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.
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wow – i had no clue that beer could have aftertastes. hahaha i apparently don’t drink very often
All beer tastes like cleaner to me….icky. But, I don’t really drink.
Pearl, well, I don’t drink that often either but once in a while is good, hehehehe.
Jessica, wow! I will have to ask you what beer you had previously! Bitter, sure but cleaner tasting…
I’ve tried the usual…kokanee, bud weiser, granville island, corona. They all taste icky to me
Again, not being a beer expert or anything like that but you ought to try different ones – like the Belgian ones. Something like Stella Artois (the best known) or, one of my favs, Tripel Karmeliet.
I definitely second your suggestion KimHo. Trying beers from various countries, along with different styles, can make a huge difference. Maybe it takes a slightly fruity beer, or a something with no hoppy after taste. Either way I hope you keep trying Jessica, you never know when you might have that beer epiphany.
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