Vancouver’s Coal Harbour Brewing Co. announced Saturday it is closing its doors and ceasing operations immediately after being fined by the provincial liquor board for failing to pay back taxes. The popular craft beer brewery was founded in 2010 and […]
#BestDayEver2: The B.C. Craft Beer Quest continues
Our first jaunt across “the pond” taking the #BCCraftBeerQuest from Central Saanich on the island over to Vancouver for the day in 2018 was so much fun that we had to do it again. If you missed the tale from […]
Drink this: Lava Salted Mocha Stout by Main St. Brewing
With the recent rediscovery of the long-forgotten gose beer style, it seems like brewers are increasingly experimenting with salted beers. For those that don’t know, gose is a salted sour wheat ale flavoured with coriander originating Germany that almost went […]
On tap! New beer from Luppolo, R&B and Steamworks
Here’s what we’re looking forward to shoving down our throats this week… Missing Lynx Hazy IPA and Gold Medal Deer by Luppolo Brewing Co. 6.8% ABV, 5.5% ABV • 473 mL tall cans Luppolo has a couple of can releases […]
Drink This! Secret Track by Coal Harbour / Doan’s / Bright Eye
Remember when music existed as a physical medium instead of streaming ones and zeroes? No? Well, apparently, people would spend upwards of $20 to purchase these objects, known as albums, even though they only contained maybe 10 to 15 songs, […]
Don’t Fear the Near Beer: The Growler’s guide to non-alcoholic beer
I think we can all agree that beer is awesome, otherwise why would you be reading this right now. However, there are times when you might want something to drink without any alcohol in it. It’s the new year, so […]
Drink This! Aprikose by Strange Fellows Brewing
Happy holidays everyone! I hope you were sufficiently spoiled, and if not, you sufficiently spoiled yourself. I’m pretty easy to shop for come Christmastime, and my darling significant other knew that something beer-related was probably a safe bet. And so […]
The most anticipated craft brewery openings of 2019
Hello and happy New Year craft beer fans! As we look ahead to 2019, it’s clear the craft beer revolution shows no signs of slowing down. In every corner of the province, there are new breweries being planned. Could B.C. […]
Here’s a look at all the B.C. breweries that opened in 2018
So here’s a crazy thing: it turns out British Columbians really like craft beer. Who knew! There are currently 171 172 craft breweries pouring beer in B.C., with 22 of those having opened, reopened or moved into new homes in […]
So what’s the difference between stouts and porters?
Ask a range of people what the difference is between porters and stouts and you might get as many answers as the number of people you ask. Conducting a blind tasting might be just as unproductive as the styles tend […]