Vancouver Island Brewing
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada · Est. 1984
Tally's Take
Why this matters
BC Pass 57. Main production and packaging moved to Phillips effective Nov. 1, 2024, but VIB retained a small-batch brewing operation for test and specialty products and remains commercially active in 2026.
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Beers
Hermann’s Dark Lager
Current / award documentedAmber / Dark European Lager
BC Pass 57.
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Awards
- 2025
Silver — Amber and Dark European Beer
BC Beer Awards
- 2025
Gold — American Pale Ale
BC Beer Awards
- 2025
Silver — Hermann’s Dark Lager (Amber and Dark European Beer)
BC Beer Awards
- 2025
Gold — Mystic Haze Pale Ale (American Pale Ale)
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
Bronze — Dark Lager
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
Gold — Strong Ale & Lager
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
Bronze — Dominion Dark Lager (Dark Lager)
BC Beer Awards
- 2024
Gold — Hermannator Ice Bock (Strong Ale & Lager)
BC Beer Awards
Only awards we could attribute to a named body and year appear here. An empty section means unresearched, not unawarded.
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Sources
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Brewery record taken from Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57, which cited https://www.vibrewing.com/news for this entry. The cited page has not been opened by the archive.
Tally's British Columbia master, Pass 57 (research workbook) · Tally's Beer Universe research workbook · 2026
CommercialMedium reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-19Reviewed 2026-08-19
Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.
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