B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
The Growler is back with all the beer news and features you need to get you through the fall and winter! We bring you the results of our 7th Annual Growler Craft Beer and Cider Awards! You will find some […]
After 25 years, Crannóg Ales, B.C.’s first organic farm brewery, is entering a new era. On a warm August afternoon at the brewery, friends gathered to watch Crannóg owners Brian MacIsaac and Rebecca Kneen pass a literal torch (unlit – […]
Welcome to the inaugural edition of News and Notes—a monthly quick-hitter of the happenings, rumblings, and general goings on of the B.C. craft beer and cider community! In this column, I’ll take you through recent openings/pending closures, mergers/acquisitions, upcoming festivals/hootenannies/barn […]
Proposed change to government taxes would be revenue-neutral, brewers say B.C. craft brewers want the provincial government to change how they are taxed because they say big brewers are getting unfair tax breaks. They are bringing up their grievance with the […]
Local brewery has its light lager named as official beer of Vancouver’s big fireworks show in July Deltans in downtown Vancouver for the Honda Celebration of Light can walk around with a bit more swagger this year after a local […]
Want a Platform Pilsner? More than one person has taken a bus or SkyTrain home after having a couple of beers, so it’s perhaps fitting that Vancouver’s public transit operator and a local brewery have teamed up. TransLink announced on […]
The brewery, known for hosting dog events, is holding one more fundraiser before closing the doors. After just over a year, CowDog Brew Company has announced it’s permanently closing its brewery and taproom in East Vancouver. The small, independent brewery is […]
“We needed to do this for our families.” Metro Vancouver is losing Another Beer Company (ABC). The New Westminster brewery has announced that the company is shutting down in September. “We’ve decided to close Another Beer Co. because it just seemed to be the […]
Kelowna’s BNA Brewing has purchased Crannóg Ales in Sorrento – the maker of the legendary Backhand of God stout. In an email to its customers Friday, Crannóg made the announcement that they have sold to BNA Brewing, and BNA Brewing […]
A Kelowna brewery is jumping on the “Buy Canadian” bandwagon with its latest offering, Local Lager. Copper Brewing owner Sean White says many people don’t realize a lot of ‘domestic’ brands have international owners. “Molson Canadian is not owned by […]