Where Vienna drinks local: brewpubs, taprooms and the new wave.
Taprooms, brewpubs and the local beer scene in Vienna worth taking a tram to.
1516 Brewing on Schwarzenbergstrasse in Vienna is the city's longest-running craft brewpub, the in-house Victory Hop Devil IPA and the house lager.
Tip: Open daily 11:00-02:00; the burger kitchen runs until midnight, the back tap room takes the after-work crowd.
Brew Age's Achtundzwanzig taproom on Schloesselgasse in Josefstadt pours six rotating beers from the brewery's wider portfolio, the city's flagship Brew Age.
Tip: The six rotating taps cover the brewery's range; the bottled list adds another 40 beers for take-home.
Siebenstern Braeu on Siebensterngasse in Vienna's Neubau brews on-site since the 1990s, the brewpub running its own helles, Maerzen. At Siebensterngasse 19.
Tip: The Maerzen is the house workhorse; the Hanfbier (hemp beer) is the city's most-noticed novelty pour.
Beaver Brewing on Liechtensteinstrasse in Vienna's Alsergrund is a tiny brewpub run by an American-Czech brewer, with sixteen rotating taps.
Tip: Cash and card; the kitchen runs Czech-American crossover plates, the buffalo wings come with house hot sauce.
Fischerbraeu on Billrothstrasse in Vienna's Doebling is a long-running brewpub with a large summer garden, the in-house helles and Maerzen the standards.
Tip: The chestnut-shaded summer garden is the room's main capacity from April to September; book ahead on warm Friday and Saturday evenings.
Ottakringer Braumanufaktur in Vienna's 16th district is the historic Ottakringer brewery's visitor and tasting house, the on-site museum and shop the 16th.
Tip: The brewery tours run Saturday afternoons; book at least a week ahead through the website.
Brauwerk in the Ottakringer brewery's Ottakring complex has run as the group's experimental craft arm since 2014, cycling new Vienna Lagers and IPAs.
Hawidere on Ullmannstrasse in the 15th district is Vienna's craft-beer tap house, 14 taps rotating Austrian small-batch alongside a built bottle fridge.
Wieden Braeu on Waaggasse in Wieden has brewed in-house since 1991, the vaulted cellar pouring unfiltered Helles and Maerzen alongside a beer-hall menu.
Salm Braeu's Rennweg brewpub sits in the Salesianer monastery's vaulted cellars, the in-house pales and seasonal IPA poured with schnitzel plates.