Brewery Creek
Vancouver Ale Trail

Serving brunch starting at 11am on weekends, fuel up for your ale-venture at Steamworks. The first of its kind in Canada, the steam-powered Gastown Brew Pub continues to offer a classic brew pub experience since its beginnings in 1995. With 20 rotating taps featuring the year-round core lineup, seasonal favorites, and Brew Pub exclusives, plus modern pub food favourites, you just might find yourself visiting whenever you’re in town.

A great spot for lunch or afternoon appies, sample the beer at Vancouver’s original brewpub, just steps from the Yaletown Roundhouse Skytrain Station. Yaletown Brewing was built with the vision of being a true neighbourhood pub – a welcoming gathering place whether you arrive dressed in a suit or flip-flops.

The latest addition to the Kitsilano neighbourhood, just blocks away from the Granville Island market is Brewing August. Brewing beer with all the qualities of August: full sun, long days, and filled with possibility.

Faculty shares information about the brewing process and even publishes all its beer recipes. Like a university or college, the brewery is meant to be a place of idea-sharing and collaboration. Faculty’s beer names include a number system similar to how universities and colleges number courses by their level of complexity and expertise. Lower numbers indicate a more entry-level beer, while higher numbers are reserved for more experimental and boldly flavoured beers.

Bringing the community together with fresh beer, tasty bites, fun games, and great vibes. Reminiscent of a giant German beer hall, this facility located in Vancouver’s Olympic Village was renovated as part of the heritage “resurrection” of the Opsal Steel Building, built in 1918.

This brewery’s stylish cafe-like tasting room would not be out of place in Copenhagen, Berlin or Brooklyn. You can pop in for an espresso first thing, sit in for some lunch later on, then enjoy a post-shift pint and some snacks or pizza. The weekend brunch has become something of a minor sensation. The beer lineup follows and riffs on classic European and West Coast styles and is, without exception, excellent.

Right next door to 33 Acres Brewing is 33 Brewing Experiment. The same people, brewing exciting and experimental beers.

The building’s exterior is covered in a giant, psychedelic mural that makes it hard to miss – but it’s the brewery’s fresh and creative beer lineup that keeps customers returning. To go along with the range of delicious beers you can enjoy a delicious smashburger from Kapow! Burger, which is open 7 days a week.

Clearly proud of its roots, R&B has been a self-described “East Van Original” since opening in 1997. The kitchen specializes in tasty personal pizzas and enticing bar snacks. The brewery, meanwhile, holds fast to its heritage with classic, multiple-award-winning brews, while also branching out into more daring styles.

One of the most innovative and inventive breweries in BC, Brassneck is a must-visit for any beer aficionado. Expect pitch-perfect versions of classic beer styles alongside boundary-pushing experimental brews and re-imagined hybrids.

Based in a historic building that once was part of the Vancouver Brewery complex in the 1920s, Main St. Brewing showcases the neighbourhood’s history while brewing up cutting-edge contemporary craft beers. The food menu, which ranges from excellent tacos to a charcuterie board, is also well worth a try.

After focusing on a lager and an amber ale for most of its existence, Red Truck has steadily expanded its portfolio since moving to their current location in 2015. The brewery also features the Truck Stop Diner, which offers a large menu of homely comfort food, from stacked sandwiches and burgers to deluxe hot dogs and tacos. Keep an eye out for the Truck Stop Concert Series during summer months.