GOLD – Best Light Lager // Neverending German Pilsner SILVER – Best East Coast/Hazy IPA // Promised Land Hazy Best Weird Beer // Sea of Tranquility Smoked Dulse Stout Best B.C. Collab // Bruja Tajin & Lime Cerveza (with Boomtown) […]
2024 GROWLIE AWARD WINNER PROFILE: The Barley Merchant
GOLD – Best Craft Beer/Cider Bar The Barley Merchant has won this category each year since it opened in 2021 so obviously they’re doing something (everything??) right! Featuring 34 rotating beer taps and 8 cider taps, the Barley Merchant is […]
2024 GROWLIE AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Lillooet Cider
GOLD – Best New World Cider // Apricot Cider SILVER – Best New Cidery BRONZE – Cidery of the Year Lillooet Cider Co. has been heavily focused on being local, using 100% hand harvested Lillooet-grown fruit in their ciders. That […]
Here are the winners of The Growler’s 2021 Craft Beer & Cider Readers’ Choice Awards
The whole team at The Growler is excited to bring back our Craft Beer & Cider Readers’ Choice Awards, also known as The Growlies, following its postponement in 2020 due to… well, you know why. All of these awards […]
Here are the winners of The Growler’s 2019 Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards
It’s the festive season, so let’s celebrate all the incredible craft beer being brewed in our province—and what better way to do that than with the Growler’s 2019 B.C. Craft Beer Readers’ Choice Awards! Unlike other craft beer awards and […]
2019 GROWLER AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Driftwood Brewery
GOLD – Beer of the Year // Fat Tug IPA GOLD – Best West Coast/Specialty IPA // Fat Tug IPA GOLD – Best UK-style Ale // Naughty Hildegard ESB GOLD – Best Branding/Packaging BRONZE – Best Imperial Ale/Lager // Singularity […]
2019 GROWLER AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Vancouver Island Brewing
GOLD – Best Imperial Ale/Lager // Hermannator One of the founding breweries of the early microbrewery movement in Canada, Vancouver Island Brewing began its existence as Island Pacific Brewing in 1984. Its original location was in Saanichton north of Victoria […]
2019 GROWLER AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Four Winds Brewing
GOLD – Best Farmhouse/Wild Brett Ale // Juxtapose GOLD – Best Wood-Aged Beer // Norwood GOLD – Best Sour Ale // Nectarous SILVER – Best Light/Amber Lager // Hüftgold SILVER – Best Belgian-Style Ale // Triplicity BRONZE – Brewery of […]
2019 GROWLER AWARD WINNER PROFILE: House of Funk Brewing
GOLD – Best New Brewery SILVER – Best Collab Beer // Patience is a Virtue When it comes to brewing, North Vancouver’s House of Funk isn’t just limiting itself to beer. The Growlie’s 2019 New Brewery of the Year has […]
2019 GROWLER AWARD WINNER PROFILE: Field House Brewing
GOLD – Brewery of the Year GOLD – Best Dark Lager // Toasted Coconut Black Lager GOLD – Best Fruit Beer // Dark Sour: Blackberry + Blueberry GOLD – Best Low-Alcohol Beer // Sour Wheat Gose GOLD – Best Tasting […]