Pyatiy Okean

 

Pyatiy Okean is both a brewpub and a yacht club located on a main vehicular artery just out of the center in southwest Moscow. It has a nice restaurant downstairs, plus a more casual bar upstairs. In summer, they also offer outdoor seating (only brewpub in Moscow that does so). What's unusual about this place is that the taps are located at each table, so the customer can help him/herself to the fresh brewed and perfectly drinkable pale lager and dark lager that is produced in the building. There is never any variety in the beer selection, and the mugs are ceramic, making it difficult to judge the true color of the brew of how much head you are pouring. I also suspect that the meters keeping track of how much you have poured err on the high side. Still, this is a fun place to go and worth the trip.