category 12 brewing Archives - The Growler B.C.

Fresh hops are the best hops: B.C. fresh hop brew round up

Kristina Mameli • October 28, 2022

Get ‘em while you still can! To some, Autumn means rain, coats and boots, rain, pumpkin spice, and rain; to us, it means a new crop of fresh hop brews to savour! Slightly delayed this year, due to the insane, […]

New Releases

On tap: new releases from Bomber, Category 12 and Old Yale

Rob Mangelsdorf • November 22, 2019

Goodwill Lager by Bomber Brewing and the Parkside Brewery.

Here’s where our paycheque is going this week… Goodwill Lager by Bomber Brewing (collab with the Parkside Brewery) Helles lager • 4.9% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Drink for a cause this holiday season with this collab between Bomber […]

New Releases

On tap! New beers from Four Winds, Faculty and Category 12

Rob Mangelsdorf • January 25, 2019

Four Winds' Edna crabapple and cranberry sour ale.

Here’s what we’re looking forward to tossing down our gullet this week! Edna by Four Winds Brewing (6.5% ABV, 750 mL bottles) Edna was Four Winds’ first ever brewery-only limited release way back in 2015, resulting in a lineup […]

Beer reviews

Drink This! Experimental Brett Pale Ale by Category 12 Brewing and Field House Brewing Co.

Rob Mangelsdorf • September 13, 2018

Expedia recently released its list of Best Beer Towns in Canada, and the interwebs are abuzz with controversy as a result. Naturally, Vancouver was named numero uno, and for good reason. You can’t swing an empty growler in this town […]

Features, Sponsored Content

5 awesome summer beers to try at the Clover Valley Beer Festival

Rob Mangelsdorf • August 1, 2018

One of the great things about Metro Vancouver is the many unique out-of-the-way neighbourhoods that are sprinkled all over our fair city. Downtown Cloverdale is one such gem. It’s historic, super cute, and it feels like you’re a million miles […]

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