B.C.'s CRAFT BEER GUIDE
By chef Robert Belcham, Popina Canteen This story originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of The Growler, out now! You can find B.C.’s favourite craft beer guide at your local brewery, select private liquor stores, and on newsstands across […]
Oktoberfest is nigh so it seems appropriate to have something big and German this week. Beer styles like marzen, festbier and festbock were designed specifically for Oktoberfest, and are basically different ways of describing essentially the same beer: a darker, […]
Beer, at its basic level, is a waste product produced by uncountable millions of yeast cells as they chew their way through a sugary slurry (called “wort”) that brewers prepare for their feasting. Those fermentable sugars can be derived from […]
Every day is a good day to celebrate beer, but Oct. 9 might be an even better day. All of Canada is invited to raise a glass of locally produced beer in unison on Canadian Beer Day. The association behind […]
What does B.C. taste like? Craft brewers are taking to the fields to explore that very question, growing their own hops and malting barley—even harvesting their own wild yeast. The result is beer with a sense of place and a […]
Here’s what we’re drowning our sorrows with this week… Knee Deep by Parallel 49 Brewing 6.8% ABV • 500 mL bottles The latest release in Parallel 49’s Cork and Cage series, this barrel-aged sour saison spent six months in red […]
The local food movement is impacting craft beer in a big way, with many breweries choosing to set their beers apart by using local ingredients like hops and fruit, as well as barley and yeast, to a lesser extent. While […]
The BC Beer Awards are coming up again, and with them another annual beer nerd tradition: the debate over whether beer awards are total bullshit or not. As a brewer who has won maybe the biggest award in Canada (Dageraad […]
Great Canadian Beer Festival Sept. 6-7 • Victoria The Great Canadian Beer Festival returns to Royal Athletic Park in Victoria for its 27th annual celebration of craft beer with close to 100 breweries and cideries—the most ever at GCBF! Up […]
Here’s what we’ll be spending our children’s inheritance on this week… Whisky Sour Ale by Field House Brewing Co. 6.5% ABV • 10 IBU • 650 mL bottles Inspired by everyone’s favourite cocktails, this beer was soured with Field House’s […]
