B.C.'S CRAFT BEER AND CIDER GUIDE
It’s always exciting to reveal the winners of our annual Readers’ Choice Awards (aka The Growlies), partially because it takes so long to get to this moment. First of all, there is a year of hard work performed by […]
SILVER – Best New Brewery When Melanie MacInnes was young, her family’s farm was a dairy operation. Later, they boarded horses and hosted movie shoots (fans of the Hallmark TV series, When Calls the Heart might recognize the location), but […]
GOLD Best Light Lager // Hüftgold Pilsner Best Fruit Beer // Vélo Hazy APA with Lemon Juice Best Sour Ale // Nectarous Dry Hopped Sour Best Specialty IPA // Juxtapose Wild IPA Best Collab Beer // Good News Everyone! Best […]
GOLD Unsung Hero SILVER Best Weird Beer // Gee Willikers! Root Beer Float Altbier Best Food Program BRONZE Best Sour Ale // Late Bloomer Strawberry Hibiscus Sour Best Tasting Room I guess I have to stop describing Twin City Brewing […]
GOLD Best New Brewery SILVER Best Tasting Room Best Branding/Packaging In an alternate universe, the City of North Vancouver never renamed itself after the English sea captain and explorer George Vancouver, but instead chose to make official its late 19th […]
GOLD Cidery of the Year Best New Cidery Best New World Cider // Semi-Dry Apple Best Specialty Cider // Cheeky Pash Four first place finishes in five cider categories is quite an accomplishment—and it is even more impressive when you […]
GOLD Best Brewery Tasting Room SILVER Best Collab Beer // Valley Vibes Coconut Passion Fruit Session Ale BRONZE Best Brewery in B.C. Best Food Program Best Branding/Packaging If you didn’t already know, there’s something incredible happening in Langley. The burgeoning […]
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 […]
GOLD – Best Cidery GOLD – Best New World Cider // Sunday Sesh GOLD – Best Specialty Cider // Sunday Rosé The little team at Sunday Cider made a big splash at this year’s Growlies taking home three golds including […]
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 […]