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2nd Annual East Side Beer Fest Wise Hall March 5th

11 Feb

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Liberty Merchant Company presents the 2nd Annual East Side Beer Fest tasting event on Wednesday, March 5th at the Wise Hall, 1882 Adanac Street. The event will feature craft beers from all over the world as well samples from food purveyors on Commercial Drive. This Liberty Merchant Company sponsored event is also a fundraiser for the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society which helps provide food for up to 25,000 people in need each week. All ticket sales and draw prizes directly support the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society. Tickets are $24.99 each and you are asked to bring a non-perishable food donation the night of the event.  Tickets are available at all Liberty Wine Merchant locations.  In East Vancouver, visit them at 1622 Commercial Drive or call them at 604.633.1922.  The event gets under way at 7:00 p.m. and goes till 9:00 pm.

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Beer Olympics At Wise Hall November 5th – Beer, Fun and Prizes!

4 Nov

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You are invited to the 1st Ever Beer Olympics tomorrow at The Wise Hall, 1882 Adanac Street. This fun event is a Keep The Wise Alive Benefit which will have beer tastings, competitions, door prizes and from what I can gather a whole lot of fun. There will be 10 teams competing for Beer Supremacy.  They are:

The WISE Staff
The WISE BODs
The ANZA
Sin Peaks
The Cultch
505/Point Blank Creative
Falconettis
Beer & Loathing Softball
Moroons
Legacy Liquor

The challenging events include:

Wii
Video Game Challenge
Tug o’ War
Charades
Tricycle Races
Blind Beer Tasting

The event sponsors are names any beer lover should recognize:

Parallel 49 Brewing Company
Howe Sound Brewing
Mill St. Brewing
Red Truck Beer
Driftwood Brewery

Both teams and fans have chances to win over $1500 worth of prizes. Some of the prizes up for grabs include:

–  $500 in VISA cards

– a pair of tickets to Bison w/ Red Fang @ Rickshaw Nov 11th 

– 2 pairs of tix to The Reason w/ Thee Attacks @ Venue Nov 29th

-a pair of tickets to Five Alarm funk Show @ Imperial

-WISE swag

-$75 in gift certificates for the Dime Roadhouse on Commercial Drive

-a pair of tickets to Cousin Harley December 6th Live at the WISE

-a pair of tickets for New Year’s Eve Gala Live at the WISE

-2 pairs of tickets for Clancy’s Angels at The WISE Hall

– goodies from Bonerattle Music

-$40 gift certificate for East Village Bakery

-$25 gift certificate from St. Augustine’s

-a pair of tickets to an upcoming show at The Cultch (East Vancouver Cultural Centre)

-gift certificate for BierCraft

-gift pack of marinade & hot sauces from The Reef Restaurant

Tickets are available for $20 at the WISE Lounge, Highlife Records or online at Brown Paper Tickets.   You can could also take a stab at winning tickets. Visit their Facebook page for more details.

Come cheer on your favourite team for Beer Supremacy!

GoldGlassofBeer

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Steam Whistle Brewing Presents Oktoberfest At The Alpen Club Sept. 28th

16 Sep

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Steam Whistle Brewing will be hosting Oktoberfest at the Alpen Club, 4875 Victoria Drive (& 33rd Avenue), on Saturday, September 28th. Enjoy authentic German food, traditional music and, of course, beer all  while decked out in your finest German costume.  Want some tips for a costume, well Steam Whistle Brewing has that covered too. For your authentic German look, check out What To Wear.   Tickets are available in advance online for $18, or at the door for $20 and include a one litre stein to take home. Event gets under way at 8:00 p.m. and goes till 2:00 a.m.

Psst and when the wonderful servers hand you another beer, you can practice your German with ‘danke’ (pronounced ‘DAHN-keh’) which means thank you in German.  Prost!

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A Stones Throw Beer Dinner – Thursday, June 27th

19 Jun

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Campagnolo Roma and Parallel 49 Brewing Co. are partnering to put on A Stones Throw Beer Dinner.  Parallel 49 is located “a stones throw” away from Campagnolo Roma, 2297 East Hastings Street (at Garden Drive) in the rapidly emerging brewery district of Vancouver’s East Village. A Stones Throw is a neighbourly collaboration honouring craft beer and featuring their neighbours, Parallel 49 Brewing Co.  On Thursday, June 27th you are invited to dine around communal tables at Campagnolo Roma and share in a 4 course dinner served ‘alla famiglia’. Chef Nathan Lowey will prepare and pair each dish with beer from Parallel 49 Brewing Co.  The delicious menu includes:

Antipasto:

The Cure’s Housemade Salami
Summer pickles, old boy beer mustard
Beer Pairing – Old Boy Classic Ale

Pizza:

Nateroni
Spicy pepperoni, button mushrooms, scamorza cheese
Beer Pairing – Gypsy Tears Ruby Ale

Pasta:

Housemade Pasta
Beef neck and pulled pork ragu
Beer Pairing – Lord of the Hops IPA

Dessert:

Sweetmilk Pana Cotta
Highpoint Farms raspberries & crisp merengue
Beer Pairing – Humphrey Biere De Garde

Dinner starts at 8:30 p.m. and winds up at 10:30 p.m.  Tickets are $61.50 plus Eventbrite surcharge and are available at EventBrite. Price includes tax, gratuity and beer pairings.

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