Opening Day, June 9, 1984. Bill Harvey, King Ganong, Mitch Taylor, and Larry Sherwood. King Ganong was chairman of the Granville Island Trust / Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Pallets of beer cases and bags of malt barley
Pallets of Island Lager and Island Light waiting to be shipped
Prairie malt
Preparing the retail store in May 1984: Steve Whitehead and unidentified employee with mop
Pressurized fermenting and aging tanks, all with cooling jackets
Pressurized fermenting and aging tanks, all with cooling jackets
Rainer Kallahne
Sacks of Prairie Malt barley in the Granville Island Brewing warehouse
Sales person in Granville Island Brewing retail store
Sandi Hampshire (marketing coordinator) and Rainer Kallahne (brewmaster) in the retail store
Sandy Hampshire, marketing coordinator
Sonny Chu
Sonny Chu loading delivery van for delivery to licensees
Staff party at Mitch's Whistler cabin.
Staff party at Mitch's Whistler cabin
Steve Whitehead and Joann. Pre-opening view from brewhouse into retail store
The brewhouse, with store area further back
The new Krones bottling line being installed in 1984/1985
The raised tiled area awaiting the arrival of the Krones bottling line
The shiny new Krones bottling line from Germany
Trish Stirling, front office receptionist and office manager
Turk Whitehead (general manager) Joann, Lydia Taylor (age 11) and Jillian Taylor (10)