Brassneck Brewery

Microbrewery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
Associated Venue: Brassneck Brewery

Established in 2013

Contact
2148 Main St, Vancouver, V5T 3C5, Canada
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.

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6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at Brassneck, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out loads of roasted malt, fairly heavy bourbon, though it is not apparent that this is Jack Daniels. Flavour is still pretty heavy on the roasted malt, followed by intense Jack, and some alcohol. Pretty intense, but the choice of barrels don't make for an optimal barrel aging experiment. A little harsh and not as enjoyable as the base beer. Still, great stuff.
Tried from Draft on 27 Jan 2014 at 22:37

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
On tap at Brassneck, pours a cloudy orange-tinted yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of brett, followed by a little banana and barnyard notes. Flavour brings out a mix of banana and brett, with some notes of clove and bitter hops on the finish. The banana notes are a bit detracting from the brett notes, same with the high hopping. Very dry, bretty and hoppy. Good stuff, but needs a bit of work.
Tried from Draft on 11 Jan 2014 at 17:28

5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Draught at the brewery
Murky pale blond color with small head. There is some yeast and lemon aroma. Some wheat flavor, bread, with light sweetness; very light fruity impression, peach; low bitterness; lightly astringency in the end, yeast. Light coriander.
Dirty beer.
Tried on 06 Jan 2014 at 21:46

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
473mL growler from Brassneck, pours a cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out loads of bananas, clove, Belgian spices, coriander especially. Flavour brings out loads of banana and clove, followed by some Belgian spices, and dry wheat. Very flavourful, with a great balance of notes. Quite dry, with just enough sweetness. Good one.
Tried from Growler on 03 Jan 2014 at 21:20

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

2014-01-11, draught at the brewery, 6-4-8-4-15=37
Good body, rich malts, some chocolate, moderate residual sweetness. Light coffee. Strong bitterness with a lot of hop resins.

2013-12-30, draught at the brewery, 6-4-7-4-14=35
Black color with brownish head. Mild aroma of roasted malts. Lean body; the roasted malt and dark chocolate flavor is quite good, supported by very light residual sweetness, some roasted nuts; correct bitterness; there is a light liquorice impression; the final is lightly creamy.
Balanced and well brewed.
Tried on 31 Dec 2013 at 19:25

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draught at the brewery
The color is dark brown near black with small head. Mild aroma, stale pond water. Dry mouthfeel; some roasted malt, luckily with mild impact, followed by some yeast spiciness, light spruce, expected bitterness level.
It won’t make an impact.
Tried on 31 Dec 2013 at 19:23

5.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5

2019-02-06, draught at the brewery, 5-5-5-2-10
Amber colour, just hazy. I get wet paper and light caramel; the darker malts give a feeling of dust.
Dry and lean Amber Ale, but not for me.

2014-03-12, draught at the brewery, 6-4-6-3-13=32
6oz

Cloudy light amber color with creamy head. The aroma is mild; there is some malt, paper and hops, but too timid; possibly there is a very light lemony touch. It has quite pronounced carbonation with impact on the mouthfeel; the malt flavor is somehow papery and dusty too, more evident in the final; strong bitterness with a little amount of hop resins and very light citrus touch. Some yeast astringency in the final.
Decent Pale Ale, although would be better if cleaner.

2013-12-30, draught at the brewery, 5-3-5-2-10=25
Cloudy amber color, dull, with small head. It's one of those many Ales and Bitters, mainly brewed in North America, with a strong yeast and vegetables character; it's dry, and the bitterness rather strong.
Plain uninteresting.
Tried on 31 Dec 2013 at 19:21

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5

2014-09-01, draught at the brewery, 7-4-7-5-15=38
Fruity, citrusy, well hopped; dry and lean, with a nice honey touch. Very good.

2014-06-17, draught at the brewery, 7-4-7-4-14=36
Hazy golden color with compact head. Light animal hop aroma. Lean body, highly carbonated; malt flavor, with a touch of caramel and toffee; very strong bitterness, resiny, just a bit fruity, not bright enough. In the end, the beer is good but a bit hard.

2013-12-24, draught at the brewery, 7-4-7-4-15=37
Golden color, clean, with compact small head. Nice aroma of hops, hop bag, very light animal touch. Lean body, dry mouthfeel; the malt flavor is quite good, with some toffee, and very light biscuity note; strong bitterness, with some bitter orange fruitiness and nice hop resins; long final.
Very good; the best offer here today.
Tried on 25 Dec 2013 at 03:59

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draught at the brewery; 6.5% ABV
Muddy deep blond color with compact head. The hop aroma is somehow mild, but nice: citrus fruits, grapefruit, light cedar and bergamot. The mouthfeel is rather dry, but the body strength is correct; some wheat flavor and relative spiciness, very strong bitterness, with enough fruity contribution (grapefruit and cedar mainly, some lemon peel), but also some harsh resins, and the final is a bit too vegetable, hard on the bitterness.
Good but unpolished; waiting for a cleaner version…
Tried on 25 Dec 2013 at 03:56

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5

2014-07-28, draught at the brewery, 5% ABV, 6-5-6-2-12=31
Light amber color, hazy, with small head. Easy ale, with not much character, with some presence of vegetables, and not much of the promised hops. I have to say at least that this one is fairly clean.

2013-12-24, draught at the brewery, 5.5% ABV, 6-4-7-3-13=33
Hazy amber color with compact head. Mild aroma of malt and less of hops. Dry mouthfeel; the malt flavor it rather caramelly, with a toffee touch; strong bitterness, but the qualities of those two hops don’t shine enough; the final is even a bit metallic.
To be tuned.
Tried on 25 Dec 2013 at 03:51