B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
The Growlies are back, and we’re celebrating B.C.’s best craft beer and cider with the results of The Growler’s 2021 B.C. Craft Beer & Cider Readers’ Choice Awards! Unlike other craft beer awards and contests, the Growlies are decided […]
B.C.’s new crop of farm breweries Growing up on a farm in Langley, Mel MacInnes has seen many different things happen on her land. When she was a kid, her family raised dairy cows. After they got out of the […]
paired with Fat Tug IPA from Driftwood Brewery Brass Fish Tavern opened last February just in time for the pandemic. Located in Vancouver’s historic Marine Building, the name takes inspiration from the building itself. It is a beautiful, unique space […]
The craft beer industry in British Columbia is dominated by a homogenous group of white males. That undeniable fact has been true since the earliest days of the microbrewing movement, with only a few exceptions. Certainly, one can argue that […]
During the depths of the pandemic lockdown last year I often found myself fantasizing about beer-themed vacations I might enjoy once the virus is vanquished. Even though the prospect of travelling was unfathomable then, picturing myself wandering the streets of […]
We decided to check in with two breweries that launched in 2020 to get their takes on what it was like to open their doors during the pandemic. I spoke to Will Tanenbaum at Patina Brewing, which opened on March […]
Author’s note: below is a transcript of my notes from the This Hand Sanitizer, That Beer Throwdown, a new event which took place on January 9, 2021, in Gibsons.* 12:40 P.M. // First beer event I’ve been to in a […]
Driftwood Brewery’s Fat Tug IPA is B.C.’s best beer. That’s not according to brewers, experts or cicerones, but thousands of Twitter users. CBC reporter and B.C.’s top bracket maker Justin McElroy just spent the last couple of weeks creating a tournament […]
Happy 2021! Like me, I’m sure that you are very happy to say good riddance to 2020 (and perhaps raise a middle finger). Now that the worst year most of us have lived through is finally over, I’m starting […]
A new craft brewery in North Vancouver’s burgeoning waterfront Brewery District is adding some unique flavours to the neighbourhood. Food and beer flights are now available in the tasting room at La Cerveceria Astilleros, a craft brewery inspired by the […]