Our first issue of 2018 is here, and there’s been some exciting changes in Growler-land. This issue marks the beginning of our fourth year as B.C.’s favourite craft beer guide, so we decided to kick things up a notch. We’ve […]
The Growler’s guide to the B.C. beer bloggers of Instagram
When it comes to keeping tabs on what’s new in the world of B.C. craft beer, it always helps to have a few beer bloggers on your Insta feed. So we’ve scoured the Interwebs to find the best accounts for […]
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 […]
Craft Beer is Awesome! Evoluta by Luppolo Brewing Company
So this Saturday is my son’s first birthday and my wife and I are looking forward to it with a sense of relief and amazement. Relief that we got that crazy, exhausting, overwhelming first year of our lovely darling child’s […]
The Electric Craft Beer Acid Test
Hey dude, did you know there’s acid in your beer?! Indeed, some of B.C.’s brewers have been purposely adding acid to their beers for a while now – lactic acid, that is. The sour beer craze is only getting bigger […]
Free the Hops!
Of the four ingredients in beer, hops are the New World’s contribution. It seems rather fitting then, that North America has its economic paws allll over hops. Trademarks, patents, royalties – how are these business-y things having their way with […]
BREWS NEWS: NDP launches liquor review; Strathcona turns 1, Phillips' Snowcase is back
B.C. NDP to launch liquor review B.C. Attorney General David Eby is making good on his promise to create a liquor industry advisory panel to review the province’s current liquor legislation and policies. As we first reported last month, […]
Craft Beer is Awesome! Steel & Oak Brewing Co. / Four Winds Brewing Co., The Fraser
Steel and Oak and Four Winds are two breweries that can pretty much do no wrong as far as I’m concerned, and The Fraser is further proof of that. The beer is the second collaboration of these two Fraser River-adjacent […]
Westender's Best Beer in the City
Westender released its annual Best of the City Dining Awards this week, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to highlight some of the very deserving beer-related winners. Check out the full readers’ poll results here. Best Craft Brewery: […]