eat vancouver

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yay beer garden!
eat vancouver last weekend was good times!


we showed up nice and early and ate our way through half of the exhibitors
and then hit the beer garden!
who was there?
well, let me tell you:

yangjing

russell brewing

granville island brewing

cannery brewing

tin whistle and mt. begbie

dead frog brewery

r & b brewing 
driftwood brewery - check out all the awards from vcbw!

singha
and central city...
lots of wine and spirits as well
fun fun fun on a weekend afternoon!

we ate our way through the other half of the exhibitors
and returned to the beer garden for more
and had us some absinthe from taboo
i hear it makes the heart grow fonder...

first you pour the shot over a sugar cube

then you flame the sugar cube

then you dissolve the sugar cube with 2 parts water
then you muddle it all and drink it
(you may note this was more than 2 parts water... disappointing for $3 a shot)
hightlights:
nando's giving out 125ml bottles of wild herb peri-peri sauce
natura giving out three packs of soy milk drink boxes
coupons
recipes
1921 cream of tequila
leo of vancouver beer blog having too many tickets to use and sharing them liberally with me!
russell being so excited about their new cans for the lemon ale - hipster branding!
and being generous with their pour to ticket ratio



more yoghurt samples than i could shake a spoon at
brookside dark chocolate pomegranate samples
ian of driftwood saying my money was no good at his booth
(yay fat tug!!)


grimm`s turkey jerky sample to take home for my non-sexual life partner
delicious goldseal tuna demo - no mayo, but day-am it was the tastiest tuna salad ever!
lisa being asked to model for singha


some crazy smoking juice drink
that i didn't actually drink, but damn did it ever intrigue me!


lord, i shoulda put my utensils down and taken notes!
so many samples
so many delicious morsels
what a great way to spend a day!

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