This year The Growler is pleased to announce four awesome prizes up for grabs for those voting in The Growler’s 2019 B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards, AKA, The Growlies! The grand prize is an absolutely bonkers luxury helicopter craft […]
Backcountry says Suck It Cancer with new fundraiser release
Squamish’s Backcountry Brewing is honouring the memory of local artist Chili Thom and raising money for cancer research at the same time. The brewery released Suck It Cancer this week, a double dry-hopped pale ale (5.5% ABV, 28 IBU) with […]
What’s up with what’s going down: your craft beer weekend event guide for Sept. 27-29
Brewloops Sept. 27 and 28 • Kamloops This beer festival has it all: more than 30 B.C. breweries and cideries, a dozen live music acts, a Ferris wheel, bumper cars, and a family-friendly event on the afternoon of the 28th. […]
On tap: new fresh hop releases by Category 12, Parkside and Faculty
Here’s a look at some of the newly released fresh-hopped beers we’ll be filling our stomachs with this week… Internet Famous by Parkside Brewery 6.4% ABV • 473 mL tall cans This fresh-hopped IPA beer was made in collaboration with […]
B.C. woman awarded best scholarship ever—to study beer!
Explaining the difference between a hefeweizen and a Belgian witbier just got easier for Bethany Smith, Brand Ambassador and Sales at Craft & Compass, a beverage marketing agency in Kelowna. She is one of 15 Canadians awarded a scholarship through […]
Fresh to Death returns with a killer fresh hopped beer list
Fresh to Death, B.C.’s biggest fresh hop beer festival, returns to the Roundhouse in Victoria on Saturday, Oct. 12, with 20 B.C. breweries on hand offering seasonal fresh-hopped beers. The style list runs the gamut from pale ales and IPAs […]
Beer labels tell us little about what we’re drinking, and that needs to change
This story originally appeared in the Fall 2019 issue of The Growler, out now! You can find B.C.’s favourite craft beer guide at your local brewery, select private liquor stores, and on newsstands across the province. The information contained […]
Drink this: Vixen by Strange Fellows Brewing
If you’re unfamiliar with Strange Fellows’ Fellowship program, you seriously need to change that. The East Van Belgian-influenced brewery has been putting out some of its best releases as part of this limited release beer club. You get exclusive access […]
On tap: new releases from Strange Fellows, R&B and Foamers’ Folly
Here’s what we’re spending our rent money on this week… Hop Devil Fresh Hop Kellerbier by Strange Fellows Brewing 4.9% ABV • 23 IBU • Draught only Fresh hop beer season is upon us and Vancouver’s Strange Fellows Brewing has […]
What’s up with what’s going down: Your craft beer weekend event guide for Sept. 20-22
Hop Devil Hootenanny Sept. 21 • 1-7 p.m. • Vancouver It’s time to give thanks for a good harvest and to drink to the health of the Hop Devil to help ensure a bountiful crop next year. To that end, […]