7 breweries worth the trip across Taiwan, editor-ranked by TableJourney. All Taiwan guides.
Zhang Men Brewing Yongkang ★ 4.3 · Taipei
daan · No. 10, Lane 4, Yongkang Street, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
Zhang Men Brewing's Yongkang Street taproom pours 24 taps of Taiwanese craft beer including IPAs, sours and seasonal lagers, with food-grade snack plates.
Tip: Open daily 15:00 to 24:00. Walk-in; small front bar and a back beer garden.
Taihu Brewing ★ 4.3 · Taipei
zhongshan · No. 14, Lane 25, Section 1, Zhongshan North Road, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
Taihu Brewing's Zhongshan taproom pours 16 of its own taps, the city's first dedicated craft-beer brand, founded 2014, with native-ingredient recipes.
Tip: Open daily 16:00 to 24:00. Walk-in; kitchen runs Taiwanese bar plates.
Zhang Men Brewing Songgao ★ 4.2 · Taipei
xinyi · 4F, Breeze Songgao, No. 16, Songgao Road, Xinyi District, Taipei City 110
Zhang Men Brewing's Songgao taproom in Xinyi sits inside Breeze Mall with 24 rotating Taiwanese craft taps and a full kitchen of Taiwanese-leaning bar food.
Tip: Mall hours apply. Reservations by phone for groups of six plus.
Jim and Dad's Brewing Company ★ 4.2 · Taipei
datong · No. 4, Section 2, Yanping North Road, Datong District, Taipei City 103
Jim and Dad's near Dihua Street is the Taipei outpost of the Yilan-based American-style brewery, pouring house IPAs and seasonal stouts on a Datong patio.
Tip: Closed Tuesdays. Walk-in counter; food trucks rotate on the patio.
23 Brewing ★ 4.2 · Taipei
daan · No. 332, Section 2, Fuxing South Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
23 Brewing in Da'an is the local-leaning Taipei brewery, native-ingredient brews using Taiwan winter melon sugar, pomelo and oolong tea, weekly rotating taps.
Tip: Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Walk-in; tap list rotates weekly.
Hit Cat Brewing ★ 4.0 · Taipei
daan · GF, Breeze Plaza, No. 39, Section 1, Fuxing South Road, Da'an District, Taipei City 106
Hit Cat in Da'an is a 25-tap craft-beer bar inside Breeze Plaza on Fuxing South, pouring Taiwanese and imported lines with a small bar-plate kitchen.
Tip: Mall hours apply. Tap list updated on the website daily.
Bake Code Brewpub ★ 4.0 · Taipei
songshan · No. 30, Section 3, Civic Boulevard, Zhongshan District, Taipei City 104
Bake Code in Songshan combines a bakery, breakfast counter and craft-beer taproom under one roof in Taipei, with about 20 rotating taps of Taiwanese craft.
Tip: Open daily 11:00 to 24:00. Breakfast 11:00 to 14:00; tap pours from 16:00.