Mykonos Beer Tasting

A Mykonos beer tasting is a guided session of local craft beers on Mykonos, at the island’s own brewery or in a taverna taproom in Mykonos Town. Guests taste small-batch Mikonu beers and hear how they are brewed. Tours across the rest of the country are listed on Greece Tours.

The sections below cover the tours, the brewery, its beers, brewing and ingredients, the town walk and food pairings. They also cover Greek craft beer, who it suits, timing, cruise visitors, getting there, shopping and booking, with links into the Mykonos pages. The tastings shown are checked on GetYourGuide and Viator.

What is a Mykonos beer tasting?

A Mykonos beer tasting is a guided session of local craft beer brewed on the island itself. On the core Mykonos beer tasting, staff from the Mykonos Brewing Company pour five small-batch beers. They explain how each one is made.

The beers carry the brand name Mikonu, which means “of Mykonos”. Each tasting serving is 140 ml. Guides share old island myths while you sip. That way, a Mykonos beer tasting mixes drink with local stories.

The company calls itself the first and only craft brewery on Mykonos. So every Mykonos beer tasting on the island leads back to the same small team. No beer knowledge is needed, since staff explain each beer in turn.

The booking sites list three formats. One is a short taproom tasting with five beers. The others add a guided walk through Mykonos Town or a drive around the island.

Which Mykonos beer tasting tours can you book?

Four listings sell a Mykonos beer tasting on the big booking sites. Three run on GetYourGuide and one runs on Viator. Each Mykonos beer tasting differs in length, group size and meeting point. All centre on local craft beer.

• Beer Tasting at Mykonos Brewing Company (GetYourGuide): one hour, up to 10 guests, five core beers. It meets at Mikònu Beer Taverna, Tourlos New Port.
• Mykonos Town: Brewery 2-Hour Walking Tour with Beer Tasting (GetYourGuide): 3.5 hours, private group. A 2-hour walk comes first, then four beers in 45 minutes. It meets near the Old Port.
• Mykonos Local Beer Tasting & Highlights Tour (GetYourGuide): 4 hours, with pickup available. A private option is also offered.
• Cellar Tour and Beer Tasting at Mykonos Brewing Company (Viator): about 30 minutes, five beers. Up to 15 guests meet at the brewery in Argyraina.

On GetYourGuide, the walk is now titled Mykonos Town Private Walk & Beer Tasting at a Local Taverna. The brewery’s own tasting now carries the title Mikonu Local Beer Tasting.

The walk’s first stop is Manto Mavrogenous Square, followed by Matoyianni Street. Its route also passes the windmills of Kato Mili and Little Venice. A minivan carries the group to the tasting and back.

The brewery itself runs the shortest Mykonos beer tasting. Tour firm YourConcierge.gr runs the town walk as a private tour. A driver and a local guide take the group in an air-conditioned vehicle. The walk does not suit guests with walking difficulties.

What is the Mykonos Brewing Company behind a Mykonos beer tasting?

The Mykonos Brewing Company is the island’s own microbrewery and the host of the core Mykonos beer tasting. Its beer brand, Mikonu, means “of Mykonos”. The company was founded one year before its first beers launched, and it still brews on Mykonos.

Brewers Angelos Ferous and Janos Bako met in Scotland while working as brewers at BrewDog. They started as two home brewers who wanted to turn a hobby into a living. The Mikonu brand builds its story on the island myth of the Giants.

Winemaker Yannis Paraskevopoulos joined them and helped set up the brewery. Businessman Yanis Myzalis planned the sales side. The founders called themselves the four parents of Mikonu beer. Their stated aim was strong beers that show off the land of Mykonos.

The first batches began fermenting just before Easter, in April. Brewing has run non-stop since late spring of that year. A team of five local Mykonians now runs the brewery and hosts the Mykonos beer tasting. Its beers are sold all around the island and further afield.

Where is the brewery, and how do you reach it for a Mykonos beer tasting?

The brewery sits underground in Argyraina, just outside Mykonos Town, on the road to Ano Mera. It lies a 10-minute drive from the airport. This season, the brewery’s own Mykonos beer tasting runs at a new taproom by the New Port.

The taproom moved inside Mathios Taverna at Tourlos, the New Port of Mykonos. For this transitional year, the two joined as Mikònu Beer Taverna. The whole brewery plans to move there too. The taverna serves a full food menu beside the taps.

Visitors need to know two sites: the New Port taproom and the Argyraina brewery. The Viator listing still names the brewery as its meeting point.

• New Port taproom: it stands at Tourlos, where large ferries and cruise ships dock.
• Bus to the brewery: take any town bus to Ano Mera, Kalo Livadi, Elia or Kalafati.
• Bus stop: get off at the Delos Supermarket stop for Argyraina.
• On foot: the brewery lies about 30 minutes’ walk from the town centre.
• Car, scooter, quad or taxi: the brewery calls these the easier way in.

The Argyraina site sits below ground in a small business park, behind a supermarket. If you book your Mykonos beer tasting on the walking tour, the minivan handles this trip.

What happens on the brewery cellar tour of a Mykonos beer tasting?

The cellar tour of a Mykonos beer tasting goes underground. Its brewery fills a former bowling alley below street level. Staff show the brewing kit, tell island myths and pour five beers. On Viator, this Mykonos beer tasting runs about 30 minutes.

The team calls the space the cave of the brewing Giants, after the island myth. It sadly kept no lane from the old bowling alley.

• Meet the host and receive bottled water.
• Walk down into the cave-like brewery below ground.
• See the stainless tanks and brewhouse, built to order in Greece.
• Hear how an in-house desalination plant, which takes salt out of water, makes fresh water.
• Learn how natural ingredients turn into beer, from grain to fermentation.
• Sip five 140 ml beers while the guide tells Mykonos myths.

The brewery says it is the only one in Greece that ages beer in wine barrels. After the last pour, guests can buy limited-edition Mikonu bottles sold only there.

On GetYourGuide, this Mykonos beer tasting is listed as wheelchair accessible. On Viator, the tasting also suits strollers and allows service animals. Smoking is not allowed indoors.

Which beers do you taste on a Mykonos beer tasting?

A Mykonos beer tasting at the brewery pours five beers from the Mikonu core range. The brewery lists seven core beers, plus a barrel-aged series and collaboration beers. Styles run from light lagers and saisons to a hoppy IPA.

Each beer on a Mykonos beer tasting carries two numbers. ABV means alcohol by volume, the share of alcohol in the glass. IBU stands for International Bitterness Units; a higher number tastes more bitter. The core beers sit between 4.2% and 6% ABV.

• Blonde Saison: a hazy yellow farmhouse ale at 5% ABV, with banana, citrus and herbal notes.
• Bohemian Pilsner: a fruity twist on the classic Czech lager, at 4.2% ABV and 25 IBU.
• India Pale Ale: a hoppy ale at 6% ABV, with a high bitterness score of 62 IBU.
• Fresh Lager: a 5% ABV lager made in small amounts and sold only on Mykonos.
• Fragos’ko: a fruit beer made with prickly pear, at 4.5% ABV and 20 IBU.
• Captain’s Weiss: a German-style wheat beer at 4.8% ABV, brewed as a collaboration.

Other beers join the range at times. A Chocolate Porter, a dark and strong ale, reaches 8% ABV. A Sorachi Ace Saison is brewed with just one Japanese hop.

Collaboration beers carry partner names. Mikonu x Jackie O’ is a Czech-style pilsner with a clear golden colour. It tastes slightly more bitter than an average Greek lager.

How is the beer brewed for a Mykonos beer tasting?

Every beer on a Mykonos beer tasting follows the same basic path. Malted grain meets hot water, the sweet liquid boils with hops, and yeast turns sugar into alcohol. At Mikonu this happens in steel tanks or aged wooden barrels.

Brewing starts with malt. Malt is barley soaked in water, left to sprout, then dried in a kiln, a hot oven. The brewer then cracks the grain open without grinding it into flour.

• Mash: crushed malt soaks in water at 63 to 72°C, so natural enzymes turn starch into sugar.
• Separate: the sweet liquid, called wort, drains away from the used grain.
• Boil: the wort boils for 60 to 90 minutes, which also kills germs.
• Hop: hops go in early for bitterness and near the end for aroma.
• Ferment: cooled wort meets yeast, which turns sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide bubbles.

Fermentation takes days or weeks, depending on the style. The Bohemian Pilsner on a Mykonos beer tasting is brewed extra slow. It is also dry hopped, which means more hops go in after the boil.

Mikonu brews in large stainless-steel tanks, or at times in aged wooden barrels. It says it is the only brewery in Greece making wine-barrel aged beers.

Which island ingredients go into the beers of a Mykonos beer tasting?

The brewery says it experiments with two local ingredients: prickly pears and barley. A Mykonos beer tasting also reveals the base recipe. It joins Greek malt, Belgian caramel wheat malt and hard-to-find hops. The brewery says these beers are found only on Mykonos.

The prickly pear is the fruit of a cactus that grows widely on the island. On a Mykonos beer tasting, Fragos’ko carries this fruit into a light fruit beer. Fragos’ko is one of the brewery’s seven core beers.

Barley ties the beers to Greek soil. The Bohemian Pilsner is brewed with Greek barley. Greek malt forms the base of the Mikonu range poured on a Mykonos beer tasting. Darker malts, roasted longer in the kiln, give the Chocolate Porter richer, roasted flavours.

Each Mykonos beer tasting comes with tales of Mykonos myths.

What does the Mykonos Town walk add to a Mykonos beer tasting?

The walking version adds a two-hour guided stroll through Mykonos Town before the beer. A local guide leads the group through narrow lanes and shares island myths. Then a minivan drives everyone to the Mykonos beer tasting.

The listing starts at the operator’s tours and shore excursions office. A copy of the same tour sets the meeting in front of the police station. It stands near the old port, across from Faro Cafe.

• Manto Mavrogenous Statue: a 15-minute photo stop at the tribute to a local heroine.
• Matoyianni Street: 15 minutes on the main shopping lane, lined with boutiques and cafés.
• Windmills of Mykonos: 15 minutes at the 16th-century mills that once ground grain.
• Little Venice and Paraportiani Church: copies of the tour add these two sights.

The guide shares myths handed down by Mykonos families. Walkers keep a slow pace for two hours on uneven lanes with steps. Guests who want the town alone can join a Mykonos walking tour instead.

The walking Mykonos beer tasting is not recommended for people with walking difficulties. Ferries can arrive late, so the operator asks for 45 minutes to an hour of spare time.

Which taverna taproom hosts the walking Mykonos beer tasting?

The listing describes a traditional local taverna with a dedicated taproom setting. It does not name the taverna. Its inclusions list a visit to Mykonos Brewery, where the walking Mykonos beer tasting lasts 45 minutes and pours four beers.

Copies of the tour place this stop a short drive from Mykonos Town. The whole tour lasts 3.5 hours, with the walk first and the tasting after.

• A two-hour walking tour of Mykonos Town with a local guide.
• A live guide who speaks English.
• A driver and an air-conditioned minivan to the brewery and back.
• A private group, so only your own party joins.

The tasting explains how natural ingredients become craft beer. Each beer on this Mykonos beer tasting shows a different flavour. Copies name lager, pale ale, IPA and seasonal beers as possible styles. The host talks through aroma, flavour and brewing method for each.

For a day built around island dishes, join the Mykonos food tour.

What food pairs with a Mykonos beer tasting?

Salty, spicy island meze pairs well with a Mykonos beer tasting. Kopanisti cheese, louza pork and barley rusks suit crisp and hoppy beers. The brewery’s own tasting includes snacks, so you never drink the five beers on an empty stomach.

Mykonos has its own pantry of cured meats and sharp cheeses. Locals serve them as meze, sliced thin, beside a cold beer. These salty bites suit a Mykonos beer tasting.

• Kopanisti: a soft, peppery cheese fermented until it bites, with protected-origin status.
• Louza: pork loin salted, rubbed with pepper and spices, then dried in the wind.
• Bouboulo: a smaller and milder cousin of louza.
• Dipirites: hard barley rusks, the base of mostra with kopanisti and tomato.
• Ksinotiro: a local cheese with a sour taste.
• Amygdalota: chewy almond biscuits scented with rosewater.

On a Mykonos beer tasting, a light pilsner or wheat beer cools the pepper in kopanisti. A bitter IPA cuts through fatty louza and sausage. The Mykonos food page covers the full island menu, and Mykonos cheese explains each local cheese.

Kopanisti turns up at meze tavernas in Ano Mera village. Louza is sold at deli counters in Mykonos Town. Pick up a pack for a picnic after a Mykonos beer tasting. Amygdalota are sold at bakeries near the Panagia Tourliani Monastery in Ano Mera.

What is the highlights tour version of a Mykonos beer tasting?

The highlights version of a Mykonos beer tasting is a four-hour tour listed on GetYourGuide. It joins the island’s top sights with a local beer tasting at the end. Pickup is available, and you can book it as a private trip.

Its listing sums up the plan in one line: the top sights first, then a refreshing local beer. This Mykonos beer tasting appears in the pub and bar tours section for Mykonos Town.

Another private tour on GetYourGuide shows what such a drive covers. It stops at Armenistis Lighthouse, Ano Mera village, Kalafatis Beach and the Divounia coast. It also climbs to a lookout over Mykonos Town and the Old Port. Guests then pick a beer, olive oil or wine tasting.

A third private route ends at the Mykonos brewery itself, after Kalafatis and Panorama Point. There, a Mykonos beer tasting covers five Mikonu beers, one made with island prickly pear. It lasts about four hours, with hotel pickup. The driver can adjust the schedule or lengthen the tasting on request.

How did Greek craft beer grow, and where does a Mykonos beer tasting fit in?

Greek craft beer grew from six microbreweries to more than 72 in just over a decade. A Mykonos beer tasting fits into this wave. Mykonos Brewing Company opened as the wave rose and is the island’s first and only craft brewery.

Greek brewing itself is old. Ioannis Fix opened the first big brewery in Athens in the 19th century. For decades after, beer in Greece meant plain pale lager, nothing like a Mykonos beer tasting today. Craft beer still holds only about 1 percent of Greek beer sales.

Change came during the economic crisis. Out-of-work engineers and chemists turned to brewing. The Hellenic Brewers Association saw microbreweries rise from 15 to nearly 40 in two years. Today at least 700 craft beers are made in Greece. The capital’s scene has its own page on Athens craft beer.

Greece also has at least 35 nomadic brewers, who rent other breweries’ kit for their recipes. The Hellenic Association of Brewers joins two big breweries and 16 microbreweries. Its yearly Open Breweries weekend in late September has included the Mykonos brewery.

Which other Cyclades breweries sit beside a Mykonos beer tasting?

Santorini, Tinos and Paros each have a craft brewery of their own. Their beers make a good comparison with a Mykonos beer tasting. Tinos, the next island over, has a brewery that welcomes visitors to see brewing and taste.

• Santorini Brewing Company: founded by four brewers, the first brewery on Santorini, maker of the Donkey beers.
• Volkan: a craft beer brand flavoured with Santorini honey and Naxos citron.
• Nissos on Tinos: a family-run brewery whose name means “island”, set in an old stone building.
• 56 Isles on Paros: the Microbrewery of Paros, named after the 56 Cyclades islands.

Nissos won a silver European Beer Star just 15 months after it opened. Its brewery at Vagia, near Tinos port, has run tours from 15 June to 15 September. Its Nissos 7 Beaufort is a 7 percent dark lager named after a strong Cyclades wind.

On Paros, 56 Isles brews an Aegean Wit from unmalted local wheat, citrus and spices. Unmalted means the grain is not first sprouted and dried, as malt is. Its co-owner, Marinos Alexandrou, runs the first microbrewery on Paros.

Santorini’s Crazy Donkey, a 6.5% IPA, is named as the first IPA brewed in Greece. Set it beside the Mikonu IPA from a Mykonos beer tasting. White Donkey is a hefeweizen, a cloudy German-style wheat beer. The Santorini beer tasting page covers that island’s beers.

Which big Greek beer brands contrast with a Mykonos beer tasting?

Fix, Mythos, Alfa and Vergina are the big Greek brands in bars and tavernas. Their main beers are pale golden lagers. A Mykonos beer tasting contrasts with them through island-brewed IPA, stout, pale ale and wheat beer.

• Fix: named after Ioannis Fix, whose Athens brewery began Greek beer making; now brewed by Olympic Brewery.
• Mythos: a 5% lager from Olympic Brewery, part of Denmark’s Carlsberg Group.
• Alfa: a 5% lager from Athenian Brewery, part of Heineken, made with Greek barley only.
• Vergina: a lager from the Greek-owned Macedonian Thrace Brewery in Komotini.

Fix’s old factory on Syngrou Avenue in Athens now houses the National Museum of Contemporary Art. In one consumer survey, Fix scored 15.3 percent, Alfa 13.8 and Vergina 9.4. Mythos is exported to the US, Canada, Australia and parts of Europe.

Two foreign groups own three of these four brands. Vergina’s brewery was founded by chemical engineer Demetri Politopoulos. Mikonu stays independent and brews from Greek malt and Belgian caramel wheat malt. A Mykonos beer tasting lets you compare a local IPA with the lager you know from tavernas.

Who suits a Mykonos beer tasting?

A Mykonos beer tasting suits adults aged 18 and over who enjoy local food and drink. The brewery listings set 18 as the minimum age for alcohol. Beer novices, couples and small groups all fit the relaxed format.

The Viator listing accepts guests aged 18 to 99. Children under 18 can visit the brewery free of charge. Staff serve them no alcohol, so a family can still share the visit and hear the stories.

The GetYourGuide Mykonos beer tasting at the brewery takes up to 10 people. The Viator version takes up to 15. The town walk with a taproom stop runs as a private group, booked just for your party.

Non-drinkers on that tour still enjoy the full 2-hour guided walk through town. At the taverna, a complete food menu serves anyone who skips the Mykonos beer tasting itself. Water comes included on the brewery session too.

• Beer novices: the guide explains each beer in plain words.
• Craft beer fans: five small-batch beers arrive in 140 ml glasses.
• Wheelchair users: the GetYourGuide brewery listing is marked wheelchair accessible.
• Couples and friends: the small group keeps the chat easy.
• Private parties: the town walk and highlights tour offer private options.

How long does a Mykonos beer tasting last, and what is included?

A Mykonos beer tasting at the brewery taproom lasts between 30 minutes and one hour. The walking tour version runs for 3.5 hours, and the highlights tour lasts 4 hours. Each format includes guided beer samples and set extras.

At the brewery, each Mykonos beer tasting includes a guided pour of five core beers, 140 ml each. Water and all fees and taxes are covered. The guide explains how natural ingredients become beer and shares local myths along the way.

Snacks and private transport are not part of the brewery package. The walking tour pairs a 2-hour guided walk with a 45-minute tasting of four beers. An air-conditioned minivan carries guests to the brewery and back.

Food, extra drinks and tips are not included on the walk. Hotel pickup costs extra there and depends on availability.

• Brewery tasting: 30 minutes to one hour, five beers, up to 10 or 15 guests.
• Town walk and taproom: 3.5 hours, four beers, one private group.
• Highlights tour: 4 hours, island sights and a local beer tasting.
• Countryside private tour: 2 hours, with beer, wine or olive oil chosen at booking.

When does a Mykonos beer tasting run?

A Mykonos beer tasting runs all week, with afternoon and evening slots. This season the taproom sits inside Mathios Taverna at Tourlos. It opens from 11:00 to 22:00 every day, so drop-in drinks fit around the booked tours.

The brewery calls this its transitional year inside the taverna. The shared venue now goes by the name Mikònu Beer Taverna. It offers fresh beers on tap, a full food menu, a merch shop and Aegean views.

Mathios itself serves brunch from 07:00 and lunch from 13:00. Cocktails follow from 18:00 until midnight. A Mykonos beer tasting fits neatly between these meal services, or as an early evening stop before dinner.

Listed Mykonos beer tasting start times include 15:00 and 19:30 in late summer. Walking tour start times show on each booking page. Peak season runs from June to September, when the island is busiest.

Can cruise passengers join a Mykonos beer tasting?

Cruise passengers can join a Mykonos beer tasting with ease. The taproom now sits at Tourlos, the New Port where cruise ships dock. Mathios Taverna stands at the marina there, a short walk from the quay.

The New Port at Tourlos lies about 2.5 km north of Mykonos Town. Ships that fit its dock berth there directly. Others anchor in the bay and carry passengers ashore by tender boat to the Old Port.

Tender guests land at the Old Port, right on the edge of town. From there the Sea Bus crosses to Tourlos about every 30 minutes. The ride takes 8 to 12 minutes, and the boats have wheelchair access.

A Mykonos beer tasting at the taproom lasts 30 minutes to one hour, fitting a short port call. The 3.5-hour walking tour suits a full day ashore. Leave time for the Sea Bus back before all-aboard.

• Ticket offices: collect pre-booked ferry tickets on arrival.
• ATMs: draw cash before the Mykonos beer tasting.
• Taxi station: a rank sits inside the port area.
• Rental desks: hire a car or a boat on the spot.
• Transport stops: catch the KTEL bus or the Sea Bus.

How do you get to a Mykonos beer tasting from the port, airport and beaches?

Reaching a Mykonos beer tasting is simple by bus, Sea Bus or taxi. The Tourlos taproom lies 2.5 km from town and 5.9 km from the airport. Agios Stefanos beach is just 1.3 km from the New Port.

Walking from town to a Mykonos beer tasting at Tourlos is not advised. The road is busy and has no proper pavement. Take a KTEL bus or the Sea Bus instead, both leaving from the edge of town.

The airport sits 4 km from town. KTEL buses run from there to Fabrika hourly, from about 09:15 to 22:15. The island has only 30 to 35 licensed taxis, so summer queues grow long.

Guests staying at Agios Stefanos can catch the Old Port bus as it passes Tourlos. It leaves Agios Stefanos about 10 minutes past each hour. From the airport, the direct bus to the New Port takes 20 to 25 minutes.

• From Mykonos Town: Sea Bus from the Old Port, 8 to 12 minutes.
• From Fabrika station: KTEL bus to the New Port, about 10 minutes.
• From the Old Port station: hourly buses via Tourlos, 09:00 to 23:00.
• From the airport: airport transfers or taxis, about 14 minutes by car.
• From Platis Gialos: bus to Fabrika in 10 minutes, then change.

What can you buy after a Mykonos beer tasting?

After a Mykonos beer tasting, the Mikonu merch shop sells bottled beers and limited-edition merchandise. The shop sits inside Mikonu Beer Taverna at Tourlos New Port. Rare bottles and taproom-only beers are the items guests cannot find at home.

The brewery’s core series has five bottled beers. These are sold all year in island shops, bars and restaurants. Bottles include the Bohemian Pilsner, the IPA, the Pale Ale and the Blonde Saison.

The barrel-aged series is rarer. These strong ales rest at least six months in old Greek wine or spirit barrels. Each vintage comes out once a year in a limited run of bottles, sold only on Mykonos.

• Hand luggage: containers over 100 ml cannot pass airport security.
• Checked suitcase: beer and other drinks under 24% alcohol can travel.
• Packing: wrap each bottle in a plastic bag, since cabin pressure changes cause leaks.
• Placement: pad the bottles with clothes in the centre of the case.
• Gifts: browse souvenirs from Mykonos for other island goods to pack.

How do you taste beer on a Mykonos beer tasting?

On a Mykonos beer tasting, you judge each beer in five steps. You look at it, smell it, sip it, feel it and note the finish. Start with the lighter beers and end with the stronger ones.

First, hold the glass near eye level. Check the colour, from pale straw to near black. Then look at the clarity and the foam on top, called the head.

Next, swirl the glass gently to release the smell. Take two or three short sniffs. Smell carries a large share of flavour, so this step matters.

Now take a small sip and let it cover your whole tongue. Notice the texture, called mouthfeel: light and crisp, or full and creamy. Finally, swallow and see how long the flavour stays. That last taste is the finish. Sip the included bottled water between beers to reset your taste.

Can you combine a Mykonos beer tasting with wine, food or cheese tastings?

Yes, a Mykonos beer tasting pairs easily with a wine, food or cheese tasting. The taproom serves a full food menu. Vioma Organic Farm pours wine inland near Ano Mera, on the bus route past the brewery.

Vioma grows grapes on the old monastery vineyard of Maou. It pours white, red, rosé and dessert wines. The farm opens from late spring to October, between noon and 5 pm.

• Wine: set island wine beside island beer on a Mykonos wine tasting.
• Dairy: Vioma makes its own dairy products and honey on the farm.
• Food: Mikonu Beer Taverna serves its full menu beside the beer taps.
• Next island: add a Crete beer tasting later in a Greek island trip.

From the Ano Mera bus stop, Vioma is about a 15-minute walk. The farm’s 3.6-hectare vineyard was once abandoned before the family brought it back to life.

Where do you stay near a Mykonos beer tasting?

For a Mykonos beer tasting, stay in Tourlos, Mykonos Town or Argyraina. Tourlos holds the taproom at the New Port. Mykonos Town hosts the walking tour start. Argyraina holds the brewery in an old bowling alley, just outside town.

Its position near the airport makes Argyraina handy on arrival or departure days. Uphill, it is about a 30-minute walk from Mykonos Town.

• Tourlos: sleep beside the taproom and the New Port.
• Mykonos Town: the walking tour meets by the police station near the old port.
• Argyraina: stay on the bus road between town and Ano Mera.
• Ano Mera: base yourself inland near the Vioma vineyard.
• All areas: compare them on the where to stay in Mykonos page.

After a Mykonos beer tasting, staying in Mykonos Town puts the evening bars within walking distance. Mikonu beer also flows from bar taps around the island. See Mykonos nightlife for where to go next.

How do you book and cancel a Mykonos beer tasting?

Book a Mykonos beer tasting on GetYourGuide or Viator, pick a date and time slot, and pay online. Both sites give a full refund if you cancel at least 24 hours before the local start time.

Inside 24 hours, a cancelled Mykonos beer tasting earns no refund. Changes made in that window are not accepted either. All cut-off times follow the local time on Mykonos.

Booking is confirmed instantly, and a mobile ticket on your phone is enough at the door. For help with a Viator booking, quote product code 148875P1. The GetYourGuide brewery listing carries product ID 767648.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is a Mykonos beer tasting suitable for wheelchair users?

Yes. The Viator listing marks the brewery tasting as wheelchair accessible, with accessible surfaces and transport options. Prams and strollers are welcome, and service animals are allowed. The two-hour town walk is different. Its listing advises against it for walking difficulties, back or knee problems and pregnancy.

Which language is a Mykonos beer tasting in, and how big are groups?

The guide on a Mykonos beer tasting speaks English. The Viator brewery tasting caps each group at 15 guests, aged 18 to 99. The walking tour runs as a private group and needs at least two people to go ahead.

What if your ferry reaches Mykonos late?

Ferries to Mykonos run late at times. The walking tour listing asks for a buffer. Allow an extra 45 minutes to one hour after the ferry’s planned arrival. Plan that gap before your Mykonos beer tasting so you do not miss the guide.

Can you get Mikonu beer delivered after the tasting?

Yes, after a Mykonos beer tasting you can order more. A food delivery app on the island carries Mikonu Local Beer. Orders mix and match the five bottled beers in packs of six or 24. Buyers must be 18 or older, and limited-edition merchandise sells while stock lasts.

What costs extra on the beer tours?

On the walking Mykonos beer tasting, tips are not included. Food and drinks outside the tasting are extra too. Hotel pickup and drop-off are not part of the tour. The operator can arrange that transport for an extra charge. The Viator brewery tasting also leaves out snacks and private transport.

How far ahead do people book a Mykonos beer tasting?

On Viator, guests book the brewery tasting 37 days ahead on average. The same listing warns that it tends to sell out, based on the last 30 days of bookings. Book your Mykonos beer tasting as soon as your island dates are fixed.

Which myth inspired the giants on Mikonu labels?

Local legend says Hercules defeated the Giants and buried them under Mykonos rocks. The brewery’s tagline places a hidden giant under rocks, inside windmills and beside reeds. Designer Michalis Georgiou and his G-Design Studio team created the Giants label series. The founders wanted an island image beyond windmills and pelicans. Spot the giant artwork on the labels during a Mykonos beer tasting.

Which barrel-aged Mikonu beers has the brewery released?

One vintage is a Chocolate Porter aged twelve months in French oak barrels. Those barrels first held Assyrtiko-pomace tsipouro from Makryonitis Syros Distillery. The result reaches 10% ABV, with mocha and bitter chocolate notes. It comes hand-bottled in 750 ml bottles, sold only at the brewery. An earlier Red Saison rested six months in Vinsanto barrels from GAIA Winery. Ask staff which vintage remains after your Mykonos beer tasting.

Which beers did Mikonu launch with, and how did locals react?

The brewery opened with just two core styles. These were a drinkable Blonde Saison and a hoppy American-style pale ale. The Pale Ale reached 5.3% ABV and 45 IBU. At first, certain locals found the new beers too aromatic and bitter. Such drinkers had never come across hops or old Belgian yeast strains. A Mykonos beer tasting now pours a far wider range of styles.