HopOn - Central

Cruise with us through Waterloo Region and enjoy your local beer scene! Sample delicious craft beers and experience each stop’s unique atmosphere!

HopOn - brought to you by The Steele Group, lets you start anywhere and travel at your own pace! HopOn Beer Busses arrive at each designated stop every 20 minutes.

Arrive for free with GRT! Leave the car at home and show your ticket on any GRT bus or ION LRT to get free transit to and from any of our designated stops.

Busses are staffed with friendly, smart-serve certified guides to answer your questions and ensure your ride is smooth and enjoyable.

Perfect for beer lovers, local adventurers and everyone in between - HopOn aims to create an event that welcomes everyone to discover the beer & beverage industry gems that help make Waterloo Region so awesome!

Ticket includes:

• Unlimited hop-on, hop-off transportation via the HopOn Beer Bus to designated Central Loop stops: Abe Erb, Counterpoint, Short Finger, Stockyards, & TWB Brewing (featuring a pop-up by Twas Now Brewing!).
• 10 sample tokens* - redeemable at each stop.
• Free GRT access with your event ticket to/from any of our pickup/dropoff locations
• Free beer delivery from select participating brewery stops after the event, so you can enjoy your favourites at home!

This is a 19+ age event. No outside food or drink is permitted (we want to support our local breweries and food trucks/vendors!). Show your digital or printed ticket to a bus monitor on one of our vehicles. They will wristband you and give you a shuttle schedule card. Please leave your wristband on for the remainder of the event. Simply show the GRT bus operator or ION LRT fare inspector your event ticket or wristband for free access to/from the event.
Shuttles will operate every 20 minutes at each pickup/dropoff location from 12PM until 6PM. At 6PM, buses will be drop-off only for one more loop.

*some breweries offer sample sizes, some will require more tokens for half and full pints