B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Expectations for staff and customer safety have never been higher in the BC beer industry. While proper hand washing and ergonomics might be fairly straightforward issues to tackle, other kinds of safety might seem less so. Thankfully there is an […]
The festival is making some changes this year Following last year’s disastrous experience, the popular Vancouver Craft Beer Week (VCBW) festival is making some changes for the 2023 event. In 2022, Metro Vancouver’s largest craft beer festival promised to set itself apart from […]
Despite recent social, economic, and environmental turmoil, a love of delicious craft beer connects the communities of Northern British Columbia. Last summer, I traveled to the edge of Canada in northwestern B.C., where breweries dot communities backdropped by snow-capped mountains, […]
The Growler is back with all the beer news and features you need to get you through the spring and summer! In what we should perhaps call our “travel issue,” Growler Ontario contributor Max Morin takes a trip along northwest B.C.’s […]
It was in the late 1800s when brewers turned their attention to the New Westminster neighbourhood of Sapperton, and beer continued to be brewed in the area until 2005, when its brew anchor Labatt closed its large plant there and […]
Quesnel’s Barkerville Brewing has brewed a special beer in honour of BC’s first licenced dentist, William Allen “Painless” Jones. Barkerville Brewing is celebrating Black History Month with the launch of a new beer called Painless Jones Schwarzbier. The Quesnel-based brewery, […]
Nicole “Apples” Milkovich, creative director for Brave Brewing Company, says the Brave team approaches their craft with the understanding good things in life are typically the simplest. “And, our secret ingredient is passion,” says Nicole. “So, we take classic recipes and build […]
Kegshare makes it easy for brewers across Canada to manage their keg fleets Busy brewers across Canada are discovering the ease and convenience of Kegshare, a groundbreaking keg rental service combining powerful tracking technology with hands-on human support. The concept […]
A brewery in Kelowna is reaching out to the community in hopes dogs will yet again be allowed inside a taproom. Unleashed Brewing Company says that as of February 15th, a trial period to allow dogs inside their taproom will […]
Dry January is over — February is all about exploring and tasting along the BC Ale Trail. The BC Ale Trail, in collaboration with Translink’s Dine the Line, has created Tasting Passports featuring 64 businesses in five different Metro Vancouver […]
