B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
AKA, the nightmare before Christmas… There’s a chill in the air and our annual frigid monsoon season has begun in earnest, which means one thing: pumpkin spice everything. There are pumpkin spice lattes, pumpkin spice Cheerios, pumpkin spice Triscuits, […]
I think we can all agree that beer is pretty awesome, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this right now. For a lot of us, it’s a kind of boozy religion. So, obviously, beer lovers deserve some sort of holy site […]
Craft beer and nearly-naked bodies are a pretty good combination is you ask us (which no one did, but there you go). This Saturday is the sixth annual Beerlesque event at the Roundhouse Community Centre, which combines the very […]
It’s that time of year! Craft beer advent calendar season! Central City Brewers + Distillers and Parallel 49 Brewing Company announced today they are once again collaborating on an advent-style beer calendar with this year’s Seasons Greetings 24-Pack. This year’s “calendar” is packaged to look like […]
It’s been a few days since the BC Beer Awards, and I have to say, I’m still buzzing. And not just from all the amazing beer on offer (well, that’s part of it, I’m sure). The BC Beer Awards […]
Howdy! Two years ago this week, unapologetic beer nerd Stephen Smysnuik birthed The Growler column, which he soon raised into a quarterly magazine that’s now BC’s most trusted craft-beer guide. Like any parent, he should be proud of what […]
These crispy prawns – made using Main Street Brewing No. 7 Saison – are the perfect bar snack for your next party. Serves four. Cooking time 30 minutes Ingredients 1 650ml bottle Main Street Saison 24 prawns 2/3 cups all purpose […]
The craft beer revolution is in full force across this great province. Clearly, Big Beer companies consider it a battleground by now, as numbers show a steady decline in sales of their products and an increase in sales of the craft beer industry as a […]
So you sidle up to the bar with a thirst only a delicious craft beer can satisfy. If you’re lucky, you’ll be faced with dozens of brightly coloured works of art, each vying for your attention. Invariably, one will pique your interest, and in so […]
The Growler turns two this coming Monday, birthed the day I published my first weekly column for Westender. A lot has changed in the beer world since then. The local industry has grown rapidly. The quality has improved drastically. The […]
