The first event to kick off the 8th annual VCBW was at Yaletown Roundhouse. There was music, food, and beer! The tickets were $49 which includes 15 drink tickets, souvenir taster cup, live entertainment from Mark Woodyard who flew in from the UK and unlimited samples of Rocky Point beer flavour ice cream!
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VCBW has won Vancouver's "Best Beer Event" in Georgia Sraight Golden Plates, 2013-2017 and "Social Event of the Year" in 2016 at the Golden Owl Awards. This year marks the 8th annual VCBW Festival. It is Western Canada's biggest and best craft-only beer fest. Again it is held at the historic PNE Fairgrounds. on June 3rd and 4th from 1 pm - 6 pm. With over 100 craft breweries and cideries pouring 300+ beers and ciders you're bound to find something for any one!
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Lamplighter Public House hosted a signature event for 2017 VCBW where they had a whole hog cook out and crawfish boil. A full pig was spinning while massive pot of spicy & seasoned crawfish & veg boils. The whole craft beer menu was a selection of the haziest IPAs
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Portland Craft hosted a signature event for Vancouver Craft Beer Week and celebrated their 5th anniversary by bringing the best beers from Portland Oregon to Vancouver. This is a craft beer lovers dream to try some of the best brews without having to cross the border and drive for several hours.
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Locally owned and operated restaurant in New Westminster, Wild Rice . They work with local family farms to bring fabulous natural ingredients from farm to table. $1 from select dishes goes to Growing Chefs Society this month. Refer to the menu to see which dishes qualify. You can also get up to $10 off when you pay with Glance Pay & earn rewards!
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This is a fun festival for those who like art culture and want to experiment with playing around with paint, spray paint and markers! The beer was good but selection was pretty limited to 2 beers from one brewery. The convenient thing is that Strathacona Brewery is beside the venue if you're looking to have more variety! We are both East coasters who lived in Toronto and Montreal where art culture is pretty prominent. It is something we miss a lot after moving here.
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ChineseBites hosted an event at the Illumination Night Market to have a tasting at 33 stands. The media event had bloggers and social media influencers attend in groups and venture off together. Our badges had a map of all the stalls that was part of the tasting so it was easy to locate and not miss anything.
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