cbc food bank show

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 (indiapale 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 tshirt (size women’s large)
1 Viti Wine and Lager tote bag
6 650ml beers:
– Driftwood Fat Tug (india pale ale)
– Driftwood Clodhopper (local malt dubbel)
– Dead Frog Commander (imperial stout)
– Dead Frog Winter Beeracle (winter ale)
– Parallel 49 Sahti Claws (Finnish sahti)
– Parallel 49 Toques of Hazard (imperial white ipa)
 

THREE:

2 Dead Frog Brewing beer glasses

1 Steamworks beer glass
1 Bomber Brewing growler
1 Camra Vancouver bostonround
1 Camra Vancouver tshirt (size men’s extra large)
1 Ninkasi Brewing hat (black)
1 Ninkasi Brewing golf shirt (size men’s large)
1 Viti Wine and Lager tote bag
6 650ml beers:
– Driftwood Blackstone Porter
– Driftwood Clodhopper (local malt dubbel)
– Dead Frog Antidisestabishmentarianism (amber ale)
– Dead Frog Winter Beeracle (winter ale)
– Steamworks Blitzen (strong ale)
– Parallel 49 Braggot (beer and mead hybrid)
 

SPECIAL BEER:

Driftwood Brewing 2009 Old Cellar Dweller

cbc food bank fundraiser

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

east side beer festival

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

mark your calendar

“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