The festival is making some changes this year Following last year’s disastrous experience, the popular Vancouver Craft Beer Week (VCBW) festival is making some changes for the 2023 event. In 2022, Metro Vancouver’s largest craft beer festival promised to set itself apart from […]
Another world: Reflections of a trip through B.C.’s Northwest Ale Trail
Despite recent social, economic, and environmental turmoil, a love of delicious craft beer connects the communities of Northern British Columbia. Last summer, I traveled to the edge of Canada in northwestern B.C., where breweries dot communities backdropped by snow-capped mountains, […]
The Spring/Summer 2023 edition of the Growler is out now and here’s where you can find it!
The Growler is back with all the beer news and features you need to get you through the spring and summer! In what we should perhaps call our “travel issue,” Growler Ontario contributor Max Morin takes a trip along northwest B.C.’s […]
Five questions with… Another Beer Company
It was in the late 1800s when brewers turned their attention to the New Westminster neighbourhood of Sapperton, and beer continued to be brewed in the area until 2005, when its brew anchor Labatt closed its large plant there and […]
Barkerville’s Painless Jones Schwarzbier Celebrates Black History Month
Quesnel’s Barkerville Brewing has brewed a special beer in honour of BC’s first licenced dentist, William Allen “Painless” Jones. Barkerville Brewing is celebrating Black History Month with the launch of a new beer called Painless Jones Schwarzbier. The Quesnel-based brewery, […]
Five questions with… Brave Brewing Company
Nicole “Apples” Milkovich, creative director for Brave Brewing Company, says the Brave team approaches their craft with the understanding good things in life are typically the simplest. “And, our secret ingredient is passion,” says Nicole. “So, we take classic recipes and build […]
Kegshare Canada is revolutionizing keg rental services nationwide
Kegshare makes it easy for brewers across Canada to manage their keg fleets Busy brewers across Canada are discovering the ease and convenience of Kegshare, a groundbreaking keg rental service combining powerful tracking technology with hands-on human support. The concept […]
Unleashed Brewing Co. seeks to reinstate approval to allow dogs in the taproom as trial period ends
A brewery in Kelowna is reaching out to the community in hopes dogs will yet again be allowed inside a taproom. Unleashed Brewing Company says that as of February 15th, a trial period to allow dogs inside their taproom will […]
The BC Ale Trail Launches Five Tasting Passports Throughout Metro Vancouver
Dry January is over — February is all about exploring and tasting along the BC Ale Trail. The BC Ale Trail, in collaboration with Translink’s Dine the Line, has created Tasting Passports featuring 64 businesses in five different Metro Vancouver […]
Five questions with… BNA Brewing Co.
Jill Jarrett, spokesperson for Nixon Hospitality, says the team behind Kelowna-based BNA Brewing Co. genuinely cares about authentically warm hospitality. She adds great beer just happens to be one of the ways in which they communicate that to the world. A […]