NEWS Well, they done did it. Didn’t nobody think they’d do it, but they done did it. The LCBO employees have gone on strike for the first time since the advent of the organization in 1927. It has taken nearly […]
News and Notes: July 12, 2024
Style snapshot: A guide to the elegant, versatile Vienna Lager
WHAT IS IT? A standard strength, amber-coloured lager that contains rich, toasty malt character without being heavy, and reassuring hop bitterness without being assertive. DANGER LEVEL May provoke waltzing at Quinceaneras. GLASS Willi Becher/Dimpled Mug STYLE STATS ABV: 4.7%-5.5% IBU: […]
News and Notes: June 28, 2024
Look! Over yonder! There’s a beaver and a loon swimming arm in arm while patriotic music swells! Behind them a moose carefully waves a flag while standing in a canoe, never letting it crease the rippling waters. Nearby, a Polar […]
News and Notes: June 14, 2024
You will not be surprised to know that with the impending celebration of Father’s Day, the inbox at The Growler has been inundated with suggestions about what Fathers might want. Breweries from Toronto, Ottawa, and London paint a picture of […]
News and Notes: May 31, 2024
Greetings from Chicago, where your intrepid editor is attending some training at the Siebel Institute related to beer. This is a pretty reasonable time to reveal that George Brown College will be offering WSET Certification in beer this coming Autumn, […]
News and Notes: May 17, 2024
You might question the wisdom of putting out a newsletter on the Friday before a long weekend. The reason we chose Fridays for this column was because we figure people are usually bored first thing in the morning. A few […]
News and Notes: May 3, 2024
You know, the simple fact of the matter is that sometimes nothing happens for a couple of weeks. That isn’t to say that there aren’t events and releases. It’s certainly not to say that there aren’t pieces being moved around […]
Beer to the Ground: Ontario’s new brewery news, Spring 2024 edition
The fall and winter of 2024 has proved to be a challenging time for breweries in the province of Ontario. With people abstaining from alcohol in Dry January and Dry February, the early months of the winter have been a […]
News and Notes: April 18, 2024
April is the cruelest month. So said T. S. Eliot in his epic modernist work The Wasteland. But that’s nonsense. Are we just going to start characterizing months based on vaguely attributed personality traits? March is recalcitrant! November’s increasingly obsequious! […]
News and Notes: April 5, 2024
Don’t bother shoveling. It’ll be gone by the time the sun gets swallowed by a vengeful moon next week. ALL HAIL THE PATH OF TOTALITY! With the promise of warmer weather and with patios about to open across the province, […]