Why Brewerkz, Why Monaco, Why Sunday Night
Brewerkz opened at Riverside Point in 1997 as Singapore's first craft brewpub. The original 30 Merchant Road location — at the upstream end of Clarke Quay, where Riverside Point meets the Singapore River — has been continuously brewing on-site for 28 years. The brewing tanks are visible behind glass on the back wall of the dining room. The eight house brews include the flagship Hopback IPA, the perennial Golden Ale, and the seasonal Singapore Lager. The kitchen runs late, the bar runs later, and on F1 race weekends the bar runs whatever the F1 calendar runs.
Singapore is one of the most F1-engaged cities in Asia by a factor of three. The Singapore Grand Prix has been on the calendar since 2008 — the night race, the Marina Bay street circuit, the only F1 round held under floodlights for its entire history. F1 viewership in Singapore is correspondingly disproportionate. On Monaco GP weekend, every TV bar in Singapore is showing the race. Brewerkz is the one where the audience knows the circuit by corner — Casino Square, Beau Rivage, Sainte Devote, the Swimming Pool chicane, the tunnel between the Loews Hairpin and Portier.
The Monaco Time Geometry
The 2026 Monaco Grand Prix is the 84th edition of the race, held on the Circuit de Monaco street circuit through the principality. Lights out is Sunday May 24 at 3pm Central European Summer Time. Singapore is UTC+8, CEST is UTC+2, so lights out in Singapore is 9pm Sunday. The race lasts approximately 90 minutes plus a podium ceremony and post-race interviews — total broadcast block is roughly 9pm to 11pm SGT.
The pre-race build-up on Sky Sports F1 and ESPN starts 90 minutes before lights out — meaning 7:30pm SGT in Singapore. The grid walk happens at 8:30pm SGT. The national anthem and formation lap fall in the 8:50pm SGT window. Lights out at 9pm. If you arrive at Brewerkz at 7pm, you have time to eat dinner properly through the build-up segment, finish the meal at 8:45pm, and order the first race-night beer at 8:50pm with the lights-out two minutes away.
The Riverside Point Layout
Brewerkz at Riverside Point occupies two adjoining shop spaces on the ground floor of the Riverside Point complex — 30 Merchant Road #01-05 and #01-06, opening onto the riverwalk promenade. There is a 14-meter glass frontage facing the Singapore River and the entire Clarke Quay strip on the opposite bank. Inside, the layout runs long: a 60-foot bar along the west wall, a dining room with wooden communal tables in the middle, and the brewing tanks visible through a glass partition along the east wall. The capacity is roughly 200 indoors plus 60 on the outdoor riverside terrace.
On F1 race nights the staff puts six 65-inch flat screens on the F1 broadcast — three above the bar, two on the side walls, one on a pivot mount at the east end of the dining room. The audio is on for the race, the commentary is in English, the volume is high enough to follow but not so high that the conversation breaks down between corners.
The Beers, Specifically
Brewerkz's house beers run on a continuous rotation of eight taps plus four guest taps from Singapore craft breweries. The house flagships are the Hopback IPA (6.7% ABV, citrus-forward, the bar's bestseller for 15 years), the Golden Ale (4.5% ABV, the bar's lighter session option), the Singapore Lager (5% ABV, a mid-strength lager designed for Singapore humidity), the Pilsner (5.2% ABV), the Wheat (5% ABV), and a seasonal IPA that rotates every two months. The Hopback is the right race-night first beer. The Singapore Lager is the right race-night refill at 75 minutes when you need something lighter.
Brewerkz runs a beer flight option — six 100ml glasses for SGD 25, the cheapest way to taste the full lineup on a single visit. The flight is the smart order for a first-time visitor who wants to drink across the race without committing to a single full pint at lights-out. Order the flight at 8:50pm, drink across the 90-minute race, switch to a full Hopback for the podium ceremony.
The Food, Briefly
Brewerkz's kitchen is American-pub adjacent with a few Singapore-specific items. The bestsellers are the wings (SGD 18 for a dozen), the buffalo chicken sliders (SGD 22), the truffle fries (SGD 14), and the pizza menu (SGD 25 to SGD 30). The Singapore-specific items include a chili crab pizza (controversial, surprisingly successful) and a laksa pasta (skip).
Race-night strategy: order food by 7:30pm to land at the table by 7:45pm; eat through the pre-race build-up; close the kitchen tab by 8:45pm; order the beer flight at 8:50pm. The kitchen closes at 10:30pm and slows down at 10pm; you do not want to be ordering food during the third stint of the race.
Where to Sit
Two strategic seating zones for F1 viewing: the bar stools at the west end of the long bar (six stools with direct sight line to three TVs above the bar) and the communal tables in the dining room center (more comfortable, sight line to four TVs total but at slight angles). The outdoor riverside terrace is excellent for dinner but the TVs are not visible from outside — staff will sometimes wheel out a portable monitor for major races, but Monaco does not always qualify for the portable treatment.
Strategy for two people: communal table for dinner (7pm to 8:45pm), then move to bar stools at 8:50pm for the race start. Strategy for four or more people: keep the communal table the whole time and accept the slight TV angle. Strategy for solo: bar stool from arrival.
After the Race, the Walk
Brewerkz Riverside Point is at the upstream end of the Clarke Quay strip. The race finishes at approximately 10:30pm SGT including podium. The bar stays open until midnight Sunday. If you want to continue the evening, walk east along the riverwalk for five minutes to Clarke Quay proper — the main entertainment district begins at the Read Bridge. If you want to head home, the Clarke Quay MRT station is a four-minute walk south of Brewerkz on Eu Tong Sen Street. Last northbound train is at 11:30pm; last southbound is at 12:15am.
The Monaco GP almost never finishes with a Singapore-friendly winner — the European drivers dominate the Monaco circuit historically — but Singapore F1 fans care about Monaco because it is the most prestigious race on the calendar, the night the principality and the historic race that has been on the F1 schedule since 1929. Watching it from a craft brewpub on the Singapore River at 9pm on a Sunday is the Singapore F1 fan's natural geometry.
Practical Notes
- Address: Brewerkz Riverside Point, 30 Merchant Road #01-05/06, Singapore 058282.
- Hours: Mon–Thu 12pm to midnight, Fri–Sat 12pm to 1am, Sun 12pm to midnight.
- Race: Monaco GP 2026, Sunday May 24, lights out 9pm SGT.
- Best arrival: 7pm for dinner-then-race, or 8:45pm for race-only.
- Cover: none. No reservation required, but reservations recommended via brewerkz.com for groups of four or more.
- Beers: 8 house taps, 4 guest taps, flight of six 100ml glasses SGD 25.
- Food: kitchen closes 10:30pm, wings SGD 18, pizza SGD 25–30.
- TVs: six 65-inch screens, three above the bar, all tuned to the F1 broadcast.
- Getting there: Clarke Quay MRT (NE5), four-minute walk north on Eu Tong Sen Street. Or Fort Canning MRT (DT20), seven-minute walk south.
Why This Race, This Bar, This Sunday
The Monaco Grand Prix is the most-watched race on the Formula 1 calendar and the only one held on a true street circuit through a sovereign principality. It is the race where the cars run inches from the Armco barriers, where overtaking is statistically rare and visually impossible, where qualifying determines 80 percent of the race result. It is the race that Ayrton Senna won six times, that Michael Schumacher won five times, and that the current generation of drivers treats as the championship's symbolic test.
Brewerkz at Riverside Point is the bar that 28 years of Singapore F1 fans have settled on for the Sunday night European race. The brewing tanks are visible. The Hopback is on tap. The TVs are above the bar. The Singapore River runs by the window. The race starts at 9pm. The flight is SGD 25.
Right on time, May 24, 9pm SGT, lights out.
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Sources consulted: Brewerkz · Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix · Clarke Quay · Singapore GP
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