Brew 2.0 Visits Vancouver
On Tuesday evening, Molson invited some of Vancouver’s finest social media folks to an evening at our house — the Molson Brewery on Burrard St. in Vancouver. The event, Brew 2.0 Vancouver-style, was a smashing success (in my opinion), as the 35 or so guests joined our Molson crew in the pub for some bevies, chats, AMAZING food and a little info session about Molson and our beer.
The guests arrived around 6:00 p.m. and we started the night with a quick intro from one of the event organizers and Molson’s PR manager, Adam Moffat (@moffat). Adam welcomed everyone and went through the agenda for the night which included a beer and food pairing session with Molson Brewmaster Kerry Scarsbrook and Executive Chef at the Pan Pacific, Blair Rasmussen, a brewery tour and a meeting with our special guests of honour — Geoff Molson (7th generation Molson) and Gord Rickards (creator of Rickard’s beer).
Geoff Molson chatting with our guests
If beer and food wasn’t enough entertainment, Mr. Neil Harnett serenaded us for the whole evening with some tunes. Thanks Neil — you were fantastic, and I caught you on video!
At the end of the evening, after the eats and tours, we had a surprise treat for everyone — tasting a new beer crafted by Kerry for the Vancouver Brewery’s 50th Anniversary (which was also this week…blog post to come soon!) — Rickard’s Gold Standard. Mmmm…. tasty.
Geoff and Kerry pouring Rickard’s Gold Standard
This was the second Brew 2.0 event that we have held, the first one was in Toronto in June. It was so nice to meet everyone offline, have a pint together and just have a great time.
Thanks to everyone who helped make Brew 2.0 an incredible evening and to our gusts who added their thoughts: Raul, Danny, Tris, Tanya, Rebecca, Ryan, Corey, Arieanna
Special thanks to Geoff, Kerry and Gord for hanging out with us bloggers all night!
Here are some of my photos…more to come still.
Thanks for the invite — great times. I’ve been holding off my write-up about it because I want to add the shot of the beer arriving at my door! But it’ll be up soon! Thanks again.
September 18th, 2008 at 6:14 pmThank you for hosting such a great event! The beer 101 sessions with Kerry and Gord was very informative and of course fun! Thanks again!
September 18th, 2008 at 7:22 pm[...] On Tuesday night I had the privilege of attending a private party at the Molson brewery put on by Molson. Molson decided to have a little get together with some of the local social media individuals and bloggers, and while pounding back a few beers. The event was called Brew 2.0. [...]
September 18th, 2008 at 10:50 pm@Duane hope it got there…if it doesn’t arrive sometime soon, send me a note!! I’ll fly back and drop it off myself
@Duane @Danny Such a great night — really awesome to have a chance to meet face to face….thanks for coming and keep in touch!
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September 19th, 2008 at 12:21 am[...] Tonia Hammer wrote a fantastic post today on “Brew 2.0 Visits Vancouver”Here’s ONLY a quick extractThe event, Brew 2.0 Vancouver-style, was a smashing success (in my opinion), as the 35 or so guests joined our Molson crew in the pub for some bevies, chats, AMAZING food and a little info session about Molson and our beer. … [...]
September 19th, 2008 at 5:40 amThanks for stopping by James.
September 19th, 2008 at 10:29 amAh, good times
Great hanging out with you, Adam, David, Meegs, Geoff Molson, Gord Rickard, everyone! I had such a blast… I wish every month we had a Brew 2.0!
I can’t wait for the Flickr photos of you and I!
September 19th, 2008 at 3:39 pmThanks so much for a completely enjoyable night. MMMmmmm Honey Brown
And, the gift that arrived at my door was very unexpected, and appreciated! (or, will be appreciated this weekend!)
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