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BC Craft Spirits – BC has a thriving craft spirits industry.

Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery at the Grand Tasting Hall

The Wine Garden – prefer wine to beer, whisky and other liquors? Then this is where you’ll find an assortment of fine reds, whites and rosés.

Other famous whisky brands like Auchentoshan, Johnny Walker, Jameson, Glenfiddich and Wild Turkey are also featured. In the Whisky Corner, there’s usually Canada’s Crown Royal, Glendalough Whiskey from Ireland, Glenfarclas Whisky from Scotland and Jack Daniels from Tennessee.

Whisky Corner – the main attraction at the event, this zone features over 100 whiskies including Single Malts, Blends, Whiskey (with an “e”), Whisky (without an “e”), Rye, Bourbon and the like from a wide range of countries including Scotland, Ireland, Canada, the US, and Japan.

Expect to find brands like Pilsner Urquell from the Czech Republic, Warsteiner, Erdinger and Pfungstädter from Germany, O’Hara’s Irish Stout, and a number of other distinguished international brews.

Beers From Around The World – as the name suggests, this area features premium international beers from all over the globe.

Expect to see Bomber Brewing, Bridge Brewing, Central City Brewers, Foamers’ Folly, Granville Island, Hearthstone, Moody Ales, Parallel 49, Powell Brewery, Spinnakers Brewpub (from Victoria), Stanley Park and Yellow Dog.

BC Craft Pavilion – featuring dozens of local craft beers from a variety of British Columbia breweries.

Categories from recent years are listed below. Typically the Grand Tasting Hall venue has been divided up into different sections. Food menu items ranged from around 2 to 10 tokens. Wines were typically 1 or 2 tokens and spirits ranged from 1 to around 9 tokens for the really fancy stuff. Most beers and ciders cost about 1 token, although occasionally more. Many of the beverage samples have cost only 1 or 2 tokens in the past, which is very reasonable for this kind of event. The Hopscotch Tokens are then used to purchase beverage and food samples from the various participating breweries, distilleries and food vendors.

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Ticket prices for the Grand Tasting Hall range between about $30 and $50 plus taxes and fees for one night depending on when you purchase them.Īt the Grand Tasting Hall event participants buy Hopscotch Tokens in increments of 5 and 20 at the cost of around $1 plus tax per token. In 2022 there were over 250 different products at the event.

The Hall also experienced an especially large growth spurt since 2016. The Grand Tasting Hall event has expanded over the past couple of decades. There is also a food exhibition and live music at the event throughout the evening. There are various types of craft and premium beers, wines and other spirits from around the world.

They offer samples of Scotch, Irish, Canadian, American and other whiskies.

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NOTE: The Grand Tasting Hall sells out every year! Book your spot well in advance! Look out though for discounted tickets.Īt the Hopscotch Festival’s Grand Tasting Hall the PNE Forum is full of distillery representatives. The sessions ran from 6:00 until 10:30 pm on both days. Last year the Grand Tasting Hall happened on the Friday and Saturday of November 25th and 26th at the PNE Forum at 2901 East Hastings Street. After not happening in 2021, the main event returned in 2022. The Grand Tasting Hall is the main event during the Hopscotch Festival. When the festival happens in 2023 is to be confirmed. In 2022 the festival ran from November 21st to the 27th. The festival includes the massive Grand Tasting Hall which showcases hundreds of whiskies, beers and spirits from BC and around the world.Īlthough the 2020 festival was cancelled due to COVID-19, the 2021 festival happened from November 21st to December 3rd, but without its popular Grand Tasting Hall event. The Vancouver Hopscotch Festival is an annual festival that features nearly two dozen whisky and other beverage-sampling events at different venues around town. Hopscotch Festival of Whisky, Beer & Spirits This event is run by the same people who host the Vancouver Craft Beer Week event in the summer.

#Hop scotch festival series#

The Hopscotch Festival is a week-long series of events including the Grand Tasting Hall which features whisky, beer, spirits and food sampling in Vancouver.