Pub Chat

This week we’re chatting Halloween and party prep with Alyson Shane. We’re drinking the Spice Principle from Beaus, a spiced weissbier that runs at 5.6 % ABV.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

00:50 – Beaus The Spice Principle

05:45 – Coronation Chicken

07:30 – The Halloween Party

13:00 – Thomas the Tank Drama

17:15 – The Fat Controller

20:12 – “Aggressive on Pinterest”

24:25 – Colin’s Halloween Game

33:00 – Sailor Moon

40:00 – Major Party Foul

45:50 – Blue Beard

49:20 – “Wank for days”

55:00 – Winnie the Pooh

Our guest this week is Mark Turner from Amsterdam Tea Room – soon to be Winnipeg’s first licensed tea room. Fittingly, we’re drinking Surly Brewing’s Coffee Bender.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

02:00 – Coffee Bender

07:10 – Getting into the tea zone

13:10 – Old fermented tea

15:25 – Smack Shack

19:10 – Smoked tea

28:30 – Teavana

31:00 – Darjeeling tea

37:00 – “Big Tea”

40:00 – Wrap-up

We’re drinking La Trappe Quadrupel from De Koningshoeven Trappist brewery in the Netherlands. Our guest this episode is Kyle Doucette, owner of local clothing brand / instagram sensation Friendly Manitoba.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:30 – La Trappe Quadrupel

05:00 – “Trappist”

09:40 – Friendly Manitoba

14:20 – The provincial bird of Manitoba

18:45 – Special treatment of motorists

23:40 – Fries

28:55 – #Canada

33:30 – Warm beer

In this episode we’re drinking Hopocalypse Meow from Phillips Brewing and talking beer with Torque Brewing’s newest brewer, Tyler Sattler.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

02:00 – Hopocalypse Meow by Phillips Brewing

04:40 – The IBU = Lots of hops

06:45 – Hop fatigue

10:30 – Discovering beer

18:30 – Nano breweries

19:30 – Resurrecting Fort Garry

25:10 – The road to brewing

35:10 – Brewing opportunities

38:00 – Favourite beers – finding Pliny

45:30 – Wrap-up

This week we’re finally sitting down with Dustin Pernitsky again after we lost the episode we recorded together in February. We’re drinking Wag the Wolf Hopfenweisse by Beau’s and recapping HBO’s The Young Pope. Spoiler alert: there are some Young Pope spoilers so listen for the warning.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

02:00 – Wag the Wolf by Beau’s Brewery

05:50 – The Young Pope synopsis

09:30 – The soundtrack

13:20 – Kangaroos?

19:50 – Spoiler time!

23:00 – How to become a cardinal

30:00 – Lenny’s reawakening

34:50 – The New Pope

39:55 – The diabolical pope

43:40 – The cool pope / Pope punch

45:45 – Wrap-up

This week we’re drinking Mons Abbey Dubbel by Brasserie Belgh Brasse and chatting to owner of The Haberdashery in Winnipeg – Luke Nolan.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:00 – Mons Abbey Dubbel by Brasserie Belgh Brasse

08:30 – Trappist beer

12:20 – The Haberdashery

18:15 – The Exchange district

20:00 – Hat trends

23:00 – As the beer warms

23:50 – Junkyard Brewing

29:30 – Hats

32:00 – Brazen & the local beer scene

40:50 – Wrap-up

We’ve somehow reach episode 200 – to celebrate we’re drinking Norseman Eisbock plus a whole bunch of different home brew with Paul & Brad from local home-brew shop Grain to Glass.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:00 – Norseman Eisbock from Bush Pilot Brewing / Nickel Brook / Nøgne

05:30 – Time to take on the home-brew

11:00 – Get the home-brew gear

11:50 – “Fresh Squeezed” vs. Fresh Blood

17:30 – Home-brew “kits”

24:50 – Brewdog Recipes

28:00 – Brewery buyouts

34:24 – Saison

49:45 – German Dark Lager

1:02:35 – Wrap-up

We’re drinking Fuggles & Warlock’s The Last Mango with our guest, and Winnipeg’s king of hot dogs – Max Frank. He’s become synonymous with hot dogs thanks to his restaurant Have a Nice Day, as well as regular servings of hot dogs at Rainbow Trout.

Show notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:30 – The Last Mango

05:00 – Hot Dogs

07:55 – Chicago dogs (NO KETCHUP)

10:30 – Is a hot dog a sandwich? (Does it matter?)

14:00 – Weird Brazilian dogs

18:25 – Top toppings

20:00 – Hot dog eating contests

22:42 – Meat math

29:25 – 60 hot dogs a year

30:22 – (we didn’t)

33:00 – The Last Strawberry

34:48 – (I did)

35:20 – The weinermobile

Today we’re joined by singer-songwriter Marshall Birch to talk about the music business, and we’re drinking Apricotopus from Parallel 49 Brewing.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

00:55 – Parallel 49 Apricotopus

08:00 – Music the genesis story

09:45 – New instruments

12:25 – Matt Zimmerman

16:10 – Banned from a bar in Kenora

19:00 – The chili cook off

21:50 – The new band

26:00 – The song writing process

29:15 – Brandon music

33:30 – Refusing singing

This week we’re drinking with Chris Young – head brewer and Half Pints in Winnipeg. We’ve got 2015 and 2016 Ol’ Fog Burner from Garrison brewing to sip on while we chat about the early days of Winnipeg’s first modern craft brewery.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:15 – Ol’ Fog Burner

09:05 – Getting into the beer industry

14:30 – The path to brewing

17:25 – Not homebrewing

21:05 – Favourites

29:05 – Rigamarole Rye

33:25 – Cryo hops

36:30 – Nelson Sauvin Hops

40:00 – Wrap-up