Beer Belly at 72 Courtyard (Ekkamai) is the city's most reliable everyday craft-beer destination. Twenty taps, an aggressive turnover, and a kitchen that turns out solid burgers and fried-chicken sandwiches without trying to be more than that.
The room is open-air courtyard seating with a small indoor bar — built for Bangkok's weather rather than against it. The tap list is updated weekly on the bar's Instagram and tends to lean: half local Thai craft (Mahanakhon, Brewery One, Phuket Beer), a quarter Asian imports (Singapore, Vietnam, Japan), and a quarter Western imports (US west-coast IPAs, Belgian saisons).
The flight option — five 100ml glasses for THB 380, customer-choice — is the strongest first order. The bar staff are unusually well-trained and will recommend without pushing. The Thai IPA tap rotates weekly and is the bar's most reliable interesting order; recent rotations have included Mahanakhon's IPA series and Brewery One's hazy variants.
Beer Belly is not a destination for tiny-format rarities or one-off cans. It is the right call for a long Saturday afternoon with friends — cold beer, a sandwich, the ceiling fan, and the courtyard. Walk-ins are accepted; the room fills by 7pm on weekend evenings.
Best time to visit: Weekday evenings before 9pm for a quieter version of the room; weekends after 9pm for the busier one. Reservations recommended where the bar accepts them.
What to order
- 01
Rotating Thai IPA
- 02
Five-Beer Flight
- 03
US West Coast IPA
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Belgian Saison
- 05
Imperial Stout