B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
The Winter 2018 issue of The Growler has arrived and it’s packed full of the latest news from the B.C. craft beer scene, hilarious articles and more than 165 brewery listings and 350-plus beers. This past year has been an […]
Wine bottles are fancy, huh? So when a brewery puts its beer in a wine bottle, it must mean that it’s extra fancy, I guess. Actually, more often than not, this has proven to be true, in my experience. Sometimes […]
Victoria’s annual Christmas Craft Beer Show is coming up this weekend with close to 50 breweries and cideries pouring nearly 150 different beers and ciders. The action takes place this Friday and Saturday at the very warm and dry Save-On-Foods […]
The Growler is teaming up with West Coast Brewery Tours and Toque Catering to bring you the 12 Beers of Christmas, a unique food and beer journey through Victoria’s craft beer scene for the holidays. Twelve limited edition beers be […]
For some reason, B.C. seems to be behind the times when it comes a lot of things that are no-brainers everywhere else. Take for instance our restrictive and archaic liquor laws, or the recent botched rollout of legalized marijuana sales. […]
There seems to be all sorts of drama these days in the craft beer world about contract brewing—that is, the practice of brewing beer at a brewery that isn’t yours. Recently, Doan’s and Postmark were acquired by Craft Collective Beerworks, […]
Vancouver Craft Beer Week—which was just named Vancouver’s Social Event of the Year at the 2018 Golden Owl Awards—is celebrating its 10 years of craft beer awesomeness by releasing a limited number of $10 tickets for the VCBW Festival, June […]
By pastry chef Agnieszka Furmanek, Spinnakers Brewpub As a child growing up in Poland, pastry chef Agnieszka Furmanek learned to cook at her mother’s knee. After earning her Masters in Food Science and Nutrition and moving to Victoria two years […]
Here’s the thing: English beers, they get no respect. Are they warm and undercarbonated? Yes—or are North American beers too cold and fizzy? Are they weaker than a cup of tea at Nana’s house? Again, yes—or are they extremely sessionable? […]
As the number of craft breweries and distilleries in B.C.’s burgeoning industry increases, so does the potential for injury among workers. Slippery floors, carbon dioxide gas produced during the fermentation process, and confined working spaces can all pose a risk. […]
