Friday, March 7
Victoria Beer Week continues!
Until March 9. Check out victoriabeerweek.com for more details and tickets.
Hot Glass Cold Beer, Terminal City Glass Co-op, 1191 Parker St. 6-9 p.m., $25
Taste beer from some of Vancouver’s best craft breweries while you watch a talented team of glassblowers make art from molten glass. Ticket includes tasting glass and six tasting tokens (additional tokens $1.25 each). The Aussie Pie Guy food truck will also be serving outside. Call 604-253-2667 or email info@terminalcityglass.com for more info.
Cask: Parallel 49 Brewing Company, 1950 Triumph St., Vancouver
Cask: Bridge Brewing, 115-2433 Dollarton Hwy., North Vancouver
Cask: Four Winds Juxtapose Brett IPA, London Public House, 700 Main St., Vancouver, from 5 p.m.
Cask: Granville Room, 957 Granville St., Vancouver, from 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 8
Cask: Central City Brewing Co., 13450 102nd Ave., Surrey, from 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 9
Alibi Room 500th Tap Rotation, 2 p.m.-close; Mon-Thu 5 p.m.-close
Until March 13. Five days, five bucks a sleeve, some 75 different beers on offer including 22 casks, many of them collaborations, some of them direct from Portland, Ore. No tickets. Rich Hope will provide entertainment. $500 per day will be donated to a local food bank.
Cask: Brassneck Brewery, 2148 Main St., from noon
Cask: The Whip Restaurant & Gallery, 209 E. 6th Ave., Vancouver, from 4 p.m.
Monday, March 10
Cask: St Augustine’s, 2360 Commercial Dr., Vancouver, from 6 p.m.
Tuesday, March 11
4 Course Quebecois Beer Pairing Dinner, The August Jack, 2042 W. 4th Ave., Vancouver, 5 p.m., $50 + tax and gratuity
Four-course dinner inspired by traditional Québécois cuisine, with beer from two of Quebec’s most popular breweries: Le Trou de Diable and Dieu de Ciel! Also: gourmet poutine. Call 604-428-0075 to reserve your tickets.
The Bottleneck and R&B Brewing present ‘Enter the Fermented’, 870 Granville St., Vancouver, 7 p.m., $60
A pickled, smoked and cured beer pairing dinner. Three styles of beer plus one dessert beer to match four generous courses. Call 604-739-4540 to reserve.
Cask: Craft Beer Market, Salt Building, 85 W. 1st Ave., Vancouver, from 4 p.m.
Cask: Darby’s Pub, 2001 MacDonald St., Vancouver, from 5 p.m.
Cask: Tree Brewing beer, Tap and Barrel, 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver, from 6 p.m.
Cask: Tree Brewing, 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 ***
*** Currently pouring on the Brewed Awakening tap at Pat’s Pub & Brewhouse: Fernie Brewing Snowblind Belgian IPA ***
*FUTURE ATTRACTIONS*
March 12
Brassneck/Steamworks brewmasters dinner, Steamworks, 375 Water Street, Vancouver, 7-10 p.m., $45 ($40 CAMRA)
Four course dinner and beer pairing hosted by head brewers Caolan Vaugan (Steamworks) and Conrad Gmoser (Brassneck) in celebration of their collaboration beer, Firewalker Smokey Porter. Tickets available here.
Quinto Quarto: No Guts, No Glory, Campagnolo ROMA, 2297 E. Hastings St., Vancouver, 8 p.m., $79.50
Chef de cuisine Joachim Hayward will be pairing a menu for the “offal curious,” paired with two unique R&B Brewing casks. Menu here. Tickets available here.
April 4-5
19th Annual Okanagan Fest-Of-Ale, Penticton Trade & Convention Centre, $20+tax/day
Friday 4-9 p.m.; Saturday, noon-6 p.m. Some 31 breweries have confirmed their attendance. $2 per taster token. More info and tickets here.
April 5
Murderers Row Cask Event, Kettle Valley Station Pub, 1050 Eckhardt Ave. W., Penticton, 6 p.m., $18
Casks from Cannery Brewing, Crannóg Ales, Firehall Brewery, Parallel 49 Brewing Company, The Tin Whistle Brewing Company and Tree Brewing.
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.
Email jzeschky@theprovince.com if you’d like to include a beer event not listed here.
