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the short piece about growlers on the cbc website : Craft beer growlers stir up controversy among beer drinkers Beer enthusiasts debate the best method for buying local craft beer By On the Coast, CBC News Posted: Apr 01, 2015 6:59 AM PT Last Updated: Apr 01, 2015 6:59 AM PT A growler is a common way to buy fresh beer from a local brewery. (CBC)   Growling over growlers 6:49     Related Stories B.C. craft beer tours: walking, running, cycling and shuttling between stops Craft brewers would get tax break under federal NDP proposal B.C. craft beer trends: 4 IPAs to check out Craft Beer a career for women too, says advocate Over the past week craft beer enthusiasts have been arguing over Twitter about beer growlers and whether or not they're the best way to buy beer. Growlers are a large, glass bottle that commonly holds up to 2 L of fresh suds from your local brewery. On the Coast...

beer column

my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio one's on the coast with michelle eliot: ( listen to the audio here ) Geoff Turner (a producer at CBC) tweeted last week that he thinks growlers are “a really stupid way to buy your beer”.   In a twitter exchange with beer advocate Rick Green (@BCbrews) he called growlers “trendy silliness”.   Rick pulled me into the fray so I decided to do my beer column about growlers, and other ways to enjoy fresh beer. Growlers have been around for centuries, originally in the guise of a lidded pail, but are definitely enjoying their 15 minutes of fame right now.   10 years ago only beer geeks knew what they were.   Now you’d be hard pressed to find anyone in the Lower Mainland who doesn’t.   There’s nothing like drinking fresh beer – before it loses flavour or becomes spoiled. If you can’t be drinking the beer right at the brewery, then growlers are a great way to transport that fresh beer to where you will be drin...

on the coast

i'll be on cbc radio one at 5:50 this afternoon talking about growlers and crowlers and berliner weiss, oh my! with michelle eliot on the coast 88.1 fm 690 am

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here are my notes from yesterday's beer column on cbc radio's on the coast where i chatted with gloria macarenko about crowlers and the joys of infusing beer Beer is a growing industry.   And that means that beer gear is taking off too.   Have you heard of the "crowler"? No one in the Lower Mainland is equipped to do them yet, but it may just be a matter of time!   A crowler is basically a canned growler.   You go to a brewery that is equipped to fill a 32oz can with fresh beer and then seal it.   You carry it home, and pop it when you’re ready for some delicious fresh beer.   Oskar Blues Brewery in Colorado invented the crowler and has been filling them since December.   Designed to keep beer fresh for longer than a growler,   Beerandbrewing.com did a taste test on a crowler five months after fill and reported that it was as fresh as the day it was poured.   Now, 32 oz cans have been around for a while in America , but freshly po...

on the coast

gloria macarenko is hosting cbc radio's on the coast this week i'll be chatting about a couple of fun new bits of beer gear - the crowler and the infuser - with her at 5:50 this afternoon 88.1 fm and 690 am in vancouver