Korea COVID Travel BlogSo post run how did I spent the rest of the day off? I drank naturally! I am Brewdog shareholder (Equity for Punks member), and they have an Outpost in Seoul. While there is plenty of Brewdog bars around the world (78 in fact!), there is I think only 4 bars which are outposts. These are bars that have an on site microbrewery attached, and the Brewdog bar in Itaewon is one of these.
We got there via the Seoul Metro which like most things in Korea is beautifully simple and throughout! The ticket machines offer a range of languages including English are are simple (just select destination). You get a temporary Oyster card which you pay a 500 Won (30p) deposit for. At the end of your journey once you’ve tapped out, there are machines you can return your ticket and get your 500 won back.
The trains are regular, spacious and air conditioned, and the stations so well labelled figuring out which train to get and where you are was easy. Even changing lines at Hapjeong it was simple, just following the coloured lines to change platforms. You can live see the train on a map as it travels towards your station, and I also had forgotten they play a little tune when each train arrives! In London someone would have been killed for this, but here it fits perfectly!
Once we’d made it to Brewdog it felt very much like every other Brewdog we’d been in. Itawon is quite American so English speaking was more common, and I still managed to get my 10% discount (even 9000km from home). I had some lovely beer and one of there Burgers (which I was craving!).
They also do the Brewdog Now service, so I was able to take away 4 cans of draft beer (all of which was brewed on site) back at the hotel so I could drink them watching what turned out to be one of the F1 racing of the season!
Textbook day off.
