Victoria
One of the best craft brewery patios in the province, Canoe's beer offerings include its four mainstay beers as well as a rotating seasonal and single-batch creations from the Windward Series.
After several expansions over the years, Driftwood has gotten bigger and more widely available, but they’ve never lost their local flavour and unmistakably West Coast appeal.
The legendary Frank Appleton engineered and built B.C.'s first craft brewery and trained the first generation of B.C. craft brewers, including Sean Hoyne.
This long-awaited brewery is focusing on Belgian-style wild and sour beers, so expect lots of Lactobacillus, Brettanomyces, Pediococcus and secondary fermentations with fruit.
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The Moon has officially entered a new phase: their on-site distillery has risen. But we’re not counting on this recent development eclipsing Clay Potter’s brews.
Phillips has never lost sight of its dedication to sustainability, deliciousness and good causes. The latter two combine in its annual benefit brew, which this year honours the B.C. SPCA.
Canada’s original brewpub continues to be one of B.C.’s best places to drink a beer complemented by top-notch food featuring locally sourced ingredients.
Victoria’s venerable hotel-brewery features sweet rooms, an atmospheric pub and a beer lineup that’s always evolving thanks to head brewer Chris Lukie’s small-batch releases.
VI’s rebrand saw a bold new look for one of the province’s oldest breweries, including a renovated tasting room. Parallel 49’s Danny Seeton also joined the team as production manager and research and design brewer, working alongside longtime brewer Ralf Pittroff.
