Hashigo Zake presents The Pacific Beer Expo

Coming soon to the Boatshed on Wellington's waterfront, the Inaugural Pacific Beer Expo will be the best chance New Zealanders have ever had to sample the best beer from the Pacific Rim in a single venue at one time.

In fact it is unlikely that a range of beers this good has ever been served fresh on tap at once anywhere before in the Southern Hemisphere.

On tap will be around thirty beers from breweries such as Rogue from Oregon; Green Flash, Ballast Point, Moylan's, Coronado and Bear Republic from California; Baird from Japan; Feral, Jamieson and Bridge Road from Australia and a number of New Zealand's finest and most adventurous breweries. The local contingent will be led by New Zealand's new Champion Brewery 8 Wired and brand new Wellington nano-brewery Garage Project.

The event takes place from 2pm to 7pm on October 22 and 23, 2011.

Tickets cost $40 and can be bought from Hashigo Zake at 25 Taranaki St, Wellington, or from the Cult Beer Store.

The event will be run on a typical festival "token" system. Drinks will be served in 100ml tastings for a token each. Ticket holders receive eight starting tokens, although two will be for food only. Additional tokens will cost $2.50 each and there will be EFTPOS available at the venue.

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