23 Public | Craft Beer 精釀吧 — Restaurant in Da'an District

I came here after a long day in the lab. It was a long week, in fact. Things weren't going well, my results were showing up blank. My family kept questioning me about my graduation date. My personal life was a mess. And Yeah, my heart was broken more than a handful of times since I came to this island... Things were looking pretty grim. A colleague of mine called me up and asked me out for a drink. "Let's meet at 23 public!", He said. I had seen the place before on my daily commute and I had always wanted to check out the scene. There isn't much of a chilled bar scene here so I had always just grabbed a beverage from the nearest convenience store and went back to my room to unwind. This could be a good change for me. I walked through the glass doors and saw my friend at the bar. "What's good?" I asked. Anything and everything looked like it belonged. A couple IPAs on the list caught my eye. I haven't always liked IPAs but it's been such a long time, I figured I give it a shot. "One 6 please" I said in Chinese. The bartender nodded and proceeded to carefully filled the glass from the tap. The first sip relaxed my nerves immediately. My friend and I chatted for a few hours, ranting about different red tape we saw in our respective departments. So much nonsense and inefficiencies in and around everything here. We quipped, at least the beer didn't take it's time. Haha. Before we knew it, and three more glasses later, we were approaching closing time. We thanked the bartender and promised we'd be back on another day. I went home, feeling a little...

"23 public " is a brand of IPA craft beer made by a guy from the U.K. living in Taipei. This bar only sells their brand. It has a regular crowd of patrons a few of which still think smoking is a cool thing. 🙀The Highlight of this place is three Woody Allen books placed next to rest room. The beer is 200NT$ / glass - happy hour ends at 19:00 . Downers, a few little things can destroy the atmosphere of a bar, one is formica wood, the other is IKEA tables but for me it is poor C.I.R very bright LED lights 👩🏼‍⚕️ I don't care about beer but poor LED I do...

Amazing beer bar in a cool neighborhood. They open early, so a great option for day drinking. The bartender was a fellow Canadian living here in Taipei. The place doubles as a record shop, nice vibes. 8 taps, all locals, and were quite good. I like that every beer came with a description card. Prices were typical for craft beer in Taiwan, so a bit expensive. Even with little to no customers on a Thursday afternoon, I felt right at home. Didn't try any food, they have pizzas among other things. Highly...