B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Fernie Brewing’s new tasting room opens After a three-month closure, Fernie Brewing’s tasting room reopened this week, much to the relief of many a-thirsty Fernian (Fernite? Fern?) With the new extended bar, Fernie’s tasting room now offers up to 12 […]
Liver, don’t fail me now! There’s no shortage of fantastic craft beer events taking place across B.C. this weekend. Things kicks off on Friday with the Tapped Craft Beer Festival at Mount Washington on Vancouver Island, with 15 breweries taking […]
B.C. breweries clean up at the Canadian Beer Awards B.C. breweries owned the podium last weekend at the Canadian Beer Awards, proving, yet again, that the West Coast is the Best Coast. In all, close to 50 of the 167 […]
VCBW launches collab brew Vancouver Craft Beer Week is here and this year’s annual collab brew is out and it is delicious. The four breweries that make up Port Moody’s Brewers Row—Moody Ales, Parkside, Twin Sails, and Yellow Dog—teamed up […]
BC Beer Wars returns The craft brewing industry’s best and brightest will be pounding the crap out of each other this weekend, but not to worry, it’s all for a good cause. The second annual BC Beer Wars charity boxing […]
Factory Brewing set to open doors Vancouver is getting another craft brewery, and this one will be dedicated to brewing other people’s beers. Factory Brewing is a 5,000-litre, purpose-built, collaborative contract brewery designed for craft beer brands that don’t have […]
Okanagan Fest of Ale round-up The Okanagan Fest Of Ale in Penticton has come and gone, and we’re still recuperating over here in Growler-land. In all, 65 breweries were on hand, pouring 175+ different beers for the 5,000+ jolly craft […]
Fest of Ale returns to Penticton One of the biggest (and certainly one of the most fun) craft beer and cider festivals in B.C. returns to Penticton this weekend. The 22nd annual Okanagan Fest of Ale takes place this Friday […]
It’s a situation Dageraad Brewing owner Ben Coli had never been in before, and one he hopes he’ll never be in again. A few weeks ago, Coli discovered the new warm room the brewery had built wasn’t really doing its […]
The Growler editor Rob Mangelsdorf once again joined Barry Link at the This Is Lotusland podcast to discuss all things craft beer. Have a listen! (The segment starts at the 11:11 mark.)