The Growler is back with all the beer news and features you need to get you through the fall and winter!
In this issue, we celebrate the best of B.C. beer and cider with the results of the 5th annual Growler Craft Beer and Cider Awards!
Noëlle Phillips meets B.C. breweries who have ventured into the world of wild, sour and aged beers, Ted Child explores the growing selection of brewed-in-B.C. gluten-free beers.
In this issue’s Style Snapshot, Ontario editor Jordan St. John explores ESB, with food pairing examples and must-try B.C. beers. Sandra Thomas meets the chef at Victoria’s Spinnakers, who shares a recipe for a beer and cheese pot—with a suggested beer pairing, of course!
Matt Cavers takes a cider-tasting trip to the Okanagan. Later, he and Nick Farrer chat cidermaking with Joe Wiebe in this issue’s Brewer vs. Brewer Cidermaker vs. Cidermaker. Then, Joe checks out a bunch of beer-themed board games and rates them all.
Finally, as always, we have a comprehensive listing of all the breweries (and breweries to come) in beautiful, beer-drinking British Columbia. Subscribe here and never miss an issue or see where you can pick up your copy below:
Vancouver and Lower Mainland
• Bomber Brewing
• Camp Beer Co.
• Dageraad Brewing
• Dead Frog Brewing
• Electric Bicycle Brewing
• Farm Country Brewing
• Five Roads Brewing Co.
• Five Roads Brewing Co. (Steveston)
• Four Winds Brewing
• Fuggles
• Granville Island Brewing
• Locality Brewing
• Main Street Brewing
• Mariner Brewing
• Off The Rail Brewing
• Portland Craft
• Russell Brewing
• Strathcona Beer Company
• The Barley Merchant
• Viti Wine & Lager Downtown
• White Rock Beach Beer
Fraser Valley
• Canuck Empire
• Farmhouse Brewing Co
• Field House ABBY
• Mountainview Brewing Co
• Sidekick Brewing
Sea to Sky / Sunshine Coast
• Backcountry Brewing
• Batch 44 Brewery
• Coast Mountain Brewing
• Howe Sound Brewing
• Lillooet Beer Co
• Pemberton Brewing Co
• Persephone Brewing
• The 101 Brewhouse & Distillers
• The Beer Farmers
Victoria and Vancouver Island
• Alberni Brewing
• Bad Dog Brewing
• Bayview Brewing
• Category 12 Brewing
• Cumberland Brewing
• Devil’s Bath Brewing Co.
• Driftwood Brewing
• Gladstone Brewing
• Hoyne Brewing Company
• Ile Sauvage Brewing
• Land & Sea Brewing Company
• Lighthouse Brewing
• Longwood Brewery
• LoveShack Libations
• Moon Under Water Brew Pub
• Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Company
• Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
• Red Arrow Brewing
• Salt Spring Island Ales
• Sooke Oceanside Brewery
• Spinnakers Brew Pub
• Twa Dogs Brewery
• Twin City Brewing
• Ucluelet Brewing
• Vancouver Island Brewing Co.
• Whistle Buoy Brewing Co.
• White Sails Brewing
Thompson / Okanagan
• Barn Owl Brewing
• Bright Eye Brewing
• Cambium Cider
• Cannery Brewing
• Copper Brewing Co.
• Freddy’s Brewpub
• Iron Road Brewing
• Jackknife Brewing
• Kettle River Brewing
• Rustic Reel Brewing Company Ltd.
• Summerland Heritage Cider
• Vice & Virtue Brewing Co
Kootenays
• Angry Hen Brewing Co.
• Fernie Brewing
• Nelson Brewing
• Rumpus Beer Company
• Whitetooth Brewing Company Ltd.
Northern B.C.
• Barkerville Brewing
• Cask and Cleaver Brewing
• CrossRoads Brewing
• Smithers Brewing
