The federal government’s recently announced wage subsidy program will be of little use to many craft breweries struggling due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, according to at least one brewery owner. Ben Coli, owner of Burnaby’s Dageraad Brewing, says the […]
When grain meets grape: the rise of beer/wine hybrids in B.C.
This story originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of The Growler, out now! You can find B.C.’s favourite craft beer and cider guide at your local brewery, cidery, select private liquor stores, and on newsstands across the province. Beer […]
Play The Growler’s COVID-19 Quarantine Bingo!
Stuck inside because of this pesky pandemic with only your rapidly dwindling beer supply to keep you company? Fear not! The Growler is here to save you from endless hours of monotony with our COVID-19 Quarantine Bingo. Drinking at home […]
B.C. brewers and distillers produce hand sanitizer for front line workers in COVID-19 fight
Breweries and distilleries across the province are responding to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak by shifting production from hazy IPAs and botanical gins to making hand sanitizer for front line workers. The key ingredient in hand sanitizer is ethyl alcohol, […]
B.C. craft breweries push for government support, debt relief amid COVID-19 outbreak
With tasting rooms across the province closed due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) response and thousands of people laid off, B.C.’s craft breweries and the people they employ and support are in crisis. Operating on slim margins with little in the […]
Patina, V2V Black Hops and Jackknife Brewing open amid COVID-19 outbreak
A trio of new craft breweries have opened their doors in B.C. in recent weeks, and have had to promptly shut them due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. It should have been a time of celebration for Patina Brewing in […]
Brewer vs Brewer: The Manifest Destiny Edition
This story originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of The Growler, out now! You can find B.C.’s favourite craft beer and cider guide at your local brewery, cidery, select private liquor stores, and on newsstands across the province. The […]
Craft beer in crisis: how to support your local brewery during the COVID-19 outbreak
With each day as the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak worsens, restrictions on our day-to-day life become more and more intrusive. For small businesses like craft breweries and cideries, these measures have resulted in closures, lay-offs and fears of bankruptcy. There is […]
COVID-19 outbreak causes craft brewery tasting rooms to close, reduce capacity across B.C.
The latest casualty in the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak appears to be B.C.’s craft brewery tasting rooms. A number of breweries around the province have opted to reduce capacity and in some cases shut down completely in order to stop the […]
Don’t Call It A Comeback: All hail the return of the West Coast IPA
More than any other style, the India pale ale has become synonymous with craft beer. Back in the 1980s and ’90s, when the craft breweries here on the West Coast first decided to make beer with actual flavour, they adapted […]