This relatively new arrival in a former bingo hall has a big list of craft beer on tap from its Fashionista New England IPA (the one with the hipster on the can) to its Mr Brown British-style brown ale. Neapolitan-inspired pizza rounds out the microbrewery experience. And if Avant-Garde isn’t your thing, not to worry: a second brewery, Bières Jukebox, also occupies the same space with an array of IPAs and more.

Hochelaga’s neighbourhood brewery has an artistic bent, with frequent live music shows and gallery exhibitions, plus a fluctuating list of over 50 beers brewed on site from coffee saison to rhubarb sour and basil stout.

The unique co-op-owned Mabrasserie produces its own line of beers, plus those of its members: Isle de Garde, La Succursale, Broue Pub Brouhaha, and Noire et Blanche. The Rosemont tasting room has a lovely picnic table terrasse, and serves only beer brewed on-site (including flights!). There’s also a bottle shop where you can buy bottles to go.

The popular Rosemont beer bar serves an extensive and broad selection of beers by the bottle, plus house and guest beers on draft, as well as hefty bar fare. There’s a newer second location on Papineau, up in Ahuntsic, too.

Joining a crowded field of excellent breweries in La Petite Patrie, Mellön is already creating a buzz in the neighbourhood with its list of crushable ales, lagers and pilsners as well as a blackberry sour DIPA that’s “brewed with Montreal’s nightlife in mind: lively, unique, original, dearly missed.” It’s only open on weekends for now.

The prime focus at this Plateau spot from Nicolas Paquet, brewer Philippe St-Cyr, and Olivier Rhême, is on Quebec-made beers (12 on tap, with 10 made in-house). Hungry? Their bites are a step above your typical pub grub with fare like salmon tartare, duck confit and a Cubano sandwich.

Harricana was the first beer bar in Montreal (and Canada) with the futuristic-style Flux Capacitor draft system, which controls each draft line’s temperature and carbonation. The bar-restaurant boasts a handful of house brews (and even sodas and kombucha), and gourmet Quebec comfort fare — and it’s open all day long from noon.

Little Italy’s neighbourhood beer bar is one of the best spots for variety of Quebec beers on draft, plus a chance to try an interesting cask or specialty bottle, and a charming, verdant terrasse.

Péché Mortel, the creamy imperial stout with coffee, never tastes better than on draft at the original, lively Laurier brewpub with its welcoming street terrasse. Creative takes, like IPAs and pale ales featuring experimental hops and style mash-ups are also frequently found on the expansive menu.

It’s not a beer geek kind of spot per se, but this comfortable, dark and retro-tinged brewpub serves a solid lineup of house beers from session IPAs to stouts to its namesake Belgian white. It’s also the craft brew venue that started it all in Montreal.

Réservoir has been a long-time Plateau favourite, but was given a boost when the crew from now-closed) Mile End restaurant Hôtel Herman took it over. On the beer side, expect a classic pilsner, brown lager, and more playful brews like a sour IPA,

This small microbrewery with just a few brewing tanks livens up recently-renovated Prince Arthur with its growing list of scrumptious beers. Enjoy them via growler or by the tallboy can on the picnic benches out front along with an arepa, burrito, burger, or bulgogi from the ample food options on the cobblestone street.

This hip Latin Quarter spot equipped with a wood-fired pizza oven ushered in a gentle, millennial-pink tinged take on the beer bar upon opening in 2018. There’s a well-rounded selection of Quebec brews on its 20 taps (tasters are available); it also does a solid job on wine and cocktails for the less beer inclined.

One of the biggest craft brewing hits to enter the scene of late is this spot in the Sud-Ouest. A mix of IPAs, sours, and aged beers are the specialties here. Munchies-wise Rosemont-La Petite Patrie’s Mitch Deli is now serving its impeccably crisp fried chicken sandwich at the brewery.

Well-executed Belgian and American styles, plus a handful of specialty barrel-aged, sour or stronger styles are served at this Verdun brewpub housed in an old bank; all brewed on site to comply with Verdun’s now-defunct laws on alcohol service. The original location on Sherbrooke, while more crowded, is a long-standing McGill institution.