Thirty Six Brewlab & Smokehouse from local craft brewery Lion Brewery Co is a welcoming micro-brewery and restaurant with a distinct mission statement - a celebration of craftsmanship in all forms: food, art, music and of course beer.
Located at 36 Club Street, the welcoming space features a state-of-the-art on-site 500-litre microbrewery and 23 taps (with plans for more) pouring a selection of the finest craft beer.
Fresh on draught are Lion Brewery Co’s flagship and seasonal brews, rotating guest brews from other local and international craft breweries, and a constantly changing lineup of beers brewed right on site at the microbrewery, the ‘Thirty Six Brewlab’.
Nestled inside this lovingly restored heritage building is a 120-seat restaurant featuring a hedge-lined outdoor beer garden and a superb menu, centred around open-flame grilling on a custom-built brick hearth. Dishes focus on bold, local flavours and a smoky umami that only true, open-flame cooking can produce.
Appropriately, the conservation building in which Thirty Six is housed was once rather poetically named Tong Sum Lao – so named because it straddled three streets, and because it was used by pedestrians as a link between Club Street and Mohammed Ali Lane.
The talented Greg Brown is Head Brewer (pictured above) - a highly respected figure in Singapore’s craft beerscape, well-known for his seamless synthesis of analytical precision (from his IT past) with his own innate sense of fun.
His mastery shines through in playful, creative original brews such as a 2021 award-winning beer that mimics Willy Wonka’s 3-Course Dinner Gum cheekily named Violet No-Regard (ABV 5.8%, Purple Ale) using local butterfly-pea flower to give the beer a wonderful purple hue.
Beer aficionados will be thrilled to hear that Thirty Six also has 3 Cask Ale Taps – making it one of the only bars in Singapore that serves quintessentially British-style cask-conditioned Ales using a traditional angram (long-handle) pump.
The superb food menu, focused on open flame grilling, features both small bites and large plates that infuse local produce and flavours into classic bar and smokehouse recipes, and is guaranteed to excite the senses.
One of the must-orders is the Sticky Pork Ribs, featuring caramelised tender pork lion ribs cooked ‘low and slow’ over fire and slathered with an irresistible spicy sauce. The dish is topped with coriander and finished with a generous squeeze of lime.
Another popular bite - the Scotch Egg – marries the spicy umami of Nduja with the tangy garlicky heat from Sriracha Sauce – creating a superb Asian twist to a pub classic.
There are also plenty of vegetarian options, such as the Wood Fired Cauliflower (pictured above), with cashew nut butter, miso leek puree and kale, and a juicy Impossible Meat Burger. Using only the best quality ingredients available to them, every dish is bursting with wholesome flavours.
Thirty Six has and will continue to lead campaigns celebrating local craft - including brewery tours, beer tastings, workshops, collaboration brews, and hopefully soon - Covid restrictions pending, beer events for the public. Artwork by renowned local artists such as Jamie Tan and Sue Gray already hang on the walls of the interior.
So, what exactly is Thirty Six Brewlab & Smokehouse? It’s where good people come to revel in great beer. Where aficionados of craft come back to, again and again. Where local brewers can showcase their beer; and artists, musicians and craftspeople can express themselves and their work. Where a community can find themselves. In short, Thirty Six Brewlab & Smokehouse is a place of discovery and celebration.
a. 36 Club Street Singapore 069469
