Home Brew
How Vancouver and Beer Made Each Other
The explosion of craft breweries in Vancouver over the past decade is not the first wave of breweries to operate in the city.
From the 1880s until the 1910s, a number of small breweries produced beer for the city’s thirsty population before first amalgamating locally, followed by national consolidation.
This catalogue is not an exhaustive history of these breweries, but a brief consideration of the many factors – human, ecological, geographic, etc. – that continually influence our evolving relationship with this complicated brew. Though beer is something enjoyed leisurely, it is not a passive thing. Beer influences tastes, revitalizes urban spaces, and inspires social and sustainable innovation. It is a driving force.
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