B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
After 25 years, Crannóg Ales, B.C.’s first organic farm brewery, is entering a new era. On a warm August afternoon at the brewery, friends gathered to watch Crannóg owners Brian MacIsaac and Rebecca Kneen pass a literal torch (unlit – […]
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards, also known as the Growlies, provide British Columbia’s community of beer and cider lovers with an opportunity to share their passion for their favourite breweries, cideries and craft beverages. Here’s how it […]
GOLD Best New World Cider // Cowichan Dry Merridale is B.C.’s first craft cidery. Its founders took over this enchanting yet slightly run-down cidery in Cobble Hill back in 1999, and then set to work transforming Merridale into a thriving establishment […]
GOLD Best Dark Ale // Dark Matter I first tasted Sean Hoyne’s beer more than 30 years ago when I moved to Victoria from Ontario and discovered Swans Brewpub where he began his brewing career. Of the core list of four […]
Welcome to the inaugural edition of News and Notes—a monthly quick-hitter of the happenings, rumblings, and general goings on of the B.C. craft beer and cider community! In this column, I’ll take you through recent openings/pending closures, mergers/acquisitions, upcoming festivals/hootenannies/barn […]
Proposed change to government taxes would be revenue-neutral, brewers say B.C. craft brewers want the provincial government to change how they are taxed because they say big brewers are getting unfair tax breaks. They are bringing up their grievance with the […]
Welcome to The Growler’s seventh annual B.C. Craft Beer and Cider Readers’ Choice Awards, AKA the Growlies! The Growlies are B.C.’s only province-wide craft beer and cider readers’ choice awards, celebrating every style of awesome craft beer and cider B.C. […]
paired with Hoyne Brewing’s Pilsner Chef Matheus Cunha says living and working in Tofino is all of the inspiration he and the culinary team at Shelter Restaurant need when it comes to creating innovative menus. “I’m a big runner and […]
Local brewery has its light lager named as official beer of Vancouver’s big fireworks show in July Deltans in downtown Vancouver for the Honda Celebration of Light can walk around with a bit more swagger this year after a local […]
Colourful Breweries Did you know that 13 different B.C. breweries have a colour in their name? The most commonly used is red/rouge (5) with white coming in second (3). Black Kettle, Buffalo Rouge, Copper, Grey Fox, Red Arrow, Red […]
