Our second brewery stop for the afternoon was at 33 Brewing Experiment. It’s been awhile since I’ve been to 33 Acres and noticed they have a whole new space next door that specializes in their experimental flavours. Heck, they even have their own pizza food truck outside too.
We dropped in on a Saturday afternoon (around 4:30pm) and the place was bumping. There’s multiple tables but in one corner, they have the oddest tiered/layered seating I’ve ever seen. It’s completely cramped and uncomfortable but people were sitting there anyways.
There was 15 beers on tap along with a house cider. I was surprised to see they’ve started to make their own cider.
Paper menus of their beers on tap.
Food menu consists of pizza and snacks.
Closeup of their lineup of beer cans.
Love the Storm Brewing growler in the background.
Beer coaster.
Their merchandise is cool but easily the most EXPENSIVE I’ve seen at a brewery.
$60.00 for their hats and $95.00 for a crewneck sweater?!?
Whose buying these? Must be them hipsters!
3x Flights ($12.00)
We went with the orange oat pale ale, cranberry session saison, Brett pale ale with apricot and cider. NONE of these were good.
All the experimental beers had so little flavour; I can’t comprehend how bland and unflavourful they all were. The cider was okay but it was dry with little flavour.
My friend’s flight had a pacific hazy pale ale (the lightest hazy I’ve tasted), Belgian table biere (meh) and sea salt IPA.
The group felt the same way and no one really enjoyed their beers. I can’t even say what one buddy’s true feelings were on them.
Honestly, I’ve never understood the hype on 33 Acres and their experimental room has confirmed my feelings on them. Not my type of beer.
33 Brewing Experiment
https://33brewingexp.com/
25 W 8th Avenue
Vancouver, BC
(604) 620-4589
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