Hotel Petit Lafayette
★★★★46 rue de Trévise · about 600 m from the first stop
Guest rating 9.6/10 (1,926 reviews)
Best time: Any day except Tuesday (La Dérive is closed). Best on Friday or Saturday from about 5pm, or Sunday from 4pm when Galopins opens. Opening hours change, so check each venue before you set off.
The stops
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Galopins par Patoche
20 cour des Petites Écuries, 75010 Paris · Métro Château d'Eau (4) or Strasbourg-Saint-Denis (4/8/9)
Patoche's second bar, in the cobbled Cour des Petites Écuries, pouring Patoche house beers and guest taps. It was a Paris Beer Festival venue in 2026. Open daily: 6pm to 11pm Monday, 5pm to midnight Tuesday and Wednesday, 5pm to 2am Thursday to Saturday and 4pm to 11pm Sunday.
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BBP Canal
47 bis rue Bichat, 75010 Paris · Métro Goncourt (11) or Jacques Bonsergent (5)
Paris taproom of Brussels Beer Project by Canal Saint-Martin, with around 20 taps, burgers and a terrace. Open daily from 5pm Monday to Thursday (to midnight Monday, 12:30am Tuesday, 1am Wednesday and 1:45am Thursday), 4pm to 2am Friday, 2:30pm to 2am Saturday and 2:30pm to 11:30pm Sunday.
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Liquiderie Bar
7 rue de la Présentation, 75011 Paris · Métro Belleville (2/11)
Belleville bar (opened 2017) with about 20 taps of craft beer and wine and a long bottle list of beer, cider and natural wine. 5pm to midnight Monday to Thursday, 5pm to 2am Friday, 3pm to 2am Saturday and 3pm to midnight Sunday.
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La Dérive
38 rue de Sambre-et-Meuse, 75010 Paris · Métro Colonel Fabien (2) or Belleville (2/11)
New Belleville bistro and microbrewery, pre-opened on 27 May 2026 during Paris Beer Festival week by people from Le Soupir, Double Tranche and L'Apaisée. It pours house beers and guests (10 taps at the opening) alongside seasonal bistro cooking and natural wine. Google lists 6pm to midnight Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, 6pm to 1:30am Friday, 5pm to 1:30am Saturday and 5pm to midnight Sunday, closed Tuesday. Other listings differ.
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Paname Brewing Company
41 bis quai de la Loire, 75019 Paris · Métro Crimée (7) or Riquet (7)
Brewpub founded in 2015 on the old Magasins Généraux site by the canal de l'Ourcq. House beers such as La Barge du Canal come straight from the tanks, and there is a veranda, terrace and pontoon. Open every day from 11am to 1am, with food until 11pm.
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L'Atalante
26 quai de la Marne, 75019 Paris · Métro Crimée (7) or Laumière (5)
Craft beer pub on the canal de l'Ourcq with about 20 taps along an 8-metre bar, seasonal street food and a canal-side terrace. 5pm to midnight Monday, 5pm to 1:30am Tuesday to Thursday, noon to 1:30am Friday and Saturday and noon to midnight Sunday.
Galopins to BBP Canal is the first long leg (about 1.4 km) across the 10th to Canal Saint-Martin. BBP to Liquiderie is about 1 km up to Belleville.
La Dérive to Paname is the second long leg (about 2 km) north along the canal and the Bassin de la Villette. Métro line 2 from Colonel Fabien to Jaurès cuts it short.
Paname and L'Atalante sit about 0.5 km apart on opposite sides of the canal de l'Ourcq. Both have waterside terraces, which are busiest on warm evenings.
La Dérive opened in May 2026 and its hours are still settling. Check its Instagram before you go.
For an earlier warm-up, Hoppy Corner (rue Saint-Sauveur, 2nd) and The Frog & Rosbif brewpub (116 rue Saint-Denis, 2nd) are both about 0.6 km from Galopins.
Alcohol-free and pacing: ask at the bar for alcohol-free beers and soft drinks, and remember a half is always fine. Eat along the way, drink water between stops, and skip a stop whenever you like. More tips.
Places to stay nearby
Well-rated places to stay near Canal Saint-Martin, measured from Galopins par Patoche, the first stop. Distances are as the crow flies.
Maison Axel Opéra Paris
★★★15 Rue De Montyon · about 600 m from the first stop
Guest rating 9.6/10 (1,642 reviews)
Hotel Pulitzer Paris
★★★★23 Rue Du Faubourg Montmartre · about 650 m from the first stop
Guest rating 9.6/10 (463 reviews)
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