Summertime should be easy, breezy and filled with great brews.

This issue celebrates the opening of beer season in Canada with our editor Crystal Luxmore‘s feature on four readers who put craft beer at the centre of their weddings. Like us, you’re probably craving a holiday now more than ever, so go ahead, book an island vacation with a great brewery on it to boot. Check out Robin LeBlanc‘s Brewer vs. Brewer interview with two Ontario island breweries for inspo.

The celebration continues with the success story of Collective Arts brewery. Our columnist, Ben Johnson hones on in the intersection of arts and liquid that has made them one of the few Canadian craft breweries to enjoy global recognition. And finally seltzers—WTF are they, and why is everyone making them? Also, which ones are worth drinking? Editor Tara Luxmore gives you the lowdown (and a shopping list).

As always, our comprehensive listings of over 300 craft breweries from listings editor Jordan St. John brings you regional inspiration for your next road trip or online beer order. Cheers!

Get your copy of The Growler today!

The Fall/Winter 2020 issue of The Growler is out now! You can buy single issues or subscribe here, or find Ontario’s only craft beer guide at these local breweries across the province:

Avling Kitchen and Brewery
Bad Apple
Bancroft Brewing
Bandit Brewery
Beau’s All Natural Brewing Co.
Big Rock
Black Gold Brewery
Black Lab Brewing
Brothers Brewing Company
Brew Microbrewery
Brimstone Brewing Co.
Broken Stick
Cameron’s Brewing
Caps Off Brewing Co.
Microbrasserie Cassel Brewery
Charlotteville Brewing Company
Clear Lake Brewing
Clifford Brewing
Collective Arts (Toronto)
Collective Arts (Hamilton)
Common Good Brewing
Compass Brewing
Counterpoint Brewing Co
Cowbell Brewing Co.
Crooked Mile
Dominion City
Eastbound
Fairweather Brewing Co.
Falcon Brewing Company
Fenelon Falls
Flora Hall
Flux Brewing Company
Furnace Room Brewery
Gateway City
Godspeed Brewery Inc.
GoodLot Farm and Farmstead Brewing
Goose Island
Granite Brewery and Tied House
Great Lakes
Halo Brewery
High Park Brewery
Indie Alehouse Brewing Co.
Jack Ass Brewing
LagerShed Brewing (Shawn & Ed’s)
Lake of Bays
Left Field Brewery
Little Beast
Longslice Brewery
Manantler Craft Brewing Co
Manitoulin Island Brewing
Market Brewing
Merit Brewing
Meuse Brewing Company
Muddy York Brewing
Natterjack Brewing Co.
New Limburg Brewing Company LTD.
Nickel Brook Brewing Co
Northern Maverick
Orange Snail Brewing
The Paris Beer Co
People’s Pint Brewing Company
Powerhouse
Publican House Brewery
Quayles
Red Barn Brewing Company
Refined Fool
Rorschach
Sawdust City Brewing Co.
Second Wedge Brewing Co.
Shacklands Brewing Co
Signal
Sons of Kent
Spark Beer
Spearhead Brewing Co.
Split Rail Brewing Co.
Stonehooker Brewing Co.
Storm Stayed Brewing Company
Together We’re Bitter
Tooth & Nail
Town Brewery
Upper Thames Brewing
Waterloo
Wellington Brewery
The Wheeled Brew