Crafty Trout Brewery
Alpine beer brewed in Taupo
This brewery, eatery and bottle shop on Tongariro St is a slightly confusing mix of German / Kiwi beer house. This is ‘alpine-crafted’ beer, with a BierKAFE upstairs and good German beer-drinking music on tap.
The menu is excellent - the highlight being the Loaded Beef Schnitzels, which come with salad, sauerkraut and chunky fries.
Our favourite in the beer line-up is the Night Poacher Dunkel Weizen. If that doesnt knock your socks off, try a Day Poacher Hefe Weizen.