# Bowen Island Brewing Company — Vancouver, British Columbia
> Bowen Island Brewing Company in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada scores 2.73 out of 5 — Limited, #272 in British Columbia. 19 beers tracked, mostly IPA.
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Bowen Island Brewing Company is a brewery in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We grade it Limited, with a score of 2.73 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #272 in British Columbia. Of the 19 beers we track, 41% are IPA and 34% Pale Ale.
## Rating
- Score: 2.73 out of 5
- Grade: Limited 😕 — Most craft beer drinkers pass these by.
- Ranked: #272 in British Columbia · #1,354 in Canada · #26,419 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 19
## About
Bowen Island Brewing opened for business on Bowen Island in 1986, but quickly found brewing on an island impractical, due to high production costs and complex logistics. So, less than a year later, Bowen moved to brew beer on a barge under the Second Narrows Bridge; to better supply the important Vancouver beer market. As you might guess, brewing on a barge also wasn’t very practical and so the owners arranged for the brand to be sub-contract brewed in Whistler. That continued until the company met severe financial difficulties and the Bowen Island Brewing brand was acquired by the Big Rock Brewery, based in Calgary, Alberta. After brewing in Alberta for almost five years and selling successfully across Alberta and BC, a group of British Columbians negotiated with Big Rock to purchase all their BC-based brewing assets in 2005. The purchase included a brewery in Kamloops and the Bowen Island beer brand. The Bowen Island Brewing Company brand was revitalized with new packaging and some new beer styles, along with some of the original recipes. To this day, BIB remains brewed in Kamloops, 100% BC owned and 100% BC brewed, naturally, with no additives and no preservatives.
## What they brew
- IPA — 41% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 34% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 19% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 6% of the beers we track
## Find them
- Address: 5455 Manitoba Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Coordinates: 49.2365439, -123.1083439
- Website: http://www.bowenislandbeer.com/
## Breweries nearby
- [Changing Colours Brewing Project](https://finding.beer/brewery/changing-colours-brewing-project-31939.md) — 4.32, Great — Vancouver, British Columbia — 1.6 mi away
- [33 Brewing Experiment](https://finding.beer/brewery/33-brewing-experiment-9469.md) — 3.89, Fine — Vancouver, British Columbia — 1.9 mi away
- [33 Acres Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/33-acres-brewing-co-9329.md) — 3.81, Fine — Vancouver, British Columbia — 1.9 mi away
- [Main Street Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/main-street-brewing-company-9058.md) — 3.73, Fine — Vancouver, British Columbia — 2 mi away
- [Brassneck Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/brassneck-brewery-7690.md) — 3.84, Fine — Vancouver, British Columbia — 2.1 mi away
- [R&B Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/r-b-brewing-9092.md) — 3.52, Poor — Vancouver, British Columbia — 2.1 mi away
- [Tree Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/tree-brewing-co-9118.md) — 3.05, Limited — Vancouver, British Columbia — 2.1 mi away
- [Tree Brewing Co.](https://finding.beer/brewery/tree-brewing-co-34218.md) — 3.03, Limited — Vancouver, British Columbia — 2.1 mi away
## Rankings this brewery appears in
- [Best breweries in Vancouver, British Columbia](https://finding.beer/breweries/canada/british-columbia/vancouver.md)
- [Best breweries in British Columbia](https://finding.beer/breweries/canada/british-columbia.md)
- [Best breweries in Canada](https://finding.beer/breweries/canada.md)
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