ONTARIO's CRAFT BEER GUIDE
“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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]