B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
It may be the world’s oldest drink, but mead is the newest artisan alcohol trend – thanks in part to the popularity of craft beer, and a certain murder-happy TV show. The delicious fermented honey drink dates back almost as far as human civilization, […]
There are so many beer festivals coming up in 2016, you can all expect a summer season full of exhausted brewers and owners schlepping tents and kegs from one town to the next every weekend between May and September. Or […]
Vancouver is known around the world for its outrageous real estate prices and equally ridiculous liquor laws, so it seems somehow fitting that Canada’s third-largest city first began after a squatter decided to open an unlicensed saloon in the middle of nowhere. Apart from the […]
For the better part of three decades, beer has been as much about marketing as about the beer. And for all of craft beer’s conscious efforts to do everything differently than macro beer, the industry is still a product of […]
There is no shortage of geekiness in the craft beer world. Whether it’s a zombie-inspired beer with actual brains in it, or a not-so-subtle Star Wars reference, or even a brewery’s in-joke about an X-Files star, nerdy pop culture references are on […]
Since the dawn of beer industry, there has primarily been two ways to name a brewery. You either name it after the person brewing the beer, or you name it after the place where the beer is brewed. But with […]
There’s a rule of thumb in journalism: If you can write your headline as a question, then the answer is always no. “Does Star Wars: Episode LXXVII live up to expectations?” No. “Will Donald Trump win the 2016 U.S. election?” No. It’s called […]
There’s no question BC is overloaded with beer festivals. There are just too many choices for what amount essentially to the same concept: sip beer out of four-ounce tasting glasses amongst a bunch of strangers, then get drunk. They’re the […]
Let’s say you’ve just set up Super Soda Co. It’s the culmination of your dream to sell premium pop made with high-end ingredients. You’ve put your business plan together. After much searching, you found the perfect production space. The equipment […]
The Growler’s fifth issue is out next week at a brewery near you. In it, we’ve included the Growler Approved beers – five best brews you really ought to try this spring. Since our third issue, we’ve chosen 20 Growler […]
