Gorka Brewery

Gorkha Brewery
Kathmandu, Nepal
December 2017


When I was planning my trip to Nepal, I made up my mind that I was going to visit a brewery.  There are only four or five breweries in Nepal and most of them are in Kathmandu.  So, i zeroed in on the Gorka Brewery.  It was the only one with a website and it was close to where I was staying.

However, it was difficult to make contact with this brewery.  I had the receptionist at my hotel call the main office but no one picked up. I tried on three different occasions to contact someone by way of the website.  Bit no one responded to my questions.

So one Saturday, I set out on my own to find this damn place.  I had a GPS reading but the details were a bit sketchy.  I knew I was close but I just couldn't find it.  I knew I was on the right street but that didn't matter. I still couldn't find it.  I stopped in a travel agent office and several of the clerks stopped everything and searched the Internet for me.  They gave me a few landmarks to guide me.  But their landmarks were hard to find as well.

Finally, finally, finally, I found it.  So I make my way in and am stopped by a receptionist for the building.  I tell him I was to go to the Gorka brewery.

"What is the name of the man you want to see, ma'am", he potbelly asked me.

"The one giving out the beer, I tell him jokingly.

"And what is his name", he asked with great patience.

"Can I get a beer here.  If I go to the brewery, will someone serve me a beer.

"No ma'am.  There is no beer here", he tells me

"Well, where is the beer/" Isn't this the brewery?"

"Yes, but we have no beer here.  Maybe if you go down the street, you will find a store that sells beer.  But there is no beer here."

 I think he was beginning to lose patience with me. And so I leave, disappointed that I didn't get a chance to drink beer in a Nepali brewery.