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The best brewery patios in Vancouver
Where to spend your summer
Geoff Sharpe & Joseph Lavoie
July 05, 2022
While the weather in 2022 may not be perfect, it's warm enough to start heading out to patios. And we know there's nothing better than hitting up the local brewery in your neighbourhood.
To celebrate the summer patio season, we're bringing together the best brewery patios in Vancouver. Whether it's a tastefully built one in a parking lot, an art-infused outdoor space or just a place with great shade, we've got your patio brewery needs covered.
We've created a helpful Google Map with all the patio locations you can refer to on your beer adventuring. Check it out here.
Have a suggestion? Think we missed one? Email us at [email protected]
STRATCHONA AND DOWNTOWN EAST SIDE
Container Brewing
This industrial-chic brewery feels the part outside as much as it does inside. Picnic tables in the parking lot, next to a container on one side, barrels on the other, and views of the North Shore mountains. Combined with an excellent range of beer on offer, this is a great patio experience.
🍺 What to drink: We love Cloud Theory, a hazy IPA on nitro. It pours beautifully with a super pillowy mouthfeel and wonderful hop flavours without the hop burn of many hazies. It's incredibly drinkable.
Parallel 49 Brewing
It's amazing what a bit of art on the walls can do to brighten a place up. The patio experience at Parallel 49 is top-notch. A beautiful mural, trees, picnic tables, umbrellas, night lighting, an in-house kitchen, all make it a reliable place to have an extended session. Combined with its massive selection of beers there will be something on the menu for every type of beer drinker in your party.
🍺 What to drink: If you find yourself there on a colder day, get Ruby Tears, a red ale with wonderful caramel malt flavour and a snap of west coast hop aromas. The bitterness is restrained, making it easy to drink.
Strange Fellows
One of Vancouver's favourite tasting rooms thanks to its very friendly and welcoming staff, Strange Fellows also has a patio which serves as the resting place for the countless number of outdoor events the brewery puts on all summer long.
🍺 What to drink: While you could go with the brewery's very popular Talisman American pale ale, try something rustic with the equally popular Strange Resemblance farmhouse saison.
Superflux
While we could talk about the insanely popular IPAs that have made Superflux one of the "it" breweries in the province, visiting the taproom gives you a chance to try some of their other styles, which are equally as good as their juicy IPAs. Find a spot on the patio and get ready to have your mind blown.
🍺 What to drink: Even if you plan on exploring the non-IPA options, I session at Superlux would be incomplete without at least one IPA. Start with Pretty Much Yeah.
Strathcona
People love the total experience at Stratchcona Brewing - a well-designed taproom, great beers, a top-notch pizza kitchen, and of course, two patios. Great pizza, great beer, great choice.
🍺 What to drink: The Love Buzz Berliner Weiss-style beer is always evolving with different flavours, but is always refreshing. These have included guava lemon, guava grapefruit, raspberry hibiscus, and strawberry guava, among others.
Callister Brewing
We should all pay a visit to Callister Brewing at some point in our travels. It originally launched as an incubator for other breweries and in some ways, without Callister, you wouldn't have Superflux, Night Owl, Boombox, Real Cask Ales, among others. So, when you're ready to pay tribute, or support a business that has supported so many others over the years, you can do so knowing delicious beer and a patio awaits you.
🍺 What to drink: With 12 rotating taps, including three cask engines for those looking for a proper British beer experience, you have plenty of options. Try the Cuban Taxi, a Guava Gose. Lots of tropical fruit, and a soft luscious mouth feel.
Luppolo Brewing
Luppolo has an Italian craft brewery vibe about it. Regulars love the beautiful thin-crust pizzas, and we love the option to get a slow pour on select taps. Warm rustic vibes all around make this a great spot to chill, eat, and relax for hours.
🍺 What to drink: La Piazza Italian Pilsner is one of the beers available for a slow pour, which we highly recommend for a smooth and creamy experience.
MT. PLEASANT
33 Acres Brewing Co.
Some places feel purpose designed for a laid back brunch, and 33 Acres has that vibe and a menu to go with it. The Avocado toast is a fan favourite, as are the London Fog waffles.
🍺 What to drink: 33 Acres of Sunshine is easy to drink, refreshing and enjoyable, especially while sat on the patio for brunch.
Food options: The in-house kitchen has a selection of small snacks like nuts, beef jerky, as well as more filling options like pretzel and charcuterie boards, and deli sandwiches. Brunch on weekends and Top Rope Birria food truck on Thursday nights.
Brewery location: 15 W 8th Ave, Vancouver | Map
Red Truck Brewing
This 34,000-square-foot brewery showcases rows of fermentation tanks, shiny bottling and canning lines, and a Red Truck suspended from the ceiling. It's a destination brewery and one that offers a large patio and a large food menu.
🍺 What to drink: The Red Truck IPA is a classic West Coast IPA with floral, pine, and citrus aromas and flavours. Easy drinking for an easy-going day on the patio.
R&B Ale and Pizza House
People love the dog-friendly patio and some of the best pizzas in the city on the menu. R&B has always had a super relaxed and eclectic ambience inside, and that extends to the patio. The brewery even won Best Brewery Experience from BC's Ale Trail in 2021.
🍺 What to drink: If you're here during the summer, you'll want to chill out with a Dude Chilling Pale Ale, a classic West Coast pale ale. If you're here during the autumn months, give the Märzen a go with its bready maltiness.
Electric Bicycle Brewing
If you're in the mood for fun, eccentric, and vibrant vibes with a friendly atmosphere, Electric Bicycle is up your alley. It's just a fun place to be -- you can't tell if you're in a diner or a funhouse, but you don't care, it's just fun, and that carries out to the patio.
🍺 What to drink: Embrace the vibe and go for something sour and fruited. The Atomic Jam Raspberry is popular. Raspberry jam turned tart and sour.
Faculty Brewing
Faculty is a small brewery, but the tight space is inclusive, welcoming, and has very friendly staff. It's small selection of beer makes it a great spot to start a brewery crawl in the neighbourhood. Settle in, get a flight of the whole menu for your group and you'll get a good sense of what this brewery is all about.
🍺 What to drink: London Fog Ale is a fan favourite and always on the menu. It's an American pale ale infused with Silk Road's London Fog tea blend.
North Vancouver
North Point Brewing
North Point Brewing has super chill vibes with a beautiful contemporary cabin feel inside it's double-decker lounge. That vibe extends out to the dual patio. The patio adjacent to the brewery is covered and comfortable when the weather isn't ideal and is designed for laid back sessions with friends. The second patio is on the other side of the sidewalk with picnic tables and optional umbrellas.
🍺 What to drink: Go on a hot sunny day and order the Lite Lager. It's brewed true to the style and is exceptionally quenchable. A laid back beer for a laid back experience.
Food options: Pre-made and heated pizza's from Nicli Antica Pizzeria, plus chips, salsa, pepperoni sticks, and candy.
Brewery location: 266 1st St E, North Vancouver | Map
Beere Brewing Co.
This family-run brewery—the family's name is actually Beere!—has a cozy patio with a chill atmosphere. Dog owners love it for its dog-friendly vibe and others love the friendly staff, unpretentious atmosphere, and inclusive feel.
🍺 What to drink: Pinky Tuscadero is a raspberry lemonade sour packed with Fraser Valley raspberries. It's not too sour, and the use of oats in the grain bill gives it a smooth mouthfeel.
House of Funk Brewing
If you're a beer adventurer and love drinking funky ales, House of Funk is unsurprisingly, the place for you. You can enjoy incredible views of the city while expanding your palate with beers. There is a wide enough selection on offer that everyone in your group will have something they can enjoy.
🍺 What to drink: Naturally, a sour is the appropriate beer to enjoy here. Try Juno, made with blood oranges, guava and vanilla.
La Cerveceria Astilleros
If you're looking to getaway to Mexico without having to deal with airport lineups and expensive flights, this brewery and patio is for you. The atmosphere is always great with beautiful blue tiled decor inside and out.
🍺 What to drink: Go with the Salted Lime Lager, the beer that not only started it all for this brewery, but tastes amazing on a patio. Brewed with Spanish salt and conditioned on fresh Mexican limes, it screams summer.
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