Get ready to raise your pint, because Vancouver’s North Shore Craft Beer Festival is back!
From November 7 to 20, the fest returns with more specialty beers, ciders and spirits, more reasons to toast, and ways to connect with fellow brew enthusiasts. If you’ve never explored Vancouver’s North Shore brewery scene, get ready to discover some of the best taps on the West Coast. Over the last 15 years or so, the waterfront city has embraced its bubbly side and welcomed creative brew masters to set up shop, tinker with their creations, and share them with the world. And that’s what the 2025 festival is all about: sampling new flavours, meeting passionate people, and celebrating the community one pint at a time.
There’s a lot to be excited about, but here are five reasons we’re looking forward to the festival this year!
1. Hoppy Events
To celebrate the two weeks of the festival, you’re invited to drop by all kinds of special happenings across the North Shore breweries. Be sure to circle November 7 in your calendar, though! That’s when the Festival Launch Party kicks off. Expect spirited mingling, live music, food trucks, and all the featured offerings for participating brewers. This event routinely sells out, so be sure to snag tickets ahead of time!
2. Specialty Pours
To mark the occasion, area brewers are mining their creativity and coming up with tasty new beers and beverages for you to sample. It might come in the form of old favourites returning, or entirely fresh flavours, just have your palate prepared because you never know what you’ll find on the local tap lists when the fest is on.
3. Sip and Stay
Stopping by just for the festival? Then why not make an evening of it and stay a while longer? There are dedicated hotel and accommodation packages that are a great reason to try even more breweries while you’re in the area. Settle in, explore a bit, have a bite, and then head back to your room. It’s a great way to spend a day or two, and the ideal way to immerse yourself in the community for a weekend.
4. Show Your Spontaneous Side
It’s one thing to drop by the festival with an itinerary already in mind (an admirable pursuit), but with so many of the breweries within walking distance, the fest has a palpable vibe of spontaneity that you can’t plan. Ask what people are having, suggest your own favourites, and then see where the crowd is heading next. Sometimes, to make the most of things, you have to step away from the routine!
5. For A Good Cause
Partial proceeds from the launch party will go towards North Shore Community Resources, so by buying a ticket, you’re supporting initiatives across the city! You can savour every sip knowing you did a good deed, and helped keep the North Shore an inclusive and welcoming place for all. We call that, pouring it forward!
Oh, one more thing…
For even more reason to celebrate, you can enter the accompanying Vancouver’s North Shore contest! Enter ASAP and you could win a bubbly tour through the local food and drink scene.
Here’s the full prize package:
- One night stay at the Seaside Hotel w/ breakfast for two at Seaside Provisions
- 2 x tickets to the Launch Party of Vancouver’s North Shore’s Craft Beer Festival (November 7th)
- 2 x tickets Shipyards Food Tour with Taste Vancouver
- 1 x $25 voucher to be used at a Brewery or Distillery of their choice on Vancouver’s North Shore
- 1 x VNSTA swag bag
Click here to enter… and good luck!
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