Company’s coming, dinner’s almost ready, but you forgot to pop out to the liquor store to grab a bottle of wine. Obviously, you have a fridge stocked full of delicious, local craft beer, so screw it! Who needs wine with […]
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Brew North: The craft beer revolution comes to Northern B.C.
It’s safe to say the craft beer revolution has been fought and won. If you live in Vancouver or Victoria—or just about any reasonably-sized town in southern B.C.—you probably have a craft brewery within walking distance. But until recently, our […]
Drink This: The Growler’s Weiss Weiss Baby by Doan Craft Brewing Co. and Kettle River Brewing
The latest edition of The Growler’s B.C. Collaboration Series is here and it’s pretty fantastic, if we do say so ourselves (and we do). Granted, I might be somewhat biased. This time around we paired up East Vancouver’s Doan’s Craft […]
The Growler presents Weiss Weiss Baby by Doan’s Craft Brewing Co. and Kettle River Brewing
Summer is here (almost), so we brought together Kelowna’s Kettle River Brewing Co. and Vancouver’s Doan’s Craft Brewing Co. to create something to help us beat the heat for the latest edition of The Growler’s B.C. Brewer Collaboration Series. This […]
Best of the Fest: What to drink at Vancouver Craft Beer Week (according to us)
The weekend is fast approaching, and with it the glorious conclusion to Vancouver Craft Beer Week: the annual VCBW Fest at the PNE Fairgrounds. This Saturday and Sunday (June 2 and 3), more than 100 breweries and cideries will be […]
Summer 2018 edition of The Growler out now!
The Summer 2018 issue of The Growler is out now, with all the pertinent craft beer intel you need to survive the hot weather. This issue of B.C.’s favourite craft beer guide is jam-packed with informative stories, hilarious features and […]
Happy friggin’ birthday! Central City celebrates 15 years by upsizing cans at no extra cost
Central City Brewers + Distillers is celebrating 15 years of craft beer by moving its entire core lineup of Red Racer beers from 355mL cans to 500mL tall cans—while keeping the price the same. This isn’t just a limited time […]
Q&A with Ben Coli of Dageraad Brewing, 2018 CBA Brewery of the Year
Burnaby’s Dageraad Brewing may have marked its fourth anniversary earlier this month, but the big celebration came Saturday night after it was named Brewery of the Year at the Canadian Brewing Awards in Halifax. For owner/brewer Ben Coli, the award […]
RECIPE: Sea to Sky RAD-ler beer cocktail
Made with Vancouver Craft Beer Week’s 2018 Collaboration Beer, Sea To Sky Double Dry-Hopped Pilsner, by bartender Shaun Layton of Backcountry Brewing. If you’ve been following the burgeoning cocktail scene in Vancouver over the past decade, there’s a good chance […]
Burnaby’s Dageraad named Brewery of the Year at Canadian Brewing Awards
Burnaby’s Dageraad Brewing took home the top honours at the Canadian Brewing Awards in Halifax tonight (May 26), winning the coveted Brewery of the Year award, as well as a slew of gold medals. Breweries from across Canada took part […]