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Best breweries in Pyongyang, North Korea

Within 16 miles of Pyongyang we track 5 breweries. None currently rate Great or better. Yanggakdo Hotel Microbrewery in Pyongyang leads the list at 3.01 (Poor).

The scale

  • Exceptional

    A short list of extraordinary breweries worth planning a trip around.

  • 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.

Ranked breweries

  1. 1

    Yanggakdo Hotel Microbrewery

    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.

    Rating
    3.01Poor
    Popularity
    Barely rated
  2. 2

    Koryo Hotel Microbrewery

    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.

    Rating
    2.77Poor
    Popularity
    Barely rated
  3. 3

    Kyonghung Unhasu Beverage Factory (경흥은하수음료공장)

    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).

    Rating
    2.08Poor
    Popularity
    Barely rated
  4. 4

    Rason Ryongsong General Processing Factory

    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.

    Rating
    2.43Limited
    Popularity
    Barely rated
  5. 5

    Taedonggang Brewing Company

    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.

    Rating
    2.19Limited
    Popularity
    Barely rated