Best beer places – inSing.com.

Glad to see one of our fave watering holes featured in a ‘Best’ ranking! Well done, Brewerkz! Love your Oktoberfest brew, BTW. Had 2 pints of it over the recent F1 Singapore weekend when we showed our Japanese bartender friend Yusuke Sato where to find the best microbrews in hot ol’ Singapore. Sato-san pulls pints at Shimbashi Dry-Dock, which serves craft beer. I think Sato-san likes Tiger Beer and Singapore.

Best beer places

inSing.com – Zaki – 1 day 15 hrs 40 mins ago

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The search for the best spots for beers in Singapore can be as unpredictable and daunting as the Singaporean weather — not every bar can deliver a perfectly pulled pint of lager or serve it ice cold for that matter. Too much or too little head (foam) can be a deal-breaker for most beer aficionados. From bars with the most beers on tap, brews with Asian twists to titillating tipples for the ladies, we’ve rounded up the best beer haunts for you.

Durty Nelly’s
The buzz: A popular joint for the financial types working around the Marina Bay area, this Irish pub, from the same people who brought us Muddy Murphy’s Irish Pub, boasts a spacious interior and a wide selection of Irish beers and single malt whiskeys. Resident band Nana & Friends plays a mean repertoire of rock and pop classics every Friday from 9pm.

Pints of pride: Durty Nelly’s has eight whopping choices of brews for you to choose from. Take your pick from Tiger Beer, Heineken, Old Speckled Hen, Guinness, Strongbow, Kilkenny and Erdinger

Brewerkz
The buzz: Since 1997, Singapore’s award-winning microbrewery restaurant Brewerkz has been doling out perfect pints of its delectable golden custom creations. Of all the pubs and restaurants here, Brewerkz comes closest to emulating the American dining experience — hearty servings of food, copious pints of fresh beer and a friendly atmosphere.

Pints of pride: This place has won accolades for its outstanding thirst-quenchers, all whipped up with love by brew master Scott Robertson, a former Canadian physicist. Its Indian Pale Ale, with its crisp flavours, may even convert non-beer drinkers. With 13 brews fresh on tap in addition to its offerings of bottled Belgian beers, there’s definitely one for every mood and moment. There’s also a beer just for charity. With every purchase of the Hope Beer — a nutty, bittersweet ale — $1 will be donated to cancer research.

Ice Cold Beer
The buzz: Situated in a conservation shophouse, this two-storey watering hole has custom made ice tanks just to serve you all sorts of reasonably-priced beers at just the right temperature — ice cold, just like its name. Other than its extensive selection of beers, its range of pub grub — like its crispy wings — are definitely must-haves when you’re downing a cold pint of Stella Artois. Ice Cold Beer’s bartenders have won numerous awards for pulling a perfect pint of the Belgian brew.

Pints of pride: Ice Cold Beer boasts a staggering list of 50 beers from all over the world: pilsners, ales, lagers, stouts, wheat beers — you name it, they’ve got it. Try Belgian stalwarts like Leffe Blonde and Chimay Blanche or French favourites Kronenburg 1664. Beer lovers should try to earn its Master of Beer Addiction (MBA) where if you consume all of its beers within a month, you’ll get a certificate and a case of your favourite beer.

Archipelago Craft Beer Hub
The buzz: The flagship outlet of Singapore’s very own craft beer makers, Archipelago Brewery Company (ABC Stout anyone?) has been brewing the golden stuff here since 1931. It was only in 2006 that they revived Archipelago’s tradition of handcrafted bespoke beers like the ones we’re drinking today. The beer hub is reminiscent of an English pub with a modern twist. Its location, in a Boat Quay shophouse, helps create a romantic aura of quaffing pints in a bygone era.

Pints of pride: Expect craft beers with an Asian twist — all dreamt up by brewmaster Fal Allen. Concoctions like traveler’s wheat, trader’s brown ale and straits pale are infused with spices such as assam and palm sugar. We recommend the refreshing and invigoratingly sweet and zesty Samui, infused with calamansi limes and pandan leaves.

Paulaner Brauhaus
The buzz: Soak up authentic German bier hall vibes at Singapore’s only German microbrewery and restaurant, Paulaner Brauhaus — the place for authentic German beers. With its unique three-storey glass enclosure showcasing microbrewery hardware coupled with the raucous atmosphere, it’s the perfect spot to clink steins of German beers with your pals after hours.

Pints of pride: With an in-house microbrewery, this place ensures your beer is always served fresh. Everything is done here, from milling, to brewing and fermenting, and Paulaner Brauhaus takes pride that the beers here are made according to the Purity Law that dates back to the 16th century. Noteworthy suds are the delectable bright golden brew with a light hops flavour that is the Munich lager, and Munich dark with its natural malt flavour. Every October (during Oktoberfest of course), its brewmaster will whip up its own Oktoberfestbier — a delectable heady brew of pale ale.