Pub Chat

Today we’re joined by former sports journalist Susan Nicol to talk about the close ties between sports and beer. Accompanying us this episode is Garrison’s Double Jack Pumpkin Ale.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:45 – Garrison Double Jack Pumpkin Ale

04:15 – Garrison hop tours and pumpkins

06:15 – Halloween

08:45 – Beer and hockey

11:20 – Being a female sports journalist

15:15 – Former breweries and beer league teams

21:40 – Big beer sponsorships

23:30 – Advertising beer in Canada

26:30 – Open liquor in New Orleans

27:35 – Spengler Cup

33:30 – Advertising and marketing

44:00 – Defining craft beer

52:35 – German and middle eastern beer

54:10 – Beer pairings

55:10 – Proper glassware

56:40 – Craft versus microbrewery

58:45 – The next trends in beer

1:00:15 – Beer strikes and homebrewing

1:04:45 – Wrapping it up

This week we’re joined by local #sports writer Melissa Martin to talk about her trip to Japan & pick her brain for a few ideas for our own trip there next year. We’re drinking Lake of Bays Terrible Ted Red.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:30 – Japanese snacks and Kit-Kat

06:10 – Lake of Bays Terrible Ted Red

07:45 – Japanese Craft Beer and whiskey

10:00 – Not knowing Japanese

15:15 – Coffee culture in Japan

17:55 – Trains

20:30 – The Suicide Forest

21:20 – Why Japan

22:40 – Chopsticks and ramen

25:45 – Etiquette and culture

29:50 – Cash and street crime

35:30 – Role of women

37:45 – What to do in Japan

41:10 – Tokyo is huge

43:50 – Personal space and solitude

50:45 – French Fries

51:40 – Wrapping it up

Author and now two-time Pub Chat guest Chadwick Ginther joined us this week to talk about the writing process, what we’ve been reading recently, and the final book in his Thunder Road trilogy, Too Far Gone. We’re drinking this years edition of Flying Monkey’s Paranormal Imperial Pumpkin Ale.

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— Pub Chat (@PubChatPodcast) October 15, 2015

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

00:35 – Flying Monkeys Paranormal Imperial Pumpkin Ale

05:25 – Doughnuts and Magic the Gathering

07:45 – Thunder Road trilogy

09:00 – Writing goals

18:25 – Adapting the writing process

24:50 – Knowing when it’s done

28:55 – Harry Potter

34:00 – Comics and the things we read

37:05 – Handling reviews

39:50 – Rat Queens and other gems

46:00 – How we buy comics

49:50 – Sex Criminals

50:45 – Wrapping it up

This week we’re drinking Phillip’s 14th Anniversary barrel aged, dry-hopped ale, Super Cooper. We’re joined by Beer Winnipeg to talk religion and alcohol, and the history of our beloved trappist beer.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:00 – Philips Super Cooper 14th Anniversary Ale

06:00 – Alcohol and religion

09:20 – Giving up beer, bread or cheese

11:00 – Eastern religions

16:45 – Religions for and against alcohol

19:45 – Roman empire and booze

21:20 – Religious references in beer

22:30 – Ninkasi and a tattoo for Colin

24:00 – Ancient beer

26:40 – Trappist beer

35:10 – Westvleteren

38:40 – Trappist beer styles

40:20 – New Trappist breweries

43:50 – Doppelbock and lent

46:15 – International Trappist Association and Manitoba’s Trappists

49:30 – Wrapping it up

We’re pleased to finally have Nicole Barry (of the upcoming Peg Beer Co.) on the podcast to talk all things beer. We had a great time drinking some variations of Thor’s Hammer and talking beer glassware, labelling and more.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:25 – Central City Thor’s Hammer

06:10 – Selling out

11:15 – Marketing, labelling and talking about beer

17:30 – Beer glassware

22:15 – Barrel aged versus regular Thor’s Hammer

23:10 – Pre-aging beer before release

27:00 – Defining craft beer

31:00 – Is the beer industry glamourous?

34:10 – Being successful as a craft brewery

40:15 – Outlook on craft beer in Winnipeg

44:30 – Those who serve craft beer

47:00 – Comparing the Thor’s Hammers

50:50 – Sours

54:00 – Best beer in the world

58:15 – Wrapping it up

This episode we’re talking to Daniel Emmons about Sense8, a new-ish Netflix Original series. Our beer this week is the always-delightful St Bernardus Abt 12.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:20 – St Bernardus Abt 12

02:48 – Intro to Sense8

08:05 – Complaints

11:30 – Country by country

14:05 – Jonas and Van Damme

19:40 – Netflix problems

20:45 – Music and comparison to Cloud Atlas

23:30 – Opening sequence

26:00 – Moments

28:15 – Shock value

30:30 – Other themes of the show

33:45 – Great lines and moments

35:30 – Daniel’s final comments

37:05 – Colin’s final comments

38:55 – Renewal and cast

42:15 – American and British accents in acting

44:45 – Projections

47:45 – Wrapping it up

This week we’re drinking some Voodoo Child Dark Mild Ale from Half Pints, and talking about Winnipeg with No One is Safe host Lindsey (with an e). We talked Freep paywall, stolen bikes & downtown living.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:20 – Voodoo Child Dark Mild

08:05 – Lindsey on Radio

12:20 – What’s wrong with it

17:30 – Winnipeg resisting change

21:30 – Moving downtown

27:10 – Stolen bikes

29:32 – Paywalls and the Winnipeg Free Press

36:00 – Media instability and more paywall

41:10 – The race to be first

44:55 – Tweets and the news

46:00 – Wrapping it up

For this episode, Colin Koop supplied a delicious bottle of Surly Darkness for us to drink. We managed to spend at least half of the episode talking about how great Darkness is. Needless to say, we probably owe him now.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

02:00 – Surly Darkness Day

10:30 – Darkness the beer

17:25 – More on Darkness Day

28:50 – Half Pints & Winnipeg beer events

31:10 – Beer festivals

38:25 – Wrapping it up

 If hops are considered the seasoning of beer than we obviously couldn’t have beer without the meat (malt). This episode we are joined by Andrew from The Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC) to discuss the malt, how important malt is, and delve into the malting process a bit. We also drink Maui Brewing’s Coconut Porter.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:15 – Maui Brewing Coconut Porter

06:10 – Beers in cans

09:30 – Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre

15:55 – Testing malt

18:20 – The CMBTC brewery and classes

21:35 – The importance of malts

25:30 – Malting in Canada

26:40 – Back to the beer

30:00 – Homebrewing

36:25 – Wrapping it up

This week we’re drinking Rochefort 8, with Belgian-waffle chef and Real Belgian Sebastien De Lazzer. We talked beer and waffles, and chicken and waffles, and candy and waffles, and waffles.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:20 – Rochefort 8

04:55 – Talking Belgium with a Belgian

09:35 – Sabastien’s journey

16:00 – Belgian waffles

23:00 – Regional waffle varieties

29:35 – History of chicken and waffles

33:50 – Beer and waffles

36:20 – Beer and candy in Belgium

42:10 – Wrapping it up