Beaver Brewing on Liechtensteinstrasse in Vienna's Alsergrund is a tiny brewpub run by an American-Czech brewer, the menu of 16 rotating taps the city's deepest American-craft range.
Tip: Cash and card; the kitchen runs Czech-American crossover plates, the buffalo wings come with house hot sauce.
Address: Liechtensteinstrasse 69, 1090 Wien, Vienna
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 behind the Cobenzl-residents' Stammtisch.
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 district's beer-history visit.
Tip: The brewery tours run Saturday afternoons; book at least a week ahead through the website.
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 among the city's best-respected taps.
Tip: Open daily 11:00 to 02:00; the burger kitchen runs until midnight, the back tap room takes the after-work crowd.
Brew Age's Achtundzwanzig taproom on Mariahilfer Strasse in Vienna pours six rotating beers from the brewery's wider portfolio, the West Vienna's flagship craft-beer room.
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 and seasonal pours as a long-running 7th-district fixture.
Tip: The Maerzen is the house workhorse; the Hanfbier (hemp beer) is the city's most-noticed novelty pour.
