VANCOUVER, BC – More than a year after it was first announced, a long-awaited community-minded brewery has finally opened in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant neighbourhood.
Brassneck Brewery – founded by partners Nigel Springthorpe (co-owner of the Alibi Room) and Conrad Gmoser (ex-Steamworks) – quietly opened its doors and welcomed its first customers last Wednesday October 2nd.
The brewery is open daily for take-home growler sales and on-site sampling in a 40+ seat taproom, with capacity to offer up to 12 beers at any time. According to a recent profile on the Scout Magazine website, some of the beers for the launch included…:
A straight up single-hopped pale (“Brassneck Ale”), a low ABV session lager (“No Brainer”), a Falconer’s Flight dry-hopped pale (“Passive Aggressive”), an orange-hued 5 grain weisse beer (“Multiweizen”), a White IPA w/ Galaxy hops, and an unnamed Russian Imperial Stout.
While there is no kitchen on site, Brassneck has partnered with a number of local food trucks to provide food that customers can bring in to enjoy while sampling beer. Yolk’s Breakfast will be on hand to serve brunch from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM on Saturdays and Sundays, and a rotating line-up of trucks is in place for the 5:30 to 8:30 PM slot each day.
To keep up on the latest news from the brewery, including new beer releases and food truck schedules, follow the Brassneck Twitter feed.
Point of correction, they actually opened Wednesday Oct 2nd.
Launch lineup was 8 beers deep. Aside from the 4 named above:
– Inertia Russian Imperial Stout (9%)
– Small Wonder Table Saison (4.5%)
– Free Radical White IPA (6%)
– Conrad vs. Cowboy Dan fresh hopped Belgian Pale Ale (6%)
Thanks, Dave – got my dates crossed. I’ll fix that now.