Taprooms, brewpubs and the local beer scene in Seoul worth taking a tram to.

Where to drink local

The Booth Brewing ★ 4.5

IPAs, sour ales, barrel-aged wild ales with Korean fruitItaewon and HannamMon-Thu 17:00-24:00, Fri 17:00-01:00, Sat-Sun 14:00-01:00

The Booth Brewing launched in Seoul in 2013, now with taprooms across the city making flagship IPAs and dark ales from its own recipes and facility.

7 Noksapyeong-daero 54-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul

Seoul Brewery (Seongsu) ★ 4.5

Experimental craft beers from IPAs to fruited sours, brewed on five floorsSeongsu and DongdaemunDaily 11:00-24:00

Seoul Brewery's Seongsu flagship spreads a brewhouse, taproom, restaurant, cafe and rooftop across five floors of a converted Seongsu building, anchoring the district's craft beer cluster.

28-12 Yeonmujang-gil, Seongdong-gu, Seoul

Magpie Near Mint (Euljiro) ★ 4.4

Craft ales plus experimental Korean-fermented ingredient beersJung-gu and MyeongdongDaily 17:00-01:00

Magpie Near Mint in Euljiro occupies a renovated building in the old print-trade district, with the full Magpie tap list and a terrace facing the pocha tents.

127 Eulji-ro, Jung-gu, Seoul
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