snacky snacks.

Food

We love having food trucks, Now Bao has been parked up for a while and everything they make is incredible! You can order at the truck or online either from your table or in advance.

Music and events

Our community brewery prides itself on hosting a huge range of events, from local musicians to poetry slams and comedy clubs. 

We have live music in the Tap Room most Saturday’s from 4-6pm, featuring local artists, touring bands passing through, DJs or acoustic soloists. Follow us on social media for upcoming shows, and get in touch if you’d like to come play!

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14 locally brewed beers on tap

Our fourteen taps are ever-changing, but we always have our core range on offer.

We also love to mix it up with guest taps, collaborations, experiments and more canned offerings in the fridge too. Fresh hops, habanero saisons, coffee IPAs, fruity sours, rice lagers… When it comes to beers, there’s not much we won’t try!

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Opening hours 

The Rhyme X Reason Tap Room opens at 12pm daily. We shut the doors around 8:30pm (ish), but we aren't strangers to staying open later for live music or a comedy show, we are flexible! We usually quiet down around 8:00pm due to our industrial location.