Vancouver Craft Beer Week: Riverboat Showdown at The Portside Pub
Vancouver Craft Beer Week (“VCBW”) kicks off this Friday and many events have already been sold out for weeks. Through partnerships and collaborations with venues, pubs, and breweries there is a wide variety ways to get involved. The #YVRBeerTweetup group has partnered with The Portside Pub (7 Alexander St) in Gastown to host The Riverboat Showdown on Thursday, June 6th starting at 7:00pm.
In keeping with this year’s VCBW theme, The Portside Pub will be decked out like a riverboat casino and attendees will be able to take part in 5 casino games with professional dealers, served by ladies and gentlemen in true ‘saloon style’ costume.
Attendees will vote for their favourite brews on-site (each brewery bringing a special cask just for this event) and the #YVRBeerTweetup hosts will be posting updates and results from the awards portion out to Twitter.
Participating breweries for The Riverboat Showdown include: Deep Cove Craft Brewery and Distillery, Lighthouse Brewing, Vancouver Island Brewery, Parallel 49 Brewing, Central City Brewing, R&B brewing, Red Truck Brewing, Russell Brewing, Howe Sound Brewing, and Tofino Brewing.
Tickets are available online for $25 and admission includes “casino” playing tokens, a VCBW tasting glass, a ticket for one 4oz. cask taster, and live music from The Sweetpea Swing Band. Additional cask tickets are only $1 each. There will be prizes and other fun surprises throughout the night. Attending in costume is highly recommended!
If you would like to attend this event, I have a pair of tickets to give away. Here’s how you can enter to win:
- Leave a comment here naming a participating brewery at this event (1 entry)
- Post the following on Twitter (1 entry)
I will draw one winner at random from all entries at 5:00pm on Sunday, June 2, 2013. Must be legal drinking age. Please enjoy responsibly and plan a safe trip home.
Update The winner is Rosemary!
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Tofino Brewing
Lighthouse!
Parallel 49 Brewing!
Lighthouse Brewing
Central City Brewing
Howe Sound!
Driftwood Brewery (@radicalradhika)
R&B Brewing!
Howe Sound Brewing!
Central City Brewing
Howe Sound
my fav – Driftwood
Central City Brewing
Parallel 49 Brewing!!!
Vancouver Island Brewery
Central City Brewing
Parallel 49 Brewing
Parallel 49 Brewing, my favourite brewery!
Central City Brewing
Tofino Brewing! Love em.
love to go, howe sound brewing.
Parallel 49 brewing
I’d love to see what Deep Cove Craft Brewery & Distillery brings; I was amazed by their Scotch Ale at the Spring Cask Festival.
Tofino Brewing
Parallel 49
Parallel 49 Brewing
Central City
Parallel 49!
Parallel 49
Central City Brewing – one of my faves!
Tofino Brewing
Parallel 49 Brewing… yum!
Tofino Brewing.
Central City Brewing.
My favourite!
Parallel 49!
Sounds fun!
Parallel 49!
Vancouver Island Brewery
Vancouver Island Brewery!
I’d love to get drunk on free beer ^-^
This sounds like a fun night, would love to attend. Russell Brewing is participating.
Lighthouse!!!
Deep Cove Craft Brewery and Distillery
Parallel 49 Brewing
Parallel 49
The great Graham With and P49!
Love some red truck!
Central City
Central City Brewing
vancouver island brewery
Red Truck brewing
R&B brewing all the way. love their raven cream ale
tofino brewery
Lighthouse Brewing