B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Vancouver’s Postmark Brewing announced today the brand has been bought by Craft Collective Beerworks, in a move to allow Postmark to increase production, sales and distribution across the country. Under the deal, which was negotiated over the past six months […]
You can’t help it, I can’t help it—we all judge beers by their labels, maybe as much as we judge the beer itself. Beer labels have been around for ages: 83 years on cans, and much longer than that on […]
There’s so much happening in the world of craft beer next week, I think it’s important to pause, take a deep breath, and prepare ourselves. Gird our livers, so to speak. We are currently in the midst of B.C. Craft […]
In the ongoing search for new flavours, craft brewers have recently stumbled upon an obscure variety of beer yeast from Norway, of all places. The country that considers gelatinous lye-soaked salt cod its national dish is apparently also home to […]
Classical music and classic beer styles come together at A Grand Tour of Beer this Friday in Victoria. Hosted by The Growler’s own Joe Wiebe in conjunction with Pacific Opera Victoria, the event promises to be a beer-soaked musical journey […]
Earlier this year, scientists at the University of California Berkeley published a research paper that documented their discovery and success in the creation of lab-constructed yeast that could mimic the flavours of natural hops in beer. Why? Well, hop plants […]
The B.C. Beer Awards launched its first-ever collab beer this week, a fresh-hopped kolsch brewed by 2017 Brewery of the Year-winner Mount Arrowsmith Brewing and 2017 Rookie of the Year, Backcountry Brewing. Called Group Project, the beer was brewed at […]
If you missed out on all the amazing fresh hop beers conveniently assembled at the B.C. Hop Fest last weekend in Abbotsford, you’re in luck! This weekend, Vancouver Island gets its own fresh hop beer festival, and it’s going to […]
Welcome to the inaugural Growler Craft Beer Awards, AKA, the Growlies! This year, The Growler is launching its first ever craft beer contest, celebrating all of the awesomeness that is B.C. craft beer. Unlike traditional beer awards, the Growlies will […]
One of the great things about the craft beer revolution is the many styles of beer that have been saved from obscurity—if not outright extinction—by creative brewers looking for the next “Big Thing.” One style that’s popped up in recent […]
