dark beer was nice change , to drinking light beer for 2 weeks

Come ambiente neanche si commenta. pazzesco! Si mangia e si beve all’aperto su Plaza Vieja, una piazza in stile coloniale bellissima. Ahimè il cibo non è un granchè perchè il posto è davvero turistico. Le birre sono passabili(siamo a Cuba), sono artigianali e le fanno sul posto, ma non si fanno ricordare.Anzi...

Visited in July 2007. A beautiful large open space pub with large copper kettle just behind the bar. We chose to sit at tables outside with there being no seatage inside. We waited to be served for about 5-10 minutes before choosing to go to the bar and place our order, waiting another 5 minutes to speak to someone. I was told that a waitress would come to our table for our order!!! Ahhhh!! Poor service, not much knowledge of beer, but that’s okay. I fail to recall the name of the beer I had although I think it has rum in it!! My wife, she had a mojito style beer. Very strange, but strangely good. All in all, not bad but not superb.

Very tourist-oriented venture on a main square in old Havana. Food is okay, service a bit dodgy. Lomo ahumado is probably the best menu choice, a nice Cuban specialty. Only two beers when I was there. The Claro was borderline undrinkable; the Cura a bit better but not much. Didn’t seem to bother the throngs of tourists, who dug the outdoor grill, Buena Vista - butchering band and the taste of home in an otherwise very un-Western country. May the next craft brewery in Cuba be a vast improvement.

A large open brew pub. The kettle is right at the bar although they were working on it when I was there. The tanks are in a very clean room. Not speaking Spanish but having an interpreter with me I don’t think that the staff has much beer knowledge. A manager gave me a tour and showed me the pellets and grain. Whomever the brewer is he needs more money for stronger flavour or some help in the process. I almost had to argue with the server to let me have 3 pints so that I could taste them all. He wanted to let me have a sample first but hey I was on vacation!