Callister Brewing

Very flavourful beers and we got a nice quiet personal short tour. Really nice staff. Must recommend the Milk Coffee Stout.

Beers are good. Space is nice. Service is pretty slow. I think the staff droids have had their humour in the workplace (HITW) and love my job (LMJ) units disabled.

Visited last night for the first time. Had attempted to try it out before but parking during the week (especially earlier in the evening/​day) is nearly impossible. Last night there was ample parking and seating inside which was great. When we walked in they explained to us that there are actually 4 (or5?) brewery’s operating in their building which is awesome! So you get a lot of selection and good variety. My favorite beer I tried night was the Hivemind by Calister. It’s a honey ale, and like nothing I’ve ever tasted before. Will return!

Outstanding IPA on tap with a perfect finish. Super nice owners and comfortable tap room.

One of the newer craft beer tasting rooms in the area. This one definitely screams hipster.
Parking is available right along Franklin.
The venue is a remodelled warehouse, with bare wooden and metal furniture. There was this vibrant buzz in the air that one can just feel.
Staff were friendly, but the girl behind the counter had no idea what she was doing. My friend and I watched her pour glasses that were 80% foam, all the while making a giant mess all over the counter. Then there were the growler fills that made an even bigger splash (beer was shooting out of them like a fountain) and mess. Maybe she’s new on the job, but she was seriously making us cringe. Not to mention all that wasted beer.
This place is definitely on the more expensive side, at $ 8 a flight before taxes. The curious thing is that they only have 3 in-​house beers, so there’s some 3^rd party action going on here. With that said, nothing I had really stuck out. In fact, I thought all 4 beers tasted rather mediocre.
Think I’ll try this place again in a few months.

Love this place! Adam and Ari are so amazing and friendly. This is our new favorite place. The beer, atmosphere and staff are awesome. Can’t say enough good things. Great to have genuine friendly service and great beer! If you want a real cask beer, Adam is your man for a «real cask beer»!!

I saw this reviewed on the front page of Unilocal on July 18^th and booked marked it for future reference.
The place is small, therefore, on a busy day expect same standing room only locations. It was Pride Weekend and while everyone was still at the parade the guy I am dating and I managed to find a table with some awesome company.
One of the owners and brew masters shot the shit with us for a while.
They do hand crafted sodas as well for the designated driver or simply for those, like myself, whom doesn’t drink alcohol but likes craft beer places.
They had s a few snacks from East Side pup food. I made the mistake of getting the spicy pepperoni stick that made me cry. Samosas were good. Of course they had a selection of the signature cheese sticks.
Great customer service. The lady at the til was nice enough to go the extra mile for me knowing that I have a semi sugar sensitivity.

This place is off to a great start. It’s a really interesting approach, where there are actually four different «breweries» offering small batches under the same roof and sharing the taps at the spacious tasting room.
Far and away the standout beers for me so far are the ones from Real Cask. These are some of the only 100% authentic cask beers in the city (country?), expertly brewed in the traditional British style. I’ve always been fairly ambivalent towards cask beer, but it turns out most of the casks I was trying were a pale imitation of the real thing. These mellow, complex, creamy low ABV beers make for the perfect sessionable pint.

A lovely tap room, with a good selection of ales and cask ales. It’s a 3 star for me as it’s new and I think the beers needs tweaking. They’re OK, but in the very strong Vancouver craft beer scene you need to be better than OK.
Looking at the positives, the influence of traditional British ales is strong, and the Blackburn Bastard Bitter is unbelievably authentic (all it misses is a sheepdog and a flat cap), and probably the best pint they currently have.
It’s a case of give it time to mature. But no one, especially me, is complaining about another Vancouver brewery tap room.