Bars and Drinking Spots in Korea

Run by a British owner, the brewery pours everything from New England IPA and sour ale to the Choco Stick Imperial Stou…

Big fermentation tanks stand in one corner of the room, and the beer they produce goes straight to the taps. IPAs are w…

With eleven beers on tap, the easiest move is to ask the owner. Say whether you want something stronger, sweeter, fresh…

The brewing kit sits on the ground floor of the Seongnam-dong, Seosan shop, and the beer goes from it straight to the t…

Beer fans single out the IPAs and double dry-hopped brews as this brewery's strength, while its international awards we…

The taps pour The Ranch Brewing's own IPA, lager and wheat beer, and the sampler sets out a little of each: from the li…

This bar asks guests to keep their voices down and go easy on perfume. Nothing shows from the street; the way in is a s…

The sign is small enough that first-timers often walk right past. Inside, the frame of the old brewery building is stil…

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

Beer brewed on the ground floor is poured one floor up in a modest pub. Several IPAs lean toward tropical fruit, and th…

Royal burial mounds of the Noseo-dong tomb group sit directly across the road, in view the whole time you drink. It is…

Baked deep-dish style in a tall pan, the Gyeongju pizza is packed with cheese and topped with walnuts and figs, and it…

The double beef cheeseburger has cheese melting between two beef patties, so the seared crust, the juices and the salty…

A brewery, a restaurant and a lawn share one big lot in Sang-myeon, Gapyeong, so it feels less like a restaurant than a…

From the 11th floor of Pangyo Tower, the office towers around Pangyo Station light up below the terrace. The Mint Choco…

Down a winding country lane between factories in Jangan-myeon, Hwaseong, a cafe and a restaurant share a courtyard gard…

Seats inside and out look down over Jungmun Beach, and the beach-side terrace faces the sunset. In the evening, reggae…

Each guest gets a tasting pour before ordering. The taps run to 11 ales made with Jeju ingredients such as tangerine an…

Every Magpie Brewing beer poured here is also sold in cans, with a discount and nationwide shipping on 12 or more. On t…

You pull beer from the fridge yourself, and when you get up the bill is counted in empty bottles. This is a Jeonju gama…

The original building across the street stays on as the brewery, while the three-story building the bar moved into uses…

Outdoor tables fill the courtyard of a hanok on Hyanggyo-gil, and in the evening crickets sing around them. The taps le…

Tables sit right on the Manho-dong harbor front in Mokpo, so drinks at dusk come with the sunset and the harbor lights.…

Fresh makgeolli, unfiltered rice wine, has been brewed and bottled at this family operation below Duryunsan in Haenam s…