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 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Decent west coast IPA, and good job for brassneck. Golden pour, some pine. Bitter end. A little marmalade that I could do without. Some bitter root. Can.
Tried
from Can
from
Cask & Barrel Liquor Store
on 16 Feb 2025
at 02:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at The Magnet, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma has bready malt, gentle herbal hops, and straw. Flavour is malt-forward but fairly light, with toasted bready malt, finishing dry and somewhat crisp. Clean and drinkable. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Magnet
on 15 Feb 2025
at 06:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
5oz pour at The Magnet. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Damp straw and wheat on the nose; a bit of old wood. Flavour is wheaty with some straw, grass, and a dry old wood. Pretty decent, nice malt expression
Tried
from Draft
at
The Magnet
on 15 Feb 2025
at 00:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Some haze, medium head. Clean ferment, a bit grainy, some creaminess in the body. Low bitterness. Ok, this is well-executed, albeit for not the most interesting concept. Add 5-10 IBUs, call it a pre-pro and I'd be all over it.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2025
at 05:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pale, with slight haze. Thin head. Rich saaz aroma, with a touch of grassiness. Okay malt, a bit sticky, but the hop is good. Moderate bitterness, but a nice fresh character. Not saazy as much as on the palate but a fruitier accent. Still good, though.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2025
at 04:55
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
5oz pour at the brewery. Pours clear dirty blonde with a white head. Mineralic and wheaty on the nose. Flavour has soggy wheats, dry grass, boiled vegetables; definitely mineralic. Fairly mediocre kolsch.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brassneck Brewery
on 11 Jan 2025
at 23:35
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
5oz pour at the brewery. Pours completely murky yellow-gold with a white head. Tons of coriander, cloves, and banana on the nose. Flavour has grainy malts with lots of banana and coriander. Seems competently made, but the hefe yeast is still hard to get behind.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brassneck Brewery
on 11 Jan 2025
at 23:30
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
5oz pour at brewery. Pours nearly opaque yellow with a white head. Gentle dank and citrus hops on the nose. Flavour has stringent grass, citrus pith. Hop expression is tired; not very good.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brassneck Brewery
on 11 Jan 2025
at 23:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery. Pours black with a light brown head. Light chocolate, nuts, and bourbon on the nose. Flavour has a nice milk chocolate and almost burnt malt character with bourbon barrels floating on top. Not particularly well-integrated, but still a nice barrel-aged IS.
Tried
from Draft
at
Brassneck Brewery
on 11 Jan 2025
at 23:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
473mL can, pours a clear copper orange with a small white head. Aroma is full of orange peel, woody notes, piney hops, resinous hops, and bready malt. Bitter, piney, and orange peely finish. Very solid.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2024
at 20:21