48 Hours of Drinking in Medellin

3 Cordilleras Brewery draws a steady local crowd in Belen. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Drop bags. Find a hotel-adjacent bar within a five-minute walk. Order something simple to anchor yourself to the city.

Belmar Rooftop draws a steady local crowd in El Poblado. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. The polished room you'd take a first date to. Sit at the bar. Talk to the bartender. Stay one drink — you're scouting, not committing.

Medellin Pub draws a steady local crowd in El Poblado. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Walk into the city's drinking quarter (the heart of the night, not the tourist version). Two drinks, two rooms. Pace yourself — Saturday is the long day.

The menu changes three times a year to follow what is growing. The current summer edition lists 14 cocktails built around lulo, maracuyá, corozo, and the region Sunset. Find a rooftop. Order whatever the house specials around sundown. Take photos but don't lose 90 minutes to your phone.

Alambique Medellin draws a steady local crowd in El Poblado. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Eat somewhere with serious bartending built in. The right room is one you order both your dinner and your nightcap from.

Amor y Mezcal draws a steady local crowd in El Poblado. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. The bar that made you book the trip. The pre-research one. Reservation-only ideally. Stay until last call.

BBC Bogota Beer Company Medellin draws a steady local crowd in El Poblado. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evenin Mary, Mimosa, or whatever low-ABV house play the room runs. Eat. Pay. Walk.

Blue Apple draws a steady local crowd in El Poblado. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Find the hotel bar at your departure airport equivalent — somewhere quiet, low-volume, well-staffed. End the trip on a martini and a clean conversation.