B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
With the recent rediscovery of the long-forgotten gose beer style, it seems like brewers are increasingly experimenting with salted beers. For those that don’t know, gose is a salted sour wheat ale flavoured with coriander originating Germany that almost went […]
Here’s what we’re slipping into our IV bag this week… Imperial Gerwurztraminer Gose by Field House Brewing (collab w/ Ravens Brewing) Salted sour wheat ale • 6.7% ABV • 10 IBU • 650 mL bottles Brewed in collaboration with Ravens […]
A Grand Tour of Beer Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. • Port Theatre, Nanaimo Come along on a beer-soaked musical journey through five regions of Europe, each with its own unique tradition of classical music and brewing. Joe Wiebe, the Thirsty […]
Here’s what we’re sucking back with reckless abandon this week… Candyland by Superflux Beer Co. Raspberry Vanilla Cream Ale (?) • 6.0% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Hell must have frozen over, because Superflux just put out a beer […]
Ball-O-Ween Oct. 31, 5-10 p.m. • Phillips Brewing, Victoria Phillips Brewing is having an epic Halloween party with delicious treats and Halloween-inspired cask ales, hosted by the Pride of Frankenstein: Phillips’ own, Dan Ball! Creepy beats courtesy of in-house DJ […]
In the brave new world of craft beer, you don’t even need your own brewery to make amazing brews. Case in point: Boombox Brewing Company. This hazy hype can brand is making big waves with its delicious IPAs and killer […]
Time’s running out to vote in The Growler’s 2019 B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards, AKA, The Growlies—and that means you might miss out on your chance to win a helicopter craft beer tour! That’s right, the grand prize for […]
Victoria’s 4 Mile Brewing Co. is closed until further notice after a fire damaged the historic 161-year-old building it calls home. According to the Victoria Times Colonist, firefighters in the Victoria suburb of View Royal were called just before 2 […]
The annual Central City/Parallel 49 advent calendar Alpine Adventure Pack is sadly no longer, but in its place, Central City Brewers + Distillers is releasing its own Red Racer Great Canadian Outdoor Adventure Pack. Putting together beer advent calendars is […]
Social media platforms—and their proverbial influencers—are changing how we find out about new craft beers, and probably not for the better. There was a point in time, the early aughts perhaps, when it seemed like the prevalence of social media […]
