Barrel-focused breweries seem to be fewer and further between these days, so when the opportunity arose to chat with an Ontario barrel master, we were pretty stoked. Owen Roth of Passage Brewery sat down with Cee to talk about his illustrious brewing career from Granite to Side Launch to Bellwoods, starting his highly-lauded brewery Still Fields and the story of bringing it to a close, his approach to beer with his backyard brewery Passage, how he works with local suppliers, his love for all things farmhouse, how his beers reflect the seasons, the future of barrel-focused breweries, his awesome (and limited) Bespoke Barrel Society program and how folks can access two exclusive beers every month, and truly what makes Passage unique. They got into six of Passage's impeccable brews - Shifting Winds Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Lager, Export Gold Export Ale collab with Heart's Tavern, Slow Bloom Barrel-Fermented Grisette, Whispering Dawn Barrel-Aged Farmhouse Ale, Endless February Barrel-Aged Stout, and Midnight Musings Barrel-Fermented Dark Farmhouse Lager. This was such a great chat - cheers!

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