The European Bar Guide is not a directory of beer specialists, so this is not about who has the biggest selection. We do not take the view that a long beer list and a good bar are one and the same thing.

The selection below are overall high quality bars we’ve visited that also have either a great beer selection, or unusual beers for their location/style, or a few beers done really well.

If you don’t see a beer specialist you know of, it means either we haven’t been yet, or have and it was lacking in other aspects. Please don’t take offence.

The ratings below are our evaluation of the bar as a whole.

Albania 🇦🇱

Tirana – Radio Bar 8

Austria 🇦🇹

Linz – Exxtrablatt, 8.1, PLATO 7.6, Stieglbräu am Klosterhof 7.5

Vienna – Känguruh 9.1

Belgium 🇧🇪

Antwerp – Billie’s 7.6, Oud Arsenaal 8.7, Kulminator 9.5, Paters Vaetje 8

Bruges – Bieratelier 7.7, Café Rose Red 7.5, De Garre 8.5, ‘t Brugse Beertje 9.7

Brussels – La Fleur en Papier Doré 9.5, Delirium Café 8.5, Le Coq 7.8, Moeder Lambic (Fontainas) 7.5, Moeder Lambic (St Gilles) 7.5, Poechenellekelder 8.6

Ghent – Dulle Griet 8.2, Trollekelder 7.7

Leuven – Café Belge 7.6

Mechelen – Den Stillen Genieter 8.1

Bosnia 🇧🇦

Sarajevo – Vučko Gastro Pub 7.5

Bulgaria 🇧🇬

Bourgas – Papa Beer 7.5

Plovdiv – Cat & Mouse 7.5

Sofia – High Five 7.5

Stara Zagora – Beer Kolobars 8.6

Croatia 🇭🇷

Osijek – Beertija Osijek 7.5

Piran – Bass Bar 7.5

Split – Leopold’s 7.5

Zagreb – Ambasada 7.5, Café Cajt 7.9, Le Petit Belge 7.8, The Garden Brewery 7.5

Czechia 🇨🇿

Brno – Ochutnávková Pivnice 7.7, Pivní Lokál U Bomby 7.5, U Alberta 8.1, U Čolka 7.8, Zastávka 7.9

Čejetice – Pivovar Čejetice 8.3

České Budějovice – KMPCB Husova třída 7.6

Hradec Kralové – Hostinec Malý Růžek 7.8

Liberec – Radniční Sklípek 7.5

Malenovice – Pivovar Malenovice 8.3

Mikulov – Pivovar Mamut 7.8, Pivnice U devatero řemesel 7.8

Olomouc – Retro Pivnice 8, U Kuděje 9.5

Ostrava – Kurnik Šopa Hospoda 8, Kurnik Šopa Hospoda 2 8.8, Zenke Výčep 7.7, Hospůdka u Oráče 7.7

Pardubice – U Toulavé pípy 8

Pilsen – Klub Malych Pivovaru 8.3, U Jirky 7.8, Šenk Na Parkánu 7.5

Prague – Bar Chýše 8.3, Krkonošská hospůdka 7.9, maly pivo, 7.8 Minirest 7.6, Na Palme 7.5, Pivnice Jamajka 8.5, Pivní Bar Chmeloun 7.6, Pivní Jistota 7.5, Pivní Lokál Ostry 7.8 Pivní přístav 7.8, Poctivej Výčep 7.9, První Pivní Tramway 8.6, Pivovar Bašta/U Bansethu 7.9 U Prince Miroslava 7.5, U Rumlíka 7.8, U Slovanské Lipy 7.7, U Sadu 9.5, U Šumavy 8.1, Zlý časy 8.6

Předklášteří – Porta Coeli 7.5

Zdice – U Zimu 7.5

Zlín – Hospoda Vršava 7.5

Znojmo – Pivnice U Šneka 8.6

Denmark 🇩🇰

Copenhagen – Charlie’s 8.8, Fermentoren 7.8, Kompasset 7.8, Lord Nelson 7.6, Søernes 7.9

England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Beeston – The Victoria 8.4

Birmingham – Post Office Vaults 7.9, The Wolf 7.6

Bradford – The Exchange 7.7, Record Café 7.8

Bristol – Bag O’ Nails 8.2

Cambridge – The Cambridge Blue 8.9, The Elm Tree 8.5

Cropton – The New Inn 7.8

Derby – The Alexandra 8.6

Etruria – The Holy Inadequate 8

Falmouth – Beerwolf Books 7.9

Halifax – Victorian Craft Beer Café 8.6

Harrogate – The Little Ale House 7.6

Hereford – Beer In Hand 8.6

Huddersfield – The Grove 8.1, The Sportsman 7.7

Hull – 80daysbierhaus 7.6

Leeds – Kirkstall Brewery Taproom 8, North Bar 7.5

Linthwaite – The Sair 9.3

Liverpool – The Ship & Mitre 8.5

London – The Dove (Broadway) 7.9, The Southampton Arms 8.5, The Pocket 8.5, The Sutton Arms 7.8

Makeney – The Holly Bush 9.5

Manchester – Bar Fringe 8, The New Oxford 7.5

Monkseaton – Left Luggage Room 7.8

Newcastle – Free Trade Inn 8.7, Mean Eyed Cat 7.8, Town Mouse 7.5, Wobbly Duck 7.5

Norwich – Hop Rocket 7.6, The Fat Cat 9.1, King’s Head 8.2, The Leopard 7.7, Malt & Mardle 7.6

Nottingham – Canalhouse 7.5, Kean’s Head 8.1, Stratford Haven 7.9, Vat & Fiddle 7.6

Preston – Guild Ale House 7.7

Ripponden – Old Bridge Inn 7.8

Sheffield – Beer Engine 7.5, Harlequin 7.6, Kelham Island Tavern 7.5, Rutland Arms 8.3, Shakespeare’s 8.5, St. Mars of the Desert 7.8

Shrewsbury – Admiral Benbow 8.2

Stalybridge – Buffet Bar 7.9

Sunderland – Dun Cow 8.2, Ship Isis 8.1

Tenterden – Old Dairy Taproom 8.2

Wakefield – Harry’s 7.9

Whalley Range – The Hillary Step 7.9

Whitby – The Green Dragon 7.8, Quirky Den 7.5

Wigan – Wigan Central 7.9

York – House of Trembling Madness (Lendal) 8.2, House of Trembling Madness (Stonegate) 8.5, Pivni 7.7 Rook & Gaskill 7.5, York Tap 7.6

Finland 🇫🇮

Helsinki – Black Door 7.6, Janoinen Lohi 7.7, Pikkulintu 7.7, Vastarannan Kiiski 7.8

Oulu – Graali 8, Oluthuone Leskinen 7.7

Tampere – Kievari Kahdet Kasvot 7.7, Oluthuone Panimomestari 7.5, Salhojankadun 9.2

Turku – 5piste5 7.5, Cosmic Comic Café 7.6, Panimoravintola Koulu 7.7, Uusi Apteekki 8.1

France 🇫🇷

Bayonne – La Petrolette 8.3, Dirty Old Cave 7.9

Biarritz – La Tireuse 7.5

Cesson-Sévigne – Cave á Flo 7.8

Dijon – L’Antre II Mondes 8.3, Blues Café 7.8

Colmar – Les 3 Singes 7.5

Lille – L’illustration 8.3, La Capsule 7.6

Lyon – Bieristan 8, Dikkenek 7.5

Metz – Aux Paraiges 8.3, Le Troubadour 7.7

Paris – L’imprevu 7.5

Reims – L’Escale 8.1

Rennes – Amrok 7.5, La Maison 7.5

Strasbourg – Laab 7.8, Le Grincheux 7.9

Toulouse – La Tireuse 8

Germany 🇩🇪

Bad Reichenhall – Burgerbrau 7.8

Bamberg – Brauerei Fassla 8, Brauerei Greifenklau 7.5, Brauerei Spezial 8.5, Catwheezle’s Castle 8.3, Hopfengarten 7.6, Pizzini 8.7, Schlenkerla 9.5

Bayreuth – Becher Brau 7.7, Manns Brau 8.5

Düsseldorf – Uerige 8.1

Erfurt – Noah 9.5

Forchheim – Hebendanz 7.7, Neder 8.5

Hanover – Craft Bier Bar 7.5

Kaufbeuren – Zoigl 8.9

Leups – Brauerei Gradl 8.4

Lüneburg – Brauhaus Nolte 8.6

Marktredwitz – Am Strand 8.5

Mönchsambach – Brauerei Zehendner 8.9

Munich – Schneider Brauhaus 7.8

Nuremberg – Altstadthof 7.9, Bieramt 7.6, Bierwerk 7.9, Hutt’n 7.5, Landbierparadies (Wodanstrasse) 7.8, Landbierparadies Nordost 7.7

Pottenstein – Brauerei Mager 7.5

Waischenfeld – Brauerei Heckel 8.9

Wismar – Brauhaus am Lohberg 7.5

Weltenburg – Klosterschenke 7.5

Hungary 🇭🇺

Budapest – Csak a jo sor 7.5, Csapszék 8.1, Élesztő 8, Hops 7.5, Jaromír 68 Sörpince 7.5, Liquid Rock 7.8, Mélypont Presszó 8.1, Wunder Sörművek 7.5

Kecskemét – Foltos Farkas 7.8

Italy 🇮🇹

Bari – BurBeero 7.5, Faros 7.6

Florence – King Grizzly 7.7

Genoa – Quattro Canti 7.9

Lecce– Prophet 7.8

Milan – Birrificio Lambrate 8.7, La Belle Alliance 7.6

Padova – Birreria da Umbe 8.2

Trieste – Mastro Birraio 8.7, Ai Mastri D’Arme 8.2

Verona – Birreria Da Piero 9.4, Santa Maria Craft Pub 7.9, Birreria Iter 7.6

Latvia

Riga – Aleponija 8.2, Alus Rume Trofeja 7.8, Čē 7.8, 1983 7.7, Möku 7.7, Alus Celle 7.6, Labietis 7.6, Bon Vivant 7.6, Hat Brewery Taproom 7.5, Lauvas Alus 7.5