Everything you need to know about everywhere you need to be! September 18-26 Penticton Beer Week: Weird Beer Brewery Crawl (Penticton) Canada’s Beer Capital is at it again! As part of Penticton Beer Week, Penticton Beer Blocks is hosting its […]
Tickets Are Now Live for the 2026 BC Beer Awards!
Get ready to celebrate the best of BC craft beer and cider! Join us on Friday, October 16th at Anvil Centre in New Westminster. Don’t miss your chance to be part of it all and raise a glass to the […]
News and Notes: Hello, ‘Ber Months!
Give me fresh hops, give me Märzen, give me Festbier—hell, even give me pumpkin beer—the ‘Ber months are, without question, THE best time of year in B.C. craft beer! Need proof? I submit to you the slew of Oktoberfest celebrations […]
North Vancouver brewery opens new location in Port Moody’s Brewery Row
North Point is taking over the space left empty when Moody Ales closed. Port Moody’s Brewery Row has a new member. North Point has joined the beer destination with its second location. The North Vancouver-based craft brewer is bringing the […]
‘Best friends’ opening new brewery in East Vancouver
It’ll join others in the ‘Yeast Vancouver’ area. There’ll be something new on tap in East Vancouver soon. Discovery Brewing is set to open later this year, according to Aleksander Zuber and Winston Lin, best friends, co-owners and founders of the […]
Here are the winners of The Growler’s 2026 Craft Beer & Cider Readers’ Choice Awards
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 […]
2026 GROWLIE AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Camp Beer Co.
GOLD Best Brewery in B.C. Best Dark Lager // Vienna Lager Best B.C. Collab (with Locality Brewing) // Throwback English IPA Best Brewery/Cidery Tasting Room Best Food Program Best Branding/Packaging SILVER Best Beer in B.C. // Vienna Lager The people […]
2026 GROWLIE AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Backcountry Brewing
SILVER Best East Coast/Hazy IPA // Widowmaker IPA BRONZE Best B.C. Collab (with Changing Colours Brewing Project) // “Zombiemaker” Ever since winning Rookie Brewery of the Year at the BC Beer Awards back in 2017, Backcountry Brewing has been a […]
Hands off the workers’ beer!
Although not well known today, Thomas Uphill was B.C.’s longest serving MLA, representing Fernie from 1920-1960. Prior to joining provincial politics, Uphill was Mayor of Fernie during B.C.’s short-lived Prohibition (1917-1920), which he opposed heartily even though he himself was […]
News and Notes: #SummerlandStrong Edition
It feels appropriate to start this preamble by commending all of the firefighters, first responders, search and rescue teams, emergency crews, healthcare workers, volunteers, and members of the community for their tireless support of those displaced by the devastating Bald […]