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Otago Daily Times
2 days ago
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Beercycle promises to pedal local brews
A Beercycle pictured during a recent trial run around Queenstown's CBD. PHOTO: TRACEY ROXBURGH Pedal-powered pub crawl business Beercycle is up and cranking on Queenstown's streets. Beercycle Ltd founder and CEO Nick Wilson says one of its beercycles is already doing practice runs around the CBD, and its first paid tour's been booked for next weekend. The company's now got consent from Queenstown's council for the venture. The plan is for beercycles to carry up to 15 people, including a host/driver, and take punters on two-hour tours around the resort with stops at three or four local venues. Wilson, who started with his first beercycle in Auckland nine years ago and has since expanded to Hamilton and Christchurch, reckons Queenstown's going to be the best of the lot. "There's so much to do, and everyone''s in such a good mood. "It'll definitely be the most popular one." He's now waiting for the company's liquor licence application to be approved so beer can be served on the beercycle — a first for Beercycle. To that end, he's in discussions with resort craft breweries Searchlight, Altitude and Crimson Badger. "We're only going to be serving Queenstown beers — we want it to be a fully Queenstown-based experience. "We could sell international beers, but why would you when some of the best beer in New Zealand is made in Queenstown?" The tours will operate daily between 11am and 9pm.
Otago Daily Times
21-06-2025
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Gearing up for hoppy hours
Beercycles could soon be rolling through Queenstown. PHOTO: SUPPLIED A new type of booze cruise is being pitched for Queenstown. Hamilton-based company Beercycle Ltd has plans to launch in the CBD, using people power to move between various partner venues around the town centre. According to its resource consent application, which has been formally received by Queenstown's council, the beercycles can accommodate up to 15 people, including a host/driver, undertaking two-hour tours, with stops at three or four local venues. The company's been operating in Auckland, Christchurch and Hamilton for nine years without incident — it wants to expand into Queenstown, aligning with the resort's identity as "an adventurous, fun, visitor-driven destination". The bikes are fully pedal-powered, making them an environmentally friendly mode of tourism, while also supporting local hospo venues, the application says. Republic Hospitality Group, which owns 1876, Sundeck and Winnies, provided a letter of support for the application, stating Queenstown's known for its innovation and world-class hospitality, and Beercycle presents a chance to further enhance that. The tours, planned to operate daily between 11am and 9pm, would include onboard music, with a capped output of 60dB — the speed of the beercycle's comparable to a jogger or scooter. Any disturbance to residents is considered less than minor, while there's no conflict anticipated between Beercycle and pedestrians/cyclists, and any environmental or social effects are deemed less than minor and well managed through proposed conditions, the application says.
