Vancouver: The Return

I won't try and guide you around Vancouver, but you should stop at The Barley Merchant in Langley, good food and lots of taps all with local ales. I'd recommend them over any of the Langley breweries.

 

Dageraad in Burnaby would be my choice. Haven't been there in person yet (not from Vancouver) but Im a fan of their beers. Especially some of their "New Slang" IPAs. They're probably a little out of the way for you.

Slow Hand Beer Company is a couple blocks away from Superflux and has some pretty good beer.

 

Strathcona Brewing is in walking distance to Superflux- lots of great IPAs there. Luppolo is also within walking distance. For a couple of more Vancouver specific breweries, I recommend Brassneck and Strange Fellows. The Alibi Room is also close, not a brewery but a craft beer mainstay in Vancouver with a huge local tap list.

If you have time, a bunch of great breweries are in Port Moody (walkable from the skytrain): Twin Sails, Yellow Dog, Moody Ales, and more, all in a row.

Unsure if you will be driving to Langley? If so, you can go the longer-way there and hit Foamers Folly in Pitt Meadows. I haven't lived in Vancouver for a few years, so not sure if any good breweries have opened in Langley, but nothing great from what I remember.

 

Do you mean for takeaway or in addition to their taps? They wouldn't have any for takeaway, I don't remember if they had any at all. But I can point you to the best store in your area for can sales if you like. Jericho Liquor on 200 street and 72 avenue.

 

Luppolo for sure, they're having a lager fest this weekend so should have plenty left on tap the next weekend. It's maybe 10 mins from Flux

 

will also be in vancouver next month for a long weekend. Best breweries/brewpubs close enough to downtown. (big ipa and stout guy)

 

Don't think you're gonna find many stouts here in June, unless you get lucky and there is a Temporal release that weekend, however you'll be able to buy bottles at a few shops.

 

fair enough. how about ipas. so far on my list of places i would like to stop by: Superflux, Alibi Room and Parallel Brewing (hoping to find some beers from Boombox). Any other worthwhile stops?

 

Boombox production has been pretty infrequent of late. Superflux yup. Brassneck is always worth a stop. The Magnet Bar for sure stop in. Darby's and Bells & Whistles are good options, not downtown but not far. Strange Fellows, Luppolo all close by and would have some variety. Vancouver is pretty small really you can get to any brewery here in less than 20 minutes for Vancouver proper. North Van has a pretty good lineup of breweries now if you don't mind taking the seabus from waterfront station downtown.

 

Strathcona brewing is super close to Superflux and has solid IPAs. I like Andina too, which would be on the way to Parallel 49 walking from Superflux.
Brassneck is a bit out of the downtown core but I think has interesting beer.

 

Vancouver doesn't really have a downtown core, and even if it does, no breweries exist there. Brassneck is probably the closest brewery you can get to from 'downtown' especially given it's proximity to Main St skytrain station. This city is small.

 

appreciate it. looks like everything is close enough. If I have time for 3 stops (as long as there are within 20 or so minutes) leaning Superflux, Alibi and one more, what should be stop 3?

 

Hit up Magnet, it's actually run by the former owners of Alibi. And it's the only place mentioned in this thread that's actually downtown

 

on the list. Luppolo is also looking like a very solid stop

 

yeah it's great! They've been nailing the lagers lately. and the pizza is nice

 

Heading to Vancouver in July, first time visiting. Reading through this thread and checking out the websites, and mapping distance from our rental near Andy Livingstone Park, I think my top stops look like Alibi Room, Superfulx, Strathcona and Luppolo.

But it's been a year (exactly, haha) since anyone posted in this thread. Are those places still good? Any new ones to add?