Granville Island Brewing - Brewery Comments

Brockton IPA is a fabulous beer. The best I tasted in a long time

I find GIB to be pretty reliable in it's products. Sure their beers are sweeter but they have introduced the Brockton IPA (about time IMHO) recently. Their Lion's Winter Ale is fantastic as well as their Honey Lager is a fan fave (I like how they get their Honey from Chilliwack.) I've done the tour @ Granville Island a few times. Please note that they only brew their limited releases there and all their main lineup is brewed in Kelowna. If you take the tour, ask for TJ the bartender. Great bartender, fantastic personality, makes the experience memorable. Sure they are mainstream in BC but that's only because they have been around a while. Others gained notoriety (i.e OK Springs, etc) and we tend to bash on the popular types and cheer for the underdog in the beer industry. Sure there are other craft beers out there, but I used GIB to get people to move away from the "fast food" beers. It's familiar, local and readily available. I'd say it's one of the microbreweries in BC that are solid enough to get people interested in craft beer. Skol

Dave, a little harsh but basically well stated, in my opinion. Some folks seem to love it though! Go figure.

GIB might be one of the worst microbreweries in BC. Aside from a few drinkable seasonals, these beers tend to be overly sweet, with flavours that seem almost artificial. While I am not surprised that the hoi polloi drink this garbage, I am always amazed that this brewery receives any sort of critical acclaim.

english bay pale ale from granville island is in my opinion the greatest pale ale in the world and wish very much it was available in manitoba.

In response to Adam if you think Russel is good beer you don't know beer at all, you probly like a main steam micro like Rickards as well

Great brewery producing great unique beers that are the highest quality and consistance,their winter ale and their mingler mix pack are the best on the market.

GIB is that middle of the road type of brewery. If you have a choice between some GIB stuff, or Coors, you go GIB. But if there is a real microbrew available like VIB, or Philips, you definately aren't drinking the GIB. That's the reason why Russell's is replacing GIB in a tonne of Resturants, pubs, and Bars currently.

In response to Linda's question below: the original home of the brewery is on Granville Island, where a small brewing facility still exists and tours and tastings are held. Beer production has been moved to Kelowna, where other assets of the parent company are located, but for practical purposes of visiting the brewery Granville Island is the place to go, so I have revised the location information.

why is this company saying it is from Kelowna Last time I looked it was here in Vancouer on Grandville Island and the lsat time I was on the tour of the place they said the bottling plant was on annisis Island ???

this cartel is nothing to do with a "micro" brewery despite all those hipster doofuses in the Georgia Sraight voting for it every year . All their stuff comes out of one tank with taps at different heights