Beer Got Me Here

Little Beasts Brewing Co. located in Whitby, Ontario, is operated by Erin Broadfoot. She uses her science and biology background as her advantage in the process of brewing a rather vast selection of delicious beer. Little Beasts Brewing has seen various awards, such as several Ontario Brewing Awards and a Golden Tap Award for Best Newcomer. As a women in the beer industry, she discusses her successes and struggles, and uses her media platform to voice the need for the industry to end any and all discrimination. Check out Little Beasts Brewing's website at https://www.littlebeastsbrewing.com and find their array of rotational and seasonal beer. Have a look at the label artwork; all done by Erin's husband.

Instagram: @littlebeastsbrewco

River Road Brewing is a farm-based brewery located in Bayfield Ontario, a quaint town along the shores of Lake Huron, and the home of co-owner Nikki Andrew. Nikki started the brewery with her husband in 2017 on a former apple orchard, utilizing the acreage to grow their own produce thereby utilizing a majority of their own ingredients in their beer, also known as "Grain to Glass". River Road also believes in sustainability and a bulk of their operations between the brewery and the farm are linked together in an effort to reduce their carbon footprint. 

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Steam Whistle Brewery, based in a converted roundhouse in downtown Toronto, would easily be one of Canada's most recognizable beer on the market with it's bright green background, and a cloud of steam surrounding an activated whistle on the bottles and cans that houses their award winning premium pilsner.

Tim McLaughlin, VP of Marketing, takes the helm of chatting with us about the past, present and future of Steam Whistle. Their use of old-school retro branding echoes the breweries idea of making beer through quality that's built to last.

Website: https://steamwhistle.ca/

Microbrasserie Cassel/Cassel Brewery resides in Casselman, Ontario, in between Ottawa and Montreal, directly off the Trans-Canada Highway. Cassel has been known to be the first Franco-Ontarian craft brewery, operated by Mario Bourgeois, the multifaceted entrepreneur who has gone through the highs and lows of brewery ownership. Aside from brewing their own beer, Mario also operates other ventures supplying local up and coming breweries with equipment, as well as selling other food and beverage products.

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We cap off our Historian Series with Philosophy Professor at University of British Columbia, and sinologist, Edward Slingerland, author of Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization. He takes us through the pros and cons of alcohol, such as how creativity and sociability can be enhanced, yet alcohol is still toxic to consume, despite our desires to consume it, especially beer; a beverage that has been enjoyed for thousands of years.

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Maureen Ogle, author, historian and a proclaimed ranter, joins us to chat about her time in her researches, findings and personal experiences during her time writing her book “Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer”. Please forgive Andy’s audio, there will be some glitches throughout, but stick around at the very end for a little blooper reel.

Maureen’s website: https://www.maureenogle.com/

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The history of beer goes back thousands of years, and the fermented liquid we all know and love plays significant roles throughout time in different civilizations around the world. That’s why, in this Rolling Hops series, we’ve reached out to some well-known historians in the beer scene to tell us a little bit of what they know. In this episode, we chat with author, and University of Toronto Professor Jeffery Pilsher, to start off our Historian Edition.

It was with great pleasure to visit my first brewery dedicated to the podcast for this episode, and chatting with Todd Hoffman, owner of Brauwerk Hoffman in Campbell's Bay, Quebec. Located off Highway 148, this brewery is quaintly tucked behind the bushes with a decently sized acreage for their standalone brewery, restaurant, and a large garden of hops and produce. We chat about where it all started for Todd, German heritage, and his ventures to starting this, and another brewery in Rockland, Ontario by the same name, with some delicious beer tastings toward the end. 

Location: 1298 Route 148, Campbell's Bay, Quebec