B.C.'s CRAFT BEER GUIDE
Limb from Limb RyePA by Driftwood Brewery Rye pale ale • 7.0% ABV • 650 mL bottles Brewed with Canadian malted rye and B.C.-grown Lumberjack hops, this West Coast rye pale ale by Victoria’s Driftwood Brewery blends warming malt notes […]
All Hallows Party Oct. 25, 7-10 p.m. • Strange Fellows Brewing, Vancouver Make sure you dress up for this spooky do, complete with delicious craft beer, Halloween games and a “strange” costume contest. Trick the wandering spirits and get yourself a treat! Free […]
There was a lot to celebrate Saturday night at the 2019 B.C. Beer Awards, and one of the breweries that managed to turn some heads was Victoria’s Île Sauvage Brewing. This modest barrel-aged sour focused brewery picked up the coveted […]
The B.C. Beer Awards celebrated its 10th anniversary Saturday night, with Kwantlen Polytechnic University’s Brewery Diploma Program taking the top prize as Brewery of the Year. KPU’s student-run brewery picked up five individual medals for its beers, including a gold […]
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, […]
Here’s what we’re chugalugging this week… Pomegranate Wheat Ale by Persephone Brewing Fruited sour ale • 4.9% ABV • 473 mL tall cans The latest addition to Persephone’s Sour Series is a Pomegranate Wheat Ale, fermented for over three months […]
The first annual Penticton Beer Week launches this weekend, with eight days of craft beer events from Oct. 19 to 26. Penticton has long been recognized as one of Canada’s best beer towns, and according to organizers, there is a […]
B.C. Craft Brewers Conference Oct. 17 and 18 • Vancouver Hosted by the BC Craft Brewers Guild, this two-day networking and educational event features 500+ attendees from all aspects of the B.C. craft brewing industry. The conference includes peer-led educational […]
Fresh hop beer season has almost come and gone for another year, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to highlight another one of these delicious, fleeting beers. Most fresh hop beers on the market tend to be hop-forward IPAs […]
The BC Beer Awards and Festival released its official 2019 collaboration brew this week in celebration of its 10th annual event, taking place this Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Croatian Cultural Centre in Vancouver. Last year’s BCBA award winners 33 […]
