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Brewer vs Brewer: The 10th Anniversary Edition

Sandra Thomas • March 29, 2024

Since launching Burnaby’s Dageraad Brewing in May of 2014, Ben Coli has seen a lot of changes to B.C.’s craft brewing scene. It’s the same for Iain Hill, whose Strange Fellows Brewing in East Vancouver turns 10 this December. During […]

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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, […]

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Perfect Pairings: Find a great beer to go with your next B.C. hike

Noëlle Phillips • May 27, 2022

Beer and food pairings are increasingly popular here in B.C., as sold-out events like Uli’s beer-pairing dinners in White Rock or the Smuggler’s Trail Brewmaster Dinners in Langley demonstrate. But beer goes with so many other things–including hiking! B.C. is […]

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The West is the Best: B.C. cleans up at the Canadian Brewing Awards

Rob Mangelsdorf • May 24, 2022

Far be it from me to sound like a smug West Coaster, but B.C. craft beer is the best in Canada and every other province wishes they could be us. Don’t believe me? Check out the results of the 2022 […]

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Five B.C. craft beers to drink this St. Patrick’s Day that aren’t green

Rob Mangelsdorf • March 14, 2022

I’m not Irish and neither are you, but any excuse to drink beer is good enough for me. Which is why I’ll be raising a pint on March 17 to commemorate St. Patrick driving his Ford Cortina out of Ireland […]

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Hoppy Holidays: BC Craft Breweries Warm Up Winter with a Selection of New Seasonal Beers

Growler Staff • December 13, 2021

All points along the BC Ale Trail lead to wintry stouts, dunkels, porters and more that bring out the very best of the festive season As the nights get colder and darker, so too do the unique and boutique beers […]

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Dark beers for dark weather (and even darker moods)

Rob Mangelsdorf • November 25, 2021

Newsflash: It’s miserable out. This time of year, most days weeks months are a never-ending grey blur of damp and cold, with one drizzly day after another, after another. And on the rare occasions that the sun does make an […]

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North of the Fraser Ale Trail Launches Today!

Kristina Mameli • October 28, 2021

As a lifelong North of the Fraser dweller myself (even proudly womanning the taps and turntable at Steel & Oak), I can’t express how thrilled I am about this announcement: New Westminster, Burnaby, Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam FINALLY have their […]

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2021 GROWLER AWARDS WINNER PROFILE: Dageraad Brewing

Joe Wiebe • September 1, 2021

GOLD – Best Belgian-Style Ale // Blonde BRONZE – Best Light Ale // Burnabarian Belgian Table Beer HM – Beer of the Year // Blonde HM – Best Wheat Ale // White When I am scanning liquor store shelves looking […]

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Celebrate summer with 50+ Sensational Beers from B.C.’s Craft Breweries

Joe Wiebe • July 12, 2021

The fruity and creative beers take the form of beermosas, wine hybrids, sours and hazy IPAs – all found at your local craft brewery B.C.’s craft breweries are releasing the perfect drinks just in time for summer celebrations – in […]

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