Esquimalt’s Lighthouse Brewing is celebrating a pretty significant milestone this year: 20 years of producing of quality craft beer. Part of the second wave of B.C. craft breweries, Lighthouse launched in 1998 and its flagship Race Rocks Ale soon became […]
Farmhouse Fest promises a bumper crop of wild and funky beers this weekend
Funky beers aren’t for everyone. Your uncle Jimbo, for example, is probably not going to be super into that barrel-aged brett-fermented saison you’ve been saving for a special occasion. An ice cold Lucky, though? Now you’re talking Jimbo’s language! But […]
Drink This: Lil’ Red Chair 4.0 by Townsite Brewing
Sour beers can be a polarizing thing. Some of the more challenging styles are closer to salad dressing than beer, and if you don’t know what you’re getting into, you could be in for a big surprise. But when executed […]
Cheers to King Gambrinus, the real King of Beers
Move over Budweiser, the original King of Beers is back to reclaim his throne. His name is King Gambrinus and he learned how to brew from the Egyptian gods Isis and Osiris. He sold his soul to the devil to […]
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 Growler launches the B.C. Brewers Collaboration Series
What could be better than bringing together the best brewing minds to create something truly spectacular? Absolutely nothing, that’s what. The Growler is pleased to announce the first edition of our B.C. Brewers Collaboration Series: Experimental Belgian Ale by the […]
Craft Beer is Awesome! Spinnakers Brewpub’s Prunus Plum Sour
When Spinnakers Brewpub opened in Victoria 34 years ago, there was little indication that it would help spark a craft beer revolution not only here in Canada, but the US as well. (Story goes that Spinnakers served as an inspiration […]