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On tap: New releases from Slackwater, Strange Fellows and Red Truck

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 9, 2019
What The Fog?! by Slackwater Brewing

Here’s what we’ll be sipping daintily with our pinky fingers extended this week… What The Fog?! by Slackwater Brewing New England IPA • 6.8% ABV • 45 IBU • 473 mL tall cans Penticton’s newest craft brewery has canned its […]

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Drink this: Grainbow by Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 8, 2019
Grainbow by Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.

For 18 years, Victoria’s Phillips Brewing has been at the cutting edge of craft beer in this province. Beers like Longboat Chocolate Porter, Raspberry Wheat and, of course, Blue Buck, helped change the landscape of craft beer in B.C., popularizing […]

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Events

What’s Up with what’s going down: Your craft beer weekend event planner for Oct. 4-6, 2019

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 4, 2019

North Shore Craft Beer Week Oct. 4-11 • North Vancouver Returning for its third year, North Shore Craft Beer Week kicks off with a Oct. 4 launch party at the Shipyards featuring live music, food trucks and, of course, all […]

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This beer run in Bellingham might be the most fun you’ve ever had while exercising

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 4, 2019

Bellingham’s Trails To Taps Relay is back Oct. 20 and it just might be the most fun you’ve ever had while exercising. The fun run-style relay features teams of five to 10 runners, each tackling one of 10 segments on […]

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Features, Travel

You have to visit B.C.’s Bucket List Pubs

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 3, 2019

The pub is a special place, a sacred place. It serves as the living room for its community, where young and old can come together and bond over a pint, a plate of greasy food, some keno and probably a […]

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Beer reviews

Drink this: Internet Famous by Parkside Brewery

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 3, 2019

Fresh hop beer season is here and so is the hype surrounding these delicious, ephemeral beers. To some, fresh hop beers explode with life, capturing the fleeting flavours and aromas of those tiny nuggets of goodness before they quickly fade […]

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Vote now for The Growler’s 2019 B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards!

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 3, 2019

Welcome to The Growler’s second annual B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards, AKA, the Growlies! The Growlies are B.C.’s only province-wide craft beer readers’ choice awards, celebrating every style of awesome craft beer B.C. has to offer. Unlike traditional beer […]

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Vote for your favourite beer and win a luxury helicopter craft beer tour!

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 3, 2019

This year The Growler is pleased to announce four awesome prizes up for grabs for those voting in The Growler’s 2019 B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards, AKA, The Growlies! The grand prize is an absolutely bonkers luxury helicopter craft […]

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News

Backcountry says Suck It Cancer with new fundraiser release

Rob Mangelsdorf • September 26, 2019

Squamish’s Backcountry Brewing is honouring the memory of local artist Chili Thom and raising money for cancer research at the same time. The brewery released Suck It Cancer this week, a double dry-hopped pale ale (5.5% ABV, 28 IBU) with […]

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Events

What’s up with what’s going down: your craft beer weekend event guide for Sept. 27-29

Rob Mangelsdorf • September 26, 2019

Brewloops Sept. 27 and 28 • Kamloops This beer festival has it all: more than 30 B.C. breweries and cideries, a dozen live music acts, a Ferris wheel, bumper cars, and a family-friendly event on the afternoon of the 28th. […]

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The Growler is B.C.’s ultimate craft beer guide, covering the breweries, the beer and the industry as it swells and threatens to consume us all if we don’t consume it (the beer) first. Whether you’re in Vancouver or Valemont, Victoria or Vernon, Burnaby or Burns Lake, we have got you covered with the latest craft beer news, new releases and fun, lively stories about the people behind your favourite craft brewery.

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