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 […]
Henderson and Carlsberg launch Nordic lager
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 […]
Winter issue of the Growler hitting brewery taprooms
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 […]
Under the Influence: The effects of social media on craft beer
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 […]
Barroom Landscape: We find out how bar owners are making it a whole lot easier to find our favourite brews
It’s hard out there for craft breweries. Market saturation is a real problem. With LCBO shelves at a premium and some breweries having to focus on taproom sales, adding craft beer bars seems like a potential solution. Despite the obvious […]
Craft in the County: Why PEC is the perfect place to unwind with Ontario’s soaring craft beer scene
I feel sorry for travel agents trying to hawk flights and all-inclusive packages to Ontarians at this time of year. From late summer, through until mid-November our always-beautiful province is at its very best. Whether you want to take the […]
Northern Exposure: The craft beer coming out of Ontario’s most northerly breweries
Northern Ontario is a place where people where camo for moose hunting, not for fashion. Majestic pine and cedar forests blanket a gently rolling, rocky landscape criss-crossed by rivers and streams all feeding into some of the coldest, freshwater lakes […]
Win tickets for SOBDL’s Lady Beer Fest 8
The ever-popular Society of Beer Drinking Ladies is holding a particularly big event this weekend. That’s right, it’s Lady Beer Fest time again! The bevy team has brought together over a dozen Ontario breweries (plus cideries, meaderies and distillers) from […]
A refined approach to craft beer in the County at Matron
Before opening this year, Matron Fine Beer quietly created buzz as they built their brewery in beautiful Prince Edward County. The Bloomfield brewery is now sending its delicious brews to select locations east to Ottawa and west to Toronto. The […]
Celebrate Canada Beer Day on Oct. 9
Every day is a good day to celebrate beer, but Oct. 9 might be an even better day. All of Canada is invited to raise a glass of locally produced beer in unison on Canadian Beer Day. The association behind the […]