Photo: Main Street Brewing Company
While Vancouver’s craft brewery scene increased dramatically over the last decade, the city has a long history with brewing beer.
Vancouver’s first brewery, Lucky Lager, was launched in 1858 by William Steinberger. By the 1880s, the newly incorporated city contained several thriving breweries such as Columbia Brewery, Stanley Park Brewery, and Cedar Cottage Brewery. Mount Pleasant, which is currently known for its many breweries, received its first one in 1888 when a German-born businessman set up Vancouver Brewery along the primary creek in the area (where Main Street is now). Numerous other breweries set up shop there, leading to the creek unofficially being known
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