Granville Island Brewing
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| Location | Granville Island Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Owner(s) | Molson Coors |
| Year opened | 1984 |
| Annual production | 6,000,000 L |
The Granville Island Brewing Company (GIB) is a microbrewery originally based on Granville Island in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was founded in 1984 as Canada’s first microbrewery.
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[edit] History
Granville Island Brewing dates back to 1984 when Mitch Taylor started the brewery. Between 1984 and 2005 Granville Island Brewing released 5 new beers. In August 2005 Andrew Peller Wines purchased Granville Island Brewing. In 2006 Granville Island Brewing renovated and expanded into their Kelowna brewing facility. In 2009 Molson Coors purchased Granville Island Brewing (through their subsidiary, Creemore Spring Brewing) from Andrew Peller Wines.
[edit] Location and Operations
Though the larger part of its base of operations moved inland to Kelowna, in the Okanagan Valley, the original brewery continues to manufacture some of the company's products, and offers beer-tasting tours. The original brewhouse is located directly under the Granville Bridge that crosses False Creek into downtown Vancouver. Tours of the small brewery are held daily. In the company's Taproom, four of the company's beers are kept available on tap, one of which is usually a limited release only available at the brewery.
[edit] Products
Granville Island Brewery names its beers after local places and neighbourhoods in British Columbia.
- English Bay Pale Ale
- Cypress Honey Lager
- Gastown Amber Ale
- Granville Island Lager
- Kitsilano Maple Cream Ale
- Brockton India Pale Ale
Limited release beers are also produced seasonally, including:
- Killarney Stout (St. Patrick's Day)
- Ginger Beer (spring)
- Robson Street Hefeweizen (summer)
- False Creek Raspberry Ale (summer)
- Oktoberfest (fall)
- Merry Monks Doppelbock (winter)
- Lions Winter Ale (winter)
- Scottish Ale (winter)
- Pumpkin Ale
- GIBitter
- Belgian Wit
- Imperial Chocolate Stout
- Fresh Hop ESB
- Nut Brown Ale
- Irish Red
- Imperial IPA
