pacifc beer expo posterGet­ting to try lots of beer in a nice warm space that’s not a con­crete tun­nel sounds like a bloody good idea, which is why I’m look­ing for­ward to the Pacif­ic Beer Expo which will be on Sun­day Octo­ber 27 at the St James The­atre.

In typ­i­cal fash­ion for organ­is­er Dom from Hashigo Zake, he does­n’t hold back in the press release:

“Octo­ber 27 the high­light of 2013 for New Zealand’s most demand­ing con­sumers of beer.

With less than two weeks to go until the annu­al Labour Week­end event, the line­up is close to being finalised. Organ­is­ers can con­fi­dent­ly pre­dict that the care­ful­ly select­ed menu will rep­re­sent the most geo­graph­i­cal­ly and styl­is­ti­cal­ly diverse range of beers ever offered at a sin­gle event in New Zealand. From exper­i­men­tal spiced beers from Sin­ga­pore to Cal­i­forn­ian hop-bombs, the fes­ti­val will once again present the state of the art of brew­ing by small, inde­pen­dent brew­eries in the
Pacif­ic Rim.

In addi­tion the event will rep­re­sent excep­tion­al val­ue for mon­ey com­pared with oth­er recent beer-themed fes­ti­vals in Welling­ton. Every tick­et-hold­er will receive a gen­er­ous allo­ca­tion of tokens for the pur­chase of food and drinks even though the event has nev­er sought nor been giv­en a sub­sidy from Welling­ton ratepay­ers.”

Empha­sis mine, because that’s the rea­son I’ve nev­er gone to Beer­vana. Tick­ets from Tick­etek (watch out for hid­den costs) or Hashigoza­ke over the bar are $50, and that includes  sou­venir glass, a pro­gramme and plen­ty of tokens for food and drink to get you start­ed.