Trail Beer Refinery in Trail BC located in the Kootenays region of BC is one of the newest breweries in the province opening on March 25, 2017.
Trail is a town that is not like many in the province where 50% of the residence actually work at a refinery on the hill. They understand refining something into a material that is more marketable. This business just happens to refine water into a liquid that is far more interesting. Beer!
This brewery is more a brewpub than a tasting room and production brewery. They serve some tasty foods but at the same time they keep it simple. They have things like pizza and burgers. If the brewery was not as busy as it is they would have a bocci court but most often they actually just have more tables to house the crowd they are getting. I find it amazing just how busy they were as it feels much like a Vancouver brewery.
Trail Beer Refinery did not play around when they set up their brewery. They purchased a 25HL brew house with 2 - 100HL fermetnors and one - 25HL fermentor. When they did their research in Vancouver they decided to go big with the possibility of expansion instead of starting to small. The brewery started as an industrial brand much like the town really is. They do not want to be the most experimental brewery at this point but hope to convert the local macro drinkers to locally made craft beer. With the opening of the brewery they share the same head brewery as Highway 97 Brewing in Penticton Andrew Anker. The wife of one of the owners has done the brewing program at Siebel Institute in hopes of taking over brewing.
The brewery has the tag line Work Hard Play Harder and I think this really explains the town as a whole. If you find yourself in Trail it is worth checking out the brewery.
To learn more about the brewery listen to our Pacific Beer Chat episode on the brewery.
Trail Beer Refinery
https://trailbeerrefinery.ca
info@trailbeerrefinery.ca
1299 Bay Avenue
Trail BC
V1R 4A5
(778) 456-2827