Fresh hop beer season has almost come and gone for another year, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to highlight another one of these delicious, fleeting beers. Most fresh hop beers on the market tend to be hop-forward IPAs […]
BC Beer Awards announces official 2019 collab beer, Honour Roll
The BC Beer Awards and Festival released its official 2019 collaboration brew this week in celebration of its 10th annual event, taking place this Saturday, Oct. 19, at the Croatian Cultural Centre in Vancouver. Last year’s BCBA award winners 33 […]
Are growlers headed for extinction?
This week, Strathcona Beer Co. in East Vancouver became the latest B.C. craft brewery to do away with growler fills, announcing the decision in dramatic fashion on social media with a slo-mo video of a beer-filled growler being smashed into […]
What’s up with what’s going down: You craft beer weekend event guide for Oct. 11-13
Harvest Haus Oct. 10-19 • Vancouver After a one-year hiatus, B.C.’s biggest Oktoberfest celebration is back with a new venue at the PNE Forum, doubling its size. The Burgermeister will be there, as will breweries from all over Germany and […]
On tap: New releases from Slackwater, Strange Fellows and Red Truck
Here’s what we’ll be sipping daintily with our pinky fingers extended this week… What The Fog?! by Slackwater Brewing New England IPA • 6.8% ABV • 45 IBU • 473 mL tall cans Penticton’s newest craft brewery has canned its […]
Drink this: Grainbow by Phillips Brewing & Malting Co.
For 18 years, Victoria’s Phillips Brewing has been at the cutting edge of craft beer in this province. Beers like Longboat Chocolate Porter, Raspberry Wheat and, of course, Blue Buck, helped change the landscape of craft beer in B.C., popularizing […]
What’s Up with what’s going down: Your craft beer weekend event planner for Oct. 4-6, 2019
North Shore Craft Beer Week Oct. 4-11 • North Vancouver Returning for its third year, North Shore Craft Beer Week kicks off with a Oct. 4 launch party at the Shipyards featuring live music, food trucks and, of course, all […]
You have to visit B.C.’s Bucket List Pubs
The pub is a special place, a sacred place. It serves as the living room for its community, where young and old can come together and bond over a pint, a plate of greasy food, some keno and probably a […]
Drink this: Internet Famous by Parkside Brewery
Fresh hop beer season is here and so is the hype surrounding these delicious, ephemeral beers. To some, fresh hop beers explode with life, capturing the fleeting flavours and aromas of those tiny nuggets of goodness before they quickly fade […]
Vote now for The Growler’s 2019 B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards!
Welcome to The Growler’s second annual B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards, AKA, the Growlies! The Growlies are B.C.’s only province-wide craft beer readers’ choice awards, celebrating every style of awesome craft beer B.C. has to offer. Unlike traditional beer […]