Beer and balcony's/backyards just go so well together.

Katy (@klwatts) is joined by Brad Campeau (@BrewDonkeyOtt) and Dave Price (@ve3bax) to reminisce about our first sips of Lug-Tread and speculate about what's next for Beau's All Natural Brewing Company.

Show Notes:

• If you didn't know, Brad runs Brew Donkey an awesome beer tour company in Ottawa and in Kitchener/Waterloo.
• BTW, have you read my blog post about Beau's ceramic bottles?
• It's not beer in the growler, but you get the idea.
• If you didn't know, Beau's Lug-Tread is the official Ottawa 2017 beer.
• Brew Donkey to end delivery and focus on tours.
• Escarpment Labs is located in Guelph, Ontario.
• Is it realistic for a brewery to use 100% local ingredients to make their beer?
• Will you be aging any of the 10th anniversary beers?
• Did you try Elephant Monsoon?
• You are OG if you have Venskab on your Untappd.
• Goose Island recalled Bourbon County Stout due to infection.
• BTW, have you seen some of the Beau's animated labels?
• It blows my mind that Old Skål was brewed at Oktoberfest in 2012. 2012!!
• One of those happy beer accidents was Hater's Gonna Hate - an accidental imperialzed version of Lug-Tread.

Beer List:

• Lug-Tread Lagered Ale
• Batch 5000
• Old Skål
• Two Tonnes of Fun

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Yup, one Erdinger a day keeps the Doctor away.

Katy (@klwatts) is joined by Amanda Barriage and Sasha Dunfield (@OttBeerEvents) to taste different non-alcoholic beers, talk about how they are made and if it's a growing market segment.

Show Notes:

• How is non-alcoholic beer made?
• Amanda is right, NA beer can be used as a sports drink!
• Really, the trend here is that we miss hops.
• AB-InBev believes there's a trend towards people drinking NA beer, what do you think?
• It's funny. I normally drink NA beer out of the can/bottle, but drinking them out of the 613BeerCast tasting glasses gave me completely different flavours.
• NA beer sampling doesn't take a long time because there isn't a lot of complexity or flavour. 
• How will you survive nine months without drinking beer?
• Cheers to drinking while pregnant!
• Have you tried hop candy?
• How about hop soda?
• Have you fought with the Octopus?
• The session beer revolution.
• Want to try a variety of NA beer? Check out Premium Near Beer.
• Join Barley's Angels for their trip to the hop farm!
• Taste beer at the Diefenbunker!
• Learn more about beer at The Pump!

Beer List:

• Beck's  Alkoholfrei - Brauerei Beck & Co.
• Budweiser Prohibition Brew - Anheuser-Busch
• O'Doul's Amber - Anheuser-Busch
• President's Choice Red Brew - ??
• Erdinger Weissbier Alkoholfrei - Erdinger Weissbräu
• Molson Canadian 67 Session IPA - Molson Coors Canada
• Sunnyside Session IPA - Great Lakes Brewery

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Yup, one Erdinger a day keeps the Doctor away.

Katy (@klwatts) is joined by Amanda Barriage and Sasha Dunfield (@OttBeerEvents) to taste different non-alcoholic beers, talk about how they are made and if it's a growing market segment.

Show Notes:

• How is non-alcoholic beer made?
• Amanda is right, NA beer can be used as a sports drink!
• Really, the trend here is that we miss hops.
• AB-InBev believes there's a trend towards people drinking NA beer, what do you think?
• It's funny. I normally drink NA beer out of the can/bottle, but drinking them out of the 613BeerCast tasting glasses gave me completely different flavours.
• NA beer sampling doesn't take a long time because there isn't a lot of complexity or flavour. 
• How will you survive nine months without drinking beer?
• Cheers to drinking while pregnant!
• Have you tried hop candy?
• How about hop soda?
• Have you fought with the Octopus?
• The session beer revolution.
• Want to try a variety of NA beer? Check out Premium Near Beer.
• Join Barley's Angels for their trip to the hop farm!
• Taste beer at the Diefenbunker!
• Learn more about beer at The Pump!

Beer List:

• Beck's  Alkoholfrei - Brauerei Beck & Co.
• Budweiser Prohibition Brew - Anheuser-Busch
• O'Doul's Amber - Anheuser-Busch
• President's Choice Red Brew - ??
• Erdinger Weissbier Alkoholfrei - Erdinger Weissbräu
• Molson Canadian 67 Session IPA - Molson Coors Canada
• Sunnyside Session IPA - Great Lakes Brewery

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If I'm going to be a thumb model, I'm going to need to get manicures!

Katy (@klwatts) is joined by Chuck (@varxint) and April (@AThibert) to chat about social media and how breweries are using it (or not using it) to promote their brewery and build a community.

Show Notes:

• We're not social media experts, but we play them on podcasts.
• How does beer get canned (weird, the beer they're canning in that video is Farmer Daughter from a brewery that isn't Whitewater)? Bonus video - from the can's perspective.
• If I wanted to smell like beer I would buy the perfume!
• What is your definition of social media? Tweet it to me - @613Beer!
• I tried going on the Flying Monkey's website to get more information on Mythology for the show notes and couldn't deal with the music. I will let you research this beer yourself.
• Beer Menus is a great tool to tell brewery and restaurant/bar customers what beers are available in what format/price. Best part? Beer fans can follow specific breweries/bars for updates (example: Beyond the Pale).
• Have you joined the Beau's Army?
• Who are these mystery breweries?!
• ROI on social media can be calculated with aggressive use of goals, analytical tools and a smart community manager. That said, it would still be hard to put a rate of return on a social media investment.
• Do you have the t-shirt?
• If you're a nerd like me, you might enjoy the Ontario Craft Brewers Tech Talk series.
• Are you on Untappd? Dude! Follow me - klwatts.
• For the data nerd, you can get more Untappd statistics if you become a supporter.
• April hosts #ONBeerChat on Tuesday's at 8pm on Twitter, BTW.
• You are not too old to old for SnapChat - join me, it's super fun!
• This is one of my favourite SnapChat stories that I've shared.

Beer List:

• Mythology Golden Canadian Pilsner - Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
• Bord du Lac Saison - Amsterdam Brewing Company
• Wag the Wolf - Beau's All Natural Brewing Company
• Hanlan's Point Coconut Porter - Great Lakes Brewery
• Blind Baron - Waller Street Brewery

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If I'm going to be a thumb model, I'm going to need to get manicures!

Katy (@klwatts) is joined by Chuck (@varxint) and April (@AThibert) to chat about social media and how breweries are using it (or not using it) to promote their brewery and build a community.

Show Notes:

• We're not social media experts, but we play them on podcasts.
• How does beer get canned (weird, the beer they're canning in that video is Farmer Daughter from a brewery that isn't Whitewater)? Bonus video - from the can's perspective.
• If I wanted to smell like beer I would buy the perfume!
• What is your definition of social media? Tweet it to me - @613Beer!
• I tried going on the Flying Monkey's website to get more information on Mythology for the show notes and couldn't deal with the music. I will let you research this beer yourself.
• Beer Menus is a great tool to tell brewery and restaurant/bar customers what beers are available in what format/price. Best part? Beer fans can follow specific breweries/bars for updates (example: Beyond the Pale).
• Have you joined the Beau's Army?
• Who are these mystery breweries?!
• ROI on social media can be calculated with aggressive use of goals, analytical tools and a smart community manager. That said, it would still be hard to put a rate of return on a social media investment.
• Do you have the t-shirt?
• If you're a nerd like me, you might enjoy the Ontario Craft Brewers Tech Talk series.
• Are you on Untappd? Dude! Follow me - klwatts.
• For the data nerd, you can get more Untappd statistics if you become a supporter.
• April hosts #ONBeerChat on Tuesday's at 8pm on Twitter, BTW.
• You are not too old to old for SnapChat - join me, it's super fun!
• This is one of my favourite SnapChat stories that I've shared.

Beer List:

• Mythology Golden Canadian Pilsner - Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery
• Bord du Lac Saison - Amsterdam Brewing Company
• Wag the Wolf - Beau's All Natural Brewing Company
• Hanlan's Point Coconut Porter - Great Lakes Brewery
• Blind Baron - Waller Street Brewery

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One of my pet peeves - is it 'home brew' or 'homebrew'. Let's get some consistency here!

Chuck (@varxint) takes over the podcast reigns and chats with Phillip Whelan (@phillipwhelan) and Justin MacNeil (@justinmacneill) about the National Capital Homebrew Competition and beer judging.

Show Notes:

• OMG! Chuck's hosting! Where's Katy? She's writing these show notes..
• These beers were served to Phil and Justin 'blindly' or at least as blindly as we could manage.
• What is Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP)?
• Seriously, there is a lot of note taking, check out the score sheet that's used.
• Want to learn how to judge beer like a BJCP judge?
• The BJCP guidelines are available on iOS or Android.
• What is lactobacillus?
• How to read the BJCP scoresheet.
• You should check out the National Capital Homebrew Competition and the Ottawa Craft Beer Festival.
• It's peanut butter jelly time, I mean porter.
• Justin got to brew his coconut pale ale at Nita Beer Company (Tropical Knock Out).
• For Pro-Am (Professional-Amateur) beers, Beau's has a series of beers brewed by home brewers - you've probably had a few!
• Let's not forget our beer math: 1 beer barrel = 1.17 hectolitres = 117 litres = 3907 ounces = 195 Canadian Pints.
• Ron Eade was a food reviewer for the Ottawa Citizen, he was awesome.  I miss him :(
• Why do bottle dates matter?
• Haze in beer?
• The 2015 National Capital Homebrew Competition results, damn Jared is good.
• Does your beer have 'legs'?
• Next time I will hide the containers the beers are in better!
• Ashnan, the Beau's wheat wine.
• RIS = Russian Imperial Stout.
• MOB = the Members of Barleyment, Ottawa's homebrew club.
• Justin is a dweeb.  Phil is a whack job.
• If you missed out on this competition, submit your homebrew to the Beau's Oktoberfest Competition!

Beer List:

• Jammer - Sixpoint Brewery (Category 27 - Gose)
• Snake Dog IPA - Flying Dog Brewery (Category 21A - America IPA)
• Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale - Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (Category 22C - American Barleywine)

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One of my pet peeves - is it 'home brew' or 'homebrew'. Let's get some consistency here!

Chuck (@varxint) takes over the podcast reigns and chats with Phillip Whelan (@phillipwhelan) and Justin MacNeil (@justinmacneill) about the National Capital Homebrew Competition and beer judging.

Show Notes:

• OMG! Chuck's hosting! Where's Katy? She's writing these show notes..
• These beers were served to Phil and Justin 'blindly' or at least as blindly as we could manage.
• What is Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP)?
• Seriously, there is a lot of note taking, check out the score sheet that's used.
• Want to learn how to judge beer like a BJCP judge?
• The BJCP guidelines are available on iOS or Android.
• What is lactobacillus?
• How to read the BJCP scoresheet.
• You should check out the National Capital Homebrew Competition and the Ottawa Craft Beer Festival.
• It's peanut butter jelly time, I mean porter.
• Justin got to brew his coconut pale ale at Nita Beer Company (Tropical Knock Out).
• For Pro-Am (Professional-Amateur) beers, Beau's has a series of beers brewed by home brewers - you've probably had a few!
• Let's not forget our beer math: 1 beer barrel = 1.17 hectolitres = 117 litres = 3907 ounces = 195 Canadian Pints.
• Ron Eade was a food reviewer for the Ottawa Citizen, he was awesome.  I miss him :(
• Why do bottle dates matter?
• Haze in beer?
• The 2015 National Capital Homebrew Competition results, damn Jared is good.
• Does your beer have 'legs'?
• Next time I will hide the containers the beers are in better!
• Ashnan, the Beau's wheat wine.
• RIS = Russian Imperial Stout.
• MOB = the Members of Barleyment, Ottawa's homebrew club.
• Justin is a dweeb.  Phil is a whack job.
• If you missed out on this competition, submit your homebrew to the Beau's Oktoberfest Competition!

Beer List:

• Jammer - Sixpoint Brewery (Category 27 - Gose)
• Snake Dog IPA - Flying Dog Brewery (Category 21A - America IPA)
• Bigfoot Barleywine Style Ale - Sierra Nevada Brewing Company (Category 22C - American Barleywine)

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Celebrating Canadian beer history - we have a lot of it!

Katy (@klwatts) is joined by Brian Papineau (@bryehndotnet) and Allie MacAlister (@alliemackie / http://alliemackie.com/) to talk about the beers that have helped shaped Canada's brewing traditions.

Show Notes:

• Beer history is my favourite type of history (it requires a high level of participation).
• Book Recommendation: Ontario Beer: A Heady History of Brewing from the Great Lakes to the Hudson Bay by Alan McLeod and Jordan St. John.
• The Story of Three Fired Guys (3FG): How Steam Whistle Was Founded (super fun video with photos and videos of the founders/brewery before they became Steam Whistle).
• The Ontario Craft Brewers is a trade association representing brewers in Ontario (those who have memberships).
• Have you seen the Steam Whistle fleet?
• Do you remember this commercial?
• I'm all about the cute elephant videos - seriously.
• I would totally scan my passport for a Canadian.
• Alpine Lager has a pretty amazing history - grab a can and enjoy this read.
• Brewing a lager is hard! Seriously!
• I am getting back into home brewing - watch out world!
• Check out Brian's review of Old Style Pilsner!
• Old Style Pilsner - Old / New(ish).
• Book Recommendation: Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer by Maureen Ogle.
• DMS / Canned corn aroma in beer.
• Do you know what Kvas is?
• The Unibroue stories are pretty fun.
• Quebec—Canada's “Belgian” Province.
• We totally didn't talk about the history of Unibroue at all (I blame the beer).
• Mmm Sapporo Reserve.

Beer List:

• Steam Whistle Pilsner - Steam Whistle Brewing
• Molson Canadian Lager - Molson Coors Canada
• Alpine Lager - Moosehead Breweries Ltd
• Old Style Pilsner - Molson Coors Canada
• Grasshopper Wheat Ale - Big Rock Brewery
• Maudite - Unibroue

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Celebrating Canadian beer history - we have a lot of it!

Katy (@klwatts) is joined by Brian Papineau (@bryehndotnet) and Allie MacAlister (@alliemackie / http://alliemackie.com/) to talk about the beers that have helped shaped Canada's brewing traditions.

Show Notes:

• Beer history is my favourite type of history (it requires a high level of participation).
• Book Recommendation: Ontario Beer: A Heady History of Brewing from the Great Lakes to the Hudson Bay by Alan McLeod and Jordan St. John.
• The Story of Three Fired Guys (3FG): How Steam Whistle Was Founded (super fun video with photos and videos of the founders/brewery before they became Steam Whistle).
• The Ontario Craft Brewers is a trade association representing brewers in Ontario (those who have memberships).
• Have you seen the Steam Whistle fleet?
• Do you remember this commercial?
• I'm all about the cute elephant videos - seriously.
• I would totally scan my passport for a Canadian.
• Alpine Lager has a pretty amazing history - grab a can and enjoy this read.
• Brewing a lager is hard! Seriously!
• I am getting back into home brewing - watch out world!
• Check out Brian's review of Old Style Pilsner!
• Old Style Pilsner - Old / New(ish).
• Book Recommendation: Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer by Maureen Ogle.
• DMS / Canned corn aroma in beer.
• Do you know what Kvas is?
• The Unibroue stories are pretty fun.
• Quebec—Canada's “Belgian” Province.
• We totally didn't talk about the history of Unibroue at all (I blame the beer).
• Mmm Sapporo Reserve.

Beer List:

• Steam Whistle Pilsner - Steam Whistle Brewing
• Molson Canadian Lager - Molson Coors Canada
• Alpine Lager - Moosehead Breweries Ltd
• Old Style Pilsner - Molson Coors Canada
• Grasshopper Wheat Ale - Big Rock Brewery
• Maudite - Unibroue

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This is the closest beer has gotten to that expensive piece of equipment. It was scary!

Katy (@klwatts) is joined by Chuck and Stephen La Salle (@TheSKLaSalle)to talk (and drink) some of Ottawa's June craft beer releases.

Show Notes:

• Stephen La Salle is the Executive Chef for Andaz, an Ottawa Byward Market boutique hotel by Hyatt (I've heard the balcony is going to be amazing).
• Who is Don Harms?
• How to pour a weisse beer (how does that now make you want a weisse beer?).
• I am not a fan of brutalist architecture.
• Style profile: Saison.
• What is SMaSH brewing?
• Hop profile: Citra.
• Covered Bridge Brewing Company wins Gold at the Canadian Brewing Awards!
• Style profile: Imperial IPA.
• We later found out the meaning of Heeba Geeba IIPA.
• Speaking of the Brewery Market - Saison d'Être // Best SAISONs in the 613 - is happening on July 9th!
• Have you had Thomas Hardy's Ale?
• Yeast profile: Brettanomyces.
• Did you know what a Streif is? Apparently: "The Streif is the most spectacular downhill ski race track in the world. It brings the best skiers from every corner of the world together in an almost gladiator style fight for the honour of victory on the Streif."

Beer List:

• Hefeweizen - Kichesippi Beer Company
• Sweet Rhubarb of Mine Saison! - Whiprsnapr Brewing Company
• Showboat Paddle SMaSH - Covered  Bridge Brewing Company
• Heeba Geeba IIPA - Broadhead Brewing Company
• Streif - Tooth and Nail Brewing Company

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