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
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at the HCMC brewpub. Poured a clear yellow colour with a thin white head and some clingy lace. The aroma is yeast, crushed banana. The flavour is yeast acid citrus with a crisp light watery fruit, grainy malt, light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Apr 2017
at 11:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at the Ho Chi Minh brewpub. Poured a hazy dark brown with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is sweet roasted malts, butter fudge, caramel. The flavour is moderate sweet with a smooth rich buttery popcorn palate and a spicy chilli kick in the finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Nicely balanced. The level of chilli spice was just right and the smooth rich sweet build up was quite unique.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Apr 2017
at 08:09
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at the Ho Chi Minh brewpub. Poured a hazy dark brown with a thin off white head. The aroma is sweet malts, red berry fruit. The flavour is moderate sweet light bitter with a rich, warm, fruity, light floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Somewhat unusual but highly drinkable. One of the best beers I’ve enjoyed from HoD.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Apr 2017
at 07:37
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at the Ho Chi Minh brewpub. Poured a slightly hazy light amber with a thin broken white head and a little clingy lace. The aroma is malt, tropical fruit. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light crisp, refreshing woody metallic hop, light fruit, light pepper spice palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Apr 2017
at 07:28
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at the Ho Chi Minh brewpub. Poured a crystal clear copper colour with a frothy white head. The aroma is malt, light woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter light sweet with a crisp, fresh pale malt, woody hop, light fruit palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Apr 2017
at 06:49
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at the Ho Chi Minh brewpub. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a long lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, light woody hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a dry crisp, earthy malt, woody metallic hop bitter, light citrus, light pepper spice palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Apr 2017
at 06:38
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at the Ho Chi Minh brewpub. Poured a hazy straw colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is weak banana, light clove, pepper spice. The flavour is acid citrus, with a light crisp yeasty, fruit palate and a dry yeasty finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Apr 2017
at 06:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at the Ho Chi Minh brewpub. Poured a clear straw colour with a thin white head. The aroma is malt, light grassy citrus hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light crisp, refreshing woody hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Apr 2017
at 06:12
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Draft - Sticky sweet hops. Clearish gold with a rich white head. Sticky hops and orange with a dry finish. Sticky orange cough syrup.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jan 2017
at 06:05
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Draft - Big oily citrus notes. Clearish gold with a rich white head. Orange peel and oily citrus bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jan 2017
at 05:53