Vancouver Brewfest

08/13/2022

Day Two of Vancouver Summer BrewFest today at Esther Short Park from Noon-8pm!

It’s Day Two of Vancouver Summer BrewFest at Esther Short Park! Gates open at Noon today and the festival goes until 8pm. Save $5 by purchasing your tickets online now, as prices increase at the gate.

08/11/2022

Tents are up and the weekend will be full of sunshine at Vancouver Summer BrewFest at Esther Short Park! Save $5 by purchasing your tickets now, as prices increase at the door. Gates open at 4pm tomorrow afternoon. Click the link in our bio to purchase tickets, check out the full beer list and view all the event information!

03/07/2022

The Vancouver Brewfest will return to Esther Short Park, Downtown Vancouver in August, 2022.

Organized by Cody Gray, the Vancouver Brewfest has raised and donated $90,000 since 2012 to local charities including: Second Chance Companions, Disabled American Veterans - Clark County chapter, Northwest Battle Buddies, MS Society of Portland, SW WA Humane Society, Bike Clark County, and Mount St. Helens.

The return of this annual “Celebration of Craft Beer” will see an updated name, logo, and ownership. Since the pandemic, many things have changed and Cody has decided to pass the Brewfest on to another organization that can sustain the celebration of craft beer and make it even better. After discussing with a few SW WA brewery guild members to get a general consensus, it was decided the best way to sustain and grow the event would be to split the two events and hand off the large summer event to the Washington Beer Commission and the local Northbank Brewers Alliance would start organizing a spring Brewfest spring 2023. Starting this year, the summer event held annually in August will be organized and hosted by the Washington Beer Commission.

“I’d like to thank the hundreds of volunteers, breweries, and fantastic past sponsors that came out to support our local charities and helped make the Vancouver Brewfest a fantastic event each year,” Cody said. “I’d especially like to thank my partner, Tammy Cleveland, for taking charge of the entrance area and helping me raise so much money over the years for great local charities!” Cody said he knows this is the best outcome given his life changes and inability to manage such a large undertaking going into the future. “While I’m sad I won’t be there organizing the event, I’m very happy to have found the perfect partners to take it over and keep it going. I know everyone is really going to like the improvements the Washington Beer Commission has in store. And I can’t wait to really relax and enjoy, for once, the event I helped create and love so much!”

There will be links from Vancouver Brewfest website to the Washington Beer Commission during transition.

Be on the lookout for a press release from the Washington Beer Commission mid-March for more beer details. You can learn more about the Washington Beer Commission and their many tasting events around the state at:

03/25/2021

I know we've been bummed about no brewfests and I'm doubtful there will be one at all this year. I'm posting this here as Sam is the assistant operations manager at the brewfests and needs some help. He was hit by an impaired and uninsured driver who crossed the road into his lane on a corner and he could use some financial help. You can see Sam Hammond's truck exploded and burned just after some great humans from the RV park on Lewis River road pulled him and his passenger from the burning wreckage. More details in the Go Fund me I set up to help him through his recovery. He had hip/leg surgery yesterday and a blood transfusion today. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide. ~ Cody Gray

Sam Hammond was hit by drunk driver Sunday March 21 on Lewis River Road at … Cody Gray needs your support for Help Sam Hammond after being hit by drunk driver

11/16/2020

Dear Breweries, taphouses and local pubs!

Our desire is to help you all continue to pour more local craft beer. We'd like to make our tents available to you to RENT for FREE. (Tents seen in the background of this pic.)

We have twenty-five blue pop-up 10'x10' straight leg tents, electric cords, and lights for outdoor seating. We have 25 of these tents but perhaps not that many strands of the yellow cage lights (but at least that many extension cords). They're available on first-come, first-served basis. Here's hoping we can help some of you expand some outdoor seating to pour more pints!

03/20/2020

We can’t have spring brewfest, but we can still drink beer together!

Tonight at 5PM, join the from the comfort of your own home. We’re all in this together!

02/28/2020

A difficult decision for us, but we look forward to seeing you this SUMMER! August 7th & 8th!

Vancouver, Washington’s largest beer festival was set to hold their Spring Brewfest in Esther Short Park this April but today canceled the event. Organizer/owner Cody Gray sighted concerns over the Coronavirus effecting attendance and has instead decided to focus on the Summer Vancouver Brewfest i...

12/14/2019

At Vancouver Brewfest, we drink good beer. Then we do good things all year ‘round! Proud to support Second Chance Companions with a check for $3500 today!

11/27/2019

Here’s hoping your Turkey Day is full of great craft beer and even greater friends and family!

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃🍁🍽