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2019 GROWLER AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Four Winds Brewing

Joe Wiebe • December 2, 2019
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GOLD – Best Farmhouse/Wild Brett Ale // Juxtapose GOLD – Best Wood-Aged Beer // Norwood GOLD – Best Sour Ale // Nectarous SILVER – Best Light/Amber Lager // Hüftgold SILVER – Best Belgian-Style Ale // Triplicity BRONZE – Brewery of […]

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2019 GROWLER AWARD WINNER PROFILE: House of Funk Brewing

Rob Mangelsdorf • December 2, 2019
House of funk

GOLD – Best New Brewery SILVER – Best Collab Beer // Patience is a Virtue When it comes to brewing, North Vancouver’s House of Funk isn’t just limiting itself to beer. The Growlie’s 2019 New Brewery of the Year has […]

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2019 GROWLER AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Field House Brewing

Rob Mangelsdorf • December 2, 2019
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GOLD – Brewery of the Year GOLD – Best Dark Lager // Toasted Coconut Black Lager GOLD – Best Fruit Beer // Dark Sour: Blackberry + Blueberry GOLD – Best Low-Alcohol Beer // Sour Wheat Gose GOLD – Best Tasting […]

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2019 GROWLER AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Dageraad Brewing

Rob Mangelsdorf • December 2, 2019

GOLD – Best Belgian-Style Ale // Blonde SILVER – Best Wheat Ale // De Witte BRONZE – Best Collab Beer // Ten: VCBW 10th Anniversary Collab Burnaby’s Dageraad Brewing started out more than five years ago with a seemingly impossible […]

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Here’s your last chance to win a helicopter beer tour!

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 24, 2019

Time’s running out to vote in The Growler’s 2019 B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards, AKA, The Growlies—and that means you might miss out on your chance to win a helicopter craft beer tour! That’s right, the grand prize for […]

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Voting for the Growler’s 2019 B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards closes Oct. 25!

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 17, 2019

Voting for The Growler’s 2019 B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards closes Oct. 25 at noon, so act now to have your say on B.C.’s best beers, and you could win a luxury helicopter craft beer tour from Sky Helicopters, […]

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Vote now for The Growler’s 2019 B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards!

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 3, 2019

Welcome to The Growler’s second annual B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards, AKA, the Growlies! The Growlies are B.C.’s only province-wide craft beer readers’ choice awards, celebrating every style of awesome craft beer B.C. has to offer. Unlike traditional beer […]

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Vote for your favourite beer and win a luxury helicopter craft beer tour!

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 3, 2019

This year The Growler is pleased to announce four awesome prizes up for grabs for those voting in The Growler’s 2019 B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards, AKA, The Growlies! The grand prize is an absolutely bonkers luxury helicopter craft […]

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Drink this! Creepy Uncle Dunkel by Moon Under Water Brewery

Rob Mangelsdorf • December 11, 2018

I’m a firm believer that dark beers can be enjoyed year-round. There’s no reason why you can’t have a porter or a doppelbock in the middle of summer. In fact, stouts happen to be one of the most popular beer […]

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Hermannator still king of the winter seasonals, 31 years and counting

Rob Mangelsdorf • November 30, 2018

GOLD: Strong Beer, Hermannator by Vancouver Island Brewing Few beers are as ubiquitous in this province as the mighty Hermannator, Vancouver Island Brewing’s 9.5% ABV gentle giant. The beer was first launched 31 years ago as a holiday treat for […]

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