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Granville Island Brewing Tour
18 May2009
On a nice Saturday, Kevin and I went down to Granville Island to take part in the Granville Island Brewing tour. Too bad there was no beer actually being made while we were inside the brewery.
If you sign up for the VIP list on their site, you can print out a 2for1 coupon for the tour.
$9.75+tax=$10.24. Divide that by 2 and it was $5.12 for a tour and 4 tasters. Very good deal I must say. 
The tour itself was short, probably 15min max, and the brewing part is also very small. It’s just to the left of the taproom, which is beside the shop. Everyone should know that beer is made from 4 main ingredients, malt, hops, yeast, and water. We started from the very corner, where our tour guide talked about the different kinds of malt used in their beer. She scooped some out of the bags and let us sample them.
Anyways….after this I don’t remember much, I wasn’t paying much attention, I just wanted to get it over and get my beer! If you’re really interested, this site is a good read.
So out we go, to the long table reserved for the tours.
Cute little sampler glasses (6 ounce).
While waiting for our tour guide to pour the beer.
The four beers currently on tap, from left to right.
GIBitter (Limited Release), Brockton IPA, Kitsilano Maple Cream Ale, Cypress Honey Lager.
Oh yea, my mini-Moo card.
GIBitter was…very bitter and strong. Too strong for me, so I didn’t like it. Too bad, a month ago the Limited Release flavor was Ginger Beer!
I liked the Brockton IPA the most, with the Maple Cream Ale coming in a very close second. The Honey Lager was very light, with very little flavor, not impressed.
Overall, it was a good tour, just under an hour, and a good way to learn something new and get some beer for cheap.
Here are some other bloggers experience with Granville Island Brewing.
4 Responses to Granville Island Brewing Tour
EAT! Vancouver 2009 – Lambic Beer Tasting « 604 Foodtography
May 23rd, 2009 at 18:04
[...] first heard of Lambic Beer during the Granville Island Brewing tour, and it intrigued me. Lambic is a very distinctive type of beer brewed only in the Pajottenland [...]
Vera’s Burger Shack (Commercial Drive) « 604 Foodtography
July 7th, 2009 at 18:47
[...] Surprisingly, I didn’t get asked for ID here, unlike at Waazubees! Woo hoo. Two pints of Granville Island Brewery Cypress Honey Lager for me, thanks. GIB, I seem to like drinking your beer a lot… ! I even took a tour of their brewery, check out that post here. [...]
604 Foodtography » Blog Archive » Granville Island Brewing, White Spot and the World Police and Fire Games @ the Cambie Kitchen
July 20th, 2009 at 17:12
[...] Tried a sample of the new Island Lager, which was just okay to me. I still like the Cypress Honey Lager from GIB the most. By now it should be no surprise that I like beer, and I like GIB beer too (I even did a tour of their brewery!) [...]
2010 VANCOUVER OLYMPIC MUST-DO LIST | 604 Foodtography
February 12th, 2010 at 23:54
[...] so many that I don’t even know all of them. Red Truck, Phillips, R&B, Steamworks & Granville Island Brewing come to mine. (*Technically GIB doesn’t brew in Vancouver anymore, but the seasonal brew is [...]