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Vancouver Craft Beer Week leaves some suds lovers hopping mad

Vancouver Craft Beer Week leaves some suds lovers hopping mad

The ads promised a day of great beer, delicious food and good vibes, but some people attending this year's Vancouver Craft Beer Week on the PNE grounds found the event chaotic, poorly organized and a cash-grab. Desaree da Cruz said the cascading frustrations for her and two friends started with a long wait Saturday to get through the one and only entrance gate. Once inside, da Cruz said the event was extremely short-staffed, overcrowded and unsafe, with people jammed together in more lineups waiting to purchase beer samples and food. Additionally, the organizers' mandatory wristband payment system was malfunctioning.