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Tennent's Wellpark Brewery – a Tour and Lunch at Drygate

A few hours, from Queen Street station and back.

The route

Tennent's has been brewing at the Wellpark Brewery in Glasgow's East End for generations, and its tour takes you behind the painted walls on Duke Street to see how the city's own lager is made.

Round the corner, Drygate's bar and kitchen looks straight into its brewhouse, with plenty of beers on tap and good comfort food. It's an easy walk from Queen Street station, so nobody has to drive.

Before you go

  1. Book accommodation nearby

    If you are staying over: here are ours nearest where the day starts and ends.

    The nearest of ours is Moment Blythswood Street. Sleeps 2.

  2. Book the brewery tour at Tennent's Story Heritage Centre

    Book a late-morning Tennent's brewery tour on Tennent's own website before you go: tours run Tuesday to Sunday, last about an hour and a half, cost from £17 a head at the time of writing and are for over-18s only.

  3. Book a table at Drygate

    Book a table for lunch in the Drygate Bar + Kitchen online, as it gets busy; it opens every day from noon, and the outdoor tables are walk-in only.

The day

Glasgow

A morning on foot in the oldest part of the city: a walk out along Duke Street, a tour of the brewery behind the famous murals, and a long, easy lunch with a view into another brewhouse round the corner.

About three and a half hours

  1. Tennent's Story Heritage Centre

    Tennent's Story Heritage Centre

    An attraction

    Book a late-morning tour on Tennent's own website before you go: it takes about an hour and a half, costs from £17 a head at the time of writing, and is for over-18s only. It's a 20-minute walk east from Queen Street station, by George Street and Duke Street, to the visitor centre at 161 Duke Street. Come on foot or by taxi, so nobody has to drive home. Look out for the painted adverts along the brewery wall as you arrive. The tour starts in the Tennent's Story heritage centre, goes behind the scenes in the Wellpark Brewery, where Tennent's says beer has been made since the 1500s, and ends with a taste of the beer. If anyone in your group has mobility needs, book one of the accessible tours instead.

    More about Tennent's Story Heritage Centre

  2. 4 min on foot

    Drygate

    Drygate

    Lunch

    Drygate is 4 minutes' walk round the corner for lunch, open every day from noon. Its bar and kitchen looks through glass into the brewhouse, with over 20 beers on tap and hearty food; book a table online, as it gets busy. Dogs are welcome, and children until 9pm. Queen Street station is 18 minutes' walk back.

If it rains

The tour and lunch are both indoors; on a wet morning take a taxi from Queen Street station instead of walking.

Drygate Brewery