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this is the final tally for the goods local beer folks donated to my incentive prize packs for the cbc food bank fundraiser - on today! i'll be on the air at 5:50 to give these puppies away: three gift baskets and one extra special beer ONE: 2 Dead Frog Brewing beer glasses 1 Storm Brewing beer glass 1 Storm Brewing growler 1 Storm Brewing tshirt (size men’s medium) 1 Ninkasi Brewing hat (grey) 1 Ninkasi Brewing tshirt (size men’s large) 1 Viti Wine and Lager tote bag 6 650ml beers: - Driftwood The Heretic (local malt tripel) - Driftwood Fat Tug ( india pale ale) - Driftwood Son of the Morning (strong golden ale) - Parallel 49 Russian Imperial Stout - Dead Frog Commander (imperial stout) - Dead Frog Antidisestablishmentarianism (amber ale) TWO: 2 Dead Frog Brewing beer glasses 1 Storm Brewing beer glass 1 Bomber Brewing growler 1 Parallel 49 beer sign 1 Ninkasi Brewing hoodie (size men’s medium) 1 Ninkasi Brewing...

i will be joining in on the cbc food bank fundraiser on friday and i will be providing some incentive gifts for people who pledge so far i have the following donations: camra vancouver: camra boston round camra tshirt steamworks: steamworks branded beer glass bomber of beer (blitzen) bomber brewing: 2 bomber growlers storm brewing: 2 storm branded beer glasses storm tshirt storm growler parallel 49 brewing 4 bombers of beer (braggot, toques of hazard, sahti claws, russian imperial stout) p49 bar sign

i attended the inaugural east side beer festival at the wise hall last night hosted by liberty wine merchants it featured many local beers and an opportunity to donate in several ways to the vancouver food bank best of all - it was really fun times!! camra was in da house driftwood was in da house all of east van was in da house! i managed to sample my way through the following: brooklyn ipa lagunitas sumpin' sumpin' deschutes inversion ipa green flash double stout 8wired hopwired ipa 8wired superconductor double ipa 8wired tall poppy red ale epic brewing mash up renaissance brewing ipa brew dog punk ipa betty stog's bitter ninkasi spring reign central city red racer pilsner driftwood fat tug ipa howe sound super jupiter grapefruit ipa howe sound 4way fruit ale mort subite kriek phillips bottle rocket india session ale r&b brewing east side bitter uprising bread santa barbara cheese plate

"Inaugural East Side Beer Fest", March 20th, 7pm to -9pm, at East Vancouver's WISE Hall, located at the corner of Victoria Drive and Adanac Street. Admission is $20, with tickets currently available at all Liberty Wine Merchant locations, and a non-perishable food item for the Food bank, to be dropped off at the event. The event is described as "self-guided" and the tasting is included in the entry price meaning no tickets or tokens need to be purchased inside the event! see paddy's blog for all the details