Parkside Brewery

Vern Lambourne spent years working at Granville Island Brewing, one of BC’s original microbreweries, which dates back to 1984. After Molson-Coors bought GIB in 2008, the Vancouver brewery lost its independent status — but Vern kept on making great beer at the original brewhouse on Granville Island and most people still considered it “craft beer” because he was so well respected in the industry. When Vern announced he was opening this brewery in Port Moody, where he lives, a veritable cheer went up in the craft beer community. Parkside is the biggest of the bunch on Brewers Row, with a central location offering a beautiful, welcoming tasting room and patio out front.