The North Shield

Unfortunately they do Efes and other non-delights incl. Becks, Carlsberg, Miller and Bomonti now and no sign of any decent German beers. However they stock bottles of Duvel which in a beer desert like Turkey is most welcome! TL14 a bottle. Upon further investigation the web link no longer works and the proximity map is totally wrong... it is 2 blocks south of Adana main station on Ziyapasa Blv.

This is the only place in Adana I have found that carries micros, and happily it doesn’t have any Efes products at all. We had a Schneider Weisse Tap 7 and an Aecht Schenkerla - unique in Turkey I think. The menu listed two beers from Brooklyn, but sincethey hadneither, I can’t tell if it was a one off or justwishful thinking. Another first in Turkey - the. Interior is non-smoking, set up like a classy UK pub. Service was excellent. They have an adjoining patio room, much less formal, which allowed smoking and so was full of locals. Could this be the first attempt outside Istanbul to break the death grip of Efes, and introduce Turks to flavorful beer? I hope so!