Eliot once said that April is the cruelest month. Of course, he lived in England. As Canadians we look at the period between April and October as “the months without shovels.” As the crocuses begin to bloom and the patio heaters begin their hibernation, The Growler is back to provide you with options for road trips and a comprehensive guide to the province’s breweries that will let you take advantage of that Ontario Staycation Tax Credit.
That’s right. You heard right. The province is letting you claim 20% of your accommodation expenses up to $400 dollars for a family. Not only should you get out there and explore what Ontario has to offer, but you should keep meticulous records. Of course, if you write for a beer magazine, beer is tax deductible. I have a lot of write offs.
So do our contributors! In this issue, Mark Solomon will be telling you what sights to see in Northern Ontario, David Lee will be visiting sites in PEC, and Robin LeBlanc will be citing what happens when you share with your neighbours. Maxim Morin will be discussing the state of import beer at the LCBO and the future of that category. I’ll be over here filing receipts from Flux and Lost Craft as I sample my way through their wares in Brewer vs. Brewer.
You, though? You should get outside. It’s going to be lovely out. Winds light to variable. —Jordan St. John, editor
Get your copy of The Growler today!
The Spring/Summer 2022 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:
7/62 Brew
Bad Apple
Bancroft Brewing
Banded Goose Brewing Co
Bellwoods Brewery
Beer Bistro
Big Rock
Black Gold Brewery
Black Lab Brewing
Blood Bros
Brothers Brewing Company
Brew Donkey Tours
Broken Rail Brewing
Cameron’s Brewing
Canvas
Caps Off Brewing Co.
Cassel – Microbrasserie Cassel Brewery
Chapter Two Brewing
Charlotteville Brewing Company
Clear Lake Brewing/ Muskoka Beer Spa
Clifford Brewing
Collective Arts – Toronto
Common Good Brewing
Counterpoint Brewing Co
Dog House Brewing Company
Eastbound
Fairweather Brewing Co.
Fenelon Falls
Flora Hall
Flux Brewing Company
Furnace Room Brewery
Gateway City
Goose Island
Great Lakes
Granite Brewery and Tied House
Jack Ass Brewing
Lake of Bays
Lake of the Woods
Left Field Brewery
Longslice Brewery
Mackinnon Brothers
MacLeans
Manantler Craft Brewing Co
Market Brewing
Meuse Brewing Company
Natterjack Brewing Co.
Nickel Brook Brewing Co
Old Flame Brewing Co
Orange Snail Brewing
The Paris Beer Co
Railway City
Red Barn Brewing Company
Refined Fool
Rorschach
Rural Roots
Sawdust City Brewing Co.
Second Wedge Brewing Co.
Shacklands Brewing Co – do not bill
Shillow Brewing
Silversmith Brewing
Sleeping Giant
Sons of Kent
Spark Beer
Split Rail Brewing Co.
Still Fields Brewery
Stockyards Brewing Co
Strange Brew Studio
Three Sheets Brewing
Together We’re Bitter
Town Brewery
Upper Thames Brewing
Waterloo
Wellington Brewery
The Wheeled Brew
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