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Nothing beats a pint and fight, especially when it’s all for a good cause. This Saturday, your favourite craft brewers and beer industry personalities will be lacing up the gloves (actually, I think they’re Velcro now), stepping in the ring and pummeling each other for our entertainment… and to raise money for Eastside Boxing Club’s afterschool programs.

B.C. Beer Wars is a non-profit event put on by Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Craft Beer Week and Eastside Boxing Club, where the amateur fighters have been training since January for the big night. The event kicks off at 2 p.m. this this Saturday, April 13, at the Croatian Cultural Centre in Vancouver, with fights starting at 3 p.m. and continuing all day, until 10 p.m.

Single tickets start at $49 and there are still a few left, but you’d better hurry. Close to 20 craft breweries will be serving beer throughout the day, so obviously, this is a 19+ event, and you’re going to need two pieces of ID.

Here’s the tentative lineup for Saturday:Ìý

• Nick Serbedzua (Parallel 49) vs Josh Ruddock (Resurrection Spirits)
• Jen Smith (Strange Fellows) vs Sasha Khoo (Haus Lager)
• Craig Ludtke (Dockside) vs Ed Ticne (Northpaw)
• George Simnos (Phillips) vs Thomas Batty (Coal Harbour)
• Jon Panganiban (Big Ridge) vs Jamil Amauro (Stanley Park)
• Melody Chan (Mariner) vs Marie Labitte (Central City)
• Adam Ferris (Whistler) vs Cameron McBryer (Moody Ales)
• Conrad McNutt (Red Truck) vs Steve Hoffman (Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Island Brewing)
• Dan Whelan (East Van Brewing) vs David Cachon (East Van Brewing)
• Megan Elliot (Parkside) vs Tess Morgan (Dockside)
• Michael Lutz (Parkside) vs David Nadeau (Powell)
• Finlay Danaher (Doan’s) vs Chris Meyers (Powell)
• Greg Georgas (Phillips) vs Kerry Dyson (Brewhall)
• Tobie Patterson (Russell) vs Kelli Sturkenboom (Faculty)
• Dallan Schell (Fuggles & Warlock) vs Petter Latta (Nude Vodka Soda)
• Bruno Maras (Main Street) vs Phillip Charlebois (Monkey 9)
• Daniela Diaz Reyna (Craft Collective) vs Nycco Cerenzie (Coco Frio)
• Adam Wong (Steamworks) vs Malcolm Yates (Backcountry)
• Lynda O’Donoghue (Faculty) vs Tracy Adina (Parallel 49)
• David Scott (East Van Brewing) vs David McEwen (Storm)
• Rachel Warner (Faculty) vs Chelsea Harris (Strange Fellows)
• Brian Fougner (Cannery) vs Roderick Fernandes (Steamworks)
• George Marshall (Parallel 49) vs Alex Adu-Darko (Steamworks)

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