Brewing @ Brewerkz

Mein guter freund Guan Kim took me to Brewerkz, the most amazing place in Singapore to sit, sip a beer and watch the world go by. It is a rather large establishment with gleaming aluminum tanks (beer vats) of premium beer filling the cavernous interior. Opened in June 1997 Brewerkz is located at Riverside Point in Singapore and combines an 18-hectoliter brewery with a restaurant and bar serving a range of beers and American-style food. The Brewerkz’s custom-made Microbrewery is run by Brew Master Scott Robertson, a former Canadian physicist, who began brewing at his family’s Regina, Saskatchewan, brewpub in 1991.

It was almost noon on a Wednesday afternoon when we dropped in the brewpub and chose a table (located in the Tap Room) with the brewery as backdrop. We managed to get the incredibly busy staff to bring us the menu. The pricing of their menu is quite unique in the fact that the price of their beer changes depending on the time and day. This means that a pint (470 ml) of beer can cost as little as 3.49 Singapore Dollars in the weekday and as much as 11.99 in the evening on the weekend! From the seven different brews listed in the Draft Selections, we narrowed down our choice to a jug (1400 ml) of "Golden Ale"... brewed right at this microbrewery. It is touted as their best seller, and can be described as hazy golden colour with a large white head, low in bitterness and a floral hop character. "Golden Ale" is a light beer. The alcohol content is a mild 4.5%.

Of course we must have some food to go with the beer. Guan Kim ordered the Rib-Eye Steak, a tender but tasty 300 grams of beautifully marbled, nicely aged, Australian beef. Mine was the New York Steak, a classic flame-grilled sirloin cut of 200 grams from flavorful Australia-raised, hormone-free beef which is one of the best steak I have ever tasted. The soup of the day costs 8.99 Singapore Dollars if ordered individually, but if we were to order any food item, we can have the soup for only 2.99 Singapore Dollars. I love Brewerkz !

Overall, it has been quite an experience. Brewerkz should be the top of the list for any beer lover that visits Singapore. In the interim before I leave, I would like to add that this was something I was not planning to write but seeing Guan Kim talk about one of his favourite watering holes, I thought I too should share this little prayer with all fellow beer drinkers :-

"Our lager, which art in barrels,
Hallowed be thy name.
Thy will be drunk, I will be drunk, at home as in the tavern.
Give us this day our foamy head, and forgive us our spillages, as we forgive those who spill against us.
And lead us not to incarceration, but deliver us from hangovers.

Barmen."