North Shore Craft Beer Week

Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week is a series of events showcasing local beers and North Vancouver breweries and distilleries in the fall.

The event usually takes place in November. Dates and details for 2023, however are to be confirmed.

To learn more about the events visit the Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week website or continue reading.

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Craft Beer Week in North Vancouver

In past years Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week occurred in October. In 2021 and 2022, however, it took place during the first half of November.

North Shore Craft Beer Week in 2022 ran from Thursday, November 3rd, to Monday, November 14th. The week featured beer specials, live music, brewery tours and people having fun at various venues throughout North Vancouver.

Black Kettle Brewing at Beer Week — Black Kettle Brewing at the Pipe Shop

For tickets and full details visit Vancouver’s North Shore (Tourism) website.

Beer Week Event Venues

Events during the 2022 Vancouver North Shore Craft Beer Week took place at the venues listed below.

Breweries in the Lower Lonsdale District

The following breweries are located fairly close together in the first three or so blocks of East Esplanade or East 1st Street. They are all within a 10 minute walk of Lonsdale Quay.

Beere Brewing Co. – a brewery and tasting room at 312 East Esplanade.
Braggot Brewery – a newer brewery with a tasting room and patio at #102 – 370 Esplanade East. They specialize in honey-based beers (and they use their own honey). Our favourite is their Brown Ale. It is really good!
House of Funk Brewing – this place makes both beer and coffee. It’s located at 350 East Esplanade.
La Cerveceria Astilleros – another Shipyards establishment at 226 Esplanade East, this place is a Mexican-style brewery with food, wine and other drinks on offer.
North Point Brewing – this cozy building is designed to feel like a cabin with its wood structure and laidback atmosphere. It’s located at 266 East 1st Street. The place has both indoor and outdoor seating. They also have a fireplace inside.
Shaketown Brewing – located at #105 – 288 East Esplanade Avenue, this newer brewery has a large seating area.

North Point Brewing Beers — North Point Brewing

Breweries Elsewhere in North Vancouver

The following breweries are in various locations that are between a five- and 10-minute drive from Lonsdale Quay and the Shipyards District.

Black Kettle Brewing – a popular place located at 720 Copping Street which isn’t far from the Northshore Auto Mall. The brewery has a tented patio, good-sized indoor area and a live DJ on Thursdays. We tried a number of their beers, which were great, and enjoyed an awesome pizza.
Bridge Brewing Company – a brewery and tasting room at 1448 Charlotte Road (which is just off Mountain Highway halfway between the Trans-Canada Highway and Main Street).
Deep Cove Brewery & Distillers – a great craft brewery located at #170 – 2270 Dollarton Highway (so not far from the Second Narrows Bridge). It has exceptional beers. It also has a really nice outdoor patio.
Wildeye Brewing – located near the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge at 1385 Main Street, this is a fairly big brewery with a large variety of seasonal options. They have great beers as well as live music on Thursdays. Dogs are welcome on their outdoor patio.

In addition to the above breweries, an additional cidery and distillery also participated in the 2022 North Shore Craft Beer Week. Windfall Cider and Copperpenny Distillery are both located in the Lower Lonsdale District of North Vancouver. They attended the Launch Party on November 3rd, 2022.

Copperpenny Distillery is located at 288 East Esplanade. They make award-winning gin and have a really nice venue that’s open daily for drinks.

For tickets and full details about North Shore Craft Beer Week, visit Vancouver’s North Shore (Tourism) website.

Beer Week Schedule of Events

Below were the events scheduled for the 2022 Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Week.

2023’s schedule is to be confirmed.

Thursday, November 3rd, 2022

Launch Party – the kickoff to the craft beer week ran from 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm at The Pipe Shop. The event featured beer from about a dozen local breweries and distilleries as well as live music, food trucks and prize giveaways. Tickets cost $38 (plus taxes and online fees). Admission included two drink tokens and a souvenir tasting mug.

Tickets to the launch party were available at NSCBW Launch Party 2022.

Note: Partial proceeds from this event benefitted the Lions Gate Hospital Foundation.

Beer Week Evemnt at the Pipe Shop — Beer Week Launch Party at the Pipe Shop

Friday, November 4th, 2022

Beere Brewing – the second event of the week had a Jazz theme and took place at Beere Brewing. The brewery hosted a night of Brazilian food and music. Starting at 4 pm they served Brazilian snack food and from 6 pm there was Brazilian Jazz and Bossa Nova music.

Saturday, November 5th, 2022

Braggot Brewing – a night of Viking-themed games and live music. There were various prices to be won throughout the event. Folks who dressed up in Viking costumes received discounts as well.

Braggot Brewing is a newer brewery and it’s a fairly unique one. Braggot is a type of drink that’s sort of half beer and half mead (which is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented honey). The brewery makes its own honey and brews its drinks on site at 370 East Esplanade Avenue.

Drinks at Braggot Brewing — Braggot Brewing

Sunday, November 6th, 2022

Wildeye Brewing – an event with dark-style ales and food at the venue on Main Street. Beginning at 5 pm, the event was a celebration of all Wildeye’s dark-style ales and sours, plus, a featured cocktail created by Copperpenny Distillery and a featured dark cider collaboration with Windfall Cider!

Wildeye Brewing is located at 1385 Main Street (so not far from the entrance to the Iron Workers Bridge). It has an outdoor patio and large indoor space with lots of seating. As of the fall of 2022, this venue also has live music every week on Thursday evenings with the Dueling Pianos.

Wildeye Brewery in North Vancouver — Wildeye Brewing

Tuesday, November 8th, 2022

North Point Brewing – a night of beer pong, live entertainment, prizes and more was had.

This brewery is on East 1st Street just a couple of blocks from Lonsdale Avenue. It has outdoor seating on the road and sidewalk and a nice cozy interior. We’ve enjoyed the beers here as well as their pizza.

Wednesday, November 9th, 2022

Black Kettle Brewing – the event at this location ran each week in October. It was a burger challenge night with two different burgers and new beers as well. On this night, it was the burger challenge finale!

Note: At this brewery, in the “outdoor” tented patio area, dogs are welcome, which is so nice!

Beers at Black Kettle Brewing — Black Kettle Brewing

Thursday, November 10th, 2022

La Cerveceria Astilleros – a Mexican-themed night with live Mariachi music, new beer and lots of food was had.

Friday, November 11th, 2022

Shaketown Brewing – a party with DJs, tacos and Country music was enjoyed. The Dave Hartney Band performed from 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

Deep Cove Brewery at Beer Festival

Saturday, November 12th, 2022

Deep Cove Brewing & Distillers – this was a throwback party with an 80s theme. The event featured an era-appropriate ale, pizza pockets, a Rubik’s cube competition and hit music from the 80s.

Sunday, November 13th, 2022

House Of Funk – a party that featured a new beer release, a variety of food and an on-site DJ.

Beer Sampling at the Pipe Shop

Monday, November 14th, 2022

Bridge Brewing – the final stop on this series of events was at Bridge Brewing. The event offered a new beer with special pricing along with tasty food that went with it.

Bridge Brewing at Craft Beer Week