Best Craft Beer Bars in Hong Kong 2026 — From Taprooms to Local Legends

Second Draft is the mothership for Young Master Brewery — Hong Kong's most awarded local craft brewery and the operation that arguably put HK craft beer on Asia's map. The taproom sits in Tai Hang, a neighbourhood that has quietly become one of Hong Kong Island's best eating and drinking precincts, and it operates as a proper gastropub: 23 taps, thoughtfully prepared food, and a back-catalogue of Young Master beers that gives you a genuine education in what this brewery does. The Hong Kong Black — a dark colonial lager brewed to a style that was popular in the territory in the early 20th century — is the drink to start with. But the range runs wide: Pacific session IPAs, Belgian-influenced ales, rotating sour and experimental programmes. The food matches the beer rather than competing with it. If you go one place on this list, go here.

TAP was the first craft beer bar in Kowloon when it opened in Mong Kok in 2014, and it has outlasted a lot of the scene that followed it — which says something about how it's operated. This is a proper craft beer pub in the truest sense: unpretentious, well-stocked, with knowledgeable staff who treat the product seriously without treating the customer like a student. The tap list runs Young Master Brewery prominently alongside a rotating selection of international craft. The Mong Kok location is the original and still the best — positioned just off the main drag, accessible enough that you can drop in without planning. If you're on the Kowloon side and want craft beer rather than a craft beer experience, this is where you go.

Moonzen is the most characterful brewery in Hong Kong and possibly in Asia. The premise is simple: beers named after Chinese door gods and mythological figures, brewed in industrial Kwun Tong, poured on-site in a taproom that feels like the best kind of secret. The taproom runs on Fridays and Saturdays only, and the entry fee — around HKD 250 per head — covers all-you-can-drink from the eight rotating taps. What's on those taps changes constantly, based on what Moonzen has recently brewed: you might get a coconut porter named after a rain god, a hazy IPA, a sour ale, or something entirely experimental. The brewery itself is visible from the taproom, which matters — you're drinking where it was made. This is the most distinctive beer experience in the city, and it requires planning: check their Instagram before going, as sessions can sell out or be cancelled for private events.

Gweilo Beer — the name translates roughly as "foreigner's beer" in Cantonese, a term of affectionate cheek — is one of Hong Kong's biggest local craft producers, and Grain is their restaurant and brewlab in Kennedy Town. The venue occupies the former Little Creatures space on New Praya, and the renovation gave it something the predecessor lacked: a working R&D brewing facility behind the glass. The kitchen partnership with restaurant group Woolly Pig produces solid food to go with well-made Gweilo pints — the IPA and golden ale are workhorses of the local craft scene for good reason, consistent and crowd-pleasing without being dull. Kennedy Town itself is worth the trip: one of the more genuinely local neighbourhoods on Hong Kong Island, with a tramway that runs past the door and a waterfront that still has some old port character.

Craftissimo is Hong Kong's most serious craft beer bottle shop and one of its most important craft beer venues, period. The Tai Ping Shan Street location — on a street that's become a cluster of galleries, coffee shops and independent spots in Sheung Wan — carries a selection that covers Hong Kong local producers alongside Belgian Trappists, American west coast IPAs, Scandinavian sours and German seasonal specialties. The on-tap selection is smaller than the bottle list but curated well. There's a beer club for regulars who want to receive a monthly selection of new arrivals. The owners know their product in a way that makes conversation here actually educational rather than just enthusiastic. It's a different kind of craft beer venue from a taproom — quieter, more serious, better for someone who wants to take time with what they're drinking.

Kowloon Taproom sits on Ashley Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, which puts it in convenient reach of everyone staying on the Kowloon side and anyone coming across after a wander through the cultural district. The tap list covers a solid range of local Hong Kong craft — Young Master, Moonzen, Gweilo and others — alongside international imports. The format is unfussy: good beer, decent food, a comfortable space that doesn't try too hard. Ashley Road itself has a cluster of bars and food spots, so this makes a natural first or last stop on a Tsim Sha Tsui evening. The staff are genuinely knowledgeable and will steer you well if you ask what's good on the day.

Ho Lan Jeng takes a different approach: it's not a brewery taproom, but a curated multi-tap bar that makes local Hong Kong craft beers the star of the show. You'll find Moonzen, Yardley Brothers, Mak's Brewery and others on the handles alongside a well-assembled international selection. The addition of Hong Kong-themed cocktails gives the place a crossover appeal — bring someone who doesn't think they like craft beer and start them on a familiar cocktail, then slide them toward a local pale ale by the second round. It works. The SoHo location is busy on weekends but earns its crowd: good product, well-served, in one of Central's most walkable areas. It's also an easy stop on a bar crawl that takes in the hidden bars and speakeasies of Central.