Where Taipei drinks local: brewpubs, taprooms and the new wave.
Taprooms, brewpubs and the local beer scene in Taipei worth taking a tram to.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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 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.