A Burnaby brewery well-known for its Belgian-style ale celebrated its second anniversary on Saturday by throwing a huge party.
Dageraad Brewing opened back in 2014 in a small, hole-in-the-wall location on Thunderbird Crescent off of Production Way in Burnaby. All founder Ben Coli wanted to do was create a beer that paid homage to the beers of Belgium – he even named his brewery Dageraad in honour of Dageraadplaats, a popular town square in Antwerp, Belgium.
Coli figured he’d be most successful selling directly to restaurants and liquor stores, after all, Dageraad is a “bottle-focused brewery” where its beer is fermented in a bottle before it’s ready for sale. But then they opened the tasting room, and Dageraad’s popularity ballooned.
“I just wanted to brew some kind of nerdy, speciality beers and hideaway in an industrial park in Burnaby, and it’s gotten a lot bigger than I ever thought it was going to, and we’re selling a lot more beer than I ever thought we were going to,” Coli said.
Today, Coli is in the process of expanding Dageraad into a second space next door, which he hopes will eventually be converted into a larger tasting room. He even admits that one day, Dageraad may need to rent a third space if business continue on its current trajectory.
For more information on Dageraad Brewing, visit http://dageraadbrewing.com or stop by the tasting room at #114-3191 Thunderbird Cres.
