Thursday, March 27
Mission Springs Turns 25, Mission Springs Brewpub, 7160 Oliver St., Mission, 7-10 p.m., $10
Celebrate with Mission Springs as it marks its quarter-century in the beer business. Partial proceeds go to St Joseph’s food bank and the Mission Hospice Society.
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 28
Vancouver Craft Beer Week collaboration brew day, Central City Brewers + Distillers, 11411 Bridgeview Dr., Surrey, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Mingle with brewers from around B.C. as they brew the official beer for this year’s Vancouver Craft Beer Week. PrevAle, a double Cali common, will be made under the guidance of Central City head brewer Gary Lohin and Matt Phillips of Phillips Brewing. Proceeds from this year’s VCBW beer will go to the Music Heals Foundation.
Cask: Bridge Brewing, 115-2433 Dollarton Hwy., North Vancouver, from 1 p.m.
Cask: Big Ridge Brewing Co., 5580 152nd St., Surrey, from 4 p.m.
Cask: Dead Frog ESB with Maris Otter floor malt, Centennial & Galaxy hops, dry-hopped with more Centennial & Galaxy, on French & American oak, Lions Pub, 888 W. Cordova St., Vancouver
Cask: London Public House, 700 Main St., Vancouver, from 5 p.m.
Cask: Driftwood Blackstone Porter, August Jack, 2042 West 4th Ave., Vancouver, from 5 p.m.
Saturday, March 29
Cask: Central City Brewing Co., 13450 102nd Ave., Surrey, from 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 30
Cask: Brassneck Brewery, 2148 Main St., from noon
Cask: The Whip Restaurant & Gallery, 209 E. 6th Ave., Vancouver, from 4 p.m.
Monday, March 31
Cask: St Augustine’s, 2360 Commercial Dr., Vancouver, from 6 p.m.
Tuesday, April 1
SOLD OUT Four Winds Beer Dinner, Wildebeest, 120 W. Hastings St., Vancouver, 6.30-9 p.m., $69
Five-course dinner created by Wildebeest and paired with some exciting new Four Winds beers. See menu here. Email eat@wildebeest.ca for tickets, which are going fast.
Cask: Craft Beer Market, Salt Building, 85 W. 1st Ave., Vancouver, from 4 p.m.
Cask: Dead Frog Fearless IPA dry-hopped with Zythos and Galaxy, Darby’s Pub, 2001 MacDonald St., Vancouver, from 5 p.m.
Cask: Tap and Barrel, 1 Athletes Way, Vancouver, from 6 p.m.
Cask: Tap and Barrel, 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, from 6 p.m.
Cask: CAMRA Vancouver #yvrcaskmeetup, 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: 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.
April 22
Howe Sound Brewmasters Dinner, Craft Beer Market, 85 W. 1st Ave., Vancouver, 6-9 p.m., $60
Four-course dinner paired with Howe Sound beers. Buy tickets here.
April 25
3rd Annual Osoyoos Oyster Festival — Craft Beer & Oyster Pairing Competition
For more information about the festival, which features Canada’s first oyster/beer pairing cometition, see oooysterfestival.com. Canadian craft breweries are encouraged to submit their beers by April 17. Entry forms and rules available on the website.
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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