B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Stuck inside because of this pesky pandemic with only your rapidly dwindling beer supply to keep you company? Fear not! The Growler is here to save you from endless hours of monotony with our COVID-19 Quarantine Bingo. Drinking at home […]
If there’s a silver lining to this whole COVID-19 quarantine it’s that it’s never been more socially acceptable to drink alone at home! And with many B.C. craft cider producers now doing home delivery, it’s easier than ever to get […]
Here’s what we’re hoarding like toilet paper this week… Malawi by Dageraad Brewing Belgian-style pale ale • 5.2% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Malawi is a Belgian-style pale ale from Burnaby’s Dageraad Brewing, brewed with African grains of paradise […]
Breweries and distilleries across the province are responding to the ongoing COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak by shifting production from hazy IPAs and botanical gins to making hand sanitizer for front line workers. The key ingredient in hand sanitizer is ethyl alcohol, […]
With tasting rooms across the province closed due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) response and thousands of people laid off, B.C.’s craft breweries and the people they employ and support are in crisis. Operating on slim margins with little in the […]
It’s now Week 2 of COVID-19 lockdown and I’ve decided that instead of doing the recklessly irresponsible thing and spending 45 minutes in my local liquor store trying to decide which four or five beers I’m going to buy, I’m […]
The Fort Langley Beer + Food Festival has been postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak (coronavirus), and will be rescheduled for June 27, 2020, instead. The festival was originally slated for May 16, 2020, but due to the ongoing […]
A trio of new craft breweries have opened their doors in B.C. in recent weeks, and have had to promptly shut them due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. It should have been a time of celebration for Patina Brewing in […]
B.C will allow out-of-work employees to deliver alcohol with food deliveries, Attorney General David Eby said Sunday (March 22). “In these extraordinary times, more British Columbians are relying on delivery services during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Eby said. “Permitting licensed restaurants […]
This story originally appeared in the Spring 2020 issue of The Growler, out now! You can find B.C.’s favourite craft beer and cider guide at your local brewery, cidery, select private liquor stores, and on newsstands across the province. The […]
