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Activity
9.4/10
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Setting 9
Selection 10
Service 9
Food
Value 9
Overall 10
Got info this was the best place for beer in Shanghai, but my first attempt to visit was unsuccessful since it opens at 17:00 (or something like that). I did managed to visit it later that evening and it paid off. 54 taps of all kinds of top notch beer - Side Project Horchata, Vanilla Abraxas, Pips mead (yes, on tap), Bramble Assassin from Toppling Goliath, Bourbon County variant, several lambics, Omnipollo, Tommie Sjef, Sieman, Saison Dupont, 3x Root+Branch, Other Half, Monkish, Tipopils variant. Crazy lineup. Main room has bar on one side and bunch of screens with all the beers. Lots of details, cozy and somewhat magical. Then we've started to explore the other rooms, different styles and setups. One of them has bunch of fridges. One fridge is bunch of US Hops - Monkish, North Park, Fidens, about 20 Tree House beers. 4 or 5 BCBS variats, Answer stouts, bunch of big bottles, lambics, bunch of Side Project sours, 3F, Cantillon, couple of bottles of Hill Farmstead, some Sake. And yes, this bar carries only imports, European, Australian and mostly US. Prices are not unreasonably high, less then you'd pay in Europe. I could spend hours and days here. Never thought one of the best beer places will be in China.
Visited on 21 Jan 2026
at 19:49
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Canned from Wine Shop, Shanghai. Hazy yellow with medium white head. Citrus, melon, some dank notes, quite juicy with bitter finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Can
from
Wine Shop (ι
ε)
on 06 Apr 2025
at 22:00
9.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
Canned in Shanghai. Hazy yellow with medium white head. Intensive hoppiness, citrus, grapefruit, dank, quite smooth with lasting bitterness in finish.
Tried
from Can
from
Wine Shop (ι
ε)
on 06 Apr 2025
at 22:00
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
On tap at 233 Bar, Shanghai. Pours black with beige head. Bitter, coconut, chocolate, cocoa, medium sweetness. Medium to full bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
233 Bar
on 06 Apr 2025
at 22:00
9.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9.5
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
On tap at 233 Bar in Shanghai. Deep dark purple, almost black with no head. Thick and viscous. Syrupy, intensive berries, honey, quite sweet
Tried
from Draft
at
233 Bar
on 06 Apr 2025
at 22:00
Iznogud
updated a beer:
Razzamatazz (Used-Barrels)
brewed by Pips Meadery
8 months ago
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at 233 Bar. Hazy yellow with medium white head. Citrus, stone fruit, peach, medium sweetness with bitter finish. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
233 Bar
on 06 Apr 2025
at 22:00
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
On tap at 233 Bar, Shanghai. Black with small brownish head. Viscous and oily. Intensive chocolate and dark berries, some wood, bourbon, nice medium sweetness combined with lots of fruity tartness. Very smooth.
Tried
from Draft
at
233 Bar
on 06 Apr 2025
at 22:00
9.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
On tap at 233 Bar, Shanghai. Hazy yellow with white head. Fruity, citrus, some grapefruit, touch of sweetness. Smooth texture. Medium bodied. 8.4
On tap at Brujos. Nice grapefruit, tropical notes, citrus, very clean and easy drinkable, dank. Drinks easily. Bitter finish. Raising the rate to 9.1
On tap at Brujos. Nice grapefruit, tropical notes, citrus, very clean and easy drinkable, dank. Drinks easily. Bitter finish. Raising the rate to 9.1
Tried
from Draft
at
233 Bar
on 06 Apr 2025
at 22:00
8.8/10
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Setting 8
Selection 9
Service 10
Food
Value 8
Overall 9
At first I was surprised our Shanghai contact set a wine shop as a meeting place. I certainly didn't feel like drinking wine. It's easy to miss and I've wandered into a big building (a hotel?) and a fancy restaurant on the corner only to be given proper instructions by the security guys.
The wine shop is small and a bit cramped. We got the special treatment and a chance to drink inside on a small folding chairs. It's nice to know right people.
The selection is all imports with at least two fridges full of US beers. Fidens, Other Half, Green Cheek, Tree House, Root + Branch, Deep Fried...lots of hyped hops in really good condition. Some Belgian beers, lots of de Molen, Mikkeller even Dogma from Serbia, some 3F and Cantillon. Halfway Crooks was a nice surprise as well. Superb afternoon, great beers, good people.
The wine shop is small and a bit cramped. We got the special treatment and a chance to drink inside on a small folding chairs. It's nice to know right people.
The selection is all imports with at least two fridges full of US beers. Fidens, Other Half, Green Cheek, Tree House, Root + Branch, Deep Fried...lots of hyped hops in really good condition. Some Belgian beers, lots of de Molen, Mikkeller even Dogma from Serbia, some 3F and Cantillon. Halfway Crooks was a nice surprise as well. Superb afternoon, great beers, good people.
Visited on 19 Jan 2026
at 21:00