Pub Chat

We’re excited to announce that this month we’re dedicating all our episodes to cocktails (we’re drinking beer too). This week we’re joined by the sexy intern to talk about how each of our cocktail love affairs started.

Cocktail Month

* Episode 88 – Part 1 with the Sexy Intern – April 2

* Episode 89 – Part 2 with Mike Fox – April 9

* Episode 90 – Part 3 with Josey of Deer + Almond

* Episode 91 – Part 4 with Graeme Young

* Episode 92 – Part 5 with @Kevs_Kitchen

For the next three episodes, we’ll be joined by three of our favourite Winnipeg bartenders. We gave them the four main Half Pints beers to experiment with and they each came up with a beer-based cocktail for us to try on each episode. Thanks to Graeme & Josey of Deer + Almond and Mike of previously of Peasant Cookery and the soon-to-be-open Albert Street Cocktail Co.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:40 – Fernie Black Mammoth Winter Ale

07:25 – Pub Chat’s cocktail month

08:10 – The Sazerac

12:00 – First cocktail experiences

17:50 – Go-to cocktails

21:00 – Adrian’s car crash

22:20 – LJT on cocktails, whiskey sours

24:35 – Favourite cocktail ingredients

26:25 – Raw chicken and eggs

29:25 – Cocktail bars and travelling

32:50 – Adrian goes to Spain

38:00 – Wrapping it up

If there’s one thing the BBC does well, it’s documentaries about Really Cool Shit. This week we’re joined by #crecomm’er Luke Daniels to discuss Generation Earth. This series on Netflix talks about some of the amazing stuff humans have done to destroy improve the planet. Keeping with the origins of the documentary, we’re drinking Organic Chocolate Stout from Samuel Smith’s brewery in Yorkshire, UK.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

02:35 – Samuel Smith’s Organic Chocolate Stout

06:15 – Generation Earth, a.k.a. Supersized Earth

11:10 – Animations on the show?

15:00 – G-Can project in Tokyo

22:20 – Shanghai

27:35 – China’s roads

37:40 – Machines

39:55 – Colin’s fears

44:00 – Oil rigs

47:55 – Planet Earth and BBC documentaries

50:10 – Wrapping it up

This week we’re drinking the Bean Me Up Espresso Stout by Fuggles & Warlock, a small brewery from Richmond, BC. We’re joined by fellow beer enthusiast Paul (@tehhairy) to talk about brewery and beer related swag. Colin & I also spend some time being envious of Paul’s trip to Darkness Days at Surly last year.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

02:00 – Fuggles and Warlock Bean Me Up Espresso Stout

06:45 – Brewery branded shirts and hats

11:05 – Brewery glassware

16:00 – Colin likes pink

17:45 – Stickers and coasters

20:45 – Darkness Days

28:40 – Paul goes to Belgium, Adrian was already there

31:05 – More on beer apparel

36:00 – Wrapping it up

Joey Heflich joins us this week to talk all about House of Cards Season 3 and he only has one thing he wants to tell you about it: America Works sucks. We’re drinking the delightful Rogue’s Chocolate Stout.

SPOILER ALERT: This episode contains all the spoilers.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:25 – Rogue Chocolate Stout

04:00 – Tasting notes

06:30 – House of Cards: spoiler alert!

08:25 – Overall impressions of season 3

24:45 – America Works

33:45 – Devil’s advocate on America Works

36:50 – Doug

44:05 – HOC manipulates who you root for

46:45 – Looking forward

48:50 – Claire gets sick and makes eggs

52:00 – Wrapping it up

This week we’re chatting to Amanda, founder of Oh Doughnuts in Winnipeg. She makes delicious handmade doughnuts for daily delivery to local coffee shops. Amanda joined us to talk all about doughnuts, and drink some bourbon barrel-aged Dogfather Imperial Stout from Laughing Dog Brewing.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

00:50 – Vegan doughnuts

02:15 – Laughing Dog The Dogfather Imperial Stout (Bourbon Barrel)

06:10 – Life of a doughnut maker

10:20 – Oh Doughnuts favourites

11:40 – Getting into doughnut making

13:30 – Why we love doughnuts

14:50 – Doughnuts in other cities

17:50 – Doughnut temperature

19:30 – Donut versus doughnut

21:30 – Creating the doughnut

25:20 – Value of doughnuts

29:25 – National doughnut day

31:30 – Marmite doughnut and other requests

33:50 – Fried versus baked doughnuts

38:10 – Bronuts and naming Oh Doughnuts

44:30 – Doughnuts as a trend and a business

51:30 – Wrapping it up

Today we’re celebrating the three year anniversary of Pub Chat. To be honest, I don’t think either of us thought we’d make it this far. To celebrate, we’re doing a vertical tasting of Half Pints Burly Wine. We’ve got 2008, 2009 and 2014 vintages on deck and the sexy intern is along for the ride.

We’re pleased to announce that starting today we’re going to release episodes every week! In addition to going weekly, we’re launch a new site and logo this weekend, so keep your eyes peeled. Finally, in addition to twitter, you can now find us on instagram at @PubChatPodcast!

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:30 – Half Pints Burlywine

10:30 – Aging and vertical tastings

15;15 – Adrian needs more glasses

16:30 – Pub Chat celebrates three years

19:00 – Pub Chat’s year in beer

21:30 – Pub Chat’s year in guests

29:30 – Pub Chat’s year in topics

35:30 – Future guests and announcements

42:20 – Promises broken, kept and made

45:30 – Wrapping it up

We’re drinking He’Brew Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A. from New York’s Schmaltz Brewing with local homebrewer Mark Mruss. Mark has been brewing beer for a few years, sometimes with a few more interesting ingredients.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

00:30 – He’Brew Bittersweet Lenny’s R.I.P.A.

06:45 – Mark getting into homebrewing

14:15 – Higher ABV brews

17:25 – Mark’s homebrew highlights

20:45 – Half Pints Simcoe Spruce

22:30 – Beer ingredients regulations

23:40 – Anniversary beers and high ABV

27:25 – Stone opening a brewery in Germany

28:50 – Back to homebrewing

34:30 – Open fermentation and sour beers

37:05 – Europeans, washing and cheeses

38:40 – Mark finding time to brew

40:20 – The brewing process

47:40 – Wrapping it up

January is almost over, but we decided to look back at 2014 one more time, at our favourite beers of year. We’re drinking Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale from Kiuchi Brewery in Japan, Sapporo this is not.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

00:50 – Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale

04:55 – Kiuchi Brewery

10:40 – Back to the beer

11:25 – Colin’s year in breweries

18:35 – Adrian’s year in breweries

21:40 – LJT’s amateur hour

23:25 – The year in pubs

30:50 – The year in everyday beers

38:20 – Adrian drops the ball

39:50 – LJT’s top 10

45:55 – Colin’s top 10

48:55 – Misses of 2014

50:55 – Best breweries of 2014

55:00 – Manitoba’s year in beer

57:45 – Wrapping it up

This week we’re rounding up our top albums of 2014 with regular guests Chris Rohling and Brett Enquist. 2014 was an interesting year for music, with only a few true standouts but tonnes of very good stuff. Reflecting this diversity, all of us had quite different choices. We also thoroughly enjoyed the always-great Old Rasputin from North Coast

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

00:55 – North Coast Old Rasputin

05:00 – 2014 in music

11:50 – Adrian’s top 5

24:50 – Brett’s top 5

30:45 – Colin’s top 5

38:50 – Chris’ top 5

50:00 – Taylor Swift 1989

56:40 – Luke Jacob

58:15 – Other albums and soundtracks

1:01:55 – Upcoming albums

1:04:25 – New Surly beer hall

1:08:10 – Wrapping it up

The LJT Top 5

5. Little Hurricane – Gold Fever

4. Jack White – Lazaretto

3. Taylor Swift – 1989

2. James Vincent McMorrow – Post Tropical

1. Hozier – Hozier

To kick off 2015, we’re chatting with local media nerds Dan Vadeboncoeur and Kenton Larsen about the shows, movies and whatnot that we’re looking forward to this year. In addition to our mostly tv-focused discussion, we’re drinking Wee Heavy Scotch Ale from Ontario’s Amsterdam Brewery. 2015 is gonna be an exciting year for Pub Chat. Thanks for listening and Happy New Year!

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

02:30 – Amsterdam Wee Heavy Scotch Ale

08:00 – Liquor advertising laws

13:00 – TV coming in 2015

16:20 – Shorter TV seasons

19:15 – Christmas specials and singles

21:45 – Upcoming Marvel shows and other TV

26:20 – Star Wars

37:40 – More upcoming movies

43:50 – Better Call Saul

46:40 – The Walking Dead

56:40 – Game of Thrones

57:40 – Media and celebrity branded liquor

1:00:40 – Wrapping it up