I have not taken the tour, but stepped into the tasting room on one of Granville Island’s busiest strips. Perhaps not surprisingly, hoardes of tourists fill the place. The day we visited, perhaps not brilliantly on a Sunday afternoon, there was a long line only to get a seat. Once you’re in, you wonder why because the place feels quite generic. Plenty of glasses, an overemphasis on the color gray. Food menu is very limited. Beers are rather thin and not particularly captivating. Certainly not a must in Vancouver unless you’re a completist.

Not bad, if you like GIB. Sometimes they have seasonals you can taste but usually just the Molson produced stuff.

As far as tours go this is the best brewery tour I’ve been on. THey did a thorough job of explaining the process, the ingredients and basic history. The tour groups end up being friends creating a great post-tour tasting ambiance. The staff are incredibly friendly. Some good beers to get people started on Bitter ales.

Granville Island is an island, and so there is limited parking, but it’s not a big place so you can find off-island parking and walk across the bridge. The place is OK, but I only go there when I’m in the near vicinity. You’re basically looking at a gift shop that stocks OK beers.

Granville Island beers are never exciting, I just try to hit something new there; the place is not bad, but a bit too much warehouse-like and too few places and too few people. The adjacent beer shop is really sad, they can really carry a few more Granville beers. It’s also annoying, last time I was there the only beer I wanted was sold in 6-packs, so "no, thanks".

Good fun and absolutely a value if you take the tour (which is followed by samples). I enjoyed GI almost as much as any ’regular’ pub I went to in Vancouver. They only serve their own brews, but they have a good selection of styles, including a seasonal or two. Service is friendly and quick, though ambiance was lacking in the middle of the day when I was there - a bit sterile. Recommended as a tour stop when visiting!

Yes, this place is allowed to sell only 12 oz beer per customer. It means one glass or 3 x 4 oz taster round. After that you have to quit ... More stupid alcohol laws I’ve heard only in Finland. It is something that they have no bar license but are only taproom. Such as quite useless place for beer drinking. Well ... at least I chose 3 more interesting sounding beers. Service was good enough, beers were nothing special.

Perfect place to end a Granville Island visit. Bought some bottles in the store and had a sampler in the Taproom.

It was an interesting location. Having been to many others I liked this set up. The staff wasn’t the greatest, but the beers were fun.

With all the great bars that have a good selection of beer in Vancouver this would be the last place I would want to go. The Granville Island Brewery is now owned by Creemore Springs which is owned by Molson Canadian. Only a few seasonal beers are produced here. The majority of the beer you find at this brewery is actually brewed in Kelowna by Molson. if your looking for a beer on GI, I would go to the Arts Club Theatre, The Keg or Bridges for a better selection and better ambiance. The patio at the Sandbar is great but the selection of beer is pretty generic. Granville Island get’s something like 6 Million tourists per year & this place is very touristy. I guess im just not a Molson Fan......If you really want a good selection of unique & different beer in Vanvouver then go to Commercial Drive and check out St. Augustine’s & BeerCraft or the Alibi Room at the east end of GasTown.