B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
If there is one thing universal amongst all human kind, it is our proclivity for drinking fermented grains. Around the world, in every culture, people love to get plastered. Despite what religious fanatics and mother-in-laws might have you believe, it’s […]
Move over Budweiser, the original King of Beers is back to reclaim his throne. His name is King Gambrinus and he learned how to brew from the Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris. He sold his soul to the devil to […]
When it comes to beer ingredients, hops are the revolutionary rock stars. These flowers of the humulus lupulus plant are arguably the driving force behind beer’s resurrection in the 1980s and 1990s, bringing eye-opening and mind-expanding new flavours to what […]
Granville Island Brewing’s core beers may be brewed at the big Molson brewery down on Burrard (for the time being at least), but the original brewery nearby on Granville Island is still very much in operation and pumping out some […]
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 […]
All over this fine province, the craft brewery tasting room has quickly become a community hub. It’s a place where people of all ages can come together over a common love for the finer things in life. The vast majority […]
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… […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]