Top Breweries in Portugal

Letraria Brewpub Vila Verde ★ 4.7

The home brewery and brewpub of Cerveja Letra, 20 km north of Braga in Vila Verde. The taproom has glass walls overlooking the production floor.

TipBook the guided brewery tour in advance (contact via the website).

Letraria Craft Beer Library Braga ★ 4.6

The Braga urban taproom for Cerveja Letra, one of the oldest and best-regarded craft breweries in Portugal, founded 2013 in nearby Vila Verde.

TipOrder the Letra sampler: five 150ml pours covering the full core range for around €10.

Mal Amado ★ 4.5

Not a brewery itself but the best multi-tap craft beer bar in Braga's historic centre, with 12 rotating taps and around 100 bottled varieties from Portuguese.

TipAsk what arrived in this week's tap rotation. The guest taps change regularly and the team has clear curation standards.

Dois Corvos Cervejeira ★ 4.5

Dois Corvos Cervejeira in Lisbon's Marvila: the city's first craft brewery, opened 2014 by Susana and Scott, seventeen taps and a full kitchen.

Fabrica Musa ★ 4.5

Fabrica Musa in Lisbon's Marvila: a 2017 brewery and taproom on Rua do Acucar, taps with names like Red Zeppelin and Born in the IPA, live music nights.

Fermentage Brewpub ★ 4.4

Fermentage in Lisbon's Marvila: the former Lince space relaunched in 2023, Czech-classic lagers, modern IPAs, slow-fermentation pizza and an arcade.

Oitava Colina ★ 4.4

Oitava Colina in Lisbon's Graca: the eighth-hill taproom on Rua Damasceno Monteiro, ten beers on rotation plus simple bar food, neighbourhood feel.

Armazem da Cerveja ★ 4.4

Armazem da Cerveja on Rua Formosa in Porto is a craft beer bar and bottle shop run by Ruben and Pedro, with more than 30 Portuguese and 90 international.

Taberna Belga ★ 4.3

The Belgian tavern of Braga: the most curated Belgian beer list in the city, covering Trappist, Abbey, Saison and Witbier styles alongside the famous.

TipThe Chimay Blue with the Taberna Belga francesinha is the house combination. The beer's dark fruit notes cut through the sauce better than any Portuguese beer.

Funchal Taproom ★ 4.3

Funchal Taproom keeps a rotating European craft list on Rua Direita, the closest thing Funchal has to a dedicated beer bar, with Mexican food.

TipClosed Mondays and it shuts by 22:00 most nights, so it is an early-evening stop.

Letraria Craft Beer Garden ★ 4.3

Letraria on Rua da Alegria in Porto is Letra brewery's largest taproom, with 14 rotating Portuguese taps, a walled-garden terrace and a Letra Saison.

PCB Portuguese Craft Beer ★ 4.2

The second Braga microbrewery, operating from an industrial unit at Quinta da Goja where the tanks are visible from the bar. PCB brews pale ales.

TipThe sampler paddle of four 200ml pours covers the full current range. Ask what seasonal specials are conditioning in the tanks.

Sé La Vie ★ 4.2

A craft beer bar with a terrace overlooking a church on Rua Dom Paio Mendes, with exposed brick walls, wooden floors and live music on weekend evenings.

TipCome on a Saturday for live music at 21:00. The terrace church view and the Portuguese fado-influenced sets are distinctive.

Dona Beer ★ 4.2

A specialist craft and imported beer shop with a bar counter on the São Lázaro side of the city. The fridge stocks Portuguese craft, UK ales.

TipThe Belgian Trappist section is the strongest part of the shop.

Catraio Craft Beer Shop ★ 4.2

Catraio on Rua de Cedofeita in Porto sells over 200 small-batch beers from Portuguese, Spanish and Belgian breweries, with six rotating taps and a small bar.

Cervejaria F Beer House Tribunal ★ 4.1

A full-day cervejaria with 30+ beer options near the courthouse on Praça da Justiça, open from 08:00 for breakfast through to midnight. The widest daily beer.

TipCome at lunch when the kitchen produces grilled meats and Portuguese classics paired with beer. Less crowded than the evening service.

Taberna Holandesa ★ 4.1

A São Vicente beer-bar restaurant pairing a long list of Belgian, German and Czech imports with house francesinhas and prego no prato. Booking recommended.

TipOrder a francesinha with a Belgian dubbel rather than the standard lager pour; the kitchen's sauce reads to deeper malt better than to a pilsner.

Beerhouse ★ 4.1

Beerhouse brews on the São Lázaro pier in Funchal, pouring its own beer beside a marina terrace and a kitchen of fish and regional Madeiran plates.

TipThe terrace faces the marina and the cruise berth, so it fills fast on cruise days.

Cervejaria Trindade ★ 4.1

Cervejaria Trindade in Chiado, Lisbon: Portugal's oldest beer hall, brewing on site since 1836, blue azulejos walls, Sagres draught and Trindade steaks.

NORTADA Brewery ★ 4.1

NORTADA shares Letraria's Rua da Alegria taproom in Porto, brewing a working lager, a strong IPA and a smoked-malt rye for the weekend tap rotation.

APE Coffee Roasters Bar ★ 4.0

The evening bar mode of the APE Coffee Roasters building, with a small craft beer selection from Braga producers. Letra and PCB feature on the four taps.

TipGood for a quick craft beer before heading to SETRA upstairs. The ABV range tends toward session beers (under 5%) which works for the late-evening format.

Cervejaria do Carmo ★ 4.0

Cervejaria do Carmo on Rua do Carmo in Porto pours a working-class house lager, sells imperials all day and runs the city's most enduring seafood petiscos.