6.2.28 Gulden Draak - Casa da Cerveja
Rua Andrade Corvo 29A
Location HERE.
Location HERE.
Open every day.
Just below Saldanha, and just off the main road linking that location to Mq. Pombal. Less “not difficult to find”, than “not easy to miss”. My visit coincided with many of Lisbon’s traffic lights taking the evening off, so good that it’s close to an entrance to Picoas Metro station (Linha Amarela, steps only).
Comes with the modest tag line “Finest Beer House in Lisbon”. Maybe not.
But it does boast 50 taps, even if some of them were unavailable on my visit. As the name suggests, it’s mainly Belgian beers, which are mostly high octane ones - so if you’re intending to try a few, go easy.
There’s plenty of space: groups can usually find a table, and those arriving in ones and twos can, alternatively, sit up to the bar. I sampled small servings of Baptist IPA, Bornem Red, Augustijn Blond and Gulden Draak Calvados, which meant four differently shaped glasses, because if it’s Belgian beer, it has to be served in its own distinctive glass.
The standard of beer was good, added to which the food was reasonably priced and came in significantly sized portions. Scan the food menu from the QR code provided. The kitchen was open when the bar was open. Some local craft beers were among all the Belgian stuff - easily recognised brands were (for instance) Urraca IPA and Joe da Silva APA from Oitava Colina.
Maybe a different market segment to most Lisbon craft beer outlets. But worth a visit. May appeal to local office workers at least as much as tourists.
Metro Picoas; Buses 722, 727, 736, 738, 744 and 783 nearby.
Just below Saldanha, and just off the main road linking that location to Mq. Pombal. Less “not difficult to find”, than “not easy to miss”. My visit coincided with many of Lisbon’s traffic lights taking the evening off, so good that it’s close to an entrance to Picoas Metro station (Linha Amarela, steps only).
Comes with the modest tag line “Finest Beer House in Lisbon”. Maybe not.
But it does boast 50 taps, even if some of them were unavailable on my visit. As the name suggests, it’s mainly Belgian beers, which are mostly high octane ones - so if you’re intending to try a few, go easy.
There’s plenty of space: groups can usually find a table, and those arriving in ones and twos can, alternatively, sit up to the bar. I sampled small servings of Baptist IPA, Bornem Red, Augustijn Blond and Gulden Draak Calvados, which meant four differently shaped glasses, because if it’s Belgian beer, it has to be served in its own distinctive glass.
The standard of beer was good, added to which the food was reasonably priced and came in significantly sized portions. Scan the food menu from the QR code provided. The kitchen was open when the bar was open. Some local craft beers were among all the Belgian stuff - easily recognised brands were (for instance) Urraca IPA and Joe da Silva APA from Oitava Colina.
Maybe a different market segment to most Lisbon craft beer outlets. But worth a visit. May appeal to local office workers at least as much as tourists.
Metro Picoas; Buses 722, 727, 736, 738, 744 and 783 nearby.
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