Brew 3.14 - Brew 3.15

A nice pair of bars opposite each other down a side alley in Ikseon-dong. They have about a dozen beers on tap between them - all South Korean craft brews. They only seat about 20 people each and have a nice cosy and friendly vibe.

Nice place with friendly staff. Decent selection of local brews, but I wish they would put the brewery name on the English menu instead of the place it was brewed. Decent prices and like the fact that sometimes your beer is delivered from the other bar across the alley. Pizza looked nice but I didn’t have it.

Popped by just for a beer, as admittedly I couldn’t bring myself to eating more than one slice of pizza in Seoul. Ordered a Saison from Hand & Malt that wasn’t too bad if not exciting. They had to deliver the beer from the neighbouring location as not all the taps listed are onsite. Small joint but very friendly lady behind the bar. Seems to be a popular hangout with a cool local vibe.

Nice selection, if not particularly varied, with a particularly good range of IPAs for the location. Ambience is a bit odd; seems just like your average Korean restaurant except for the food / beer. 3.14 and 3.15 are separate buildings, but the offerings of both are available in either, so you sometimes see staff carrying in pints from the other store. I grabbed a sampler, which is 4 beakers (yeah, beakers, like proper scientific beakers) of a little over 100ml each. Had a pepperoni pizza which was good considering where I was.

My second favorite in terms of Korean atmosphere in Seoul. 3.14 does pizza, 3.15 does chicken in the alley between them you’ll find the restroom without toilet paper. A fun busy places tucked into the alleyways near Jongno3ga. Friendly English  speaking staff. The bars have 11 taps between them, 10 craft and one macro lager. A good mix of local Korean stuff from Hand & Malt, Whale Brewing/Ka-Brew, Magpie, etc. Decent prices with 7-8000 won pints and 30-34000 pitchers. Part of the concept is that pitchers get you: round 1 gets you fries or onion rings, round 2 squid & beer snacks while round 3 gets you half a pizza. A very cool dive bar feeling place. 3.14 has a small bar feel while 3.15 kind of has a small old Korean house feel.