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News and Notes: Holiday edition

Kristina Mameli • December 12, 2025

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‘This was not an easy decision’: Award-winning Metro Vancouver brewery announces closure

Brendan Kergin / Vancouver Is Awesome • December 9, 2025

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Recipe: Smugglers Trail Caskworks Korean-inspired crispy chicken burger

Sandra Thomas • December 5, 2025

Features, News

Brews News: Cariboo plants 18,000 trees; Coquitlam Craft Beer Festival; Luppolo turns one

Rob Mangelsdorf • November 1, 2017

Cariboo plants 18,000 trees   More than 18,000 seedlings will be planted in the B.C. Interior next spring as part of Pacific Western Brewing’s “Cariboo Cares” campaign. PWB dedicated 25 cents from every six-pack of Cariboo product sold to help […]

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B.C.'s booze blues: As craft beer booms, can our liquor laws keep up?

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 27, 2017

If you’ve grown up here in B.C., you’re likely aware of just how far we’ve come with regards to our liquor laws. It wasn’t so long ago that private retail liquor sales were illegal, and buying alcohol on a Sunday […]

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Craft beer is awesome! Backcountry Brewing's Trailbreaker Pale Ale

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 26, 2017

Squamish’s Backcountry Brewing was one of the big winners at the B.C. Beer Awards last weekend, which, if you’re familiar with their beer or their story, should come as no surprise. These dudes (and dudettes) have been knocking it out […]

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​​Island breweries clean up at B.C. Beer Awards

Jan Zeschky • October 24, 2017

In a ceremony full of surprises, Mount Arrowsmith Brewing Company of Parksville won Brewery of the Year at the 2017 B.C. Beer Awards, while a smoked lager collaboration between Victoria’s Swans Brewery and Nanaimo’s White Sails Brewing earned Best in […]

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Brews News: KPU Open House; Fest of Ale donates $60K; Strange Fellows gets spooky

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 23, 2017

KPU Open House   Kwantlen Polytechic University’s brewing program is training the next generation of craft brewers, and this week they’re opening their doors to the public so you check out what they are up to. The open house takes […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome! Phillips Brewing's Lumberjacked Fresh Hop Pale Ale

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 19, 2017

If you thought fresh hop beer season had already come and gone, well, you’re in luck. Last week Phillips Brewing announced the release of their Lumberjacked Fresh Hop Pale Ale at a press conference in Vancouver with new NDP agriculture […]

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On Tap: New releases from Bomber, Faculty and Powell

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 18, 2017

Bomber Brewing, Oktoberfest B.C. Beer Collab (6.2% ABV) Close to half a dozen breweries helped develop the recipe for this golden, medium-bodied festbier, brewed in honour of B.C. Craft Beer Month. The beer was brewed at Bomber Brewing in East […]

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Hang out with your favourite brewers at the B.C. Craft Brewers Conference

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 18, 2017

This is a big weekend for beer with both the B.C. Beer Awards and B.C. Craft Brewers Conference taking place at the Croatian Cultural Centre. While the B.C. Beer Awards sold out ages ago, the B.C. Craft Brewers Conference just […]

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Brews News: NDP to ease farm brewery laws; B.C. Beer Awards; Beer advent calendar returns

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 16, 2017

Province looks to loosen restrictions on farm-based breweries B.C.’s new agriculture minister indicated the province is looking at loosening restrictions on farm-based breweries, making it easier for them to operate on the Agricultural Land Reserve. That no doubt comes as […]

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Craft Beer is Awesome! Vancouver Island Brewing's Hermannator Ice Bock

Rob Mangelsdorf • October 12, 2017

My extended family is all from Victoria, and Christmas on the Island invariably involves copious amounts of Hermannator. I can barely recall my first experience with this high-test treat some 15-odd years ago, as I mistook the mighty Hermannator (9.5% […]

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The Growler is B.C.’s ultimate craft beer guide, covering the breweries, the beer and the industry as it swells and threatens to consume us all if we don’t consume it (the beer) first. Whether you’re in Vancouver or Valemont, Victoria or Vernon, Burnaby or Burns Lake, we have got you covered with the latest craft beer news, new releases and fun, lively stories about the people behind your favourite craft brewery.

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