[VANCOUVER] Fall/Winter '17-18

Stealing this idea from the PDX/SEA folks. This thread is mainly for people visiting Vancouver and the Great Metro area, and where they should check out. I've added highlights and mentions from the Spring/Summer thread. In general, these are spots you can get to in 90 minutes or less, depending where in Metro YVR you are of course. Some spots are better than others, but I'm confident you'll find something you'll enjoy at every spot listed.

If I've missed any 'must-dos' add it to the comments, and I'll add to the next version in 5-6 months once Spring is here.

Cheers!

Vancouver - WestEnd/Downtown (Using Main & Terminal as boundaries)
Denman Beer Wine & Spirits, The Blind Sparrow, Blackbird Pub House, Viti Liquor Store, Rogue Wetbar Convention & Waterfront, Steamworks Liquor Store, Chambar, Devil's Ale & Smoke House, Wildebeest, Darby's Gastown, Orchard & The Sea (Great Cider!), Alibi Room, Boxcar/The American, Camp Upstairs

Vancouver - Eastvan/Commercial
Strathcona Brewing & Superflux, Powell St Brewing, Callister Brewing, Storm Brewing, Doan's Craft Brewing, Parallel 49, High Point Liquor Store, Luppolo Brewing Co, Strange Fellow Brewing, Merchants Workshop, St Augustines, Tangent Cafe, Liberty Wine Merchants, Biercraft Commercial, Toby's Liquor Store,

Vancouver - Olympic Village/Mount Pleasant/Brewery Creek/Fraser
Legacy Liquor Store, Tap&Barrel, Cambie & 8th BCL, Firefly Liquor Store, Biercraft Bistro Cambie, Brewery Creek Liquor Store, 12 Kings Pub, Brassneck Brewery, Main Street Brewery, 33Acres Brewing, Cascade Room

Vancouver - Cambie East / South of 16th
Bells & Whistles, Portland Craft, Bows & Arrows (coffee shop w beer), JAKS Beer Wine Spirits 41st Ave, 39th & Cambie BCL Signature Store, West Coast Liquor Fraser, Dogwood / Boombox Brewing

Vancouver - Kits/UBC/Kerrisdale
Darby's Liquor Store, Kitsilano Liquor Store, Biercraft Wesbrook, West Coast Liquor Kerrisdale, JAK's Dunbar, Liberty Wine Merchants 10th Ave

Burnaby/New West
Steamworks Brewery & Taproom, Bottle Jockey Liquor Store, Bainbridge Liquor Store, Hop & Vine Pub and Liquor Store, Dageraad Brewing, Steel & Oak Brewing, JAK's Liquor Store New West, Viti New West, Terminal Pub, 8th St Liquor Store, Hops New West

North Shore / West Van
The Gull Liquor Store, 16th Street Liquor Store, Bridge Brewing, Deep Cove Brewing & Distillers

Richmond/Steveston/Delta
Richmond Liquor Store, O'Hares Pub and Liquor Store, Hogshack BBQ, Kove Kitchen, Fuggles & Warlock Brewing, Four Winds Brewing

Surrey/Whiterock/Langley/Abby
Central City Liquor Store, Pacific Liquor Store Fleetwood, Fleetwood BCL, Central City Brewing and Tasting Room, Sunshine Hills Liquor Store, 120 Liquor Pub & Liquor Store, Southpoint Liquor Store, Uli's Restaurant White Rock, B's Liquor Store Langley, Trading Post Brewing Langley, Field House Brewing Abby

Pomo/Coquitlam
Twin Sails Brewing, Yellow Dog Brewery, Parkside Brewing, Moody Ales, Pacific Liquor Store Westwood, Burrard Public House, JAK's Liquor Store Lougheed

Squamish
A Frame Brewing, Back Country Brewing, Howe Sound Brewing

Bellingham
This is USA, but it's a great little city just half an hour south of the border. Plenty do do here for 1-2 days of beercation. Elizabeth Station, Structures, Aslan, Wander, Kulshan, Chuckanut, Boundary Bay, Melvin and many other new breweries and pubs.

 

And I've already noticed one glaring omission.

Coalesce Brewing which is a side project of the Twin Sails head brewer is already putting out some of the best beers in the city. If you time it right you'll be able to find their beers for sale and maaaaybe on tap at Twin Sails.

Also check out Beere Brewing on the North Shore I've heard good things.

Steel Toad near Olympic Village also has hosted some great events and had great guest taps at one point.

 

Nothing specific I’m aware of. But Twin Sails tends to release something every weekend. Boombox usually does Saturdays. Super Flux might have something at Strathcona. Aside from that most places just publish on Instagram a few days before. Dageraad May have a new bottle or two they’ve been releasing more frequently. Brassneck has started canning too. Luppolo has Evoluta out in bottles not sure it’ll last that long but they’ve also started canning. Steel & Oak has a new brewers series so potentially that as well. Your best bet for new local stuff on taps is Alibi and Darbys Gastown.

There’s also tonnes of events lately so check the importers for tap takeovers via Beerthirst, Untapped, and Copper & Theory.

Highly recommend you check out Bells & Whistles. It’s fairly new but the team behind Wildebeest and they have an awesome focused beer list. Tilquin on tap today for example and Brekeriet.

 

It really depends, not much sells out around here. I mean Twin Sails has 7-8 beers on any given weekend now. Most stuff will also hit retail, and although the downtown shops sell out fast, just a few minutes off the beaten path and the other shops will have stock.

Update: Just opened my Luppolo Evoluta (their 1yr anniversary beer) and it's fantastic! A bourbon BA dubbel. As of a couple days ago they still had bottles.

I'll also add, many coffee shops are starting to pour beers as well. Matchstick is another great local spot. Not sure if every location has taps but I know the guy picking beers in China town and that location is great.

 

Maybe the best deal in BA stuff up here: https://www.northwestbeerguide.com/...m-steamworks-brewing-are-yours-for-the-taking

Steamworks gets a bad rep because of 'political stuff' let's call it, but lately have been putting out great stuff ever since the Flagship initial release (which since hasn't been as good imo). Always worth a look for new BA releases, which often are pretty quiet, and you likely won't have a prob finding em.

 

Oh hey there. Founders Brewing now in BC. Kinda of. Not really distro'd here but The Gull in North Van did a special order and wow it actually showed up:



Doubt the KBS will last more than a couple days but the rest will likely hold on a couple weeks

 

Guess I could add Victoria. If you take a plane it doesn’t take 5 hours

 

CC liquor store had tonnes a couple days ago. Maybe check the brewery too.

 

https://www.beeradvocate.com/articles/16963/doans-craft-brewing-companys-rye-ipa/

 

Easy Tiger, Pretty Much Yeah, and Double Infinity Mosaic can still be found. Better bet outside of Vancouver at places like Jaks/Pacific. Denman might have.