Zywiec Beer Museum Tour

Duration: 6 hours

Available languages: English

Free Hotel Pickup

Lunch available

Discover how one of the most popular Polish beers is made.

If you have ever tried Polish beer before, there is a high chance that it was prepared in Zywiec brewery! Zywiec is the finest export Polish beer with a history dating back to the 19th century. Now it is one of the most popular beers in Poland and the most popular Polish beer in the world. If you would like to see how its brewing process looks like and taste a glass of beer so fresh that it is almost straight from the brewery barrels, we have prepared a tour just perfect for you!

Zywiec brewery museum - a sip of history from 19th century

We give you a unique opportunity to visit a brewery museum that depicts more than 150 years of beer production history. Zywiec brewery was founded in 1856 by archduke Albrecht Fryderyk Habsburg. As the name of the beer indicates, the brewery is located in the mountainous region in the town Zywiec, by Browarna 88 street. It survived the border changes, changes of regime, and two wars. It belonged to the Habsburg family for over 80 years, after the second world war it became a state brewery, and finally, in 1994 most of its shares were bought by Heineken. Now the beer is produced in the modern part. The museum was opened in the oldest part of the beer factory.

Did you know that in the past wooden barrels were used not only as lagering barrels but as well as the way to transport and distribute beer around the country? Did you know that Zywiec brewery in the past minted its own coins that with which workers could buy beer in taverns? Do you know how important it is to use a proper glass to bring out the full aroma of a beer? Answers for these and many other questions you are going to find during your tour o Zywiec brewery museum. Your trip to the museum will show how interesting beer production can be. Guides are going to clarify all of the details of the art of brewing and explain the way every machine worked.

Tours to Zywiec brewery with MrShuttle

We are leaders in organizing tours and we are proud of our perfectly working door-to-door service. It means that if you want to visit the Zywiec brewery museum, the only thing you have to do is to book a trip on our website. We are going to take care of everything else! Our English-speaking driver is going to pick you up in the morning from your hotel and take you to Zywiec town. There you are going to enjoy a fully organized day devoted to the interesting history of the Polish brewery. Lunch and beer tasting included. The tour is fully insured. At the end of the day, our professional driver is going to deliver you safely to the place of your stay.