B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
My extended family is all from Victoria, and Christmas on the Island invariably involves copious amounts of Hermannator. I can barely recall my first experience with this high-test treat some 15-odd years ago, as I mistook the mighty Hermannator (9.5% […]
There’s something very charming about the old gods. They just seem a little more relatable, a little more human. No unattainable images of perfection to which me must aspire, but can never reach. The old gods were flawed, just as […]
Here’s some new releases we’re looking forward to this week… Fernie Brewing, The Professor Märzen (5.5% ABV 19 IBU) Fernie Brewing is honouring the memory of brewer Gord Demaniuk with their latest seasonal release, The Professor Märzen. Demaniuk passed […]
Bells and Whistles opens in the Fraserhood The team behind Metro Vancouver restaurants Wildebeest, Bufala and Lucky Taco are getting into the craft beer game with Bells and Whistles, which opened last week at Fraser and East 17th in Vancouver. […]
Here’s something cool! The Growler will be doing a weekly craft beer column over at Vancouver Is Awesome! Each week, I’m going to profile a beer that I’m currently in love with, and hopefully you will be too! To kick […]
Pretty much every month is craft beer month in B.C., but if you had to pick one to make it official, October is a good bet. It’s hop harvest time. Obviously there’s the association with Oktoberfest, the greatest inebriation celebration […]
Here’s a look at what we’re drinking this week… Get Trash-ed Parallel 49 is launching its first-ever hazy Northeast-style IPA in cans. Trash Panda (5.5% ABV, 55 IBU) features Cashmere, Loral, Simcoe and Citra hops with some pretty serious dry-hopping […]
If you weren’t lucky enough to make it to B.C. Hop Fest last weekend in Abbotsford to try all the delicious fresh-hopped beers in one convenient location, you’ll have seek them out on your own. Here’s a small sample of […]
It seems the gospel of craft beer keeps on spreading, and why shouldn’t it? Beer is delicious and we deserve nice things. In the past few weeks a handful of breweries have opened their doors across B.C., bringing our province-wide […]
After years of legislative red tape, Coquitlam’s first and so far only craft brewery opened earlier this month at long last. Mariner Brewing is the boozy lovechild of local couple Lauren Ang and Byron Vallis, and business partner Wim […]