6.2.27 Browers Beato
Travessa do Grilo 1
Location HERE.
Let’s make it clear at the outset: this outlet is not recommended, but by all means visit it and make your own mind up.
It’s in the Hub Criativo do Beato, a former industrial site en route from the old downtown to Marvila and Oriente.
The food, once ordered, was OK, but not cheap. The beers were the biggest let down. Having enjoyed a glass of Matiné session IPA at Dois Corvos, nothing at Browers came close. The Kellerbier was brown and insipid, the APA brown and with a slight hop taste, and the IPA also brown, with more of a hop taste. The Nitro Stout was OK, but (for instance) not in the same league as Canil Dry Stout, or indeed several other locally available craft stouts.
Publicity has told us that the bar counter is 30 metres long. There is lots of brewing kit on show. We are told how thorough the renovation has been. But the beer offering, though diverse, is not good enough. Once again, the impression is given that this is what Super Bock thinks will pass muster as craft beer. It won’t. This is one huge waste of corporate money.
Location HERE.
Let’s make it clear at the outset: this outlet is not recommended, but by all means visit it and make your own mind up.
It’s in the Hub Criativo do Beato, a former industrial site en route from the old downtown to Marvila and Oriente.
In autumn 2023, a beer festival called BeerAto was held here. Not in 2024, though, maybe not unconnected with the people behind Super Bock buying into the site. And this outlet is a Super Bock product.
Portugal’s two big commodity beer brands, Sagres and Super Bock, have taken different stances on the burgeoning craft beer market. Sagres have carried on as before, while Super Bock have, firstly, brought us their 1927 selection, which is undistinguished and forgettable.
But they were not downhearted at the craft beer people turning their noses up at the product, and recently brought out Coruja, a 6% IPA, which is sort of OK, but again, not a patch on a whole range of craft IPAs, which should be no surprise, given you can buy a 33cl can for €0.89 at your local Pingo Doce.
Now, Super Bock have opened Browers Beato, which is the first of what is claimed to be several outlets. Why go down this road? Maybe they have seen that Dois Corvos have two outlets in Lisbon, with Musa also having two, plus one in Porto, and Letra opening several Letrarias in Porto, Braga, Viana do Castelo, and elsewhere.
The Beato operation opened on November 11, and even before that had garnered two five-star reviews. Sadly, many early customers were less than impressed, with complaints about the service to the fore.
But service was not among my minus points. What was at the top of that list was arriving at 1800 hours, and being told that no food would be served until after 1900 hours. I had walked from Dois Corvos in Marvila, where the kitchen was already open. But though Browers Beato was open, the kitchen was, apparently, not. No snacks, no cold offering, nothing. Not good.
Portugal’s two big commodity beer brands, Sagres and Super Bock, have taken different stances on the burgeoning craft beer market. Sagres have carried on as before, while Super Bock have, firstly, brought us their 1927 selection, which is undistinguished and forgettable.
But they were not downhearted at the craft beer people turning their noses up at the product, and recently brought out Coruja, a 6% IPA, which is sort of OK, but again, not a patch on a whole range of craft IPAs, which should be no surprise, given you can buy a 33cl can for €0.89 at your local Pingo Doce.
Now, Super Bock have opened Browers Beato, which is the first of what is claimed to be several outlets. Why go down this road? Maybe they have seen that Dois Corvos have two outlets in Lisbon, with Musa also having two, plus one in Porto, and Letra opening several Letrarias in Porto, Braga, Viana do Castelo, and elsewhere.
The Beato operation opened on November 11, and even before that had garnered two five-star reviews. Sadly, many early customers were less than impressed, with complaints about the service to the fore.
But service was not among my minus points. What was at the top of that list was arriving at 1800 hours, and being told that no food would be served until after 1900 hours. I had walked from Dois Corvos in Marvila, where the kitchen was already open. But though Browers Beato was open, the kitchen was, apparently, not. No snacks, no cold offering, nothing. Not good.
The food, once ordered, was OK, but not cheap. The beers were the biggest let down. Having enjoyed a glass of Matiné session IPA at Dois Corvos, nothing at Browers came close. The Kellerbier was brown and insipid, the APA brown and with a slight hop taste, and the IPA also brown, with more of a hop taste. The Nitro Stout was OK, but (for instance) not in the same league as Canil Dry Stout, or indeed several other locally available craft stouts.
Publicity has told us that the bar counter is 30 metres long. There is lots of brewing kit on show. We are told how thorough the renovation has been. But the beer offering, though diverse, is not good enough. Once again, the impression is given that this is what Super Bock thinks will pass muster as craft beer. It won’t. This is one huge waste of corporate money.
A shiny boondoggle and lots of PR does not make decent craft beer. End of.
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