Granville Island Brewing
Granville Island
1441 Cartwright Street
Vancouver, BC
This is a special edition of I’m Only Here for the Food! Beer!
So, this is the mission referred by yesterday’s post. For a change, after all the food post, I thought to make a post about drinks. While I am not in any way knowledgeable (heck, a glass of wine or a large can of beer and it is almost guaranteed I will be “drunk”!), at least, I can still say what I like to drink.
It is said there are several hundred of micro-breweries in BC and, if I am not mistaken, Granville Island Brewing is the biggest and better known of all (sorry, can’t confirm this) I went there after my lunch to try them. I have had their beers before but I wanted to try the ones from the draft on-site, along with any seasonal beer they have.
Their location in Granville Island, in addition to serving beer, they also have a tour. I did not sign up for it; but, from what I could hear, it sounded quite informative.
Now, the beer, the reason I was there for. They had four draughts that day. Instead of ordering 4 glasses, I ordered their sampler ($8.50) – 4 sleeves of their draughts:
Cypress Honey lager (left), which was quite “light” if you ask me (remember, I can easily get drunk!). The English pale ale (right) was slightly stronger (ha!). Unfortunately, due to my ignorance on the topic, I can’t say there was anything distinctive.
To the right, the seasonal draught, a porter. While I like the best know stout, Guinness (both drink and cook), I did not really like this. I found it a bit… spicy (?), as if they went slightly overboard with condiments (in addition to the hops, that is). Finally, to the left, the Lions Winter ale. This is the one I liked the most. Particularly, I liked a vanilla aftertaste it had.
In its own way, quite an interesting experience for somebody like me. Oh, I did not finish all the beer and, most importantly, I did NOT get drunk! Of course, just to be safe, I took transit that day, hehehe.
