Altitude Brewing is Queenstown's own craft brewery, built around the motto Brewed for Adventure and the promise of 'Epic adventures. Tall Stories. Great beers.' The brewery and its tap room sit at 827 Frankton Road in Frankton, where the team's beers are both brewed and poured. It is a working brewery first: beer is made on site and served in the tap room alongside ready-to-eat meals and snacks, with takeaway beer available under the tap room's off-licence.
The operation runs properly licensed and registered. The tap room trades under off-licence 68/OFF/0510/2025, held by Altitude Brewing Limited until 26 September 2026, and the brewery holds a National Programme Level 3 food registration with the Queenstown Lakes District Council, valid to 29 August 2026. A published host responsibility policy covers staff training, refusing service to minors and checking ID — a New Zealand photo driver licence, Kiwi Access Card (18+) or current passport.
Beyond the bar, Altitude sells its beer through an online shop with courier delivery and a 14-day return policy, and handles wholesale and trade enquiries through a dedicated Trade page. The Warren Miller quote featured on the contact page — 'If you don't do it this year, you will be one year older when you do!' — sums up the spirit of the place.
There is a particular kind of thirst that only a big day outside can create, and Altitude Brewing has built a Queenstown craft brewery around it. From the brewery and tap room at 827 Frankton Road in Frankton, the team brews and pours its own beers under a banner that says everything about the place: **Brewed for Adventure**. The fuller version of the pitch appears on every page of the website — "Epic adventures. Tall Stories. Great beers." — and it sets the tone before you ever reach the bar.
This is a brewery that wears its outlook openly. The contact page opens not with a form but with a quote from ski-movie legend Warren Miller: "If you don't do it this year, you will be one year older when you do!" It reads like a nudge to book the trip, climb the hill, get out there — and, conveniently, an argument for rewarding yourself afterwards with a locally brewed beer. Altitude's audience is people who go and do things, and the beer is made to be part of that story.
Altitude is a working brewery first and a bar second. The tap room is where the two meet: the brewery's own craft beers, poured on the spot in Frankton, alongside ready-to-eat meals and snacks — the food scope listed on the brewery's official food registration — rather than a full restaurant kitchen. It is a casual stop for a pint and a bite, with beer available to take home under the tap room's off-licence.
Credentials matter when alcohol is involved, and Altitude puts its paperwork on display. The tap room trades under liquor licence 68/OFF/0510/2025, held by Altitude Brewing Limited and current until 26 September 2026. The wider operation is registered with the Queenstown Lakes District Council as a National Programme Level 3 food business — a scope that explicitly covers brewers of beer — with that registration running to 29 August 2026. The company also publishes a host responsibility policy: staff are trained to serve alcohol responsibly, supplying minors is against the law, and identification — a New Zealand photo driver licence, a Kiwi Access Card (18+) or a current passport — may be requested whenever there is any doubt about age.
If you can't get to Frankton, the beer can come to you. Altitude runs a full online shop where customers order its beer for courier delivery, paying with their own credit card as part of the company's host responsibility rules. Shopping online comes with straightforward protections: a 14-day return policy for unused items in original packaging with proof of purchase, refunds to the original payment method within 10 business days of an approved return, and a request that customers inspect orders on arrival and report anything damaged, defective or incorrect immediately so it can be put right. Questions go to [email protected].
The brewery isn't only for walk-in and online customers, either. A dedicated Trade page handles wholesale and trade enquiries, making Altitude a local supply option for hospitality businesses wanting Queenstown-brewed beer on their lists. Add an active presence on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, plus a blog, and there are plenty of ways to keep up with what the brewery is doing between visits.
The tap room sits at 827 Frankton Road in Frankton — the address also appears on the site as 827 Frankton Arm Walk — on the Frankton side of Queenstown. Tap lists at working breweries move with the brewing schedule, so it pays to check the Tap Room page or the brewery's social feeds before making a special trip to see exactly what's pouring.
Bring a tall story of your own to swap; given the Warren Miller quote on the contact page, the team will approve. And if the adventure motto holds, you'll leave with beer for the next one — either from the tap room itself or a few clicks away in the online shop.