3 Cordilleras opened in 2008 in Barrio Colombia, a former industrial zone just south of El Poblado that has slowly become Medellín's craft-and-design quarter. It is one of Colombia's oldest craft breweries and produces a working range of around eight beers — pale ale, IPA, blonde ale, oatmeal stout, plus rotating seasonals. The brewery's tap room is open to the public; the rest of the building is the working brewery. The right way to understand the bar is by walking through how the beer gets to the glass. Six stages.
3 Cordilleras runs brewery tours on Fridays at 5pm (free, in Spanish; English on request) ending at the tap room with a flight. The tap room is open Thursday through Saturday from 5pm to midnight; food service runs through 10pm. Reservations not taken; the room fills from 7pm onwards.
