B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Victoria Beer Week announced today it was cancelling its remaining two flagship events hosted at the Victoria Public Market in response to the growing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. Lager Than Life (Friday, March 13) and Saturday Night Casks (Saturday, March 14) […]
Craft breweries around the province are responding to the recent COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak with bans on growler fills and improved hygiene procedures. So far there are 53 confirmed cases of the disease in B.C., which was recently declared a pandemic […]
This story originally appeared online at Vancouver is Awesome. When comedian Ricky Gervais professed his love for a certain craft beer made in East Vancouver, the ideas came pouring in for how the brewery could make the most of the […]
This issue marks the fifth anniversary of The Growler, and we’re celebrating by changing things up. The first thing you might notice is that we’ve streamlined and condensed our brewery listings. This has allowed us to do something we’ve been […]
Just a few blocks from the ever-growing Shipyards Brewery District, North Vancouver’s Bridge Brewing is opening a new craft beer tasting room on Lonsdale Avenue in the space that formerly housed The Portly Chef restaurant. The new room, which will […]
It’s taken more than three years, but Ucluelet finally has its first craft brewery, and by the looks of it, it appears to have been worth the wait. Ucluelet Brewing Co. opened on Valentine’s Day, much to the relief of […]
Stanley Park Brewing presented the Stanley Park Ecology Society with a $25,000 donation tonight at the preservation group’s 32nd anniversary celebration in support of its continued park preservation efforts. The independent non-profit charity is dedicated to supporting the preservation of […]
Langford’s Axe & Barrel Brewing Co. will get another lease on life but in a very different form, after being purchased by V2V Black Hops Brewing, a veteran-owned social venture dedicated to supporting military veterans. We reported last week that […]
And now for some good news! After a pair of breweries announced they’re closing last week in Vancouver and Victoria, Sechelt is celebrating its first craft brewery with the opening of Batch 44 Brewery and Kitchen. The new Sunshine Coast […]
Coquitlam’s lone craft brewery is expanding. As reported in the Tri-City News, Coquitlam city council unanimously endorsed a measure last month that would permit the seating capacity at Mariner Brewing to double from the current 50 to 100 customers ahead […]