Tinhouse Tasting Lounge
Bar and tasting lounge at 2140-550 Sherling Place in Port Coquitlam pouring house-brewed beers by the pint and in flights.
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Side Quest Brewing
About Side Quest Brewing
Craft brewery and taproom on Sherling Place in Port Coquitlam serving house-brewed beer by the pint.
A taproom has one job that truly matters: pour carefully and give people somewhere unhurried to sit with it. Side Quest Brewing keeps to that arrangement from its unit at 2150-570 Sherling Place in Port Coquitlam, a drinking room sized for its block rather than for the highway. It is the sort of place where a pint does not need a reservation, a dress code, or much explanation.
Rooms like this one tend to run a short list of their own taps, and the lineup often shifts as batches finish and new ones are drafted. A minute at the bar asking what is fresh is well spent, since a brewery's smaller pours tend to surface in its own room first. Regulars often settle into a usual, but first-timers are usually walked through whatever is on without much fuss. It is also fair game to ask whether flights are available; tasting a few half pours is a reliable way to get a sense of what the house does with its kettles.
Food is not always part of the picture at a drinking room, so a quick question about kitchen arrangements or the policy on bringing something in from next door can save a second trip. Seating is usually a mix of tables and bar stools, and groups tend to do best when they check ahead rather than arriving six deep at a busy hour. Dogs are sometimes welcome in these rooms too; that is another easy one to confirm before the leash goes on.
The taproom's address on Sherling Place puts it among the city's workday commercial streets, with the Lougheed Highway and Mary Hill Bypass routes close at hand for commuters, which makes the stop an easy one on the way home rather than an outing that needs planning. Current hours and tap notes live on the business's website, and a phone call before a weekend visit settles anything about groups, games, or growlers.
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In the Glenwood neighbourhood of Port Coquitlam.
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