😕 Limited
Bowen Island Brewing Company
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Score
2.73/ 5
Popularity
Modestly rated
Beers tracked
18
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 18 beers we track, 41% are IPA and 35% Pale Ale.
Ranked
- British Columbia
- #272
- Canada
- #1,354
- Worldwide
- #26,419
About Bowen Island Brewing Company
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
- IPA41%
- Pale Ale35%
- Pale Lager18%
- Sour / Other6%
How their beers score
Every beer we track from Bowen Island Brewing Company, grouped by score.
- 5.0
- 4.5
- 4.0
- 3.57
- 3.02
- 2.52
- 2.0
- 1.5
- 1.0
- 0.5
Find them
- Website
- bowenislandbeer.com
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