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 […]
The Spring/Summer 2021 edition of The Growler is out now and here’s where you can find it!
Happy 2021! Like me, I’m sure that you are very happy to say good riddance to 2020 (and perhaps raise a middle finger). Now that the worst year most of us have lived through is finally over, I’m starting […]
City of Vancouver starts accepting commercial patio applications for 2021
Restaurant, pub and brewery owners may now apply for free temporary patio licences, which would allow their businesses to create patios on public property and service those patios between April 1 and October 31, the City of Vancouver announced March 1. The program includes patios […]
New Craft Beer Market set to open at English Bay by end of March
With one of the most enviable views in Vancouver and the indoor and outdoor seating to make the most of it, the soon-to-open Craft Beer Market location on English Bay in Vancouver’s West End is poised to be a major […]
North Vancouver brewery selling special beer for newborn baby with rare form of cancer
If you’re interested in raising a glass to a good cause, a North Vancouver craft brewery might have the perfect beer for you. North Point Brewing is selling cans and pouring pints in their brewery of a special edition beer […]
Langley-based Five Roads Brewing is coming to Richmond’s Steveston neighbourhood with new taproom
Steveston Village’s fledgling brewery scene is set to grow a little more this spring with the opening of a new tasting room. Five Roads Brewing – which has its sole brewery and tasting room in Langley – is currently renovating […]
Bar business outlook brightens with hockey’s return
Vancouver’s hospitality sector will benefit from the return of Vancouver Canucks games at Rogers Arena following the provincial government’s approval of the National Hockey League’s plan for its 2021 season, but industry officials say that benefit will vary from subsector […]
Craft Beer Market buys Victoria’s Canoe Brewpub
Calgary-based Craft Beer Market is taking over operations at Canoe Brewpub on Victoria’s Upper Harbour. The company, which now has nine locations in B.C., Alberta and Ontario, acquired the operation from the Truffles Group and plans “significant renovations in […]