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.
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!
RxR Core Range:
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Joy Rider Pale Ale (5.2%)
A balanced AF medley of citrus hops, boasting tropical notes and a straightforward malt profile. It’s a smooth ride that is mellow and crisp, always satisfies.
Black Lips Porter (5.2%)
Our quaffable, classic English Style Brown Porter. With a face like that on the label, it’s gotta be good. Cheers to Captain Black Lips!
Voyage to Nectaron Hazy IPA (6%)
From the bottom of the earth and beyond, the Nectaron hop oozes juices and engages a silky Hazy IPA voyage. Dank, fresh, fruity, sunshine vibes launch into liftoff.
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Mt Alpha West Coast IPA (6.7%)
A classic. An old skool and righteously traditional American IPA. Solid malt ascent with a clean and dry ridgeline. The peak of Mt. Alpha features a full flavour punch to your heart. A local cult classic brewed at the base of Mt. Alpha.
Fruity Patootie Hazy IPA (4.9%)
The legend on the label of this beer almost jumped out of her signature Carhartts and shouted, "FRUITY PATOOTIE!" on trying this beer. Well Jessy, we agree, this one ticks all the boxes.
Happy Pils Pilsner (5.2%)
Brewed true to style, a crisp and refreshing drop that yields high drinkability, especially any time of any day.
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 offer Sanga's Pies on Sunday and Monday, other light snacks, and we welcome BYOF (bring your own food). We love having food trucks, Now Bao will be parked up this winter, so check our socials to see what's on!
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!
Rhyme X Reason
Joy Rider - Pale Ale - 330mL (Single Can)
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Opening hours
The Rhyme X Reason Tap Room opens at noon 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 just usually quiet down around 8:00pm due to our industrial location.