For Vancouver's many craft beer lovers, the summer doesn't quite get started until Vancouver Craft Beer Week.

For Vancouver's many craft beer lovers, the summer doesn't quite get started until Vancouver Craft Beer Week.

It's an event that launched seven years ago to help boost the emerging craft beer industry.

And it wraps up each year with a big craft beer festival with more than 100 craft brewers and nearly 400 craft beers available on sample.