The 10 Best Craft Beer Bars in Singapore

28 HongKong Street opened in 2011 and effectively established the modern Singapore cocktail scene. The bar has no signage, you find the door at 28 HongKong Str. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Tuesday and Wednesday before 9pm, when the regulars haven't filled the room yet. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Saturday after 10pm gets crowded, book ahead or arrive early.

Analogue Initiative is Singapore's most sustainability-focused cocktail bar, zero-waste cocktail program, locally-sourced ingredients, and a hyper-modern techn. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: any weeknight between 7pm and 9pm, when the bar settles into its rhythm and the bartender has time to talk. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Friday from 8pm fills up; reserve a counter seat or a high table.

Anti:dote at Fairmont draws a steady local crowd in City Hall. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Sunday from 6pm, when it's the room's quietest premium night and the kitchen is unhurried. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Avoid post-match nights if the local team is playing, the upstairs gets loud.

Archipelago Brewery draws a steady local crowd in Robertson Quay. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Thursday late or Friday early, when you'll catch the room building toward its weekend tempo. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. First-Friday traffic in the district can mean a 20-minute wait at the door.

Parkview Square, 600 North Bridge Road, Singapore 188778. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Tuesday and Wednesday before 9pm, when the regulars haven't filled the room yet. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Saturday after 10pm gets crowded, book ahead or arrive early.

Atlas Bar occupies the lobby of Parkview Square, Singapore's most photographed art deco building. The 14-metre gin tower at the centre of the room holds over 1. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: any weeknight between 7pm and 9pm, when the bar settles into its rhythm and the bartender has time to talk. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Friday from 8pm fills up; reserve a counter seat or a high table.

Bartini at Grand Park City Hall draws a steady local crowd in City Hall. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Sunday from 6pm, when it's the room's quietest premium night and the kitchen is unhurried. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Avoid post-match nights if the local team is playing, the upstairs gets loud.

Bitters & Love has been quietly winning awards since 2013 and the Tanjong Pagar neighbourhood has grown up around it. What makes it special is the combinati. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Thursday late or Friday early, when you'll catch the room building toward its weekend tempo. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. First-Friday traffic in the district can mean a 20-minute wait at the door.

Bochinche Bar draws a steady local crowd in Tanjong Pagar. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: Tuesday and Wednesday before 9pm, when the regulars haven't filled the room yet. Best for cocktail-curious drinkers who want technique without theatre. Saturday after 10pm gets crowded, book ahead or arrive early.

Ce La Vi at Marina Bay Sands draws a steady local crowd in Marina Bay. Booking is recommended on weekends. Walk-ins are usually possible early in the evening. Order: the bar's house signature. Best time: any weeknight between 7pm and 9pm, when the bar settles into its rhythm and the bartender has time to talk. Best for sunset drinks or a slow first date. Friday from 8pm fills up; reserve a counter seat or a high table.

Brotzeit pours German and Bavarian beer across four Singapore outlets, including VivoCity, Katong, Raffles City and Westgate. Each room keeps a beer-garden feel and pairs the taps with pork knuckle and sausage platters. Order: a Paulaner on tap with the schweinshaxe. Best time: early dinner before the weekend tables go.

Ice-Cold Beer has poured on Emerald Hill for more than two decades, keeping its bottles in chest-deep ice tanks and stocking over sixty labels. The shophouse fills with an after-work Orchard crowd, and the kitchen sends out pizzas and wings late. Order: whatever is coldest from the ice tank. Best time: after work on a weekday before the Friday rush.

The Naked Finn sits in Gillman Barracks as a no-frills seafood grill with an adjoining bar pouring craft beer and natural wine. The kitchen keeps to olive oil and sea salt to let the seafood lead, and the alfresco setting suits the green surrounds. Order: the prawn mee with a cold pour. Best time: an early dinner Tuesday to Saturday.

RedDot Brewhouse is a homegrown Singapore brewery with rooms at Boat Quay and Dempsey, best known for its green Monster ale brewed with spirulina. The Boat Quay branch sits on the riverfront and the Dempsey one runs pet-friendly. Order: the Lime Wheat or the green Monster. Best time: a riverside sundowner at Boat Quay.