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
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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!
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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
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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!
September 18th, 2008 at 11:55 pmHi, I found your blog on this new directory of WordPress Blogs at blackhatbootcamp.com/listofwordpressblogs. I dont know how your blog came up, must have been a typo, i duno. Anyways, I just clicked it and here I am. Your blog looks good. Have a nice day. James.
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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