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Craft Beer is Awesome! Rocket Dog by Red Collar Brewing

Rob Mangelsdorf • March 28, 2018

The whole “Zero IBU” craze is really taking off, and Red Collar’s Rocket Dog is an interesting take on this emerging style of beer. First thing’s first though, I should probably explain what a zero IBU beer is. So, IBUs […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome! Altaretto by Doan’s Craft Brewing Company / Sons of Vancouver Distillery

Rob Mangelsdorf • March 15, 2018

So this is a beer I didn’t know I needed until now. Vancouver’s Doan’s Craft Brewing Company and Sons of Vancouver Distillery teamed up to create this delicious little number, combining Doan’s Altbier with SoV’s No. 82 Amaretto to create… […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome! Beere Brewing Co.’s Go Easy

Rob Mangelsdorf • March 8, 2018

Given his last name, it was inevitable that Matt Beere would end up making craft beer for a living. The longtime homebrewer decided to go pro when some space became available in the North Vancouver building that houses the family […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome! Experimental Belgian Ale by Category 12 / Faculty Brewing

Rob Mangelsdorf • March 2, 2018

Editor’s note: So full disclosure, I’m obviously completely biased when it comes to this beer. This is the first installment of The Growler’s quarterly B.C. Brewers Collaboration Series, and we’re pretty excited about what the mad scientists at Category 12 […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome: This beer is probably not John Cusack-approved

Rob Mangelsdorf • February 26, 2018

I think we can all agree that Hot Tub Time Machine is among the finest films to have ever been committed to the big screen. Between John Cusack’s charmingly angsty anti-hero, Craig Robinson’s smooth jams and 90 solid minutes of […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome! The Suburbs 2 IPA by Dageraad Brewing / Steel & Oak Brewing Co.

Rob Mangelsdorf • February 1, 2018
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Dageraad and Steel & Oak aren’t exactly known for their IPAs. Burnaby’s Dageraad has made a name for itself brewing some of the most authentic and interesting expressions of Belgian beer styles in the province, while New West’s Steel & […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome! Spinnakers Brewpub’s Prunus Plum Sour

Rob Mangelsdorf • January 25, 2018

When Spinnakers Brewpub opened in Victoria 34 years ago, there was little indication that it would help spark a craft beer revolution not only here in Canada, but the US as well. (Story goes that Spinnakers served as an inspiration […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome! Biére de Crabe by Twin Sails Brewing + Brasserie Dunham

Rob Mangelsdorf • January 18, 2018

Upon first glance at a bottle of Twin Sails Brewing and Quebec’s Brasserie Dunham’s recent collaboration, Biére de Crabe, you might naturally ask yourself, “Is this beer really made with crab? Crab beer? Is that a thing now?” First thing’s […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome! Strange Side by Strange Fellows Brewing + The Parkside Brewery

Rob Mangelsdorf • January 11, 2018

The annual PuSh International Performing Arts Festival returns to Vancouver Jan. 16- Feb. 4 and if you’ve never been, you’re missing out. Now, I don’t have a fancy art degree and I don’t have a lot of time for pretentious […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome! Field House x Tom Froese’s Good Life Ale

Rob Mangelsdorf • January 5, 2018

Ah yes, the Good Life. It’s defined differently for everyone, I suppose, but there a few components I think we can all agree on: good friends, good food and drink, good conversation, good art and enough time to enjoy it […]

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