Thursday, Dec. 5
Food Bank Tweet Up, Big Ridge, 5580 152nd St., Surrey, 6 p.m.
Big Ridge is hosting a tweetup to raise funds/food for Surrey Food Bank. Featured casks from Four Winds and Yaletown Brewing. More details here.
Cask: Yaletown Brewing Company, 1111 Mainland St., Vancouver, from 4 p.m.
Cask: Central City Brewing beer, Sunset Grill, 2204 York Ave., Vancouver, from 6 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 6
Cask: Central City Brewing beer, Granville Room, 957 Granville St,, Vancouver, 5 p.m.
Cask: Four Winds Pale Ale with citra, London Public House, 700 Main St., Vancouver, from 6 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 7
Cask: Central City Brewing, 13450 102nd Ave., Surrey, from 5 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 8
Cask: The Whip Restaurant & Gallery, 209 E 6th Ave, Vancouver, from 4 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 9
Cask: St Augustine’s, 2360 Commercial Dr., Vancouver, from 6 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 10
Cask: Howe Sound Brewing beer, Craft Beer Market, Salt Building, 85 W. 1st Ave., Vancouver, from 4 p.m.
Cask: Central City Brewing beer, Tap and Barrel, 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver, from 6 p.m.
Cask: Central City Brewing beer, Tap and Barrel, 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, from 6 p.m.
Cask: Railway Club, 579 Dunsmuir St, Vancouver, from 6 p.m.
*Remember, The Alibi Room, The Cascade Room and Biercraft have casks always on the go. Follow the links to their Twitter feeds for details*
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Thursday, Dec. 12
Ugly Christmas Sweater Party Vol. 2, Score on Davie, 1262 Davie St., Vancouver, 8 p.m.
YVR Tweetup hosts this second annual Christmas bash, with prizes for the best ugly sweater, a photo booth, beer cake from Loveyourcake and a special cask from Parallel 49: Fugly Sweater, featuring Kraken soaked juniper berries, cinnamon, and nutmeg. More details here.
Saturday, Dec. 14
Red Truck Christmas Party, The Media Club, 695 Cambie St., Vancouver, 8 p.m.-2 a.m., $12
Featuring Modern Limits, The Sparklepussies Burlesque, and other special guests. Ticket includes a free Red Truck beer before 9 p.m. For tickets email info@redtruckbeer.com.
Sunday, Dec. 22
Reinbeer Cask Festival and Toy Drive at The Cobalt, 917 Main St., 6 p.m., by donation
Event will accept toys and monetary donations for underprivileged kids. Six casks are lined up from local breweries, including Brassneck. Entrance will be an unwrapped toy or monetary donation and will get you one free drink. More details here.
Listings compiled by the Vancouver chapter of the Campaign for Real Ale, an independent, volunteer-run consumer organization dedicated to supporting the brewing of traditional styles of beer in the traditional manner, using traditional ingredients.
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