B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Festbiers and Fresh Hops and Märzens, Oh My! Hit your local BC Ale Trail this autumn and explore the inspired seasonal flavours BC craft breweries have on tap. There’s a chill in the air and an abundance of juicy, fresh […]
An interview with Ken Beattie, Executive Director of the BC Craft Brewers’ Guild After more than 18 months enduring COVID-19, life is finally beginning to return to normal. British Columbia’s craft beer industry dealt with a huge amount of uncertainty […]
The Growlies are back, and we’re celebrating B.C.’s best craft beer and cider with the results of The Growler’s 2021 B.C. Craft Beer & Cider Readers’ Choice Awards! Unlike other craft beer awards and contests, the Growlies are decided […]
The whole team at The Growler is excited to bring back our Craft Beer & Cider Readers’ Choice Awards, also known as The Growlies, following its postponement in 2020 due to… well, you know why. All of these awards […]
GOLD – Best Cidery GOLD – Best New World Cider // Sunday Sesh GOLD – Best Specialty Cider // Sunday Rosé The little team at Sunday Cider made a big splash at this year’s Growlies taking home three golds including […]
GOLD – Best Belgian-Style Ale // Blonde BRONZE – Best Light Ale // Burnabarian Belgian Table Beer HM – Beer of the Year // Blonde HM – Best Wheat Ale // White When I am scanning liquor store shelves looking […]
SILVER – Best Tasting Room If you didn’t already know, there’s something incredible happening in Langley. The burgeoning craft beer scene just keeps hitting it out the park with unique brews and stellar tasting rooms that provide inclusive neighbourhood gathering […]
SILVER – Best Weird Beer // The Jeffery BRONZE – Best East Coast IPA // Widowmaker BRONZE – Best Branding/Packaging Squamish’s Backcountry Brewing is known for some of the longest beer names in the business, and indeed, pop culture references […]
GOLD – Unsung Hero SILVER – Best Tasting Room BRONZE – Brewery of the Year BRONZE – Best Sour Ale // Late Bloomer Strawberry Hibiscus Sour BRONZE – Best Food Program When I first visited Twin City Brewing shortly after […]
GOLD – Best Fruit Beer // Vélo Hazy APA with Lemon Juice GOLD – Best West Coast IPA // Greg IPA GOLD – Best Specialty IPA // Juxtapose Wild IPA GOLD – Best Sour Ale // Nectarous Dry Hopped Sour […]
