Brassneck Brewery
Microbrewery
in Vancouver,
British Columbia,
Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Brassneck Brewery
Established in 2013
Contact
Description
Well guys, we just make beer. That’s it.
The public space at Brassneck, i.e. the Growler Shop & Tasting Room are designed to have you, our customers feel as though you are part of our process. The brew house & cellar wrap around the tasting room & growler shop putting you in the very heart of the Brewery.
We have a special type of liquor license. A Brewery Lounge. Patrons do not have to be seated as in many other Food Primary locations in Vancouver. This combined with our communal tables makes for a pleasant social environment.
We have a really tiny 10 Hec system, with an even smaller Nano system for batches of around 4 Hecs.
Even though our system is small, we have lots of different fermenters. 14 in total (including a beautiful oak fermenter called a Foudre). This allows us to brew lots of different beers on a constantly rotating basis.
We are ALWAYS experimenting with different beer styles. We are three & a half years old & we’ve already brewed about 120 different beers. From Barrel Aged Imperial Stouts to Corn Lagers, Sour beers to English Milds, Brett Primary Fermented Wheat Ales to Traditional Saisons, the scope of beer styles is endless & we intend to cover them all!
Our beer comes to you direct from the conditioning tanks in our cellar & sells out quickly, so it’s always fresh.
Conrad Gmoser is our Head Brewer & partner, aided by Jeff Leake & Scott Wannop.
We’re always evolving so get ready for more great beers as time goes by & we expand production & have greater capacity for experimentation.
The public space at Brassneck, i.e. the Growler Shop & Tasting Room are designed to have you, our customers feel as though you are part of our process. The brew house & cellar wrap around the tasting room & growler shop putting you in the very heart of the Brewery.
We have a special type of liquor license. A Brewery Lounge. Patrons do not have to be seated as in many other Food Primary locations in Vancouver. This combined with our communal tables makes for a pleasant social environment.
We have a really tiny 10 Hec system, with an even smaller Nano system for batches of around 4 Hecs.
Even though our system is small, we have lots of different fermenters. 14 in total (including a beautiful oak fermenter called a Foudre). This allows us to brew lots of different beers on a constantly rotating basis.
We are ALWAYS experimenting with different beer styles. We are three & a half years old & we’ve already brewed about 120 different beers. From Barrel Aged Imperial Stouts to Corn Lagers, Sour beers to English Milds, Brett Primary Fermented Wheat Ales to Traditional Saisons, the scope of beer styles is endless & we intend to cover them all!
Our beer comes to you direct from the conditioning tanks in our cellar & sells out quickly, so it’s always fresh.
Conrad Gmoser is our Head Brewer & partner, aided by Jeff Leake & Scott Wannop.
We’re always evolving so get ready for more great beers as time goes by & we expand production & have greater capacity for experimentation.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
473 ml can. Pours a dull amber with little head. Aromas of grape skins, citrus, stoned fruit, a bit of Belgian yeast and soft toasty malts. Flavors follow same with gooseberry tartnesss. Spruce tips coming in Kate after things warm up. Seems more a kettle sour than any type of saison.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2026
at 23:22
5.1/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
On tap at Brassneck. Pours opaque yellow with a white head. Medley of stonefruits on the nose. Flavour has tangerines and passion fruit, a light citric acidity, and a dry, slightly metallic finish. The flavours clash in weird way, this doesn't work.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brassneck Brewery
on 14 Mar 2026
at 17:47
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Brassneck. Pours clear deep gold with an off-white head. Bready malts and dry grass on the nose. Flavour is quite malty, very bread, some crusts, and a dry grassy hoppiness. Decent malt-forward pale ale.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brassneck Brewery
on 14 Mar 2026
at 17:39
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
On tap at Brassneck. Pours hazy blonde with a white head. Rustic yeast on the nose; plenty of Brett. Flavour has a great rustic saison yeast character, nice amount of Brett, grainy malts. Light acidity with some citrus. Nice saison.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brassneck Brewery
on 14 Mar 2026
at 17:32
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Brassneck. Pours clear amber-blonde with a white head. Biscuits and dry grass on the nose. Flavour has biscuits malts, caramel, and dry grass. Fairly timid carbonation. It's okay.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brassneck Brewery
on 14 Mar 2026
at 17:27
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
12oz @ 🏡 shared with Phill and Alex.
Aroma: inky, roasty, a grassy, some American oak.
Taste: along the same lines, some sweetness, noticeably bitter.
Overall: it's to my taste, but if someone like bitter Imperial Stouts it is a good one 👍
Aroma: inky, roasty, a grassy, some American oak.
Taste: along the same lines, some sweetness, noticeably bitter.
Overall: it's to my taste, but if someone like bitter Imperial Stouts it is a good one 👍
Tried
from Can
from
The Gull Liquor Store
on 24 Jan 2026
at 08:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
355 ml can. Pours black with full tan head. Aromas of powdery chocolate, soft sweet bourbon, a bit of molasses, chalk and roasted malts. Flavors follow same with richer chocolate and lots of boozy bourbon alcohol. Reducing the boozy effects would make this great.
Tried
from Can
from
Cascadia Liquor Stores (Nanoose Bay)
on 18 Jan 2026
at 23:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark brown, medium head. Big bourbon aroma, amd also on the palate, with toffee sugars and a touch of tannin. Rounded, warm, balanced.
Tried
from Can
at
Brassneck Brewery
on 18 Jan 2026
at 04:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Brassneck, pours jet black with a small tan head. Nose is full of deep roast, somewhat rough bourbon barrels, and some earthy dry cocoa. Flavour is robust, with lots of deep roasted malt, big woody notes, earthy dry cocoa, and slightly harsh Buffalo Trace presence. Dry, woody, roasty finish. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brassneck Brewery
on 16 Jan 2026
at 05:19
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from 355mL can (pkg 2025/12/04). Very dark brown with beige head. Mild roast and molasses with light bourbon booziness. Seems a touch muted, but balanced nonetheless.
Tried
from Can
from
Jak's Beer-Wine-Spirits - New Westminster
on 07 Jan 2026
at 09:45