Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver

We’ve plotted local tastings rooms, restaurants with great tap lists, craft beer-friendly liquor stores, and fascinating, brew-centric points of interest on a zoomable map that functions as well on your phone as it does on your desktop. It’s an A-Z of our city’s relationship with beer that aims to encourage locals and visitors to responsibly explore every facet – both past and present – of our little corner of the brewing world.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / East Vancouver

CRAFT BEER ATLAS // Hypha Project is Vancouver’s Latest Art- and Community-Driven Beer Venture

Not even COVID could stop three longtime drinking and brewing buddies from launching their dream project in July, 2020.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / Port Moody

CRAFT BEER ATLAS // There’s Always Something Unusually Delicious Brewing at ‘The Bakery’

This brewery pays homage to its former life as a bakery by making imaginative beers that start with yeast, water and starch.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / Abbotsford

CRAFT BEER ATLAS // Every Community Would Be Lucky to Have a Brewery Like ‘Ravens’

In the half-decade since opening in Abbotsford, Ravens Brewing Co. has demonstrated a commitment to supporting local businesses and farms, and racked up a slew of awards in the process.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / Coquitlam

CRAFT BEER ATLAS // Port Coquitlam’s Northpaw Brew Co. Wants to Make You C.R.E.A.M.

The neighbourhood brewery has been rolling out delicious beers, including its signature C.R.E.A.M. ale, since 2018.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / New Westminster

CRAFT BEER ATLAS // New West’s Another Beer Co., Where ‘Beer Imitates Art’

Despite its modest name, New West's Another Beer Co. has built a colourful reputation for itself since opening in 2019.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver

CRAFT BEER ATLAS // This Destination Brewery Is a Retro Tribute to Farming Families

Barnside Brewing Co. crafts fresh, raw and unfiltered beers using ingredients grown on site.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / North Vancouver

CRAFT BEER ATLAS // House of Funk Is North Van’s Place of Beer Worship

For over a year now this coffeehouse by day and brewery-plus-tasting room by night has proven magnetic to devoted sippers.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / Downtown

CRAFT BEER ATLAS // Possibly the Best Place to Drink Craft Beer in Downtown Vancouver

The Magnet has quickly emerged as a reliable place to acquaint oneself with the freshest pleasures of British Columbian craft beer.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / East Vancouver

CRAFT BEER ATLAS // Sip the Latest Operation to Occupy a Storied Powell Street Incubator

Slow Hand beer story began with a namesake Pilsner, and these days includes a short roster of sessional (aka low-alcohol) styles.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / Strathcona

CRAFT BEER ATLAS // Another Swell Addition to ‘Yeast Van’

Designed by Simcic + Uhrich Architects, the two-level, 67 seat brewery and tasting facility quickly found a customer base for its 12 taps

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / East Vancouver

The Slickly Branded Brewery Within a Brewery That Produces Delicious IPAs

Boombox is best known for seriously hoppy double IPAs like "Don't Call it a Comeback", "Just The Hits" and "Legend of Citra".

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / Port Moody

Any City Would Be Lucky to Have Port Moody’s Three Block Stretch of Beer Heaven

Finding a place in the Atlas today is "Brewer's Row", the famously hop-happy three block stretch of Port Moody's Murray Street.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / Downtown

From Gender-Segregation to Gay Protest, This Gorgeous Vancouver Beer Parlour Saw it All

The four-storey, 135-room Castle Hotel featured an elaborately tapestried main floor beer-sipping venue with many stories to tell.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / Strathcona

Celebrated Brewery Within a Brewery Added to Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver

Superflux regularly cuts through the craft beer scene clutter with the quality of their beers and their consistently attractive branding.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / False Creek

The Most Deliciously Beastly Entry in The Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver

The annual good time on Northeast False Creek brings together many of the city’s best restaurants to do their carnivorous best to impress a sold out crowd of meat-loving beer drinkers.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver / False Creek

Is This the Most Picturesque Spot Currently Brewing Beer in Canada?

In our first addition/amendment to our ever-evolving Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver, we focus on a veteran brewery with a superb location.

Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver

The Craft Beer Atlas of Vancouver

100 Places

The Craft Beer Atlas is designed to keep you up to date on where your beer scene is going and where it has been.