This Strathcona area microbrewery can be traced to the early 1900s under its first name, The Patricia Café. Known by many as Vancouver’s hippest jazz venue. It hosted musical legends including Ferdinand “Jelly Roll” Morton, Arthur Daniels, Oscar Holden, Ada “Bricktop” Smith, Leo Bailey, Ralph Love, Billy Hoy, and Lillian Rose.
Over decades of development and renovations, Pat’s Pub took the venue into a new era of eclectic tastes in live music and entertainment.
In 2016, the venue was rebranded as Hastings Mill Brewing Company. Named after the first commercial sawmill in operation on the Burrard Inlet, a settlement that would develop into what we now know as our beautiful city by the sea, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Named after the first commercial sawmill in operation on the Burrard Inlet. The mill opened in 1867 and was the cornerstone of life in old Vancouver. Locals shopped at Hastings Mill General Store (now a museum) and children attended the Hastings Mill School.
Hastings Mill was one of the only buildings to survive the Great Vancouver Fire in 1886. Even after the fire, it remained vital to the local economy until its closure in the 1920s.
In true pub fashion, Pat’s ambience comes as much from regular patrons as its unpretentious anti-aesthetic, independent spirit and heart.
5 reasons our beers stand out from the rest of the crowd, thanks to a few unique features.
We don’t use any preservatives, additives, or chemicals that you would find in conventional beers.
We use only premium malts and 3 hop varieties for our lager.
Our beers contain only hops, barley malt, yeast, and filtered water.
We brew in small batches to guarantee quality and precision.
We allow the lager to rest in condition vessels for at least four weeks to ensure superior taste.
