Welcome to Big Swig Tours.
We’re exploring the Last Frontier,
one craft brewery at a time.
Join us on our quest.
By that we mean our tours are as much about the history of Alaskan beers, the masters who brew them and the locals who drink them, as they are about tasting the beers themselves*.
Each tour departs at 2:45pm, Monday-Saturday from the corner of 4th Ave. and F. St., the heart of downtown Anchorage. During your 4-hour adventure, your Big Swig Hoperator will escort you around town and off the beaten path as you explore Alaska’s finest breweries and beer-centric venues.
Tickets include 12 beer tastings, a selection of appetizers at Midnight Sun Brewing Co., roundtrip transportation and 4 hours of stories you’ll be sure to recount to your friends back home.
Anchorage’s oldest brewery, Midnight Sun has medaled at both the Great American Beer Festival and the World Beer Cup. Tastes like victory.
Since opening in 2011, this quaint taproom has become a magnet for locals who know good beer. Proof that even the young cubs can hang with the old grizzlies.
With a growing demand for their small batch, high quality Belgian-inspired ales, Resolution brews with the same creativity, passion, and well…”stoke”, that draws all of us like-minded folks to the 49th state.
Anchorage's newest brewery, crafts European-inspired lagers and ales. Enjoy these well-balanced, subtly sophisticated brews in Cynosure's convivial taproom.
Your day will start in Anchorage as you board the Alaska Railroad bound for historic Talkeetna, Alaska. Once there, your 'Hoperator' will escort you on a behind the scenes look into 4 of Alaska's finest breweries as you explore your way back to Anchorage.
Tickets include rail travel, a minimum of 16 beer tastings, a hearty box lunch, round trip transportation and plenty of stories and surprises you'll be sure to recount to your friends back home.
Alaska’s second largest brewery nestled just 60 miles from North America’s tallest peak: Denali 20,320ft.
Surrounded by the towering peaks of the Chugach and Talkeetna mountains, this thriving community brewery combines art and science to create authentic local ales.
The brewery is run by four brothers from the valley: Jake, Jed, Jack, and James, all working together to bring you fresh, exciting, and original beer!
Drawing on their deep roots in the local hockey community, the state’s newest brewery has fused their passions of hockey and beer to create a one of a kind hockey themed community brewery.
With a growing demand for their small batch, high quality Belgian-inspired ales, Resolution brews with the same creativity, passion, and well…”stoke”, that draws all of us like-minded folks to the 49th state.
Your day will begin as we meet in downtown Anchorage, load up the bikes, and drive out to Anchorage’s largest municipal park, Kincaid Park for an 8 mile leisurely journey on the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail* back to downtown. We will make a handful of stops to talk about the natural landscape and historic events that have shaped Anchorage over the years.
After your 2.5 hr. bike adventure, enjoy some free time in downtown for lunch and sightseeing before the afternoon part of the tour.
The afternoon will be spent exploring Alaska’s rapidly growing craft beer industry. We will learn all about craft beer from grain to glass as we get a behind the scenes look into this thriving industry.
Anchorage’s oldest brewery, Midnight Sun has medaled at both the Great American Beer Festival and the World Beer Cup. Tastes like victory.
Since opening in 2011, this quaint taproom has become a magnet for locals who know good beer. Proof that even the young cubs can hang with the old grizzlies.
With a growing demand for their small batch, high quality Belgian-inspired ales, Resolution brews with the same creativity, passion, and well…"stoke", that draws all of us like-minded folks to the 49th state.
At Big Swig our philosophy and our outlook on life are one in the same: drink good beer with good friends. It’s really that simple. That’s why it’s important to us that you get more out of our tours than the beer tastings. We want you to leave your time with us feeling like you’ve connected with Alaska and, most importantly, with the people who call this breathtaking state home.
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