ONTARIO's CRAFT BEER GUIDE
I’m on what seems to be a neverending search for a live-music venue with good beer. Concert halls are even worse than fine-dining restaurant when it comes to treating beer as an easy opportunity to make a quick buck (or […]
Snow? What snow? Keep your eye on these newly opened breweries for the best reason to brave the blustery weather this winter. Broadhead Brewing Orléans (fall 2019) After the longer-than-expected construction process, the new Broadhead location in Orléans is now […]
Through bad luck and misadventure, a few craft breweries have landed in hot water this year. Their mistake? Using a beer name that was already taken. So, we’re lending a hand by reviving the ancient Growler tradition of coming up […]
“Italians always drink beer with their pizza,” is an idea that North American beer geeks love to glom onto more than it is strictly true. I mean, sure, there is a lot of good beer in Italy—Rome is one of […]
Canadian craft breweries finally have a way to distinguish their product from the mass-produced competition. Why did it take so long? Well, that’s a bit of a long story. For as long as I’ve written about craft beer the question […]
Beer reps are the unsung heroes of the beer world. These fine folks deliver beer to your favourite pubs and stores. What more noble calling is there? Here, we hope to highlight local beer reps and the good work they […]
The Growler, Ontario’s Craft Beer Guide is seeking an ambitious and energetic advertising sales representative to join our Ontario team. You would need to have your own transportation to visit breweries, brewpubs, restaurants, B-to-B businesses and retailers. Our demographic of […]
Toronto’s Henderson Brewing Company has released a special lager they brewed in collaboration with Jacobsen, the Copenhagen-based home brewery of Carlsberg. Nordic lager (5.2% ABV) is an easy-drinking copper lager infused with Scandinavian angelica root. That addition is subtle, perhaps […]
My smart speaker reports that it feels like -7 C with the wind chill right now. Ah, November in Ontario. Between the weather and lack of long weekends, it can be tough to find nice things to say about the […]
There was a point in time, the early aughts perhaps, when it seemed like the prevalence of social media was something that was changing the world for the better. Like no other time in history, we had access to virtually […]
