Every time we tell Montreal beer lovers, "No, we haven't been to MaBrasserie", we're met with a perplexed facial expression. So finally we got our act together and headed to Rosemont to meet with Guillaume, who heads sales for the coop brewery, but he also has an in-depth understanding of beer in that he's the Vice President of homebrew club LABAQ. We hung out in the brewery, sampled some fresh English-style golden ale from the brite tank, crushed some cans of MaBrasserie's finest and discussed the ins and outs of how a brewery coop works. Cheers! Beers Reviewed: MaBrasserie x Vices et Versa Été; MaBrasserie Tribale Session IPA; MaBrasserie MoMo IPA; MaBrasserie 3 Balles 2 Prises. This episode is brought to you by High Season Co. - @highseasonco // highseasonco.com Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads // bit.ly/CeeBrewHeads Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube! // bit.ly/BAOSYouTube

If you've been following us over the years, you'll know that one great beer region we haven't dabbled in to date is Europe. But for this episode, Europe came to us. Founded in 1821, you can't get much more OG than Belgium's Rodenbach, and their Master Brewer Rudi Ghequire was in Quebec to celebrate the launch of three of their beers into our market. We were lucky enough to not only sit at his table at a Brew Master's Brunch in downtown Montreal, but we also were honoured to sit down with Rudi at Station Ho.st for a full length, in-depth podcast with one of the greatest beer minds in Europe. Enjoy! Beers Reviewed: Rodenbach Classic; Rodenbach Grand Cru; Rodenbach Vintage 2016 (Foeder No. 201). This episode is brought to you by High Season Co. - @highseasonco // highseasonco.com Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads // bit.ly/CeeBrewHeads Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube! // bit.ly/BAOSYouTube

It's been four whole months since we've had Tiffany from High Season Co. on the podcast, so we figured we were overdue for a chat. This time around, it wasn't just all marketing talk. We ran through our summer beer activities, why we're not into beer festivals as much right now, some great examples of beer marketing, the #IAmCraftBeer hashtag, fall beer trends we're looking forward to, and even a Craft Beer Marketing Lightning Round. We also cracked open the September beer box from our mates at The Craft Reserve, featuring some dank IPAs, some funky sours and even a creamy porter, all from Hamilton, ON's Fairweather Brewing, pairing it with some bacon crack jerky from Nate's Great Jerky. Cheers! Beers Reviewed: Fairweather High Grade; Fairweather Brain Child; Fairweather Spirit Country; Fairweather Dream Pop. This episode is brought to you by High Season Co. - @highseasonco // highseasonco.com Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads // bit.ly/CeeBrewHeads Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube! // bit.ly/BAOSYouTube

Sometimes you see a brewery's products everywhere you go, and for some reason you just don't get around to giving them a crack. Well, that's part of the reason why we run this podcast, folks, as it gives us an excuse to check out literally every brewery. We finally connected with Stephane and Matthieu of Vilains at the launch of their brand new Parasol IIPA at Bar Pamplemousse in Montreal, we ran through their entire range of (mostly hoppy) beers, discussed the importance of branding, marketing and design in craft beer, and most of all, had a great time drinking their fantastic brews. Cheers! Beers Reviewed: Vilains Blanche Pilon; Vilains Fleur; Vilains California Style IPA; Vilains Projet Tropicale IPA; Vilains Forêt; Vilains Parasol. This episode is brought to you by High Season Co. - @highseasonco // highseasonco.com Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads // bit.ly/CeeBrewHeads Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube! // bit.ly/BAOSYouTube

Every year in late August, Cee and Tiff make the pilgrimage to Brooklyn, New York to attend Afropunk, an eclectic music festival. While they'd been filming Where To Drink In Brooklyn vlogs, they had never actually done a full podcast with anyone in the city - until now. We learned about BierWax, a Hip Hop-themed craft beer and vinyl bar located a few blocks from downtown BK in Prospect Heights, via our good friends Crowns & Hops, so we were stoked to meet Co-Founder Chris Maestro at the bar, drink some fire NY beer and find out more about his cosy, welcoming, authentic cultural space in the heart of Brooklyn. Beer Reviewed: Interboro Not My Pres Lager. This episode is brought to you by High Season Co. - @highseasonco // highseasonco.com Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads // bit.ly/CeeBrewHeads Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube! // bit.ly/BAOSYouTube

For our long time listeners and viewers, you may recall that waaay back in the day we used to interview a lot of our talented friends in the music or entertainment business, but over the past few years we've focused almost exclusively on speaking with breweries. Well folks, we finally got an opportunity to combine beer and music once again, hanging out with fellow podcaster and lead singer of the legendary Montreal metal band Cryptopsy, Matt McGachy. We had a very lengthy and entertaining chat about all things beer podcasting, being an international touring musician, and a lot of other stuff that escapes me right now. It got a little fuzzy towards the end there. This was a fun one. Enjoy! Beers Reviewed: Zero Gravity Green State Lager; Messorem Bracitorium OK, L'enfer; Green Empire Side Business; Foam Think I'm In Love; Messorem Bracitorium Get Wavy; Avery Lunctis Viribus (2016); Other Half Short, Dark & Handsome (Mexican Hot Chocolate). This episode is brought to you by High Season Co. - @highseasonco // highseasonco.com Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads // bit.ly/CeeBrewHeads Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube! // bit.ly/BAOSYouTube

This is a first for us. While we've done podcasts with just the team in the past, we've never had a solo episode - until now. Cee has been going a little too hard lately with travel and beer, so as he's been under the weather there was no podcast for this week. He had an idea to use this opportunity to chat, basically talk to himself, about an issue we feel is plaguing the craft beer world - balance. This is a much needed conversation, and Cee covers why he drinks as much as he does, what he's doing to rectify that and what you could do on your end to get a little moderation in your life. We kept it short and sweet for this one. Enjoy! Beer Reviewed: Just a cup of tea. This episode is brought to you by High Season Co. - @highseasonco // highseasonco.com Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads // bit.ly/CeeBrewHeads Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube! // bit.ly/BAOSYouTube

Cheers to one hundred and fifty episodes! While we were in Vermont on a brewery campaign to disconnect for 24 hours, we swung by Colchester to meet with Evan and Dave at Green Empire. We first heard of them during the Stowe Cider episode and have been keeping tabs since, so it was great to get to see where the magic happens. We hung out at their production facility, where later this month they'll be opening a retail space, to crush some of their fantastic hazy IPAs and chat about being the first - and only - brewery in Colchester. Beers Reviewed: Green Empire Side Business; Green Empire Free Spirit; Green Empire Leo; Green Empire Chill Session. This episode is brought to you by High Season Co. - @highseasonco // highseasonco.com Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads // bit.ly/CeeBrewHeads Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube! // bit.ly/BAOSYouTube

Toronto's East End is teeming with fire breweries, and one place we've been wanting to have on for a while is Rorschach. These guys have been heavily lauded for their eclectic beer menu, great location and dope brewpub vibes. We hung out with Head Brewer and Co-Founder Matt on Rorschach's fantastic patio to crush some of their "weird beers", half of which contained lactose, and chat about how the brewery came about, their unique naming conventions, sharing resources and sharing good beer. Cheers! Beers Reviewed: Rorschach Systematic Desensitization (Horchata); Rorschach Truth Serum; Rorschach Hedonism (Blackberry); Rorschach Collective Unconscious (Pineapple). This episode is brought to you by High Season Co. - @highseasonco // highseasonco.com Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads // bit.ly/CeeBrewHeads Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube! // bit.ly/BAOSYouTube

For our second Virginia podcast in partnership with Visit Virginia, we headed down south to Norfolk to hang with one of the OGs of the region, Kevin O'Connor from O'Connor Brewing. As the second largest brewery in the state, O'Connor have set the tone for Virginia's beer scene over the last decade, and Kevin is one of the most respected brewers around. We hung out at their roomy taproom at their 24th St location to kick it with Kev and get real about the VA scene, some of the brewers he's groomed and crush some of his fine beer. Beers Reviewed: O'Connor Proper Lager; O'Connor Good Vibes Gose; O'Connor Everybody Loves Parfait; O'Connor Spritzoli. This episode is brought to you by High Season Co. - @highseasonco // highseasonco.com Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads // bit.ly/CeeBrewHeads Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube! // bit.ly/BAOSYouTube