Young Master Classic Pale Ale can
A true classic that won’t ever go out of fashion. The Classic Pale Ale is designed to be versatile – you can drink this all day and in all seasons. With an elegant balance of European malts and new world hops, this has just enough fullness blanked with ze
Young Master Cha Chaan Tang Gose Can
refreshing, salty, sour
A classic sour and salty gose brewed with salted lime (鹹檸) commonly found in local Cha Chan Tengs in Hong Kong and served with lemon sodas. A perfect refreshing respite from the local humid weather, this beer will please beer geek
Rochefort 6 Trappist Beer
This Trappist beer finds its origins in the pre-war bottled beer destined for the sick and infirm. But further back, 1899 was the year that first saw the monks of Saint-Remy in Rochefort light the fire under their kettles, in their new, small brewery. The
St Bernardus ABT 12
St. Bernardus Abt 12 is widely regarded as one of the best beers in the world. It is therefore no surprise that it is our brewery’s flagship beer, ranked at the very top of the St. Bernardus beer hierarchy. It is brewed in the classic quadrupel style and
Verhaeghe Duchesse de Bourgogne Flanders Red Ale 250ml
Duchesee de Bourgogne is the traditional top fermented reddish-brown ale from the West-Flanders region of Belgium. This refined ale also known as "The Burgundies of Belgium" is a blend of 8 and 18 months old ales following careful maturation in oak casks.
Hanssens Oude Kriek
This is the result of blending black cherries lambic of different ages followed by a second fermentation in the bottle. Storage is similar like geuze. All bottles are champagne corked and can be reserved, in normal conditions, for more than thirty years.
Young Master Another One Session IPA Can
All Day Session Ale Crushable, juicy and refreshing, you will always want another one of this delightful session ale.
Style: Session IPA
ABV: 3.3%
Vol: 330ml
Gweilo IPA Can
Gweilo IPA is a distinctive and contemporary India Pale Ale, crafted for Hong Kong. Brewed with a blend of Idaho 7 and Motueka hops, it offers a vibrant nose of citrus, stone fruit, and tropical fruit aromas. These flavours are enhanced by a light malt ba
Gweilo Pale Ale Can
With our Pale Ale, we have combined the crisp and refreshing characteristics of a lager, the citrusy aromas of tropical Asian fruits and the flavour of a light ale. Gweilo believes this Pale Ale could be the catalyst to help the people of Hong Kong upgrad
Rodenbach Vintage 2022
Rodenbach Vintage 7%
Is a unique unblended Belgian sour beer. This Flanders Red Ale was aged in oak foeders for 2 years. After a strict sampling selection, the best foeder is crowned the Vintage of that year. The beer has a balanced sour-sweet taste a
Fuller's Vintage Ale 2021
Vintage Ale is a truly distinguished bottle-conditioned ale, crafted by Fuller’s Head Brewer, John Keeling. Each vintage is a blend of that year’s finest malt and hops, and of course our unique yeast, creating a unique limited edition brew.
Bottle condit
Verhaeghe Duchesse de Bourgogne Flanders Red Ale
Duchesee de Bourgogne is the traditional top fermented reddish-brown ale from the West-Flanders region of Belgium. This refined ale also known as "The Burgundies of Belgium" is a blend of 8 and 18 months old ales following careful maturation in oak casks.
Chimay Red Première Dubbel
Chimay Red is noted for its coppery colour which makes it particularly attractive. Topped with a creamy head, it gives off a light, fruity apricot aroma produced by the fermentation. The taste perceived in the mouth is a balance confirming the fruity nuan
Chimay Blue Grande Réserve Belgian Strong Ale
Chimay Blue is principally distinguished by its character of a strong beer. This is a beer whose fragrance of fresh yeast with a light, flowery rosy touch is especially pleasant. Its flavour, noticed when tasting it, only accentuates the pleasant sensatio
Spitfire Amber Kentish Ale English Bitter
Spitfire Premium Kentish Ale is the biggest ale success story of the last decade. Originally brewed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, its characteristically Kentish, hoppy flavour and risque advertising campaign has made it a f
Kagua Rouge Belgian Ale
Kagua Rouge is unlike any beer you've tried before. It's a little like a Flemish red, a little like a Belgian wit and a whole lot of Japanese and Belgian craftsmanship with its yuzu and coriander flavors. It pours with a beautiful ruby body and a head tha
Kagua Blanc Belgian Ale
Imagine a mix between a Belgian wit and a full-bodied Belgian blonde ale, and you've got Kagua Blanc. The first thing you'll notice is the nose and the Japanese yuzu fruit that gives it its beautiful citrus nose. It pours out with a full, creamy head like
Westmalle Dubbel
Westmalle Dubbel is a dark, reddish-brown Trappist beer with a secondary fermentation in the bottle. The creamy head has the fragrance of special malt and leaves an attractive lace pattern in the glass. The flavour is rich and complex, herby and fruity wi
Estrella Daura Gluten Free Beer
Estrella Damm is the predominant brewery in Catalunya. Daura is the gluten free version of Estrella Damm. This golden lager style beer is crisp and refreshing. It currently holds the title of "best gluten free beer in the world" having won the category th
Westvleteren 8 Trappist Ale
Trappist Westvleteren 8 brewed by Abdij Sint-Sixtus is a dark beer with an Alcohol ntent of 8,00%. Red-brown colour, clear. Sweet, fruit aroma with a touch of melon.
Style:Belgian Strong Ale
Vol: 330ml
ABV: 8%
Westvleteren 12 Trappist Ale
Trappist Westvleteren 12 brewed by Abdij Sint-Sixtus is a quadrupel beer with an alcohol content of 10,20%. Red-brown colour, clear. Full, creamy aroma. Rich, caramel-like and malt flavour palette.
Bitterness: Medium
Style: Quadrupel
Vol:330ml
ABV:1
Westmalle Tripel
Testmalle Tripel is a clear, golden yellow Trappist beer that undergoes a secondary fermentation in the bottle (9,5% alcohol). It is a complex beer with a fruity aroma and a nice nuanced hop scent. It is soft and creamy in the mouth, with a bitter touch c
Saison Dupont 750ml
A hazy yellow-colored ale with high carbonation, herbal and spicy aromas and tastes, and perceptible, somewhat quinine-like bitterness. Brewed in the Saison style from Kent Goldings, Styrian Goldings hops and Pilsner malt.Originally titled "Saison Vielle
Saison Dupont 330ml
A hazy yellow-colored ale with high carbonation, herbal and spicy aromas and tastes, and perceptible, somewhat quinine-like bitterness. Brewed in the Saison style from Kent Goldings, Styrian Goldings hops and Pilsner malt.Originally titled "Saison Vielle
Craft Beer
Craft Beer
At The Bottle Shop, we select our craft beers based on their flavours. When we started our import and distribution service in 2012, craft beers were defined by the volume breweries produced annually. The definition of craft beer has changed over the past two decades, and the term has gotten murkier as smaller breweries are acquired by large beer companies. Craft beer in Hong Kong has come a long way. New world varieties were scarce, and most craft beers in Hong Kong were English bitters and Belgium sweet fruit beers. Nowadays, one can find beers from all over the world.
Our store focuses on award winning beers, both local craft beers, and those imported internationally.
Below are a few types of craft beer that are popular in Hong Kong:
Commercial Beers
Commercial beers certainly have their place in the market. At (rare) times we enjoy a commercial lager as much as the next person. But even within the selection of craft beer in Hong Kong, not all commercial ones are created equal. Some beers can be mistreated during its transportation and storage, and suffer from oxidation, UV light, over-heating, and the list goes on. Some beers have an overwhelming amount of esters that contribute to banana flavours, which isn't really pleasant.
Hoppy Beers
Synonymous with craft beers are Pale Ale, and Indian Pale Ale (or IPA). From these two styles come variations, including Extra Pale Ale (XPA), American Pale Ale (APA), Imperial IPA (IIPA), Double IPA (DIPA), Double Dry-Hopped IPA (DDH IPA), Triple IPA (TIPA), Hazy Pale Ale, Hazy IPA, Milkshake IPA, Black IPA, and the list goes on. What sets them apart are mostly the malt bill (the level and character of sweetness), and the hop bill (the amount and variety of hops). Traditionally, craft beers have higher levels of bitterness because the more hops are in the beers, the more bitterness there is. Recent IPA trend is less bitterness and more hop fruitiness (think Sauvignon Blanc but in beers). Local craft beers in Hong Kong are also hoppy forward, with low bitterness.
Since The Bottle Shop began operation ten plus years ago, the number of local craft beer brands has gone from zero to close to twenty - all thanks to hop forward IPAs.
Sour Beers
Sour beers have been one of the biggest trends in the craft beer Hong Kong movement, especially ones with very big fruit dominant milkshake style sours. Sour craft beers are much like sourdough bread, it's a re-conceptualisation of old techniques popularised by Belgium naturally fermented beers. Contemporary sour beers are deliberately spiked with lactobacillus to lower their pH.
The most popular styles of sour craft beers include Berliner Weisse, Gose, Flanders, Lambics, and Geuze. Many contemporary Gose or Berliner Weisse have loads of fruits added to them, along with other adjuncts like lactose or salt. Sour beers are great for summer sweltering weather for refreshment, but they're also amazing as companions to a meal, or even with vanilla ice-cream.
Dark Beers
Dark beers include Porter, Stout, Brown Ale, and so on. Dark beers are dark because brewers add heavily roasted barley in the brew, imparting roasted barley notes, coffee notes, chocolate, and nutty flavours. Craft beers that are dark doesn't necessarily mean they're bitter. Contemporary dark beers can in fact be sweet. You may have heard of pastry stouts, mud-cake stouts? These craft beers can have weird and wonderful adjunct ingredients, with equally exotic names, like imperial Porter brewed with Toasted Coconut and Maple Syrup, or Blueberry Hazelnut Coffee Cheesecake Stout. I guess you can't say craft beer is boring!!
The craft beer Hong Kong scene has been a dynamic and ever-changing environment. From its anemic beginning, to now an international hub of choices and an incredible array of local craft beers and breweries. Let us know if you can't find a craft beer you're looking for.