9 editor picks across Brazil.
9 breweries worth the trip across Brazil, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Brazil guides.
Trilha Fermentaria brews its own Sao Paulo beer at this Higienopolis site, pouring 12 rotating taps beside wood-fired pizzas made with brewery yeast.
TipThe pizza dough uses spent brewery yeast: pair a slice with whichever sour ale is on tap that week.
Cervejaria Nacional is a three-storey factory-bar in Pinheiros, Sao Paulo, brewing about 10,000 litres of chope a month behind glass-walled tanks.
TipOrder the Combo Experiencia to taste all five house recipes without committing to a full pint first.
Candanga Brewhouse is the factory bar of Cervejaria Candanga on Rua da Carioca in Centro, Rio de Janeiro, with the brewery in view and a rooftop carp pond.
TipPart of the Rua da Cerveja hub opened on 16 September 2026; the street is closed to cars from Friday 18:00 to Monday 03:00.
Casa Camolese is billed as Rio de Janeiro's first brewpub, inside the Jockey Club by the Jardim Botânico, with its own beers tasted from the tanks.
TipThe kitchen is Mediterranean and the venue seats 300; Diário do Rio called a shrimp dish its most-ordered plate in August 2026.
Vírus Bier brews at its brewpub on Rua da Carioca in Centro, Rio de Janeiro, using equipment moved from its Praça da Bandeira factory; Pilsen and IPA lead.
TipIt closes at 19:00, and Rua da Carioca is shut to cars from 18:00 on Friday to 03:00 on Monday, so walk in from the Carioca metro.
Piedade Cervejaria pours its own beers on 11 taps inside and 5 at a street bar on Rua da Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, with smoked meats made in house.
TipPiedade is at number 76, beside the Martelo Pagão mead house at 74; the September 2026 listing gives no Sunday hours.
Croma Beer Co. brews and bottles on its second floor above the Vila Madalena brewpub, Sao Paulo, pouring 20 rotating taps of its own juicy and sour ales.
TipThe tap list rotates frequently: check the board fresh rather than asking for last week's beer.
Arkan Beer opened in December 2025 on Rua da Carioca, Rio de Janeiro, a 70-seat brewpub with 10 taps and a stout-braised beef sandwich on French bread.
TipThe city's December 2025 release gave slightly different hours; the September 2026 listing used here is the later one.
Dogma's Santa Cecilia tasting room is where the Sao Paulo brewery began in 2015, pouring 20 taps of its own hop-forward beer, now brewed in a Mooca plant.
TipThis is the original bar, not just a tasting room: ask staff for the story behind the Rizoma Double IPA.
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