Thursday, March 13
Alibi Room 500th Tap Rotation, last night, 5 p.m.-close
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: Yaletown Brewing Company, 1111 Mainland St., Vancouver, from 4 p.m.
Cask: Parallel 49 beer, Sunset Grill, 2204 York Ave., Vancouver, from 6 p.m.
Friday, March 14
Cask: Parallel 49 Brewing Company, 1950 Triumph St., Vancouver
Cask: Bridge Brewing, 115-2433 Dollarton Hwy., North Vancouver
Cask: Big Ridge Brewing Co., 5580 152nd St., Surrey, from 4 p.m.
Cask: London Public House, 700 Main St., Vancouver, from 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 15
Casks of March, Big Ridge Brewing Co., 5580 152nd St., Surrey, 4 p.m.
Cask event by Big Ridge and the South Fraser Beer Club. Featuring casks by Powell Street, Yaletown , Red Truck, Whistler Brewhouse and two of B.C.’s newest breweries, Bomber and Surlie. DJ Juice will be in the pub from 8 p.m. $2 per taster, $13 for a taster of all seven casks. Two scheduled shuttle pick ups from King George Skytrain Station at 3 and 3:30 p.m. Call 604-574-2739 to book a place on the bus. More info here.
Cask: Warehouse Stout infused with Jameson’s Irish Whiskey, Yaletown Brewing Company, 1111 Mainland St., Vancouver, from 4 p.m.
Cask: Central City Brewing Co., 13450 102nd Ave., Surrey, from 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 16
Cask: Brassneck Brewery, 2148 Main St., from noon
Cask: Storm Brewing Irish Whisky Stout, The Whip Restaurant & Gallery, 209 E. 6th Ave., Vancouver, from 4 p.m.
Monday, March 17
Cask: St Augustine’s, 2360 Commercial Dr., Vancouver, from 6 p.m.
Tuesday, March 18
Cask: Vancouver Island Brewing beer, 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: Whistler Brewing beer, Tap and Barrel, 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver, from 6 p.m.
Cask: Whistler 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 ***
*** Currently pouring on the Brewed Awakening tap at Pat’s Pub & Brewhouse: Fernie Brewing Snowblind Belgian IPA; March 17: Old Yale Irish Cream Stout ***
*FUTURE ATTRACTIONS*
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.
