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We track 7 breweries in North Korea. None currently rate Great or better. Yanggakdo Hotel Microbrewery in Pyongyang leads the list at 3.01 (Poor).
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Great
Consistently produce world-class beer.
Fine
Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
Poor
Not bad beer so much as unremarkable beer.
Limited
Most craft beer drinkers pass these by.
Pyongyang, North Korea
Yanggakdo Hotel Microbrewery produce's unproven beer and is ranked #1 in North Korea. They are most well known for "Draught Beer", which is a Blonde / Golden Ale. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Ales.
Pyongyang, North Korea
Koryo Hotel Microbrewery produce's unproven beer and is ranked #3 in North Korea. They are most well known for "Yellow Beer", which is a Blonde / Golden Ale and "Black Beer", which is a Dark Lager. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Ales and Dark Lagers.
North Korea
Rakwon Foodstuff Factory produce's unproven beer and is ranked #2 in North Korea. They are most well known for "Rakwon Kumgang Beer 11°", which is a Pale Lager and "Kumgangsan", which is an Other Pilsner. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Lagers and Wheat Beers.
South Pyongan, North Korea
Ponghak Food Factory produce's unproven beer and is ranked #6 in North Korea. They are most well known for "Ponghak 12°", which is a Pale Lager and "Ponghak 11°", which is a Pale Lager. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Lagers.
Pyongyang, North Korea
Established in September, Juche 106(2017). With dozens tons of daily beer production capacity, the factory is equipped with up-to-date production system and introduced new techniques, thus obtained quality management system certification - HACCP and ISO22000. Introduction of momentary high-temperature sterilization technique in brewing beer made it possible to fully meet demand of sanitary and add special flavor of draft beer, thereby the beers produced by the factory was highly appreciated at the International Foodstuff Sci-Tech Exchange Meeting and the 9th National Alcohol and Condiment Exhibition held in Pyongyang in October Juche 108(2019).
Pyongyang, North Korea
Ryongsong produce's unproven beer and is ranked #5 in North Korea. They are most well known for "Ryongsong", which is a Pale Lager and "Ryongsong 12", which is a Pale Lager. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Lagers and Dark Lagers.
Pyongyang, North Korea
Taedonggang Brewing Company produce's unproven beer and is ranked #7 in North Korea. They are most well known for "Taedonggang 2 Gold Label (5.5%)", which is a Pale Lager and "Micro Draft #1", which is a Pale Lager. Their primary focus is brewing Pale Lagers and Others.
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