Heart of Darkness Brewery

Microbrewery in Ho Chi Minh City, Southeast, Vietnam 🇻🇳
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 2016

Contact
31D Lý Tự Trọng, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Description
Some people say we make the best craft beer in Saigon, Vietnam. Enter the Darkness and decide for yourself... Heart of Darkness is all about duality. Good and evil. Sane and insane. Big, bold, crafted brews that will challenge the way you think about beer. Thirst quenching, session beers that will have you bouncing off the walls. Hop bombs that will give you a kick-to-the-teeth, while still being still balanced and smashable. Whatever your taste, we’ve got it…. Our family, the “Dark Army” is an eclectic mix of weirdos from all walks of life. So… we’ve handcrafted a bunch of beers to pair with our varying passions - from frisbee golf to music festivals, from overindulgent eating with good friends to surfing and hiking… It's a craft beer journey into unchartered territory... #enterthedarkness

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6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap at Heart of Darkness, Singapore. Poured a crystal clear light golden colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light yeasty, gluey, light passionfruit. The flavour is light acid citrus, with a light, watery, cucumber, crisp, citrus, passionfruit, mineral, light hop palate. Light bodied with soft to average carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 26 Jun 2019 at 15:55

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap at Heart of Darkness, Singapore. Poured a crystal clear golden colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is grainy malt, yeasty notes, light citrus, floral hop. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a light, crisp, light fruity, light watery cucumber, light dry floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 26 Jun 2019 at 15:15

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Tap at Heart of Darkness, Singapore. Poured a hazy light golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, light citrus fruits, yeasty medicinal. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a light, crisp, light citrus, dry medicinal hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Not great. Didn’t get any coconut and hardly any citrus. Big medicinal background which leads me to believe this beer is mildly infected. Shame really as it sounded awesome from the commercial description.
Tried from Draft on 26 Jun 2019 at 14:51

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft at Smith Street Taps, Singapore. Poured a hazy yellow golden colour with a mostly lasting thin white head. The aroma is grainy malt, yeasty, light banana. The flavour is light acidic citrus, with a light, crisp, slightly watery, yeasty, banana, light clove spice palate. Medium to light bodied with average to soft carbonation. Hits the mark in the Asian humidity, but somewhat light and watery. Not sure this beer would go down so well outside of Asia.
Tried from Draft on 26 Jun 2019 at 12:54

8.1/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Very good brew. Tropical hops with medium body and light bitterness.
Tried on 18 Jun 2019 at 12:00

8/10
Seems inspired by the Kurtz's Insane Ipa, similar flavours and aroma. Piney, grassy.
Tried from Can on 15 Jun 2019 at 22:51

7/10
Tried from Can on 15 Jun 2019 at 22:46

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at Cotteridge Wines V Ratebeer event; clear yellow pour thin off white head, aroma has crisp malt, taste has some grass, citrus and crisp malts.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2019 at 18:36

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jun 2019 at 22:47

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cotts 2019. Standard for the style... at first wasn't sure why I wrote no noted and then realised why... 8 had nothing to add. Sweet Pilsener.
Tried on 08 Jun 2019 at 19:56