Where Bangkok drinks local: brewpubs, taprooms and the new wave.
Taprooms, brewpubs and the local beer scene in Bangkok worth taking a tram to.
Mikkeller Bangkok in Bangkok's Ekkamai 10 is the Danish gypsy brewery's Southeast Asian flagship, 30 rotating taps of Mikkeller and Asian craft brewers.
Tip: The flight of four covers the range; Friday and Saturday nights are dense from 19:00. The taproom kitchen runs late-night burgers.
Burbrit's Phra Khanong taproom in Bangkok is the brewery's second Bangkok room, pouring nearly a dozen Burmese-British recipes brewed unpasteurised.
Tip: Happy hour from 17:00-20:00 (beers from 59 baht). Live music four nights a week; the outdoor terrace is the seat in cool-dry season.
Brewski in Bangkok's Asoke is the 30th-floor craft-beer rooftop above the Radisson Blu, 30 rotating taps of Thai and international craft brews.
Tip: Happy hour 17:00-19:00. Weekend nights queue at the bar; reserve a table on the open terrace for sunset.
The Beer Cap in Bangkok's Asoke is the American-style craft beer hall with 30 imported taps and Thai sour-ale specialists, anchoring the soi nightlife.
Tip: American-style burgers and chicken wings pair with the IPA flight; weekend nights are busiest after 21:00.
Chit Beer on Koh Kret island near Bangkok is Wichit Saiklao's pioneering Thai craft microbrewery from 2012, on-site brews at a riverside taproom on the Chao.
Tip: Weekend only. Reach via short ferry from Pak Kret pier; pair the IPA with riverside Thai-Mon street food on Koh Kret.