In the ongoing search for new flavours, craft brewers have recently stumbled upon an obscure variety of beer yeast from Norway, of all places. The country that considers gelatinous lye-soaked salt cod its national dish is apparently also home to […]
A Grand Tour of Beer pairs classical music and classic beer styles
Classical music and classic beer styles come together at A Grand Tour of Beer this Friday in Victoria. Hosted by The Growler’s own Joe Wiebe in conjunction with Pacific Opera Victoria, the event promises to be a beer-soaked musical journey […]
B.C. Beer Awards launches its first-ever collab brew
The B.C. Beer Awards launched its first-ever collab beer this week, a fresh-hopped kolsch brewed by 2017 Brewery of the Year-winner Mount Arrowsmith Brewing and 2017 Rookie of the Year, Backcountry Brewing. Called Group Project, the beer was brewed at […]
Check out the lineup of fresh hop beers pouring at Fresh to Death this weekend
If you missed out on all the amazing fresh hop beers conveniently assembled at the B.C. Hop Fest last weekend in Abbotsford, you’re in luck! This weekend, Vancouver Island gets its own fresh hop beer festival, and it’s going to […]
Vote now for the 2018 Growler B.C. Craft Beer Awards
Welcome to the inaugural Growler Craft Beer Awards, AKA, the Growlies! This year, The Growler is launching its first ever craft beer contest, celebrating all of the awesomeness that is B.C. craft beer. Unlike traditional beer awards, the Growlies will […]
Drink This! First Ascent Gose by Fernie Brewing
One of the great things about the craft beer revolution is the many styles of beer that have been saved from obscurity—if not outright extinction—by creative brewers looking for the next “Big Thing.” One style that’s popped up in recent […]
Beer to the Ground: the most anticipated new breweries in B.C., Fall 2018 edition
The craft beer trains keeps right on rolling. We have 11 new breweries listed in our latest issue of The Growler, and word on the street is there is a whole bunch more on the way. Here’s the latest intel […]
Drunk and drookit: On the beer and whisky trail in the Scottish Highlands
Scotland has always been a place steeped in myth and magic, and nowhere is that more evident than in the Highlands. While Edinburgh—with its breathtaking Royal Mile— and Glasgow—with its cutting edge arts and music scene—inevitably compete for the attention […]
How Fresh Can You Get: The elusive charm of fresh hop beers
With the arrival of fall comes a surge of fresh hop beers from B.C.’s breweries. These special beers are available for a short window of time because they are brewed with freshly picked “wet hops” immediately after harvest. Normally, hops […]
Drink This! Cherry Sour by Red Collar Brewing Co.
Take a trip around beautiful British Columbia and you’ll find that just about every town now has a brewery on its Main Street, alongside the bakery, the bank and the butchershop. It’s easy to get stuck in the Vancouver bubble, […]