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
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 473mL can (pkg Feb 20, 2025). Clear blonde with white head. Soft tangy hops with rice pils malt combo. Nice hop underlay, the combo rice pils base broadens the complexity so it's not thin like many rice lagers. Decent.

Tried from Can at Jak's Beer-Wine-Spirits - 41st Ave on 26 Mar 2025 at 02:44


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Hazy pale brown. Thin head. Smells like it’s going to be sourish, and a hint of coffee. Yeah this is tart, coffee, a hit of alcohol, kind of messy. It’s not bad but I don’t think it was intended to be sour and it’s not coming together all that well. A salvage job of a beer.

Tried on 09 Mar 2025 at 17:04


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Slight haze, pale, medium head. Nice floral hop, biscuity malt, medium bitterness, some pineapple and kiwi hop character.

Tried on 09 Mar 2025 at 06:10


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bright, amber, and with a thin head. Bright orangey nose, with some biscuity malt. Similar palate, moderate bitterness, leafy hop. Dryish finish.,

Tried on 09 Mar 2025 at 06:06


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Poured from 473mL can (pkg 01/29/2025). Clear gold with white head. Quite light, almost muted, with a slight metallic note, mild bready malt, and a dry bittering hops finish. Wish it didn't have the metallic note, but it's okay.

Tried from Can from Jak's Beer-Wine-Spirits - New Westminster on 06 Mar 2025 at 00:18


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at The Magnet, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma has some dank, piney hops, grassiness, and biscuity malt. Flavour is biting and bitter, with citrusy hops, pine, but then metallic, almost concrete-like notes kick in. Initially good—especially the aromatics—but this falls flat for me.

Tried from Draft at The Magnet on 01 Mar 2025 at 02:25


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

On cask at The Magnet, pours a clear golden orange with a small white head. Aroma has a fungal note upfront, with bready malt and a touch of citrus. Flavour is flat, with fungal notes, bready malt, not much else citrusy. Ugh, this is too fungal. Not good.

Tried from Draft at The Magnet on 01 Mar 2025 at 02:05


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On tap at The Magnet, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma has some tangy hops, light onion, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is bright, with tangy, white wine-like hops, crisp grassiness, and dry biscuity malt. Love the bright NZ hops here. Excellent.

Tried from Draft at The Magnet on 01 Mar 2025 at 02:00


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

150mL pour at The Magnet. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Very light citrus on the nose. Flavour has candied orange peels and pale malts. Nearly flat. Pretty mediocre.

Tried from Draft at The Magnet on 28 Feb 2025 at 22:39


6.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

150mL pour at The Magnet. Pours cleae blinde with a white head. Stale citrus and old pine on the nose. Flavour has woody pine and strained, stale citrus fruit. Not a great hop expression.

Tried from Draft at The Magnet on 28 Feb 2025 at 22:38