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Tinhouse Brewing
About Tinhouse Brewing
Craft brewery at 2140-550 Sherling Place in Port Coquitlam brewing its own line of beers for the tasting room and beyond.
A name can carry a town's history, and Tinhouse Brewing's points straight at the railway roundhouse that gave Port Coquitlam its start. The brewery operates out of unit 2140 at 550 Sherling Place, on the working side of the city, where there is room for what a brewery actually needs: a brewhouse, fermentation tanks, cold storage, and the steady traffic of grain arriving and finished beer heading out.
The craft is worth understanding, because it shapes what ends up in the glass. Recipes begin as ideas about malt, hops and yeast, get tested in small batches, and only reach the taplist if they hold up at full tank volume. That cycle is why independent breweries rotate what they pour, and why a visit a few months apart can turn up something new beside the staples. It also explains why two breweries can sit on the same street and taste nothing alike. Tinhouse Brewing follows the pattern of a production brewery with space to experiment, brewing first for its own rooms and then for the wider market as the tanks allow.
No phone number or website is listed for the brewery, so the straightforward way to learn what is currently pouring is to visit the address. Sherling Place sits within easy reach of the Lougheed Highway, the route that carries most of the traffic through this part of Metro Vancouver, and the drive is a short one for anyone coming over from Coquitlam next door. Brewery rooms in this part of the city tend to be informal, with the working equipment close enough to see from the counter. While you are there, ask what was brewed recently, what travels well in cans or a growler, and whether anything is set aside for the tasting lounge that shares the address. Independent beer is a conversation as much as a product, and the people pouring it usually enjoy talking about it.
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