If you’ve picked up the summer issue of The Growler and you’re paging through the brewery directory you might be wondering why our “G” logo appears on 10 the beer listings. Simply put, we know that it can be a […]
Growler 10 Summer 2019 Edition
Final Draught: Meanwhile… Down in Moxee
The New England-style IPA is a funny character. It’s hazy, low in bitterness and tends to inspire nearly rabid devotion from legions of fans. Its name comes from the breweries, especially one in particular in Vermont, who developed the now […]
Rowboat beers: The excellence of everyday beers
“Tasty beer, but I can only have a half-pint of it.” “What’s everyone drinking for National IPA Day?” “We’re right in the middle of triple imperial stout season.” “The horse blanket from the brett really slaps you in the face.” […]
Final Draught: Kingpost ESB by Collingwood
Do you remember the time before every beer style was a something-IPA? I do, but just barely. ESB is one of the styles that have swamped by the need to make every beer unsubtly hoppy. (Or a kettle sour, but […]
The Growler 10 Winter 2018-19 Edition
We take a wide-open view on featuring beers here at The Growler. That is to say, every brewery gets at least two of their beers listed in our directory. (Which, by the way, will include all of Ontario as of […]
The Growler 10 Autumn 2018 Edition
In every issue of the Growler we pick 10 stand-out beers. Sometimes they’re cutting-edge and innovative; others they are the day-in-day-out favourites that have shown steady excellence over the years. Either way, they get a special “Growler approved” badge to […]
Final Draught: Great Lakes Toronto Island Time
Around now, in the middle of October, is an apt time for looking back on another year of craft beer in Ontario. Despite the smattering of holiday-related events, to me, Cask Days marks the end of the year’s beer festival […]
Final Draught: Nickel Brook Lost in Orbit
Black IPA? White IPA? Red IPA? Brett the Hitman Heart IPA? Enough already. It’s tiresome how IPA has become short form for “beer we’d really really like you to buy.” With that rant out of the way, I’ll double back […]
The Exchange Brewery releases first spontaneous ale in Ontario
The Exchange Brewery in Niagara-on-the-Lake was definitely one of the Ontario craft breweries who made news this summer. On one end of the spectrum, they launched a can programme back in May; on the other, September brought news that they […]
Vines meet bines: Finding a place for beer on wine’s doorstep with Shawn & Ed in Dundas
Because of the popularity of craft beer in Ontario, the industry draws business owners from many different walks of life. In some cases, new brewery owners are rank amateurs who have just barely graduated from basic homebrew equipment. However, even […]