Beer in South Korea - 13 Restaurant Picks

Shaped like a charred stick of firewood, the house-made jerky smells of warm spices and tastes intensely of beef. Sichu…

Sour beers lead the list at Seoul Gypsy's third location, a brewery built around fermentation. Thin, crisp sourdough pi…

Pilsner and Kozel Dark poured half and half in layers make the Czech cut, which shifts from light lager on top to roast…

Behind a retro corner-shop facade on Gyeongnidan-gil, fridges hold Korean craft beers and hard-to-find imports in bottl…

For food served inside a brewery, the plates are substantial. The dry-aged T-bone comes thick and barely seasoned, and…

A large open fridge of bottles and cans stands beside the draft taps, and drinkers pick their own bottles. Sours run de…

The taps change often, so the owner starts by asking what flavors you like and pours a craft beer to match. The octopus…

No sign marks this small hanok pressed against the stone wall west of Jongmyo Shrine, and the window looks straight ont…

Half of the fifteen craft-beer taps stay fixed and the other half rotate with the season and whatever comes in. Tucked…

Surf videos play on the ground floor beside a few vintage motorcycles, and the second-floor windows look out on the wav…

Around 25 taps pour nothing but Korean craft beer from domestic breweries, with makgeolli (rice wine) as the non-beer o…

Beer is brewed on site at this Gongneung-dong brewhouse and poured straight from the taps. Vienna Lager runs deep and m…

A wristband handed out at the door logs every pour from the self-serve taps in 10ml steps, so tasting several beers in…