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Tinhouse Tasting Lounge
About 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.
Behind most breweries there is a room where the beer gets explained, and at Tinhouse that room has its own listing. Tinhouse Tasting Lounge occupies unit 2140 at 550 Sherling Place, sharing the address with the Tinhouse Brewing production space, which means what appears on the board has usually traveled a very short distance from tank to tap. It is where the brewery meets its neighbors.
That closeness matters. A lounge attached to its own brewery can pour things that never get packaged, test small batches on real customers, and change the lineup as the seasons do. It is also where the brewery hears what people actually think, which shapes what gets brewed next. For the drinker, the visit turns into something educational: you can compare a fresh pour against a packaged one, ask the person behind the bar what changed between batches, and find a style you did not know you liked. The room is small enough to feel local and runs without any chain behind it, which is exactly the scale a neighborhood drinking room should hold.
Port Coquitlam suits the format. The city grew up as a railway town around the CPR roundhouse, and it has kept the habit of gathering in modest local rooms rather than grand ones. Sherling Place is close to the Lougheed Highway, so the lounge is a simple reach for anyone in PoCo, Coquitlam or Pitt Meadows. A phone number and a website are on file for the listing, and both are useful for confirming hours, asking about flights and checking whether food is served or welcome to come in from elsewhere. Flights are the sensible order for a first visit, since they let the whole board be tasted in small measures. Evenings in PoCo tend to be quiet ones, and a room like this is built for exactly that pace. Before you leave, ask about cans and growlers to take home.
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In the Glenwood neighbourhood of Port Coquitlam.
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