When I ask how the beers at Rewind will be unique, the team explains: While touring the space, I note that I can almost throw a can of beer from Rewind to her sister brewery (Parkside is located only six doors down the street). The smaller brewing facility means smaller batches, more often. THE BEER | Behind the time warp tasting room is a 20-hectolitre brewhouse (by comparison, Parkside is 30). Basically, the tone is set for time travel. The bar, with a base of solid glass blocks backlit by multi-coloured lighting, features 16 taps (I’m told the handles will be made from 90’s mobile phones – and there is undoubtedly enough purchase on those suckers to make it work). A vintage concession stand style menu board is on the way, (Detroit style pizza will be item #1) and a carefully edited selection of movie posters in “Coming Soon” display cases are being prepped to be hung throughout. The tasting room’s bold blue banquette and deep green tiles remind me of 80’s roller rink or movie theatre furniture. I walked through the Murray Street garage door entrance into a spacious room featuring a high ceiling dotted with colourful neon shapes casting spots of pink, yellow and blue glow onto the white walls. THE SPACE | Construction on Rewind started five months ago, and at the time of my visit it was looking pretty close to ready, minus a few finishing touches. It will be about great beers with friends, listening to great music and eating tasty food!” The timing is perfect – who isn’t ready for a cold beer, a good laugh and a flashback to simpler times of frosted tips and neon accessories? Images via explains: “Our hope is that first and foremost, people have fun at Rewind! We wanted it to be a bit of a time warp, and while there are heavy 80’s/90’s/00’s, as those are the eras we grew up in, the brewery is really about influences from any time in the past. All that’s needed is the addition of a sense of humour and a desire for fun. From Saved By The Bell, Knight Rider and The Princess Bride to Pac-Man, Ninja Turtles and cell phones as big as your arm, the material is there in surplus. The likelihood of that happening, though, is low. Though the branding, design details, movie posters on the walls, cheeky sub-references and enthusiasm are locked on the mid-80’s to mid-90’s era, Payne is quick to point out that, theoretically, one could just as easily rewind two minutes as they could two decades – a technical truth that leaves loads of room to play should they ever run out of 80’s and 90’s inspiration. THE CONCEPT | As the name of the brewery suggests, Rewind is all about the throwback. If everything continues to shape up nicely and as planned, doors will open within the next few weeks.Ĭo-owner Sam Payne gave me a tour of the space last week, to fill us in on his retro-vision and what’s in store for visitors to Brewers Row in the very near future… (2809 Murray Street), brought to us by the team behind The Parkside Brewery. Finishing touches are underway at Port Moody’s newest brewery, Rewind Beer Co.
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