Brewery Discovery: Brewerkz

Brewery: Brewerkz
Country/City State: Singapore

Yesterday I stopped by Brewerkz, a Singapore founded Micro Brewery and one of the regions largest craft beer brewers!

Brewerkz @ Riverside Point

Having only a limited amount of time to discover Singapore's craft beer scene, i had to make some choices regarding what places to visit. Brewerkz was the name that kept popping up whenever i asked fellow craft beer lovers for recommendations on what places i should visit, so Brewerkz it was!

Brewerkz Restaurant & Microbreweries

Brewerkz has several venues in Singapore. I visited the Riverside Point venue, and to be honest, for no other reason than the fact that it was relatively close by to my hostel.

So after a nice and extremely sweaty city walk, I arrived at Brewerkz! The Riverside Point venue is along the Singapore river (the name "Riverside" kind of gives this away), and is located in the idyllic Clarke Quay area.

However, as i was losing body water at an alarming rate, i decided to rush inside to the bar!

What to Drink?

As you can see, plenty of brews to choose from. As i wanted to experience as much of Brewerkz as i could, with my limited amount of time, i decided to try out a Beer Sampler. Brewerkz continuously produces six "signature" beers, and a number of seasonal brews (they have produced 50 so far!). At any one time, Brewerkz will have 13 of its brews on tap.

While the bartender was tapping my first sampler set, i had a little look around the venue.

The Brewery 

What i discovered at this (riverside..ha ha) point was that the Riverside Point venue hosts a custom made Canadian micro brewery installation. It is really cool to see that the beers are practically brewed inside the bar and restaurant.

I couldn't get any closer, or they would have shot me! (see sign)

It really looked like an awesome brewery set up, however i didn't dare to go any closer as the warning sign had me believe that there was trigger happy sniper somewhere nearby.

Brewerkz Bar

Brewerkz also had a nice, and original, take on beer samplers or tasting paddles. Instead of giving a "paddle" they place their tasting glasses on a plastic sheet, right on top of the corresponding beer's picture, which makes it very easy to keep track of what you are drinking.

From top left to bottom right: Golden Ale, Single Hop Series Vic Secret, Black Raspberry Ale and the IPA

The brews were nice, and quite good, although none of this first batch really stood out for me. Well, maybe the Black Raspberry Ale, due to the fact that it really just tasted like raspberry juice. 

Time for Round 2: Blonde Hoppy Monk, Irish Red Ale, Wheat, Hopback Ale!

Well, 4 tasting glasses weren't just going to cut it, and i still needed to recover lots of water before braving the walk back to the hostel through humid Singapore. So a second sampler set had to be ordered.

The second round proved more successful, the collaboration brew: Blonde Hoppy Monk, was really enjoyable! With a nice floral aroma and taste, and with only a light lingering bitterness, this was a really nice brew and the best of the day! The other brews were once again quite good, but nothing which really stood out for me.

All done!

All in all a great brew tasting filled (early) afternoon at Brewerkz! You are probably wondering why, why stop if you only have four more brews left to try?

Well, i was wondering the same thing myself. This was really due to two main factors: I was out of cash, and i was still out of cash as i realized that i was out of cash. However, the official story will be that i left these four, so that in the future i could go back to Brewerkz and still try these.

Follow these to get to the bathroom

Afterwards, i decided to visit the bathroom… but i won't get into much details about that.

Brewerkz is definitely a place i can recommend! Nice brews, friendly staff, and a great looking venue!

Cheers!

My Ratings:
(In order of consumption)

1. Golden Ale: 3.5/5*
2. Black Raspberry Ale: 3.5/5*
3. Vic Secret: 3.5/5*
4. IPA: 3.5/5*

5. Irish Red Ale: 3.5/5*
6. Wheat Ale: 3.5/5*
7. Blonde Hoppy Monk: 3.75/5*
8. Hopback Ale: 3.5/5*