The brewery in North Van’s Norgate neighbourhood has only been open for two years
North Vancouver’s craft brewery scene has been booming for nearly 10 years now, and shows few signs of slowing down.
As a relative newcomer on the block, Beva Brewing and Blending is already making a name for itself, recently taking home two gold medals at the fourth annual Canada Beer Cup, which took place in Quebec City in November.
The Pemberton Avenue brewery, which opened in December 2023, won the German Pilsner award for Old Days, one of their core beers, and took home the single can design award for their Mambo Italiano hazy IPA.
Another North Vancouver brewery, Streetcar Brewing, took home a bronze in the American porter and stout category for their Shipyards Stout.
Octavio Pauley, Beva’s head brewer and one of four co-founders, said winning gold for their pilsner feels particularly good, as their beer philosophy is to focus on crisp, clean brews.
“I don’t like the word approachable, but drinkable and sessionable while still having as much flavour as possible,” Pauley said.
It’s not the first win in the lager category for Pauley, who has won several awards for his ferments over 10 years in the business, having brewed previously at Vancouver’s R&B Brewing and Alberta’s Snake Lake Brewing Company.
Beva Brewing and Blending, as the name implies, also focuses on blends – beers that are fermented or aged separately then blended later.
Their barrel-aged wild-ferment beers complement a regular lineup of lagers, pale ales, and hazy pale ales, Pauley said.
The brewery’s Norgate location, away from the Lower Lonsdale brewery district, has enabled them to develop a devoted following of regulars who pop into the taproom to see what’s new, said Pauley.
The brewery is inviting the community to their two-year anniversary party on Jan. 24, and as they head into their third year of operation, Pauley said they’re looking forward to offering even more easy-drinking variety in their core categories.
Several City of Vancouver breweries also medalled in the Canada Beer Cup. Red Truck won silver in the American Lager category for its Road Trip Classic Lager, and another silver for its Monster Jam Juicy IPA (Contemporary IPA). Parallel 49 won silver for its Pink Power (Fruited Sour Ale). And Lonetree picked up silver for its Dry Apple Cider (Modern Cider).
—This story originally appeared on North Shore News
