U-Need-A-Bottle

Don’t let their antiquated, neglected website deter you, give them a call or better yet pop into their strange cellar-​like location down the street from P49 and behold their eclectic beer tap and stubby bottle collection. But the best part is the lovely people working there! They are so friendly and accomodating. They helped me out big time when I got a call the day before a certain big birthday party bash that one of the kegs I’d ordered from a microbrewery locally could not be filled because their keg washer broke. They directed me to U Need A Bottle by way of an apology and I called them up to find out what they had in stock ready to go. They sold me over the phone on the 311 Helles Lager from Coal Harbour Brewing Company and even invited me down to their location to sample a can of the stuff they had on hand since CHBC does have a full time or even part time tasting room like some of the bigger breweries do. That was November and since then I’ve used them for a keg and tap for backyard summer BBQ and booking with them now for a kegerator for my niece’s wedding this weekend. Unfailingly helpful and kind. Highly recommend.

Yet another addition to the «when s*&t hits the fan» list.
Sometimes you forget to mention to your liquor sponsor that you need a jockey box and sometimes, when you go to pick up your kegs two hours before an event, they don’t have a clean one. Then, sometimes you curse loudly.
Except when you’re interrupted mid hissy fit and pointed down the street. Short story shorter: my fave craft brew boys at P49 pointed me in the right direction when they sent me to U-​Need-​A-​Bottle.
Day off, they had a jockey box & co2 canister ready to go. It cost $ 55 with a $ 200 deposit — which can be left in cash or via debit — a plus for us non-​credit card carrying types. The venue had some left over brew, so I popped in the day after to «extend» my rental by a day and happily discovered, it’s $ 55 FOR THE WEEK! Nicely played rental gods, nicely played.
The folks here are super lovely when you’re in a jam, and I was interested to note — they sell kegs. I know this sounds like it should be common knowledge, but sue me, it was a busy week and the brain isn’t working too well.
It’s basically your one-​stop, ridiculously drunk party stop (though if you’ve got a bit of extra dough, I would either duck down or across the street for a craft brew keg-​a-​roo instead).

GET THIS! Because my local brewery which I source kegs for my kegger parties was out of beer taps (which are free usually when you buy a keg), they sent us to «You Need A Bottle».
What they are is a Keg and Tap Wholesaler.
They pretty much can source any keg of beer in BC.
Here is just a list of the regular beers they carry:
For any beers they don’t carry in stock, they just need 72 hours notice.
Then they rent hand pumps for $ 20/​week. Or buy a new one for $ 80.
They also make those sweet intercooler taps that use CO2, and sell/​rent them as well.
The coolest thing they are starting to make is a «Single Dispencer Draught Keg Fridge with CO2».
It looks like a bigger mini fridge that you can fit a keg into with a tap on top!
That was my dream since I threw my first kegger party.
Or they can custom install a tap in any refrigerator with a CO2 system (so long as the fridge is big enough to hold a keg + a CO2 unit — minimum 5.2 cubic feet with dimensions of 20″ x 20″ x 28″ height) for only $ 200 — that includes the labour and the regulator/​tap.
Anyways… in the future, if you feel like a keg of Stella or some Vancouver Island beer like Lighthouse Brewery, just give them 72 hours if it’s not something they carry in stock.
They are extremely friendly and easy to deal with. They’ll figure out what you need at the best price.
And they’re open till 6pm!
PS: New address — 1924 Triumph Street in Vancouver, just behind JJ Beans on Powell Street and Victoria Drive.