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 the province. The information contained […]
Drink this: Vixen by Strange Fellows Brewing
If you’re unfamiliar with Strange Fellows’ Fellowship program, you seriously need to change that. The East Van Belgian-influenced brewery has been putting out some of its best releases as part of this limited release beer club. You get exclusive access […]
On tap: new releases from Strange Fellows, R&B and Foamers’ Folly
Here’s what we’re spending our rent money on this week… Hop Devil Fresh Hop Kellerbier by Strange Fellows Brewing 4.9% ABV • 23 IBU • Draught only Fresh hop beer season is upon us and Vancouver’s Strange Fellows Brewing has […]
What’s up with what’s going down: Your craft beer weekend event guide for Sept. 20-22
Hop Devil Hootenanny Sept. 21 • 1-7 p.m. • Vancouver It’s time to give thanks for a good harvest and to drink to the health of the Hop Devil to help ensure a bountiful crop next year. To that end, […]
RECIPE: Lager roasted herb chicken salad
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 […]
Drink this: Holzhausen Festbock by Persephone Brewing Co.
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, […]
The Wide World of Wheat
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 […]
Celebrate Canadian Beer Day this Oct. 9
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 […]
Grow your own way: B.C. breweries are taking terroir to the next level by growing their own ingredients
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 […]
On tap: New releases from Parallel 49, Dageraad and Twin Sails
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 […]