The Best Craft Beer in Ubud 2026: 6 to Try at The Melting Pot Saloon

Led by Big Hazy, our most poured beer of the moment — and five others worth pulling up a stool for.

With 25 exquisite beers on rotation, picking a starting point at The Melting Pot Saloon can be a lot. So instead of listing everything at once, we asked our own bar staff which beers are actually getting ordered the most right now, which ones have picked up real recognition, and which ones tell the best story in a single glass. Here are six that made the cut — starting with the one everyone's currently asking for.

1. Big Hazy — The One Everyone's Drinking Right Now

Most Popular · 8% ABV · 23 IBU

If you ask what's moving fastest off our taps this month, it's Big Hazy. At 8% ABV, this hazy IPA (NEIPA) from Island Brewing hits noticeably harder than most of the session-style beers on our list, and it's packed with intense hop flavor alongside big tropical fruit and citrus aromas. It's the kind of beer that rewards drinking slowly. If you've been meaning to try one thing off our list, this is the one most people are already ordering.

2. IPA — The Gateway IPA

Medal Winner · 6.3% ABV · 35 IBU

A silver medal winner at the Asia Beer Championship. What makes it stand out is balance: fruity hops and slightly sweet malts up front, with a smooth drinking bitterness that never tips into harsh. If you've tried IPAs before and found them too aggressive, this is the one we'd point you toward first.

3. Small Hazy — The Award Winner

Medal Winner · 4.8% ABV · 10 IBU

Big Hazy's lighter sibling, and the one with its own trophy to prove it — Small Hazy took home a silver medal at the 2023 Asia Beer Championship. It's a hazy golden brew built around tropical bursts of mango and nectarine, with mellowed bitterness and a finish so silky it barely reads as an IPA at all. If Big Hazy is the bold statement, Small Hazy is the more sessionable everyday version from the same brewery — worth trying both back to back to see how differently Island Brewing handles the same base style.

4. Salaca Wheat Beer — The One That Tastes Like Bali

Local Flavor · 4.1% ABV · 5 IBU

Most wheat beers lean on European tradition. This one leans on Indonesia instead — brewed with the sweet, light aroma of salak, the snake fruit you'll find at every local market in Bali. It's a genuinely unique beer that doesn't really have a direct international equivalent, and it's a good pick if you want something that couldn't have come from anywhere else.

5. Beaches Pale Ale — The Easy-Drinking All-Rounder

Easy Drinker · 4.5% ABV · 30 IBU

Brewed right here in North Bali, this one's built for approachability. Beautifully balanced and low in bitterness, with a burst of flavour up front and a smooth, easy-drinking finish — it's the pale ale we'd hand to someone who says they "don't really like IPAs" but still wants something with real character. A great middle ground between the bigger hazy IPAs on this list and something lighter.

6. Duvel — The One You Already Know

CLASSIC IMPORT · 8.5% ABV · 32 IBU

Sometimes you don't want an introduction to something new — you want the beer that's been getting it right for over a century. Duvel is one of the most recognized Belgian strong golden ales in the world: complex, dry, with a distinctive hop and yeast character that's made it a benchmark for the entire style. At 8.5% ABV, it's also the strongest pour on our list, so treat it with the same respect you'd give Big Hazy.

Which One Of These Craft Beer in Ubud Should You Start With?

If you only try one thing from this list, make it Big Hazy — it's what the room is actually drinking right now, and it gives you a real sense of what a modern hazy IPA is supposed to taste like. If you want the two award winners side by side, order Small Hazy and Black Sand IPA together. And if you want to see the full range of what "craft beer" can mean in one sitting, put Salaca Wheat Beer next to Duvel — a Bali snake-fruit wheat beer and a 150-year-old Belgian classic, both proof that our craft beer in Ubud list doesn't play it safe.

These six are just a starting point — we've got 25 beers total on rotation on our Ubud Beer Enthusiast's Menu, spanning pale ales, IPAs, lagers, stouts, wheat beers, and sours. Come find your own favorite.

The Melting Pot Saloon

Jl. Raya Pengosekan (Hanoman) No. 22X, Ubud, Bali Open daily 10:30AM – 2AM