Big List Of BC Breweries (Live-ish)
There are a lot of breweries in BC, from tiny Brewpubs up to giant Macro Producers That Stink Up The Corner Of Burrard And Cornwall (yes, that’s a real category of brewery).
At last count, there were 116 companies in BC valiantly engaged in the production of Our Favourite Beverage, so I thought I’d list them out here and give you a bit of intel on each one. This list is pulled directly, and programmatically, off the BC LCLB’s list of licensed breweries. That explains why some of these guys are in there twice (they have two facilities) and some have odd names (Fireweed is the official name of Tree).
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| Brewery | Address | City |
|---|---|---|
| Yellow Dog Brewing Company | #1 – 2817 Murray Street | Port Moody |
| Big River Brewing Company | #180 – 14200 Entertainment Blvd | Richmond |
| Longwood Brewery | 101 & 102 2046 Boxwood Road | Nanaimo |
| Hoyne Brewing Company | 101 2740 Bridge Street | Victoria |
| Sherwood Mountain Brewhouse | 101 – 4816 Hwy 16 W | Terrace |
| Whistler Brewing Company | 1015 Millar Creek Road Rr#1 | Whistler |
| Hearthstone Brewery | 1035 Marine Dr | North Vancouver |
| Persephone Brewing Company | 1053 Stewart Road | Gibsons |
| Black Kettle Brewing Company | 106 – 720 Copping Street | North Vancouver |
| Green Leaf Brewing Co. | 108 – 123 Carrie Cates Court | North Vancouver |
| Tree Brewing | 1083 Richter Street | Kelowna |
| Yaletown Brewing Co. | 1110 Hamilton Street | Vancouver |
| Dageraad Brewing | 114 – 3191 Thunderbird Crescent | Burnaby |
| Central City Brewers & Distillers Ltd. | 11411 Bridgeview Drive | Surrey |
| Three Ranges Brewing Company | 1160 5th Ave(Unit A & B) | Valemount |
| Tin Whistle Brewing Company | 118 118a 112 – 1475 Fairview Road | Penticton |
| Columbia Brewery | 1220 Erickson Street | Creston |
| Mill Creek Brewery | 124 – 948 Mccurdy Road | Kelowna |
| White Sails Brewing | 125 Comox Road | Nanaimo |
| BNA Brewing | 1250 Ellis Street | Kelowna |
| Dockside Brewing Company – Granville | 1253 Johnston Street | Vancouver |
| White Rock Brewing | 13 – 3033 King George Blvd | Surrey |
| Mozart Brewery Company | 130 Spokane Street | Kimberley |
| Steel & Oak Brewing Co. | 1319 Third Avenue | New Westminster |
| Callister Brewing Company | 1338 Franklin Street | Vancouver |
| Strange Fellows Brewing | 1345 Clark Drive | Vancouver |
| Tree Brewing Beer Institute | 1346 Water Street | Kelowna |
| Off The Rail Brewing | 1351 Adanac St | Vancouver |
| Powell Street Craft Brewery | 1357 Powell Street | Vancouver |
| Granville Island Brewing Company | 1441 Cartwright Street | Vancouver |
| Bridge Brewing Company | 1448 Charlotte Road | North Vancouver |
| Bomber Brewing | 1488 Adanac Street | Vancouver |
| 33 Acres Brewing Company | 15 West 8th Avenue | Vancouver |
| White Rock Beach Beer Company | 15181 Russell Avenue | White Rock |
| Molson Breweries | 1550 Burrard Street | Vancouver |
| Forbidden Brew | 1590 Cliffe Avenue | Courtenay |
| Bad Tattoo Brewing | 169 Estabrook Ave | Penticton |
| Deep Cove Brewers | 170 – 2270 Dollarton Hwy | North Vancouver |
| Odd Society Brewery | 1725 Powell Street | Vancouver |
| Doan’s Craft Brewing Co. | 1830 Powell Street | Vancouver |
| Barkerville Brewing Co. | 185 Davie St | Quesnel |
| Foamers’ Folly Brewing Corp. | 19221 122 A Avenue | Pitt Meadows |
| Parallel 49 Brewing Company | 1950 Triumph St | Vancouver |
| Cannery Brewing Company | 198 Ellis Street | Penticton |
| Four Mile Brewing Co. | 199 Island Hwy | View Royal |
| Rossland Beer Company | 1990 – A Columbia Avenue | Rossland |
| Ridge Brewing Company | 2 – 22826 Dewdney Trunk Road | Maple Ridge |
| Shuswap Lake Brewing Company | 20 Shuswap Street S E | Salmon Arm |
| Phillips Brewing Company | 2010 Government Street | Victoria |
| Russell Brewing Company | 202 – 13018 80 Avenue | Surrey |
| Hotel Pacific Pub & Brewery | 208 E Georgia & 700 Main Street | Vancouver |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University | 20901 Langley Bypass | Langley |
| Brassneck Brewery | 2148 Main Street | Vancouver |
| Wheelhouse Brewing Company | 217 1st Avenue East | Prince Rupert |
| Category 12 Brewing | 2200 Keating Cross Road Unit C | Saanichton |
| Maple Meadows Brewing Company | 22775 Dewdney Trunk Road | Maple Ridge |
| Surlie Brewing Company | 23 – 2337 Townline Road | Abbotsford |
| Axe & Barrel | 2323 Millstream Rd | Langford |
| Vancouver Island Brewing Company | 2330 Government Street | Victoria |
| Gladstone Brewing Co. | 244 4th Street | Courtenay |
| Barley Mill | 2460 Skaha Lake Road | Penticton |
| Ravens Brewing Company | 2485 Townline Road | Abbotsford |
| Craig Street Brewing Company | 25 Craig Street | Duncan |
| Fernie Brewing Company | 26 Manitou Road | Fernie |
| Main Street Brewing Company | 261 East 7th Avenue | Vancouver |
| Gulf Islands Brewing Ltd | 270 Furness Road | Salt Spring Island |
| Cumberland Brewing Company | 2732 Dunsmuir Ave | Cumberland |
| Okanagan Spring Brewery | 2801 – 27a Ave | Vernon |
| Twin Sails Brewing | 2821 Murray Street | Port Moody |
| Marten Brewing Company Ltd | 2933 30th Avenue | Vernon |
| Red Truck Beer Company | 295 East 1st Avenue | Vancouver |
| Old Abbey Ales | 30321 Fraser Highway | Abbotsford |
| Spinnakers Brew Pub | 308 Catherine Street | Victoria |
| Storm Brewing | 310 Commercial Drive | Vancouver |
| Big Rock Urban Brewery | 310 West 4th Avenue | Vancouver |
| Moon Under Water Brewery | 350b Bay Street | Victoria |
| Red Collar Brewing | 355 Lansdowne Street | Kamloops |
| Steamworks Brewing Company | 375 Water Street | Vancouver |
| Howe Sound Inn & Brewing Company | 37801 Cleveland Ave | Squamish |
| Steamworks (Burnaby) | 3845 William Street | Burnaby |
| Old Yale Brewing Company | 4 – 7965 Venture Road | Chilliwack |
| Patricia Hotel (Vancouver) | 403 East Hastings Street | Vancouver |
| High Mountain Brewing | 4355 Blackcomb Way | Whistler |
| Canoe Brewery | 450 Swift Street | Victoria |
| Mark Anthony Group Inc. | 465 Fraser View Place | Delta |
| Arrowhead Brewing Company | 481 Arrow Road | Invermere |
| Swans – Buckerfield’s Brewery | 506 Pandora Ave | Victoria |
| Torchlight Brewing Co. | 511 Front Street | Nelson |
| Nelson Brewing Company | 512 Latimer Street | Nelson |
| Mt. Begbie Brewing Company | 521 1st Street West | Revelstoke |
| Red Arrow Brewing Company | 5255 Chaster Rd | Duncan |
| R & B Brewing | 54 East 4th Avenue | Vancouver |
| Postmark Brewery | 55 Dunlevy Avenue | Vancouver |
| Big Ridge Brewing Co. | 5590 152nd Street | Surrey |
| Longwood Brew Pub | 5775 Turner Road | Nanaimo |
| Marine Brewhouse | 5820 Marine Dr | Burnaby |
| Townsite Brewing Inc | 5824 Ash Avenue | Powell River |
| Spencer Hill Cottage Brewery | 5850 Spencer Road | Grand Forks |
| Firehall Brewery | 6077 Main St | Oliver |
| Pacific Western Brewing Company | 641 North Nechako Rd | Prince George |
| Noble Brewing Company | 650 Victoria Street | Kamloops |
| Crannog Ales | 706 Elson Road | Sorrento |
| Mission Springs Brewing Company | 7160 Oliver Street | Mission |
| Fisher Peak Brewing Company | 821 Baker Street | Cranbrook |
| Dogwood Brewing | 8284 Sherbrooke Street | Vancouver |
| Kamloops Brewery | 965 Mcgill Place | Kamloops |
| Steel Toad Brewing Company | 97 East 2nd Avenue | Vancouver |
| Coal Harbour Brewers | Basement – 1967 Triumph Street | Vancouver |
| Merecroft Village Pub And Restaurant (Mvp) | Merecroft Village205 – 489 South Dogwood St | Campbell River |
| Simon Fraser Brewing & Distilling | Suite 19013450 102nd Ave | Surrey |
| Wolf Brewing Company | Unit 1 & 2 – 940 Old Victoria Road | Nanaimo |
| Dead Frog Brewery | Unit 1 27272 Gloucester Way | Aldergrove |
| Driftwood Brewery | Unit 102 450 Hillside Avenue | Victoria |
| Lighthouse Brewing Company | Unit 2 836 Devonshire Road | Victoria |
| Prohibition Craft Brewery | Unit 4 8860 Jim Bailey Cres | Kelowna |
| Moody Ales | Unit B – 2601 Murray Street | Port Moody |
| Tofino Brewing Company | Unit C & D681 Industrial Way | Tofino |
| Four Winds Brewing Company | Unit 3 7355 72nd Street | Delta |
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10 Mar 11 at 12:56
Is your date stamp messed up? I’m surprised to see Four Winds and Dogwood on a post from 2 years ago
Mike
9 Jan 13 at 12:43
@Mike – That’s the datestamp this page was first posted. The table is pulled from a database on the server-side via a script I wrote, and the map is dynamically served off of Google.
I used to have a list of recent changes from the db, but this update was so large I removed it.
chuck
9 Jan 13 at 13:01
…and the colours mean?
(also Driftwood seems to have two markers on the map)
RicardoB
9 Oct 13 at 09:16
@RichardoB — Colour means size/type of brewery. If you click through to the Google hosted map there’s a legend. It’s not perfect, but it sorta makes sense.
There actually aren’t two Driftwood markers. The second one is Hoyne, who is–I shit you not–about forty feet away (they share a parking lot).
chuck
9 Oct 13 at 09:21
Beachcomber is of course actually Persephone Brewing Company in the end.
VanBeerGuy
26 Oct 13 at 16:45
@VanBeerGuy – Yup, this list is fairly out of date. Working on a refresh with some cool new features. Okay, feature.
chuck
26 Oct 13 at 16:54
I think the 99%+ of GIB beer doesn’t come from Kelowna anymore. That is what I understood while doing the brewery tour 2 days ago with one of the assistant brewers. He said that they are contract brewing “on the other side down the road”. 😉
Frank_Z
20 Jun 14 at 13:10
@Frank_Z – Aw crap. Haven’t updated that part of the list in forever. You’re right. The vast majority of their 12oz bottles are brewed at 1st/Burrard, although I’ve heard that Swing Span is actually brewed by Creemore in Ontario.
chuck
20 Jun 14 at 14:19
If Swingspan is a Creemore product, it is their poorest one.
Keith C
16 Nov 14 at 17:16
And personally , I’m a hardcore beer geek as well as a retired/resigned BJCP judge, and I have had poor experiences with nearly all products from Bridge, Townsite, and 4 Mile (The last 2 being huge amounts of diacetyl)
Keith C
16 Nov 14 at 18:04
No Storm?
Braeden
11 Feb 15 at 15:21
Good eyes Braeden. I had an error in the database backing this page. All fixed now.
chuck
11 Feb 15 at 15:28
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11 Sep 15 at 15:35
I read that Surlie Brewing Company had closed
RJ Griffeth
11 Sep 15 at 16:46
They’re closing. Either they’re still brewing, or their license is still on the books w/ the govt (which is where all this is being sourced from now).
chuck
11 Sep 15 at 16:54
Bridge Brewing has since moved to a new location on Charlotte Rd.
1448 Charlotte Rd, North Vancouver, BC V7J 1H2
WhiskyBraj
13 Sep 15 at 18:45
What is this “Hotel Pacific Pub and Brewery” of which you speak?
Liam
26 Oct 15 at 11:13
Here’s the raw data:
Hotel Pacific Pub & Brewery,208 E. Georgia & 700 Main Street,,VANCOUVER,V6A1Z7,# 380 – 1665 Broadway W,,VANCOUVER,BC,V6J1X1,Brewery,0
It’s the London Pub and Caffe Brixton, neither of which actually brews beer… yet. They are licensed to do so, though.
chuck
26 Oct 15 at 11:31
next up in Port Moody. https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/12274526_10153663957001335_8348714833070014413_n.jpg?oh=da36ddc14cc4be1ce0af7bc5fa4ba4f2&oe=56AE05FE
Connor
27 Nov 15 at 08:58