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 […]
Pucker up with these summer sours
It’s August, and it’s time to soak in the bliss that is the British Columbia summer. Which means if you’re not currently chilling next to a large body of water, then you need to trick your tastebuds into thinking you […]
Beer hunting in the Comox Valley
Comox Valley’s brewery scene is drawing comparisons to those of Port Moody and Victoria The Comox Valley, encompassing Courtney, Comox and Cumberland, as well as several smaller communities, is one of the most visited places on Vancouver Island. Looming large […]