Don’t be fooled – Mandoon Estate may be best known as a winery and fine dining restaurant, but it’s also home to Homestead, a fine craft brewery.

Led by highly regarded and much awarded head brewer Stuart Taylor, the brewery offers a selection of unique beers and ciders along with bar and table seating, relaxed lounges and outside dining on the deck offering an incredible view of the vineyards.

The brewery features a tapas-style menu for lunch and dinner designed by Mandoon Estate's executive chef Michael Hartnell, who works with the brewers to ensure the food and brews are mutually complementary.

Beer tragics will be interested to learn that Homestead Brewery is the only one of its kind in Australia, being fitted out with German-manufactured Schulz brewing equipment. Schulz has over 350 years of experience and is the oldest manufacturer of brewing equipment in Germany.