Four Beers and a Funeral BrewPub Crawl
tried so hard to upload camera phone photos during the crawl, but to no avail... then yesterday the excess excesses from the crawl hit me and i was unable to type... so my apologies that this post is so late in arriving...
four beers and a funeral: omg, i'm not sure there are words to describe the wonderousness of this event. of course though, i'm going to use lots of them any way!
and post photos too!
let me just begin however, by saying that the vancouver craft beer week crew did a fabulous job on this event in particular, and the whole week was so well run, well planned, and well imagined - i loved it! and bought the shirt to prove it!
first stop, steamworks. amazing ginger beer, which is a limited edition, so hurry in and get yours before its gone.
we were at this stop for an hour, so along with the delectable pub grub they served, we also had a second beer. it was supposed to be ipa, but i think we got lager instead. nothing to write home about either way... did i mention how fabulous the ginger beer was?? full report in another post...
then the wonderful carnival band lead us on our merry way through the city to dix bbq brewpub. best funeral procession i've ever been a part of.
next stop, dix. the ipa was fabulous and perfectly paired with veggie curry. will be sad to see this establishment close...
next stop, yaletown brew pub. the thin crust pizza was delicious - i had the pesto kind. anyone notice the theme so far of veggie food at every stop? i sure did, and appreciated it immensely!
were at the yaletown long enough to have two beers there as well... yay five beers in before dinner! and making new friends!
no, we are not short, not by a long shot. jim the priest is 6'7" without his heels!
after a lovely aquabus trip, we finished off at the dockside where i enjoyed a pilsner, a cask pale ale and a gastro-bbq before we had to run away at 7:00 to make it to our next event.
still standing seven beers later - thank the organizers for making sure we had so much great food at each stop to mop us up and keep us vertical!
i'll admit that i didn't make it to every event this past week, but i would not hesitate to recommend that if you only make it to one vancouver craft beer week event next year that it should be this one! and expect it to sell out quickly. of course i also recommend that you make it to as many events next year as you can - it was a great week. major kudos to the organizers!
four beers and a funeral: omg, i'm not sure there are words to describe the wonderousness of this event. of course though, i'm going to use lots of them any way!
and post photos too!
let me just begin however, by saying that the vancouver craft beer week crew did a fabulous job on this event in particular, and the whole week was so well run, well planned, and well imagined - i loved it! and bought the shirt to prove it!
we were at this stop for an hour, so along with the delectable pub grub they served, we also had a second beer. it was supposed to be ipa, but i think we got lager instead. nothing to write home about either way... did i mention how fabulous the ginger beer was?? full report in another post...
then the wonderful carnival band lead us on our merry way through the city to dix bbq brewpub. best funeral procession i've ever been a part of.
next stop, dix. the ipa was fabulous and perfectly paired with veggie curry. will be sad to see this establishment close...
were at the yaletown long enough to have two beers there as well... yay five beers in before dinner! and making new friends!
after a lovely aquabus trip, we finished off at the dockside where i enjoyed a pilsner, a cask pale ale and a gastro-bbq before we had to run away at 7:00 to make it to our next event.
i'll admit that i didn't make it to every event this past week, but i would not hesitate to recommend that if you only make it to one vancouver craft beer week event next year that it should be this one! and expect it to sell out quickly. of course i also recommend that you make it to as many events next year as you can - it was a great week. major kudos to the organizers!
This was an AMAZING event - So much to love and learn about beer! I am a full supporter of the Wheat beers, not to say that the HOPS is a bad thing, but my taste buds for sure have a higher liking to the Wheat-y beers! My favorite was the Hills Special Wheat – the taste of bananas and fruity citrus notes were heaven in a beer and a party for my taste buds – this can be found at Yaletown Brewing!
ReplyDeleteIf only there were more events like this in our city on a regular basis, on second though maybe not – this could get dangerous… :)
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