B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Mayne Island Brewing Co. founder Michael Garratt may have made his living selling wine, but his true love has always been beer. To that end, he and his wife Annette opened their own brewery earlier this month on their […]
With Brewer vs Brewer, the concept always been the same: put two brewers from different breweries in the same room, make them ask each other questions, take pictures of them answering these questions, then hope to gawd that the […]
Are you a terrible friend/partner/sibling who totally dropped the ball on their Christmas shopping? Looking for an ultra-last-minute gift for the beer lover in your life? You’re in luck! Vancouver Craft Beer Week early bird tickets went on sale this […]
Good beer and good deeds, together at last. Red Truck Beer is helping to support the Greater Vancouver Food Bank with their STOMP Out Hunger campaign to raise money and gather donations to support the absolutely critical work done […]
Christmas is almost here, and let’s be honest, no one is getting you what you really want. You’re an adult now, so it’s up to you to treat yo ‘self. Thankfully, December is the time when many breweries release […]
Serves: 4 Cooking time: 30 minutes Ingredients • 1 1/2 cups milk • 1 1/2 cups Hoyne Dark Matter • 3 tbsp butter • 4 tbsp flour • 1/2 tsp salt • 1 tsp garlic powder • 1 […]
A mere two decades after it was first proposed, the (very) long-awaited Evergreen Line SkyTrain extension opened earlier this month, connecting the far-flung outposts of Coquitlam and Port Moody to the Metro Vancouver rapid transit grid. What does this […]
Granville Island Mocha Porter Granville Island Brewing’s latest small batch creation sees the Vancouver craft beer legend teaming up another local institution – JJ Bean coffee roasters. Granville Island’s Mocha Porter is infused with Peruvian dark roast de-caffeinated coffee from […]
Shadow brands, contract brewing, and the rise of “crafty” beers… Figuring out where a beer is actually brewed can be like a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, that comes in a six-pack. Take Sneaky Weasel. The […]
SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION ALERT! Just in time for Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanza/Festivus/Saturnalia, the Winter 2016 edition of The Growler is out now and available at newsstands, craft breweries, liquor stores and pretty much anywhere awesome people who like awesome beer congregate. If […]
