The New Cool: Around The world In Craft Beers

With places like Doolally and White Owl brewery opening their outlets in Mumbai, the city is well and truly embraced craft beer. But craft beer has been a thing outside Indian borders well before we even knew what it eas. Globally, the presence of craft beer is as huge as a certain Mr. Trump’s ego *Oops*

Here are some of the classiest, most famous craft breweries from around the world:

Meantime Brewing Company, London: London plays host to tons of breweries and craft beers. Situated in Greenwich, London, Meantime Brewery Company has been around even before craft beer became the cool beverage to drink world over. Founded by Alastair Hook and his team in 2000, they offer best sellers like Wheat Beer, Chocolate Porter, Raspberry Wheat Beer, along with an array of different types of lagers. Paying homage to 50 different countries, Meantime Brewery is perfect for when you visit this ‘Haree Potta’ town.

Pilsner Urquell Brewery, Prague: Dating back to when Mark Twain was the boss, Pilsner Urquell Brewery was founded in 1839 in Czech Republic, Prague. Pioneers of the modern lagering process, Pilsner is brewed using 4 ingredients- malt, saaz hops, sugar, and high quality water. A good old Pilsner Urquell will have a perfect frothy and milky head atop a good blonde lager, and the inclusion of saaz hops gives Pilsner Urquell its unique bitterness. With a mix of sweet and bitter, Pilsner will make you go back for more.

Schneider Weisse Brewery, Germany: Germany is known for their beers, sausages and curses, and they sure know how to party! With beer dirt cheap, Schneider Weisse, formerly known as Weisses Brauhaus is beery pleasure. Prepared with wheat and dark malts, it is sweet, smooth, and creamy. Apart from the subtle sweetness that rolls down your tongue, there’s that tinge of spicy from the yeast and stability agent 101, hops. Big on flavor and upping the ante in their alcohol game, Schneider Weisse is doing it the beer-tter way. So Nicht lange schnacken, Kopf in Nacken. (Stop talkin’ and start drinkin’)

Guinness Brewery, Dublin: Guinness Brewery in Dublin, Ireland is home to the famous dry stout beer, a part of Diageo Co. Claimed as the best stout brewers in the world, Guinness offers non-alocholic lagers too. With a storehouse big enough to be a movie set, this brewery started in 1759 by Authur Guinness. The Irish are so passionate about their beers and music, it overwhelms my heart and makes me want to live with them Irish peeps.

Local Brewing Company, San Francisco: Offering the best of both worlds, a brewery and beer bar, Local Brewing Company lives up to its name and motto of serving fresh beer. Instead of getting bored with the same taste of regular beer, their signature style is approachable beers that you wont get bored of, using the finest ingredients from the closest purveyors possible. With a diverse list of lagers, ales, and stouts, their lighthouse coconut chocolate milk porter excites me more than the next new series on Netflix. Also, they have an app that lets you know the alcohol content, the bitterness and the complexity of the craft beers. How fucking cool, right!

Move over bottled beer, craft beer is the new shit. Doolally Taproom, The White Owl, The Barking Deer Brewpub, Brewbot and Gateway Brewing Company are some of the places you can hit up in Mumbai if you want your fix of craft beer.