Steersman Brewery

Steersman Brewery was founded in Ho Chi Minh City in 2019 by best friends Wayne Su and Ben Minh Nguyen. It began, in the brewery's words, as a small project in a dorm room and was set up as a distribution brewery, with a taproom always part of the plan. The beers and hard sodas are brewed in Vietnam, and the brewery says they are sold in more than 150 bars, restaurants and convenience stores around the country. The ship's wheel logo and nautical theme run through the brand. Dark Horse, its brown ale, won silver for best dark or brown ale at SEA Brew 2022.

The beers

• Space Pirate Lager, pale lager, 4.2%
• Flying Bees Honey Ale, honey ale, 4.9%
• Wheat Wave, Hefeweizen, 4.5%
• Hoppy Monster, session IPA, 6%
• Dark Horse, brown ale, 5.5%
• Mango Hard Soda, hard soda, 5%

The fruit hard sodas, including Pink Guava, Peach and Tropical Punch, are as much a part of the range as the beer. Seasonals have included Sunset Yuzu and Easy Voyage Pilsner, and An Bang versions of Hoppy Monster and Flying Bees. Bottles and cans are found in hotels, bars and 7-Eleven stores.

Where to drink it

The home of the beer is the Steersman Taproom at 84 Pham Viet Chanh in Binh Thanh, with a pool table, chicken wings and tasting flights. The earlier three-storey flagship on Phan Ke Binh in Da Kao, opened in 2023, closed in April 2026. Around Saigon, Steersman is a regular among the local beers at Malt Saigon and on the guest taps at BiaCraft (Thao Dien). In Hanoi, the hard sodas have been poured at Peachy Craft Beer and Coffee in 2026. All of these are listed below.