ONTARIO's CRAFT BEER GUIDE
You’re buying gifts for people? In this economy?! Well, that’s awfully nice of you. You’re clearly a stand up type with a penchant for selflessness. If Santa leaves coal in your stocking, it will probably be to help keep your […]
On the face of it, you might assume that Scotland, Ontario’s Flux Brewery and Toronto’s Lost Craft have comparatively little in common. Flux is one of the newest hype breweries in the province with a range of IPAs that are […]
WHAT IS IT? A top fermented ale, frequently made with up to 70% malted wheat, renowned for its fruity, spicy nose and lightly tart, quaffable body. It literally translates as “yeast-wheat.” DANGER LEVEL Brunch-adjacent GLASS Weizen STYLE STATS ABV: 4.3-5.6% […]
Well, friends, it looks like there won’t be any more lockdowns. The bar is open and you know what that means: you’re going to have to wear hard pants. We here at The Growler Ontario have lobbied the province of […]
The fall and winter have seen the addition of a number of breweries to the province, at least three of which are brewing at a scale of a hundred litres a batch or below. Of course, it’s not the size […]
February is the shortest month, and at this point I think we’re all thankful for that. Besides, height isn’t everything. A lot of people prefer the 355ml can because it doesn’t warm up on them as they’re drinking at a […]
Badlands Brewing and Mackinnon Brothers Brewing are, in some ways, extremely similar. In other ways their approach to brewing is dictated by heritage, geography, and terroir. These factors contribute as much to the character of each brewery as the team […]
It’s December. How do days this short seem this long? Where did you put your boots after last winter? What are you going to get your Great Aunt Ermintrude for Christmas? Respectively, the answers are fatigue, the front hall closet, […]
WHAT IS IT? A dark malt accented, extremely strong beer, sometimes aged in bourbon barrels DANGER LEVEL High GLASS Snifter STYLE STATS ABV: 8-12% IBU: 50-90 Colour: Midnight black Body: Extremely full Bubbles: Low to medium ORIGIN STORY Originally brewed […]
It’s November, and all across Ontario people are gettin’ hygge with it. Yes, I know that’s not how you pronounce that. With evenings getting colder, we’ve somehow decided to deprive ourselves of an hour of afternoon sunlight so that we […]