ONTARIO's CRAFT BEER GUIDE
Last summer, when I sat down to talk to Renee Navarro about her work promoting diversity in Ontario’s craft beer industry, I remember being struck by how irrefutable several of her points were. As we’re fully into June, one, in […]
For the second year in a row, Toronto’s popular beer-and-running club will celebrate Canada’s birthday by running from Toronto to Hamilton. The rally (or solo run, if you’re so inclined) starts at Ontario Place and finishes at Merit Brewing. All […]
These days Jason Fisher is usually up at 3:30 a.m. He opens his laptop, pulls up an Excel Spreadsheet and punches in some numbers. “OK,” he tells himself, “We can be alive for the next four days, so let’s use […]
I recently had one of those family trips that makes parents remember why a family trip is actually a very different thing than a “vacation.” For March break, my wife and I took our five-year-old son to Florida for a […]
We are lucky to have Cask Days on the Ontario beer calendar. It pretty famously is the largest cask ale festival outside of the United Kingdom. But here, on the other side of year from when it happens, I think […]
Philadelphia seems like a known quantity: Rocky, cheesesteaks, Liberty Bell, aggressive sports fans—that sort of thing. I’m here to tell you that it is way more than that. In fact, I managed a three-day trip free from poured cheese, guidebook […]
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 […]
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 […]
There are lots of reasons to head west this summer to Huron County, and Cowbell Brewing is at the top the list. Thanks to the brand-new VIP Cowbell Express offering, it’s now easier to get there from Toronto. The idea […]
It’s great to see that the Wild Things Festival is making a return for a second year. That means another opportunity to try some of the funkiest beers and ciders from around Ontario, plus natural wines from all over the […]
