BEER OF THE MONTH: August 2019
On our trip out to Vernon, we were invited to Martin Brewing Co. Voted one of BC’s TOP 10 Tasting Rooms they are a Craft Beer Micro-Brewery Bar & Grill. Marten Brewing Co. is a Craft Beer Micro-Brewery Bar & Grill and growing roots in the heart of downtown Vernon BC growing it’s roots in the heart of downtown Vernon BC.
The brewery is located at the corner of 3oth & 30th. We were able to meet the owners and get a tour of their gorgeous facility. Stephan and Pearl took on a huge challange when they started to renovate this building, but their finished product couldn’t of turned out more nicer!
There is seating about 200 people and its sectioned off onto two levels. The open concept upstairs overlooks the brewery in the middle of the room. They wanted to beer vats to be the focal point in the brewery and they’ve achieved this.
The food, which is also excellent, featuring a barbecue theme refined by the Naked Pig’s which is next door to them. This couple is not only passionate about the industry, but they are also producing some really good beer and kombucha.
This months BOTM goes to the: BC BUD IPA
You get orange and grapefruit notes with an earthy, herbal aroma. It’s well-balanced with medium malt-ness to it!
6.0% ABV, 50 IBU
If you like IPAs you’ll want to taste this!
The brewery is brand new you and the best part is they’ve sourced out all of the lumber throughout the bar and rooms from local mills and railroad tracks. They cleaned up and fabricated themselves. From the tabletops to the fixtures and tabletop this is everything custom-made by the owner.
We love the gravity-fed brewery which at the moment being Taken over by there Kombucha Which is increasingly popular in Vancouver at Metro area. They have an amazing room with a pool table, foosball table, massive Jenga blocks and the Decour is it perfect throughout.
For food, we enjoyed the Badass Brisket Philly and Boss Crispy Chicken burger. We couldn’t decide on sides so they offered both fries and half salad which came with a light vinaigrette dressing with goat cheese.
Both sandwiches had great flavor and were made fresh. You can tell by the flavor profile that the food was fresh and not frozen
Along with friendly staff and great food, this is a place you want to check out when visiting Vernon or just passing through!
Have you been? What beers have you tried?