The Beer Station in Lisbon.
Portugal has recently started to produce some interesting craft beers. There is a bar in Lisbon called The Beer Station, that has a very good variety of good Portuguese craft beer.
Portugal used to have a bit of a boring beer scene. Very dominated by the two big brewers, Sagres and Super Bock. There was almost no beer, except for the usual pilsner and lager and maybe the odd stout. But that has changed a lot in the past 8-10 years. Now there are lot’s of small producers of Portuguese craft beer.
Portugeuse craft beer being poured at the beer station.
The Beer Station in situated right in the center of Lisbon. It’s next door neighbour to the old Rossio train station. If you arrive from the front of the train station, then take a flight of stairs up and turn left. Then you will see it next to a restaurant called Cozinha da Estação. That is also an excellent restaurant by the way.
The bar is quite small, but it has tables outside, so it can hold a few people. Service there was friendly and smiling. and the beer collection was very good and interesting. Before going there, I was not aware that there were so much Portuguese craft beer these days. They had more than 40 different craft beers when i was there. Those on tap were mostly IPA style beers. That suited me perfectly, as this is my favourite type of beer. But they have many beers on bottle too. So don’t despair if they do not have your type of beer on tap.
The Beer Station is right next to Rossio train station.
The street where The Beer Station is set is in a small dead end street. That means that you have no cars going by and that you can easily sit outside and enjoy your beer. This part of Lisbon was quite shabby just 5-10 years ago. But there has really been a boost, when it comes to good places to eat and drink. And The Beer Station is one of those places.
Entering The Beer Station in Lisbon.
So if you are a beer lover and visit Lisbon, then I would recommend you to visit this place. More and more places around Lisbon are starting to offer craft beer, but The Beer Station is so far the best option I have seen in Lisbon.
Enjoy you beer and enjoy Lisbon
Cheers to good Portuguese craft beer.
Good work mate. I actually struggled to find such a place last time.