B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
Here’s where our paycheque is going this week… Goodwill Lager by Bomber Brewing (collab with the Parkside Brewery) Helles lager • 4.9% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Drink for a cause this holiday season with this collab between Bomber […]
Back in 2012, the B.C. Liberal government of the day made sweeping changes to the province’s liquor laws that paved the way for the coming craft beer revolution. For the first time, craft breweries could operate tasting rooms, and sell […]
5th Annual Beard and Mustache Challenge @ Strange Fellows Nov. 21, 7-9pm • Vancouver The bewhiskered and moustachioed are invited to Strange Fellows Brewing in Vancouver for its 5th Annual Beard and Mustache Challenge in honour of the Most Terrible […]
With the recent rediscovery of the long-forgotten gose beer style, it seems like brewers are increasingly experimenting with salted beers. For those that don’t know, gose is a salted sour wheat ale flavoured with coriander originating Germany that almost went […]
Here’s what we’re slipping into our IV bag this week… Imperial Gerwurztraminer Gose by Field House Brewing (collab w/ Ravens Brewing) Salted sour wheat ale • 6.7% ABV • 10 IBU • 650 mL bottles Brewed in collaboration with Ravens […]
A Grand Tour of Beer Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m. • Port Theatre, Nanaimo Come along on a beer-soaked musical journey through five regions of Europe, each with its own unique tradition of classical music and brewing. Joe Wiebe, the Thirsty […]
Here’s what we’re sucking back with reckless abandon this week… Candyland by Superflux Beer Co. Raspberry Vanilla Cream Ale (?) • 6.0% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Hell must have frozen over, because Superflux just put out a beer […]
Ball-O-Ween Oct. 31, 5-10 p.m. • Phillips Brewing, Victoria Phillips Brewing is having an epic Halloween party with delicious treats and Halloween-inspired cask ales, hosted by the Pride of Frankenstein: Phillips’ own, Dan Ball! Creepy beats courtesy of in-house DJ […]
In the brave new world of craft beer, you don’t even need your own brewery to make amazing brews. Case in point: Boombox Brewing Company. This hazy hype can brand is making big waves with its delicious IPAs and killer […]
Time’s running out to vote in The Growler’s 2019 B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards, AKA, The Growlies—and that means you might miss out on your chance to win a helicopter craft beer tour! That’s right, the grand prize for […]