Out Of The Brew

Out of the Brew sits on the Shin Hing Street steps in Central, a short flight above Hollywood Road and directly opposite the award-winning agave bar COA. The room itself is compact - a handful of seats, a small bar and three industrial fridges - but the real venue is the stone staircase outside, where regulars spill out with a bottle in hand once the weather cools. It is one of the best street-drinking spots in Hong Kong.

There are six rotating taps and a fridge stocked several hundred bottles and cans deep, split between Hong Kong producers such as Hong Kong Beer Co., Moonzen and Neonotic, regional Asian breweries, and imports from the US, Europe and Australia. Sours, gose and hazy IPAs turn up regularly alongside more sessionable lagers and pale ales. Staff are generous with recommendations, and prices are reasonable by Central standards.

There is no kitchen, so takeaway and delivery from the surrounding Soho restaurants is actively encouraged rather than merely tolerated. Doors open at 3.30pm Monday to Saturday and 2pm on Sundays. It is a five-minute walk uphill from Central MTR, or a short ride on the Mid-Levels Escalator.