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Mikkeller Bar Many
regard co-founder Mikkel Borg
Bjergsø as a mad scientist,
and his bold approach
(before crazy infusions were
everywhere, he was making
seaweed pilsner and porter
with chilis) single-handedly
put Scandinavia on the
21 st-century beer map.
Bjergsø’s brews are beloved
by beer geeks, and Mikkeller
now has 32 pubs and
taprooms, but this was the
first. Now seven years old,
it’s still the crown jewel, with
20 taps and a lengthy list
of bottles. mikkeller.dk
WarPigs An ode to
Americana through rock
and roll, craft suds, and Texas
barbecue, WarPigs is the
product of the dream team
of Mikkeller and 3 Floyds
Brewing Co.—the Indiana
group behind some of the
globe’s most coveted bottles.
At this beer hall in a
converted slaughterhouse,
brewer Lan Xin Foo leads
the charge on creative
infusions such as watermelon
and yuzu. warpigs.dk
Barr In July, chefs
René Redzepi and Thorsten
Schmidt converted the
building that once housed
Noma into Barr. The breezy,
unbuttoned, brew-centric
boîte honours food and drink
customs from along the
European beer belt, which
stretches southeast from
Ireland to Slovakia. You’ll
find an almanac of options
rife with Belgian-style
saisons and German
rauchbier, a smoky variety
made with fire-dried malt.
Try one of the limited-edition
collaborations, like a recent
experiment with Belgium’s
Bokkereyder involving
lambics aged in aquavit
barrels. restaurant barr.com
Brus At this chic, minimalist
brewery, bar, and restaurant
set in a former locomotive
factory, the focus is on
fermentation, both on the
plate and in the pint. Founded
by To Øl, a respected
operation led by two former
students of Mikkel Borg
Bjergsø, Brus is a place for
brews that provide edgy
spins on pilsners and pale
ales, some of which spend
time in Cognac or Chardonnay
barrels. Bonus: The food (like
oyster-fermented kimchi)
is by chef Christian Gadient
of the Michelin-starred
Marchal. tapperietbrus.dk
Nørrebro Bryghus
Launched in 2003 by a
former Carlsberg brewmaster,
Nørrebro Bryghus was one
of Copenhagen’s founding
microbreweries, and
today it remains as relevant
as ever. All the brand’s
boundary-pushing beers are
organic, and under its newest
label, Braw, brewers play
specifically with heavily
hopped numbers, in addition
to strong stouts and tweaked
Belgian styles. Both lines are
served at the brewery’s
restaurant, as well as in the
24-tap bar. norrebro
bryghus.dk
Coffee Collective
This Nordic-style coffee
company has been dabbling
in beer for the past few
years—it’s teamed up with
Mikkeller, Evil Twin, and
To Øl—but the September
opening of its downtown
location marks a new era.
Set in a building that was
Denmark’s first venue to
serve draft beers, the day-to-
night space has six rotating
taps, three of which are
dedicated to coffee-infused
beer and local brews.
coffeecollective.dk
— KAT ODELL
COPENHAGEN
CREATIVE BREWS IN...
The Danish capital gets plenty of attention
for its pioneering restaurants, but it’s also an
epicentre of innovative breweries, beer bars,
and gastropubs. Here’s where to grab a cold one.
From above: Butter-fried
frikadeller at Barr;
self-serve taps
at WarPigs; the Good
Vibrations cocktail
at Coffee Collective;
Coffee Collective's
new downtown outpost.
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