Brasserie FEDERAL
Bahnhofplatz 15 8001 Zürich
Tel. +41 44 217 15 15

Switzerland is unique among the German speaking countries in that the people are not particularly into beer. There is a dominant brewery in each of the geographic regions. Each brewery bottles their beer. Each bar and restaurant in that region has that one brand of beer, and usually only one tap at a time. The restaurant beer list will also have that brand in bottles, usually dunkel or weisse, and maybe a guest beer such as Heineken. The grocery usually has only the local beer. In areas that are near the regional boundaries, some of the bars will have the beer from the other region.
A Mecca for Swiss beer drinkers would be in the main train station (Hauptbahnhof) in Zurich. On the main floor, the Brasserie Federal has 100 Swiss beers on display and on their beer list. But be advised: no service person is assigned to the sit down side of the bar. Service is poor to worse. And if you find the beers too pricy...there's a great beer store directly downstairs!