The beer garden at Letraria Craft Beer Garden Porto has got to be one of the most peaceful places in all of Portugal to sample and enjoy craft beer. A nondescript façade on a quiet, side street leads into a narrow bar that hides a peaceful oasis in the middle of a fairly busy part of Porto. Full, the garden could likely seat 60 folks and accommodate many more standing, but shortly after opening at 4pm on a Thursday, when I was lucky enough to come calling, the whole place had only a sparse collection of other patrons. The beer garden had a handful of small bistro tables, some larger picnic tables, and still more small tables with benches built into little enclaves.
Letraria is affiliated with Cerveja Letra, a
brewery located in Vila Verde in Northern Portugal. It features a wide
selection of beers, primarily from Letra and their collaborations with
other breweries; however, there is also an assortment of other craft brews from around Portugal.
Other than comfort
and peace, another nice feature of Letraria was the use of proprietary
debit cards to order and keep track of purchases—customers order beer and
food on their cards and settle up at the end.
Sadly,
during my visit, they were having a hard time with the refrigeration
for their tap lines. To their credit, though, the gent working the bar
acknowledged the issue, explained which beers were unaffected, and showed
me to the extensive bottle fridge. Not as dire as I feared, friends!
With
the Bitter Wife recuperating from a travel-induced migraine, I was free
to spend a lovely afternoon at the beer garden tasting beers and
getting mad buzzy. Stay tuned for a handful of reviews from my time
there.
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