Summer is just around the corner, believe it or not, and to some people that means wedding season. To us, it just means it’s time for more great beer. If you are a man of honor, or even the groom-to-be himself, and you want a unique bachelor party that involves your favorite craft brewery in Vancouver, we’ve got some great tips for you. Scheduling a private tour and tasting is a ton of fun, and it’s a great way to enjoy something you actually want to do, instead of the cliché gambling trips. Here are four tips for planning a tour with some of the best craft breweries in the area.
- Book the tour and tasting as early as you can. Whether you are flexible with the date or not, tours at popular breweries can fill up very fast. Be sure to lock your date down with a deposit or anything else that the brewery requires so that you don’t have to worry about a thing.
- Consider whether you plan to tour just one craft brewery in Vancouver or several. Many bachelor parties are something like a cooler bar hop, going from brewery to brewery to get private tours and tastings at each one. Of course, this takes more planning and makes it harder to spend as much time as you may like in one specific brewery.
- Be sure to know what it is the group wants out of the event. Does your group just want to check out how brews are made and have some fun tasting a few unique beers? Or is your group made up of craft brew geeks who want to ask lots of questions and talk about each brew they taste in detail? Let the tour company or brewery know what your favorite beers are so they can be sure to have some suggestions based on what they know you’ll like.
- Finally, be sure that the bachelor is having a great time and that everyone is pacing themselves. Getting drunk at the first tasting when you’ve got five more planned isn’t going to end up being a great night for the main man if he’s got to be up for a wedding the next day. And no one wants to leave early because someone got sick at the last stop.