microbreweries · bangalore
microbreweries in bangalore
20 places from the bangalore list.
work cafe · whitefield · ₹₹₹
Windmills Craftworks
Brewery, jazz theatre and library on one Whitefield floor. Go afternoon for the books, evening for the band.
The library wall isn't a prop. Handpicked shelves on art, design, architecture, music, with real reading chairs to use them in.
microbrewery · bangalore · ₹₹₹
Toit
The 100ft Road brewery everyone's first Bangalore beer should be. Toit Weiss, Mango Curry with Appam, midweek so you actually get in.
The Weiss is the order, the Tintin if it's on. Six house beers, all consistent. This is where the BLR craft scene actually started.
microbrewery · indiranagar · ₹₹₹
Vapour Brewpub
Rooftop on 100ft with live music most Fridays. The older Indiranagar brewery that doesn't try, just stays open till 1am.
Two floors plus a rooftop. The terrace is where you want to be, especially in the post-monsoon window when the city actually has weather.
microbrewery · old airport road · ₹₹₹
Big Pitcher
Six floors of brewery-pub-disco-rooftop next to the Leela. Go for Star Lounge on the top floor, not the disco below.
Star Lounge on the rooftop is the only floor that matters. Sky, sizzlers, and beer that doesn't have to compete with bass.
microbrewery · indiranagar · ₹₹₹
Bumblebee Brauhaus
100ft Indiranagar German brauhaus. Go for the wheat beer and the long tables, skip the menu's North Indian half.
Order the Hefeweizen. That's the one they brew best. The continental and German plates are the right pairing; ignore the multi-cuisine sprawl.
microbrewery · indiranagar · ₹₹₹
Mac's Brewhouse
Three Indiranagar floors of beer, tandoor and a dance floor. For nights that need to escalate without changing venues.
Three floors, three energies. Ground for beers, middle for dinner, top for the dance floor when the night turns.
microbrewery · magrath road · ₹₹₹
Arbor Brewing Company
Magrath Road brewpub from the American original. Order the Raging Elephant IPA or the Sacred Cow Stout and settle in.
Raging Elephant IPA and Sacred Cow Stout are the orders that put this place on the map; the Bangalore Bliss Hefeweizen is the gentler third.
microbrewery · residency road · ₹₹₹
Communiti
Residency Road brewpub with long communal tables, a pet menu, and seven house beers that all hold up.
The community tables are the structural choice. Designed for strangers to become acquaintances over the second pint.
microbrewery · vittal mallya road · ₹₹₹
The Biere Club
Vittal Mallya's British-pub original. South India's first microbrewery, still the one that takes the beer most seriously.
British-pub bones with a brewery built in. Wood, low light, and beers brewed for actual seasons, not just rotations.
microbrewery · residency road · ₹₹₹
Bangalore Brew Works
Tenth-floor rooftop on Residency Road with a pool, antique clocks, and wood-fired pizzas. Go for the view, stay for the stout.
Top floor of Prestige Towers next to the Ritz. The city view does most of the convincing before you've even ordered.
microbrewery · brigade road · ₹₹₹
Shakesbiere
Shakespeare-themed brewpub on Eva Mall's fifth floor. Theatre floor, sky deck, karaoke rooms, beer that holds up despite the gimmick.
The theme is loud; the brewing is real. Order a flight first and figure out which house pour you actually want.
microbrewery · mg road · ₹₹₹₹
7 Rivers Brewing Co.
The Taj MG Road brewpub with its own entrance and tree-canopy patio. A hotel brewery where brewing is the point.
Five-star hotel collaboration with AB InBev. The brewing setup is serious, the room doesn't feel like a hotel restaurant.
microbrewery · whitefield · ₹₹₹
Bieregarten Brewery & Kitchen
Massive German-leaning beergarden off Graphite India Road. Long tables, alfresco centre, a pint at 250 and food for groups of twenty.
Built like an actual beergarden. Alfresco centre with long tables, an upper deck with stools and sofas. Designed for groups, not couples.
microbrewery · whitefield · ₹₹
The Whitefield Arms
VR Bengaluru's basement English pub. 64 framed names of old British Whitefield houses on the walls, Anglo-Indian menu, pub-grub prices.
The walls are the history. Vintage maps and the names of British-era Whitefield houses framed and hung. Look up while you wait for the food.
microbrewery · whitefield · ₹₹₹
Red Rhino
Twentieth-floor open-air Whitefield rooftop with seven taps and the best skyline this side of Hope Farm. Go at sunset.
Open-air rooftop on the fourth floor of Uptown Square. The city stretches out and the sky does the lighting work for free.
microbrewery · whitefield · ₹₹₹
Ironhill India
1.3 lakh square feet of brewery in Marathahalli with water bodies, fountains and seating for 1,500. Built to absorb large groups.
The world's largest microbrewery by floor area. The scale is the entire pitch. Outdoor seating built like a resort with artificial water bodies.
microbrewery · sarjapur road · ₹₹₹
Byg Brewski
The Sarjapur outpost is the destination. Pond in the middle, live band once a week, a room you wander.
Two outposts, both enormous, but the Sarjapur one is the one to plan around. Hennur runs it close.
microbrewery · bangalore
Brewklyn Microbrewery
Kalyan Nagar's six-tap brewery for the Manyata-tech-park crowd. Old-school pub setup, food that holds up to the beer.
Six in-house beers and pizzas the staff doesn't apologise for. Order the BBQ pork ribs if you skipped lunch.
microbrewery · old madras road · ₹₹
3 Monkeys Brewpub
The Old Madras Road brewpub built around Hoysala arches and a clay oven. East-Bangalore's reliable midweek pour.
Hoysala-styled interiors, a real clay oven, and brews on rotation. The pizzas come out of the same oven the curries do.
microbrewery · multiple · ₹₹
Geist Brewing Co.
The craft brewery whose cans you'll find in your fridge. The Old Madras Road garden is the mothership.
OMR flagship overlooks the production brewery. Order at the source, watch where it comes from.