Brewery Creek Vancouver Ale Trail – Vancouver's historic urban brewery district

From the Downtown brewpubs to Mount Pleasant’s diverse range of breweries, restaurants and taphouses, there is a beer and brewery for every taste on the Brewery Creek Vancouver Ale Trail.

Vancouver’s earliest breweries set up along a creek that paralleled present-day Main Street from Tea Swamp (roughly Ontario Street and 15th Ave) all the way down to False Creek, which then extended east to where Clark Drive is now. The City Brewery and Mainland Brewery (both built in 1887) and the Columbia Brewery (1888) were the first to use the stream to power their machinery and provide water for their recipes. Population growth in the 1890s was rapid, and the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood soon became Vancouver’s first suburb beyond the downtown peninsula. The creek itself was covered up by streets and sidewalks, and although that early brewing industry was short-lived, you can find it echoed in a progressive and exciting brewery scene there today.

Downtown Vancouver is home to two brewpubs, Yaletown Brewing and Steamworks Brewing, that helped introduce craft beer to the city when they opened in the 1990s and remain relevant and vital today. South of False Creek, the Olympic Village is your gateway to the Main Street area, where several craft breweries rub elbows with fellow artisans, small-scale manufacturers, restaurants, bakeries, and boutiques. And check out Steamworks Kitchen & Taphouse right in the heart of the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood.

Scout Magazine describes Main Street perfectly: “Known as much for its cool factor as for its diversity and down-to-earth accessibility, Main Street is as honest a cross-sectioned representation of Vancouver’s cultural promise as you’ll find.”

Take your time to explore the options here, including fun and festivity at BREWHALL or the truck stop diner approach at Red Truck Beer Co. Learn more about beer at Faculty Brewing or taste what’s cutting edge at Brassneck or 33 Acres. Main Street Brewing offers a glimpse of the neighbourhood’s brewing history, while Electric Bicycle Brewing and R&B Brewing showcase Mount Pleasant’s eclectic charm with style.

And reflecting the Kitsilano neighbourhood's history of brewing is Brewing August, the only craft brewery located on the west side of the city.

Most of these breweries serve delicious food along with their beer, but some of the city’s best beer-themed restaurants can also be found here, including 3 locations of Tap & Barrel, (Bridges, Olympic Village and Canada Place), the Magnet, and The Cascade Room. And be sure to stock up at the Brewery Creek Craft Beer & Wine Store.

Let the BC Ale Trail be your guide: https://bcaletrail.ca/ale-trails/brew...

Breweries included in this ale trail:
33 Acres Brewing
33 Brewing Experiment
Brassneck Brewery
BREWHALL
Brewing August
Electric Bicycle Brewing
Faculty Brewing
Main Street Brewing
R & B Brewing
Red Truck Beer Company
Steamworks Brew Pub
Yaletown Brewing

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