One of the great things about the recent craft beer revolution is all the obscure beer styles that are being resurrected. Take the gose, for instance (pronounced goes-uh). This traditional salted sour wheat ale dates back to the 1500s and […]
Drink This: Andina Brewing’s Jalea Guava Saison
It’s summer, so you want a beer that’s cold, refreshing and you can drink dozens of if given the opportunity. Normally, fruit beers don’t fit this bill: they’re often cloyingly sweet, with flavours that tend to overstay their welcome. The […]
Drink This: The Growler’s Weiss Weiss Baby by Doan Craft Brewing Co. and Kettle River Brewing
The latest edition of The Growler’s B.C. Collaboration Series is here and it’s pretty fantastic, if we do say so ourselves (and we do). Granted, I might be somewhat biased. This time around we paired up East Vancouver’s Doan’s Craft […]
Summer 2018 edition of The Growler out now!
The Summer 2018 issue of The Growler is out now, with all the pertinent craft beer intel you need to survive the hot weather. This issue of B.C.’s favourite craft beer guide is jam-packed with informative stories, hilarious features and […]
Tap & Barrel’s new patio has an insane amount of B.C. craft beer
Tap & Barrel is opening its 240-seat patio at their flagship North Vancouver location in Lower Lonsdale this Friday, and it might be the best place in the province to enjoy B.C. craft beer al fresco. The patio—which is designed […]
Political pints: B.C. breweries are mixing alcohol and politics, with unintended consequences
Despite the old adage about never discussing politics in polite company, drinking establishments have long been fertile ground for political revolution. Boston’s Green Dragon Tavern became known as the “headquarters of the American Revolution,” while Le Procope in Paris was […]
Craft Beer is Awesome! Experimental Belgian Ale by Category 12 / Faculty Brewing
Editor’s note: So full disclosure, I’m obviously completely biased when it comes to this beer. This is the first installment of The Growler’s quarterly B.C. Brewers Collaboration Series, and we’re pretty excited about what the mad scientists at Category 12 […]
The Spring 2018 issue of The Growler has arrived!
Our first issue of 2018 is here, and there’s been some exciting changes in Growler-land. This issue marks the beginning of our fourth year as B.C.’s favourite craft beer guide, so we decided to kick things up a notch. We’ve […]
The B.C. Craft Beer Quest
I wasn’t always like this. Two years ago, I was more interested in buying the cheapest, most underwhelming, domestic beer that I could find—until I had my “conversion moment.” For me that moment occurred in 2016 at the B.C. […]
The Growler’s guide to the B.C. beer bloggers of Instagram
When it comes to keeping tabs on what’s new in the world of B.C. craft beer, it always helps to have a few beer bloggers on your Insta feed. So we’ve scoured the Interwebs to find the best accounts for […]