B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
These days, it can be hard to keep up with all of the brewery gossip (trust us). So, we thought we’d give you the chance to impress your friends with the lowdown on newly opened and threatening-to-open-at-any-minute B.C. breweries: […]
It’s not just a beer fest… First, there was the Rocky Horror Picture Show, and now there’s the Hoppy Horror Beer Show. Coming to the Croatian Cultural Centre on Oct. 21, the new twist on a beer festival promises plenty of ales […]
The Brewhalla Beer and Music Festival will feature beverages from North Shore breweries, as well as local musicians playing on two stages A new festival for fans of sipping good brews while listening to good tunes is coming to North […]
The landlord says the notice of civil claim filed by the brewery’s owner has no merit As Lonsdale Quay’s Green Leaf Brewing suddenly shut its doors at the end of August, its owner is claiming that decision wasn’t his choice. […]
It’s the second brewery in the region to close up in the last few weeks Just a couple of weeks after Green Leaf Brewing shut down in North Vancouver, another longstanding brewpub restaurant in the region has closed up shop. Big Ridge […]
In this issue, we celebrate the best of B.C. beer and cider with the results of the 4th annual Growler Craft Beer and Cider Awards! Noëlle Phillips visits SFU’s new B.C. craft beer archive, dedicated to the local history of […]
Time is running out to grab tickets to Canada’s original Craft Beer Festival! The Great Canadian Beer Festival will take place on Friday, September 9 (4-9pm) and Saturday, September 10 (12-5pm) at Royal Athletic Park in Victoria, BC. The 28th […]
It’s always exciting to reveal the winners of our annual Readers’ Choice Awards (aka The Growlies), partially because it takes so long to get to this moment. First of all, there is a year of hard work performed by […]
SILVER – Best New Brewery When Melanie MacInnes was young, her family’s farm was a dairy operation. Later, they boarded horses and hosted movie shoots (fans of the Hallmark TV series, When Calls the Heart might recognize the location), but […]
GOLD Best Light Lager // Hüftgold Pilsner Best Fruit Beer // Vélo Hazy APA with Lemon Juice Best Sour Ale // Nectarous Dry Hopped Sour Best Specialty IPA // Juxtapose Wild IPA Best Collab Beer // Good News Everyone! Best […]
