33 Acres Brewing Company

It was always the aim of 33 Acres owner Josh Michnik to create a community brewery in the heart of the city’s Mount Pleasant area, and the extended opening hours here reflect that. 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 waffles, meanwhile, have become something of a minor sensation. The lounge is certainly a place worth lingering. Simply but impeccably designed, its clean, whitewashed interior remains welcoming and comfortable, with strategically placed greenery and tall windows offering lots of natural light.

The beer lineup follows and riffs on classic European and West Coast styles and is, without exception, excellent. A long list of beer awards from the Beer World Cup, the Canadian Beer Awards as well as the BC Beer Awards (including BC Brewery of the Year in 2018). illustrate this brewery’s high quality. (Also award worthy: the brewery’s gorgeous Instagram feed.)

And right next door you can find 33 Experiment, the original’s little sibling that opened in 2018.