It’s not news that B.C. has an incredible craft brewing community. This is evidenced by the breweries and cideries across the province that are using their resources, platforms and huge hearts to amplify and contribute to emergency relief efforts for […]
Calling all beer-loving artists: The Growler is looking for a new cover designer for 2022!
Calling all creative artists, graphic designers and illustrators out there! The Growler is looking for someone to design our next series of guide covers for B.C. and Ontario. If you are interested in being our 2022 cover artist, send us […]
The Growler is seeking a part-time advertising representative
Want to work with a dynamic group of magazines? Vitis, The Alchemist and The Growler B.C. Craft Beer and Cider Guide are seeking an ambitious and energetic advertising sales representative to join our team. You would need to connect with […]
North of the Fraser Ale Trail Launches Today!
As a lifelong North of the Fraser dweller myself (even proudly womanning the taps and turntable at Steel & Oak), I can’t express how thrilled I am about this announcement: New Westminster, Burnaby, Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam FINALLY have their […]
Beer to the Ground: the most anticipated new breweries in B.C., fall 2021 edition
As we come out of the pandemic, it will be interesting to see if the number of new breweries and cideries opening in B.C. each year goes up or down. So far, it certainly seems like there are still lots […]
The Fall/Winter 2021 edition of The Growler is out now and here’s where you can find it!
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 […]
Three Kitsilano friends hope to launch the West Side’s first craft brewery
In a city as beer crazy as Vancouver, it’s maybe surprising there are no breweries or brewpubs in Kitsilano. Three friends and long-time residents of the west side Vancouver neighbourhood are rectifying that. James Boileau, Andrew Lavigne, and Dana Barnaby are […]
Beer to the Ground: the most anticipated new breweries in B.C., spring 2021 edition
Despite the global pandemic breweries and cideries just keep on opening in B.C., which makes us all very happy indeed! Here is a list of all the new operations expected to open across British Columbia in the coming months. Brookswood […]
Main St. Brewing partners with Kevin Smith to release a Jay and Silent Bob beer
Fans of beer and Jay and Silent Bob unite! Actually, that Venn diagram is probably pretty much a perfect circle. All the same, the two worlds are officially meeting at Main Street Brewing, where director and Silent Bob himself Kevin […]
B.C. permanently allows restaurants to sell alcohol with pick-up and delivery meals
The B.C. government has granted permanent permission for restaurants and pubs to be able to sell and deliver sealed, packaged wine, beer and spirits alongside meals. The March 11 news comes almost one year after the province started to allow this practice, on […]