B.C.'s CRAFT BEER GUIDE
Vancouver Island Brewing has launched an online magazine celebrating the multi-faceted radness that is Island life. Called Breakwater Magazine, the site will focus on publishing local Vancouver Island stories about travel, food, drink, history and more. “Our idea to launch […]
You’ve probably never heard of it, and likely haven’t tried it, but B.C. breweries want you to fall in love with the haskap berry. Also known as the edible blue honeysuckle or honeyberry, and originating in Japan, haskap berries cultivated […]
The B.C. government announced it has removed restrictions on out-of-province liquor for personal consumption this week, allowing British Columbians visiting other provinces and territories to bring back as much liquor as they like. Previously, residents were limited to bringing in […]
A few years ago I visited Belgium as part of a beer-focused active tour: we spent the mornings hiking or biking and then visited breweries in the afternoon and restaurants in the evenings. One of my favourite experiences was the […]
Prepared by Ian McHale, executive chef of Wildebeest Pastry stouts are an increasingly popular beer style that combine sweet, rich malty flavours with a luxuriously full body and a high ABV. They’re basically a dessert in a can! But what […]
Tickets for the 10th annual B.C. Beer Awards and Festival are on sale now, and if previous years are anything to go by, tickets won’t be around for much longer. The annual celebration of B.C. craft beer takes place Oct. […]
After nearly two years of renovations and legal hoop-jumping, Stanley Park Brewing Co. will finally be opening its flagship brewpub and restaurant later this month in the historic former Fish House Restaurant in its namesake park in Vancouver. The 10,600 […]
That’s right, we’re hiring! The Growler, B.C.’s craft beer guide, is seeking an ambitious and energetic advertising sales representative to join our awesome team of craft beer evangelists. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, will be to spread […]
This story originally appeared in the Summer 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 the province. You know those lovely […]
The Great Canadian Beer Festival announced its 2019 brewery lineup today and the venerable Victoria craft beer-a-thon is shaping up to be the biggest yet. In all, more than 90 breweries from eight provinces and territories are taking part, the […]
