Copenhagen craft beer venues
ÅBEN Kødbyen
Slagtehusgade 15, 1715 København V
ÅBEN's brewery bar, where every beer is brewed on site and poured straight from the 14 tanks hanging from the ceiling. Open from 3pm Monday to Thursday (to midnight, 1am Thursday) and from 2pm Friday to Sunday (to 2am Friday and Saturday, 11pm Sunday).
Alefarm Taproom
Nørrebrogade 1, 2200 København N
Alefarm Brewing's own bar, opened in early 2026 beside Dronning Louises Bro with views across the lakes and interiors by the Copenhagen design studio FRAMA. Twenty taps, mostly Alefarm's hop-forward IPAs, farmhouse ales, sours and stouts, with several alcohol-free beers. Officially open Wednesday to Sunday: 3pm to 8pm Wednesday, 3pm to midnight Thursday and Friday, noon to midnight at weekends.
Amager Bryghus Taproom Nørreport
Nørre Voldgade 27, 1358 København K
The city-centre bar of Amager Bryghus, one of Denmark's best-known microbreweries. Fifteen taps, ten of them usually Amager beers and the rest guests, plus a fridge of Amager specials. About 100 metres from Nørreport station. Open from 2pm Monday to Thursday and Sunday, and from noon Friday and Saturday (to 10pm Monday, midnight Tuesday to Thursday, 2am Friday and Saturday, 9pm Sunday).
Bootleggers Vesterbro
Istedgade 130, 1650 København V
The old Bang & Jensen café at the Enghave Plads end of Istedgade, taken over by the Bootleggers craft beer bar group in 2025 and reopened that July. It has a broad, deep beer list and staff who know it, and won the Danish Beer Enthusiasts' Dansk Ølmærke in 2026. Open daily from noon (to midnight Sunday to Wednesday, 1am Thursday, 2am Friday and Saturday).
BrewPub København
Vestergade 29, 1456 København K
An old-town brewpub brewing its own beer on site and serving it with a full food menu. Open from noon Monday to Saturday (to midnight Monday to Thursday, 2am Friday and Saturday).
BRUS
Guldbergsgade 29F, 2200 København N
To Øl's brewery, bar, restaurant and bottle shop in a converted iron foundry. Over 30 taps of beer brewed on site and from friends of the brewery, plus kegged cocktails. Open daily from noon (to midnight Sunday to Thursday, 2am Friday and Saturday).
Fermentoren
Halmtorvet 29C, 1700 København V
A long-running independent craft beer bar on Halmtorvet, the square on the edge of Kødbyen, with a changing list of Danish and international drafts. Open daily from 1pm (to midnight Sunday to Wednesday, 1am Thursday, 2am Friday and Saturday).
Flying Couch
Bygmestervej 6, 2400 København NV
Flying Couch Brewing's own bar and bakery in Nordvest, pouring the brewery's mash-up of classic European styles and more experimental American-style beers. Open daily until late (to midnight Monday to Thursday, 2am Friday, 1am Saturday, 11pm Sunday).
Gamma NV
Hejrevej 6B, 2400 København NV
The Nordvest bar of Herlev's Gamma Brewing, opened in December 2024 near Nørrebro station. Around 25 taps of fresh Gamma beer plus a few guests, a small bottle shop and a rotating kitchen partner. Open from 3pm Monday to Thursday (to midnight) and from noon Friday to Sunday (to 2am Friday and Saturday).
Godt Øl
Knabrostræde 25, 1210 København K
A cosy family-run specialist beer bar and bottle shop in the old town, a short walk from Christiansborg and Strøget, with 12 drafts and a good range of beer to take home. Open daily from 3pm (to 11pm Monday to Wednesday, midnight Thursday, 1am Friday and Saturday, 10pm Sunday).
Mikkeller & Friends
Stefansgade 35, 2200 København N
Mikkeller's second Copenhagen bar, a basement on Stefansgade with 40 taps given over to beer from Mikkeller and the brewers it admires, plus 200-plus bottles. Open from 2pm Monday to Thursday (to 11pm) and from noon Friday to Sunday (to 1am Friday and Saturday, 10pm Sunday).
Mikkeller Bar Viktoriagade
Viktoriagade 8B-C, 1655 København V
The first Mikkeller bar, opened in May 2010 in a small two-room cellar, and the bar that kick-started Denmark's craft beer boom. Around half the taps pour Mikkeller beer and the rest come from friends of the brewery, with a long bottle list that leans towards sours. Open from 3pm Monday to Friday (to 11pm Monday to Wednesday, midnight Thursday, 1am Friday) and from noon at weekends (to 1am Saturday, 11pm Sunday).
Nordvest Ølbar
Sporemagervej 2, 2400 København NV
A cosy neighbourhood bar among the apartment blocks of Nordvest, with 10 taps from small local breweries, its own imports from England and around 30 bottles and cans. Open Tuesday to Saturday: 5pm to midnight Tuesday to Thursday, 3pm to 2am Friday, 5pm to 2am Saturday.
Ølbaren
Elmegade 2, 2200 København N
Copenhagen's longest-serving craft beer bar, open since 2001: a small brown bar on Elmegade with a chalkboard list of around 28 changing drafts, mostly Danish, and about 60 bottles leaning Belgian. It goes for a broad, interesting range rather than the biggest, and the bartenders will steer you. Open from 4pm Monday to Thursday (to midnight, 1am Thursday), 3pm to 2am Friday and Saturday, and 4pm to 9pm Sunday.
Ølsnedkeren
Griffenfeldsgade 52, 2200 København N
A small two-floor Nørrebro bar with worn, mismatched furniture and a young local crowd. It used to brew in the basement; its beer is now brewed elsewhere and served alongside beers from partner breweries, with draft and cans to take away. Open from 3pm Monday to Friday (to midnight, 1am Thursday, 2am Friday) and from 2pm Saturday (to 2am).
Peders
Sankt Peders Stræde 31, 1453 København K
'Pisserendens Ølkælder': a low-ceilinged cellar bar in the Latin Quarter, dug in 1796, with 16 taps and 250-plus bottles from Danish microbreweries, some rarely seen elsewhere in the city. Records on the turntable. Open daily from 2pm (to 11pm Sunday to Tuesday, midnight Wednesday to Saturday).
Taphouse
Lavendelstræde 15, 1462 København K
Copenhagen's biggest tap wall: 61 rotating drafts, with Danish craft beer alongside a wide spread of European breweries, listed on screens with style and strength. Long bar, long tables and room for a crowd, under 100 metres from City Hall Square. Open from 3pm Monday to Thursday and from noon Friday to Sunday, to midnight every day.
WarPigs Brewpub
Flæsketorvet 25, 1711 København V
A big brewpub in a former meatpacking hall in Kødbyen, set up by Mikkeller and Indiana's 3 Floyds. Around 20 taps of beer brewed on site, served with Texas-style barbecue from its own smokers. Open daily from 11:30 (to midnight most nights, later at weekends).