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 […]
The Fall/Winter 2022 edition of the Growler is out now and here’s where you can find it!
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 […]
The Great Canadian Beer Festival Returns!
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 […]
Here are the winners of The Growler’s 2022 Craft Beer & Cider Readers’ Choice Awards
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 […]
2022 GROWLER AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Locality Brewing
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 […]
2022 GROWLER AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Four Winds Brewing
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 […]
2022 GROWLER AWARDS WINNER PROFILE: Twin City Brewing
GOLD Unsung Hero SILVER Best Weird Beer // Gee Willikers! Root Beer Float Altbier Best Food Program BRONZE Best Sour Ale // Late Bloomer Strawberry Hibiscus Sour Best Tasting Room I guess I have to stop describing Twin City Brewing […]
2022 GROWLER AWARDS WINNER PROFILE: Shaketown Brewing
GOLD Best New Brewery SILVER Best Tasting Room Best Branding/Packaging In an alternate universe, the City of North Vancouver never renamed itself after the English sea captain and explorer George Vancouver, but instead chose to make official its late 19th […]
2022 GROWLER AWARDS WINNER PROFILE: Banditry Cider
GOLD Cidery of the Year Best New Cidery Best New World Cider // Semi-Dry Apple Best Specialty Cider // Cheeky Pash Four first place finishes in five cider categories is quite an accomplishment—and it is even more impressive when you […]
2022 GROWLER AWARDS WINNER PROFILE: Camp Beer Co.
GOLD Best Brewery Tasting Room SILVER Best Collab Beer // Valley Vibes Coconut Passion Fruit Session Ale BRONZE Best Brewery in B.C. Best Food Program Best Branding/Packaging If you didn’t already know, there’s something incredible happening in Langley. The burgeoning […]