Pub Chat

This week we’re embarking on an episode that has been years in the planning – an Orval 7 Year vertical. Colin has been diligently sourcing and cellaring bottles of Orval for the last few years, and we now have enough to try 7 years worth, all together. To help us navigate these tasty waters is long time Orval fan and beer industry Steve Thibault, owner of 49th Parallel Group.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:30 – Cheese pairings!

02:23 – 2016 x 2

05:10 – ABV strictness

10:50 – Orval’s unique process

18:00 – Cheeeeeese

19:45 – 2015

27:40 – 2014

30:00 – Sessionable!

37:00 – Wonderous Belgian beer culture

39:50 – 2013

42:50 – Steve’s beer journey

50:40 – 2012

1:05:50 – September 2010

1:17:00 – Adrian becomes an optimist

1:20:30 – Wrap-up

It’s now too far into 2018 to keep saying Happy New Year. We’re joined by Brett Enquist to recap the last year and talk about what we’re looking forward to this year (now known as #brettisode).

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:06 – #brettisode

01:11 – Duclaw Sweet Baby Java Espresso Bean Infused Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter

03:00 – #jitteryjesus

06:30 – Pricey London Beer

22:00 – #gainz goals

23:00 – 2017 things

25:05 – 2017 music

32:00 – The Year in Netflix

35:00 – Apple TV Screensavers

44:00 – Wrap-up

It’s that time of year again – we’re reviewing our top 5 albums of the past 12 months with our favourite Minnesotan, Chris Rohling. Chris is drinking Northeast Nectar by 56 Brewing in Minneapolis beer while we indulge in One Year Wild Saison from Field House Brewing.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

02:30 – Wild Saison by Field House Brewing

02:25 – Northeast Nectar by 56 Brewing

08:55 – Music!

12:45 – Our 5th favourites

01:19:45 – “It’s just like a holiday, it’s part of new years”

For our final episode of 2017 we’re joined by local home brewer Jeremy Koop to talk about his craft, and drink two versions of De Molens Mooi & Meedogenloos – regular and barrel aged. Have a great holiday season and new years – we’ll see you in January for our annual top 5 albums with Chris Rohling!

Show notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:30 – De Molens Mooi & Meedogenloos and Barrel aged

06:20 – 10 years of home brewing!

13:30 – The brew schedule

16:00 – The gear

20:00 – Sours

28:50 – Border hop hop shopping

31:00 – Barley Wine

42:20 – Walk in beer coolers

43:20 – Wrap-up – Good bye 2017

In this episode we’re drinking French Oak Saison by New Belgium Brewery and chatting to Garth Ward about his career in orthotics, and his totally-unrelated love of home brewing.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:10 – French Oak Saison by New Belgium

05:00 – So what is orthotics?

07:50 – Late nights in the basement

17:00 – Wet Hop Honey Ale

20:45 – Maple syrup heist

30:00 – Crushing fruit

35:50 – Wrap-up

In this episode we’re drinking the boozy 2016 Kentucky Bastard from Nickel Brook Brewing. We’re joined by Jessica and Casey from Winnipeg Tasting Tours to talk about their take on a pub crawl.

Show notes

00:00 – Introduction

02:00 – “I could drink a bottle”

09:30 – Pub crawls

11:30 – The Golden Mile

16:00 – Monopoly pub crawl

24:20 – Santa Con

34:30 – Suit up day

37:30 – Winnipeg Tasting Tours

47:30 – The Glasgow Sub Crawl

In this episode we’re joined by Brett Enquist to talk about John Dunsworth, Trailer Park Boys and drink some Malt Liquor.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

00:45 – Ricky’s Catch 23 Malt Liquor

05:00 – Trailer Park Boys

06:40 – RIP John Dunsworth

10:15 – One of the saddest moments in television history

18:45 – Liquormans

21:55 – Garbage Cops

29:30 – Ricky’s Catch 23 sucks

This week we’re joined by Marissa Loreno (aka. @thelittleredheart) and Cody Fullerton and to chat about a zero-waste, minimalism, and drink some tasty beer from Beaus.

Show notes

01:20 – Beaus Cranberry Derby

05:00 – This is no muffin

10:00 – Going minimal

16:10 – So much guilt

20:50 – So many mason jars

27:10 – The world is your warehouse of stuff

32:00 – Digital stuff

35:02 – Beaus Sargent Stripes Export Stout #traincontent

42:50 – Tiny homes?

48:15 – Legalize chickens!

We’ve got Mama Cutsworth on to talk about the DJ life. We’re drinking Farmhand Saison – a Belgian farmhouse ale by Driftwood.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:30 – Farmhand Saison – Driftwood

04:44 – The origin story

13:00 – *So* many shows

21:00 – The Burton Cummings

23:00 – The DJ Academy for Women & Non-binary folks.

34:00 – Walking music

40:40 – Leuven

46:00 – Winnipeg Apartment Signs

We’re drinking Nectarous – a tasty, dry hopped sour by Four Winds in Delta, BC. We’re joined by John Luxford to chat about the latest developments in Virtual Realty / Augmented Reality / Mixed Reality / XR. He’s one of the founders of Campfire Union, who are currently developing a VR TV studio called Flipside.

Show Notes

00:00 – Intro

01:10 – Nectarous by Four Winds

08:00 – Hot new VR stuff

10:00 – So many platforms

15:30 – The szechuan sauce thing

19:20 – Hardware sales

32:50 – Predictions

38:16 – “We’re gonna be old”

41:50 – Flipside

52:00 – Wrap-up