BC Craft Beer News - Mission Springs a big hit in Seoul

The latest trend for craft brewers is to expand their interests and horizons to Asia, and that is exactly what the Mission Springs Brewing Company has done.

In June of this year, Mission Springs Brewing Company opened their first 40-seat Springs Tap House prototype pub in the Itaewon district of Seoul, South Korea.   This was followed by a second opening in October, in the Cheongdam district.   Both have been witness to such tremendous success that two more Tap Houses are on the drawing board to open in the following year, according to co-owner Brock Rodgers.

Rodgers was visiting his son, Santino, in Korea, in the fall of 2012, and the idea to both open a pub style restaurant and import Mission Springs brews was brought up by local importers, Daniel Kangas and James Pollina, of Indulge Korea.  Only one thing stood in the way - shipping costs.  While it can be somewhat inexpensive to ship cargo to South Korea, shipping empty kegs back for refilling can be extravagantly overpriced, not to mention environmentally unethical.  

Now employing fully recyclable kegs and shipping only one way is something that the Mission Springs Brewing Company is expressly proud of.   There is also discussion of opening up a brewery in Seoul within the next couple of years to even further decrease their ecological footprint.  Indulge is now distributing Mission Springs products in kegs to the restaurants and bars, with talk of bottles going soon at the retail level.  Since June, Mission Springs has already sent over 25,000 litres of beer across the Pacific Ocean.  

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CBC and The Mission Springs Brewing Company

CBC Radio One's BC Almanac & On the Coast was at The Billy Miner Alehouse broadcasting live yesterday.  Everyone came out to meet some of our favourite CBC hosts, get a behind the scenes look at our local radio shows and enjoy live music!

Our very own Kasey Kieler was interviewed about the Craft Beer movement and extensive selection at The Billy Miner and he ALSO spoke about the latest & greatest Mission Springs brews!

You can listen here!

Get Your Tickets Now

Robbie Burns night is quickly approaching and we're going to commemorate the holiday with the launch of our new Mission Springs Brewing Company McLennan's Scotch Ale and a Brewmaster's Feast!

Saturday, January 25th @ 7pm
Tickets on sale now and ONLY $35

Notes from the Brewer

Another good week had here of brewing up liquid gold at Mission Springs. We went to the kettle with our famous Cream Ale and chalk up another batch of our Fraser Valley IPA too brewed with slightly different hop ratios as we dial in the perfect pint. The week saw another shipment of beer head to South Korea, our second biggest shipment to date. We had a pleasant visit from the people of Canadian Living Magazine for a tour of our little brewery with BIG flavour. Not every day that everyone’s Mother’s favourite magazine wants to talk about beer now is it! Four more barrels arrived for the purpose of aging a couple of different brews. We now have a pretty cool little barrel program going with 3 different types of wood. We are excited to really start showcasing that program in the months and years to come. We bottled off a new batch of our Strongman Ale, and with its higher hopping ratio, we are finding the beer to have much better balance. The high alcohol in the Strongman really deserved a much higher hop note, and boy does it ever now. It’s a great beer, now on tap at in the pub and available in limited liquor stores throughout the lower mainland. Ask your local cold beer and wine store for Mission Springs Brewing Company today and support your local brewery.