Explore & Taste
Explore our grounds, see the distillery & brewery.
Enjoy a beer tasting, gin tasting, vodka tasting & Waiheke Whisky tasting flights. Experience our Māori art & hear about significant local history. Learn how we make our craft whisky & beer. Choose one or more flights, relax, and enjoy.
Tasting Experiences are available until 30 minutes before we close.
You do not need to book a tasting. If you are booked to eat here then we can deliver a tasting to you.
Walk in and we always do our best to find you a great seat for a tasting.
We serve the tasting flights in crates which you can enjoy at your table while you read through the information.
Tours of the distillery and brewery are not available at all times, due to operational requirements, but for reserved VIP or Founder Tours you can email enquiries to bookings@theheke.co.nz
Single Malt whisky lovers will appreciate tasting four premium drams from our distillery; including trophy award-winning peated and unpeated aged whisky. Note we haven’t shown this below!
Beer & Whisky tasting is the best of both worlds. New to whisky? Try two craft beers and two whisky drams.
Spirit lovers can try our Jardim Garden Gin & Ihla Grain Vodka, HONEY + RYE bourbon & vodka seltzer
- all made here on Waiheke.
Beer fans will have four tap beers poured cold and fresh - be surprised by the variety we have here at The Heke.
We have a very special location with art and history to describe.
Visit our distillery and brewery on Waiheke Island. When you come here you’ll be amazed how beautiful this building is!
The whisky distillery on Waiheke Island is worth a visit, with stunning wash and spirit stills, made in copper in Scotland and shipped all the way to Waiheke Island. Our brewery makes fresh beer that we serve on tap here, these change out all the time so we’ll tell you about the list when you get here.
THE TAP BEER FLIGHT
This cold tap beer flight is the ideal way to try something new.
Waiheke Brewing Co's Heke lager + 3 crafted hand picked guest beers. We change kegs out al the time but you might try Alibi, Fortune Favours, Founders, hazy, gose, IPA, APA, sour… pick your own or we will pick for you!
160 ml per glass x 4. (4.5% ABV - 6.6% ABV ).
THE SPIRITS OF The Heke FLIGHT
Pure grain spirits distilled by our master distiller on Waiheke Island.
The Heke Garden Gin, The Heke Grain Vodka, Waiheke Whisky Honey + Rye aged 'bourbon', The Heke Tropical Vodka seltzer.
40% ABV / 4.5% ABV. Add East Imperial mixers - Soda, Tonic, Cola = $5 each.
THE BOILERMAKER FLIGHT
The first place in the world to try Waiheke Whisky is right here at The Heke.
Waiheke Whisky Sweetwater 5 yo, Waiheke Whisky Oak + Rye American style, Waiheke Waiheke Brewing Co's Heke lager premium lager & APA. The Single Malt Whisky is distilled on Waiheke Island.
15 ml x 2 160 ml x 2.Self guided Tasting - anytime. Guided Tasting by appointment
Book online for lunch or come on in for a tasting flight soon.