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 […]
2026 GROWLIE AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Camp Beer Co.
GOLD Best Brewery in B.C. Best Dark Lager // Vienna Lager Best B.C. Collab (with Locality Brewing) // Throwback English IPA Best Brewery/Cidery Tasting Room Best Food Program Best Branding/Packaging SILVER Best Beer in B.C. // Vienna Lager The people […]
2026 GROWLIE AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Backcountry Brewing
SILVER Best East Coast/Hazy IPA // Widowmaker IPA BRONZE Best B.C. Collab (with Changing Colours Brewing Project) // “Zombiemaker” Ever since winning Rookie Brewery of the Year at the BC Beer Awards back in 2017, Backcountry Brewing has been a […]
Vote now for The Growler’s 2026 B.C. Craft Beer and Cider Readers’ Choice Awards!
Welcome to The Growler’s eighth 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. […]
Here are the winners of The Growler’s 2025 Craft Beer & Cider Readers’ Choice Awards
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 […]
2025 GROWLIE AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Merridale Cidery & Distillery
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 […]
2025 GROWLIE AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Hoyne Brewing
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 […]
Vote now for The Growler’s 2025 B.C. Craft Beer and Cider Readers’ Choice Awards!
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. […]
Here are the winners of The Growler’s 2024 Craft Beer & Cider Readers’ Choice Awards
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. […]
2024 GROWLIE AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Cannery Brewing
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 […]