Driftwood Brewing photo WHAT IS IT? Fresh hop (aka wet-hop) beers are the holy grail for hop-heads! While styles vary, their main characteristic is the addition of hop cones so fresh, they’re still screaming. For best results, it’s bine to […]
Back to School
Getting Your BA (“Beer is Awesome”) Degree It’s fall, and school’s about to start up again. The kids will be heading back to the classroom, but what will you be doing to educate yourself? In a Growler web story from […]
Recipe: Shelter’s Fish Tacos
paired with Hoyne Brewing’s Pilsner Chef Matheus Cunha says living and working in Tofino is all of the inspiration he and the culinary team at Shelter Restaurant need when it comes to creating innovative menus. “I’m a big runner and […]
Three fun B.C. beer facts to impress your friends
Colourful Breweries Did you know that 13 different B.C. breweries have a colour in their name? The most commonly used is red/rouge (5) with white coming in second (3). Black Kettle, Buffalo Rouge, Copper, Grey Fox, Red Arrow, Red […]
Flavours in beer: Hops
The good, the bad and the ugly Hops. These little green cones are the spice rack of the beer world, capable of transforming a simple brew into a symphony of flavour. But just like any ingredient, hops can be a […]
Vancouver’s best craft breweries for food
Sometimes the best craft brewery experience isn’t about the beer at all. There are some spots in Vancouver that throw the typical pepperoni sticks and bags of chips (nothing wrong with those, though!) out the window in favour of fun, […]
Brewer vs Brewer: The couples edition
To say that Emily Kokonas and Justin Larter live and breathe brewing would be an understatement. The couple, who met in 2018 while attending the brewing program at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) in Langley, work at different breweries, but also […]
Style Snapshot: A guide to the elegant, versatile Vienna lager
WHAT IS IT? A standard strength, amber-coloured lager that contains rich, toasty malt character without being heavy, and reassuring hop bitterness without being assertive. DANGER LEVEL May provoke waltzing at Quinceaneras. GLASS Willi Becher/Dimpled Mug STYLE STATS ABV: 4.7-5.5% IBU: 18-30 Colour: Copper […]
It’s all about the foam
B.C. breweries have fallen in love with Czech-style side-pour taps Ask Brent Mills about his “first time” and you’ll see his eyes light up as he recalls this highly pleasurable experience, one that he has spent a considerable amount of […]
Three’s not a crowd
Meet Threefold, Vancouver’s first collective brewery According to a Kenyan proverb, sticks in a bundle are unbreakable. The Biblical book of Ecclesiastes advises that a cord of three strands is not easily broken. And American author John C. Maxwell coined […]