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 Winter 2018-19 Edition
The advent of good beer: The Growler guide to creating 24 days of cheer
I remember when I was a kid and the holiday season would roll around. I was raised in an English family, so we leaned towards the more traditional types of celebration and a big part of that was getting a […]
The OCB continues to throw a good conference
The Ontario Craft Brewers conference continues to grow in scale and importance. It’s a rare opportunity for Ontario’s expanding craft beer industry to get together in one place, reconnect and share ideas. This year, it was held on November 7 […]
Growler Ontario’s winter issue is now out and available for ordering
Great news, beer lovers! Starting today you’ll be able to get your beer-stained mitts on the latest issue of The Growler. We’re deep into friends-and-family and / or hardcore hibernation season! Order your copy of The Growler’s third Ontario issue, […]
What beer photos don’t make my Instagram cut?
Instagram is a strange beast. The only rational ways to think about it is as a pure expression of vanity and something everyone does it. That includes just about all of us who drink craft beer. For an ongoing series, […]
Contract brewing contrarians
In the middle of Ontario’s craft brewing boom, one segment of the market has been maligned more than any other. It’s become the butt of jokes and a magnet for scorn. The idea that a beer was brewed under contract […]
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 […]
There’s a fly in my beer: When is it OK to send a beer back?
I recently had occasion to visit a nearby outpost of a franchise steak restaurant. It was one of those rare moments in our lives as parents when my wife and I realized that we were out, childless, hungry at the […]
Recipe: Fat Sparrow Group’s curried chickpea lettuce wraps
You can tell a lot about a year from the stretch between mid-August and mid-November. At the start of this issue’s life, we could easily have the hottest day of the summer, and then, just as easily, the first with […]