This past fall, gruits – that ancient, hopless beer style flavoured with herbs that seems to be all the rage right now – got me thinking about the elusive line that divides fads, trends, and gimmicks from creative innovations and […]
On Tap: New releases from Main Street, Powell and Granville Island
The holidays are over and resolutions are for the weak. Here’s what we’re tossing down our gullets this week… Limited Release Barrel Aged American Style Barley Wine by Main Street Brewing (10.5% ABV, 77 IBU) If you hurry, […]
Craft Beer is Awesome! Strange Side by Strange Fellows Brewing + The Parkside Brewery
The annual PuSh International Performing Arts Festival returns to Vancouver Jan. 16- Feb. 4 and if you’ve never been, you’re missing out. Now, I don’t have a fancy art degree and I don’t have a lot of time for pretentious […]
Brews News: Milk growlers; Spinnakers gets sour; Tacofino teams with local breweries
Growler fills at your local… dairy? We’re all used to filling up our growlers with delicious, local craft beer, but one dairy on Vancouver Island wants to fill them with milk! Morningstar Farm in Parksville is the first dairy […]
Top 5 craft beer trends for 2018
As we look ahead to 2018, it’s pretty remarkable to consider just how far the B.C. craft beer scene has come in such a short time. And with 26 new breweries opening in our province last year—the most ever!—it begs […]
Craft Beer is Awesome! Field House x Tom Froese’s Good Life Ale
Ah yes, the Good Life. It’s defined differently for everyone, I suppose, but there a few components I think we can all agree on: good friends, good food and drink, good conversation, good art and enough time to enjoy it […]
Beer Wars brings the pain, for a good cause
It’s a new year and many in the B.C. craft beer industry are preparing to hit the gym and work off those hard-earned beer bellies. However, this has (almost) nothing to do with keeping a new year’s resolution. Next week, […]
Craft Beer is Awesome! Rei Boysenberry Sour by Fuggles & Warlock Craftworks
I’ll be completely honest, I’m not super familiar with the boysenberry. The sum total of my previous experience with this fruit has been with IHOP pancake syrup, so for years I assumed it was an artificial flavour with a made-up […]
Brews News: New Year’s Eve 2018 craft beer party guide
Looking for a party with a craft beer twist this New Year’s Eve? Well, The Growler has you covered… R&B Brew Years Eve R&B Brewing Ale & Pizza House, Vancouver Definitely not a black tie affair, R&B is keeping […]
Elemental Series: Grain
Part 2 in a four-part series exploring the basic building blocks of beer… Beer starts with grain in just about every way. Even historically. There’s no canonical origin story for beer, but the myth goes that one of our […]