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Everyone knows that I'm a big fan of craft beer.  I extol the virtues of the local craft beer community and of drinking locally brewed beers at every opportunity, including on CBC Radio's On the Coast every second week.   But what about the other part of the beer industry, big beer, and how they’re using some questionable tactics to entice unwitting consumers? I have nothing against beer makers making and selling beer, be they large or small.  And I have no issues with people drinking beer they enjoy, whether its craft or macro. As a big fan of craft beer, though, I do like to make sure macro beer drinkers have been introduced to craft beer so they can make an educated decision when choosing the beers they drink! And I think that beer makers should be honest about the beers they’re making.  Unless you pay a lot of attention to the fine print and do your research, it is very easy to be taken in by  shadow brands  and crafty beers. Shadow...

the excerpt from the cbc website: Last whimper for the growler? Columnist predicts craft beer mainstay could fade away Plus, check out Rebecca Whyman's beer picks for this week CBC News   Posted: Jan 31, 2017 5:00 PM PT  Last Updated: Jan 31, 2017 5:00 PM PT Growlers from Nanaimo breweries Longwood and White Sails. Rebecca Whyman says the refillable bottles, part and parcel of the craft beer experience, could be on their way out. (@BCAleTrail/Instagram) Facebook Twitter Reddit Google Share Email Related Stories OTC Beer and Wine Stout competition: B.C. brewers to box each other for charity Milkshake beer could be among 2017's craft brewing trends On The Coast  beer columnist Rebecca Whyman says the B.C. craft beer scene may have had its fill of the growler. Whyman says the drawbacks of the refillable containers, usually one or 1.89 litres in size and used to ta...

my notes from yesterday's beer column on CBC radio's on the coast with stephen quinn: Do you love visiting different breweries to fill your growler, or are your growlers all at home gathering dust?  Methinks the growler trend is waning. ICYMI, g rowlers are bottles – generally 1L or 1.89L in size, that you can fill with beer at breweries and take it to go.   The bottles can be glass, ceramic or stainless steel, depending on how much you want to invest in them.   Most breweries sell the bottles, and fill both their own branded growlers and other breweries’ growlers too.   The 1.89L (64oz) ones are the standard size.   Their half-size 1L friends get called many things, including Boston rounds, growlettes, ½ growlers, and in some areas of America, a howler or a squealer – craft beer folks are nothing if not inventive in their names! The folklore behind the name is that pails were once used to transport beer, and after being sloshed around in a covered ...