Vancouver Craft Beer Week

Jon Walker · Post by **Jon Walker** » Sat Apr 02, 2011 8:11 pm

This year's event looks to be off to a very promising start. Ticket sales began on Thursday with several of the events selling out very quickly. For those of you who might find yourselves on the west coast between May 6th and 14th check out the itinerary here;
http://vancouvercraftbeerweek.com/

Jon Walker · Post by **Jon Walker** » Thu Apr 07, 2011 11:08 pm

NOTE TO CASS: You need to promote Toronto Beer Week half as well as the Vancouver guys are doing it this year. Check it out!
http://vimeo.com/22101861

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:43 pm

Ticket sales are now live online...

Jon Walker · Post by **Jon Walker** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:11 pm

Oh and for those of you who checked out the website the day I first posted the news...check again. There are now multiple events on every one of the days, probably 25+ at this point.

icemachine · Post by **icemachine** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:41 pm

Jon Walker wrote:NOTE TO CASS: You need to promote Toronto Beer Week half as well as the Vancouver guys are doing it this year. Check it out!
http://vimeo.com/22101861

Ha - took a while, but the payoff is great

Jon Walker · Post by **Jon Walker** » Fri Apr 08, 2011 11:22 pm

icemachine wrote:
Jon Walker wrote:NOTE TO CASS: You need to promote Toronto Beer Week half as well as the Vancouver guys are doing it this year. Check it out!
http://vimeo.com/22101861
Ha - took a while, but the payoff is great

Yeah, they coulda cut that down to a 30 second spot and it would have been better...but still, pretty great.

JerCraigs · Post by **JerCraigs** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:51 am

LMAO. Also, I will be taking up donations. If I raise enough money I promise NOT to wear that outfit during OCB week

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Tue Apr 12, 2011 6:02 pm

First article of a 4 part series:
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Craft+ ... story.html

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 12:54 pm

It's getting some good media coverage:
http://www.straight.com/article-388110/ ... frothy-fun

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:08 pm

And here's the 2nd article from the series:
http://www.vancouversun.com/life/craft+ ... z1KB5jYC4n

Yaletown has some solid brews, I really enjoyed the IPA and stout (the urban pricing isn't great though, I hear it jumped up dring the Olympics).

sprague11 · Post by **sprague11** » Thu Apr 21, 2011 6:35 pm

I'm living in the wrong province

Jon Walker · Post by **Jon Walker** » Sat May 07, 2011 1:56 pm

CTV News story on last night's VCBW opening / the growth of micro in B.C.
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loca ... lumbiaHome

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Sat May 07, 2011 11:59 pm

Yeah, they're getting tons of media coverage. I probably won't make it into the city, but I hope to hit up one of the Central City dinners.

Jon Walker · Post by **Jon Walker** » Mon May 09, 2011 1:30 pm

Hopapalooza II was last night's VCBW event. Here's the stunning tap list;

Central City Imperial Roach-a-palooza (IIPA)
Bear Republic Ryevalry
Tofino Brewing IPA
Rogue XS Imperial I2PA
Tree Double Hophead
Moylans Hopsickle IIPA
Pike IIPA
North Coast Brother Thelonius
North Coast Beer Engine Red Seal
Driftwood Fat Tug IPA
Ninkasi The Believer Double Red Ale
Yaletown Brick and Beam IPA
Granville Island IIPA
Brooklyn Brewery East India Pale Ale
Howe Sound Total Eclipse of the Hop IIPA
North Coast Le Merle
Big Ridge Wrath of Khan IPA
North Coast Acme IPA
Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye
Hopworks Abominable Ale
Maredsous 8
Chouffe Houblon
St.Bernadus Abt 12 Quad
St.Bernadus Tripel
Lindemans Framboise
Celebrator Doppelbock
Ayinger Ur Weisse
Carolus Classic
Yaletown Oud Bruin
Howe Sound Pilsner
Red Truck Belgian Pale Ale
Granville Island Bitter
Yaletown Heffeweizen
Red Racer ESB
Storm Brewing 13 year aged cherry lambic
Swans Rileys Scotch Ale
Driftwood Crooked Coast
Cowboy Dan/Manderson/Iain Hill- Rocket to Russia Bourbonated Impy Stout
North Coast Old Rasputin
Crannog Brewing Hand Truck Organic Porter
Bear Republic Black Bear Stout
Dave Varga's black pepper, red wine scotch ale (cask)
Swans dry hopped ESB (cask)
Vancouver Island Double Decker IPA (cask)
Spinnakers nut brown (cask)
R&B hoppelganger (cask)
Elysian dragonstooth (cask)

boney · Post by **boney** » Mon May 09, 2011 10:59 pm

Woah.

Everything about VCBW looked aweseome. I think I have the entire month of May off next year, so it's definitely an event(s) I hope to attend.