Paired with Full Beard Brewing’s Choice! New Zealand Pilsner Ottawa-born and raised chef Jessie Scace has been working in hospitality and kitchens for ten years. This versatile Lemony Charred Onion White Bean Dip can be served as a snack with […]
Style snapshot: A guide to the zesty, cheerful hefeweizen
WHAT IS IT? A top fermented ale, frequently made with up to 70% malted wheat, renowned for its fruity, spicy nose and lightly tart, quaffable body. It literally translates as “yeast-wheat.” DANGER LEVEL Brunch-adjacent GLASS Weizen STYLE STATS ABV: 4.3-5.6% […]
Outside looking in
The state of import beer in Ontario Here in Ontario we’re spoiled for choice. With over 350 breweries and a substantial loosening of prohibition-era alcohol retail laws, we now have the ability to find great beer more easily than ever […]
Taproom travels
Out and about in the great north woods. The closing, opening, reclosing, and reopening of taprooms over the last two years, has been hard on breweries—and us-—to say the least! Traveling to a new city, and looking up a few […]
Mighty Neighbourly
It’s a beautiful beer in the neighbourhood. The day after I got back from the holidays in January I woke up to find that the building was a little chillier than usual. Freezing, even. After several hours all the […]
Spring in to the County
Welcome warm weather with a weekend in PEC Although the pandemic has put a damper on travel over the last little while, this spring gives you a chance to explore some destinations right in our own backyard. Prince Edward County […]
What Are You Drinking, April 2022 edition
Well, friends, it looks like there won’t be any more lockdowns. The bar is open and you know what that means: you’re going to have to wear hard pants. We here at The Growler Ontario have lobbied the province of […]
Beer to the ground: Ontario’s new brewery news, Spring 2022 edition
The fall and winter have seen the addition of a number of breweries to the province, at least three of which are brewing at a scale of a hundred litres a batch or below. Of course, it’s not the size […]
The spring/summer 2022 issue of The Growler is out now and here’s where you can find it!
Eliot once said that April is the cruelest month. Of course, he lived in England. As Canadians we look at the period between April and October as “the months without shovels.” As the crocuses begin to bloom and the […]
Fall down the craft beer glassware rabbit hole
So you have tracked down that hard-to-find beer that everyone is talking about. Or maybe you have a friend who has decided to share some of their cellar full of world class aged beer. Are you planning to drink that […]