B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards, also known as the Growlies, provide British Columbia’s community of beer and cider lovers with an opportunity to share their passion for their favourite breweries, cideries and craft beverages. Here’s how it […]
GOLD Best New World Cider // Cowichan Dry Merridale is B.C.’s first craft cidery. Its founders took over this enchanting yet slightly run-down cidery in Cobble Hill back in 1999, and then set to work transforming Merridale into a thriving establishment […]
GOLD Best Dark Ale // Dark Matter I first tasted Sean Hoyne’s beer more than 30 years ago when I moved to Victoria from Ontario and discovered Swans Brewpub where he began his brewing career. Of the core list of four […]
Welcome to The Growler’s seventh annual B.C. Craft Beer and Cider Readers’ Choice Awards, AKA the Growlies! The Growlies are B.C.’s only province-wide craft beer and cider readers’ choice awards, celebrating every style of awesome craft beer and cider B.C. […]
The Growler Craft Beer & Cider Awards, affectionately known as the Growlies, represent an opportunity for the wider community of beer and cider lovers in British Columbia to share their passion for their favourite breweries, cideries and craft beverages. […]
SILVER – Best Brewery in B.C. BRONZE – Best Dark Ale // Naramata Nut Brown Best Light Lager // Lakeboat Lager Best Sour Ale // Sunblink Berry Sour As a leader of the Okanagan beer scene since 2000, Cannery Brewing […]
GOLD – Best Light Lager // Neverending German Pilsner SILVER – Best East Coast/Hazy IPA // Promised Land Hazy Best Weird Beer // Sea of Tranquility Smoked Dulse Stout Best B.C. Collab // Bruja Tajin & Lime Cerveza (with Boomtown) […]
GOLD – Unsung Hero of Craft Beer SILVER – Best Food Program BRONZE – Best Specialty IPA // Chromograph Cold IPA By now you’ve no doubt at least heard of Twin City Brewing. Hopefully, you’ve also had the chance to […]
GOLD – Best Craft Beer/Cider Bar The Barley Merchant has won this category each year since it opened in 2021 so obviously they’re doing something (everything??) right! Featuring 34 rotating beer taps and 8 cider taps, the Barley Merchant is […]
GOLD – Best New World Cider // Apricot Cider SILVER – Best New Cidery BRONZE – Cidery of the Year Lillooet Cider Co. has been heavily focused on being local, using 100% hand harvested Lillooet-grown fruit in their ciders. That […]