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77ships updated a venue: Draft Moda located in Istanbul, Turkey
2 months ago


6.8
Setting - 7 | Selection - 7 | Service - 7 | Food - | Value - 6 | Overall - 7

Older online reviews talk about this place having a good number of taps & craft but most recent review doesn't. Not sure what the situation is. Anyway about 5 specialty beers available 3 Kafadar, Knidos, Chimay, St. Bernardus. Really good service and no service fee when I just got a beer. Turkish beer is around 160 Lira but who knows what in the future about as elsewhere. Large pizza & Italian food menu including vegan, didn't eat it. Interesting perhaps to eat but not big of a beerplace these days, still notable for Istanbul.


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77ships added a new venue Más - Opia Pub located in Istanbul, Turkey
2 months ago


7
Setting - 7 | Selection - 8 | Service - 7 | Food - | Value - 6 | Overall - 7

Located in the touristic heart of Karaköy - Taproomx is a very modern day style Western style taproom, spacious & modern, a bit above street level. There's a really good looking music instalation too, no proper use of it when visited. Slick, looks great. About 10 beers or theirs on tap with range of styles from NEIPA to Lager to Nitro Stout. Negroni on tap too & 4 guest of so from 3 Kafadar which seems to be by far the best Turkish brewery. Good service. Looks very promising so far, very good. Unfortunately the first beer I tried to order was soo fizzy / foamy that I asked for something else since it just couldn't be poured. Second beer was also still fizzy as hell. Nitro Stout had an almost sourish taste, their own beers are just not on point. On top craft beer is expensive in Istanbul and this place is no different - 140 to 160 Lira for 33 cl. which is bound to change given the inflation in Turkey. 10 % service fee on top too, burgers, vegan options, Western Hipster food. I was a bit disappointed but in hindside it doesn't really get that much better in Istanbul for beer still the quality of their beer simply needs to improve - interior isn't everything.


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77ships added a new venue Taproomx located in Istanbul, Turkey
2 months ago


7
Setting - 6 | Selection - 7 | Service - 8 | Food - | Value - 7 | Overall - 7

Visited twice, once during the day & once in the evening. Both times there were unbelievably drunk and loud British people at the bar. Russian, Spanish etc. tourists in all kinds of stages of sloshed. TV on sports. Clientele is a bit lets get trashed tourists. Gaspar Noé looking bartender is a bona fide saint. Still this is a peak beer place in Istanbul because besides all the usual macro garbage on tap that is needed in this kind of "Irish" Pub they had 3 Kafadar NEIPA in pints on tap - by far best beer I had in Istanbul plus Mosaic IPA. Pints at that what a bottle cost elsewhere. Fridge has plenty of Turkish craft too, Gara Gazu that I had was old & bad but that seems to be the case everywhere. Costumers might suck sometimes but the beer is golden & the bartender is a saint.


7.2
Setting - 7 | Selection - 7 | Service - 7 | Food - | Value - 8 | Overall - 7

Visited later in the evening and stayed till closing time. Smoking bar, cash only, bright green outside, bright red inside & dimmed lightning. Occasionally 1 euro sub charge for DJ but no DJ when we were there. Indifferent staff & no glasses or anything get picked up ever. Place definitely goes for an attitude & clientele. One guy started doing pushups next to our table at some point. Pilsner Urquell Tankbier which was bit too authentic for me (mild diacetyl) but that is how the Czech roll so perfect in a way. Jever & Spaten available as well in surprisingly good condition. For all your dive-esque pilsner boosting activities.


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77ships updated a venue: Zur Fetten Ecke located in Berlin, Germany
2 months ago


7.6
Setting - 8 | Selection - 8 | Service - 8 | Food - | Value - 7 | Overall - 7

Previously Stone Taproom & now owned by Protokoll of which I wasn’t aware, their second bar basically. Close to 25 taps raging from Berliner Berg to classic, some but not everything is Protokoll (minority even), Rockmill, BRLO, Soma. Way more foreign beers than usual but nothing that is really wild or crazy, some meh choices like Baxbier. All kinds of price points & sizes, not all make difference like some beers will be 100-200-300 ml. options but 100 ml. will be 6 euro & 200 ml. 6.50 euro etc. Schlenkerla Rotbier which I had should have been better condition, had it elsewhere on tap & bottled and this was not on point. Friendly service. Did have an amazing Schneeeule here.


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77ships updated a venue: Manifest Taproom located in Berlin, Germany
2 months ago