Pub Chat

We’re joined this week by independent chef & good food proponent Ben Kramer. We’re gonna tuck into some deep cooking chat while drinking Hit the Deck New England IPA by Fernie Brewing.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:06 – Hit the Deck New England IPA by Fernie Brewing

03:15 – Early #cooklife

07:00 – Coming to Winnipeg

08:30 – Accidentally ethical

11:00 – Devaluing “local”

15:30 – AB InBev “craft” beer

17:00 – Deceptive food/beer marketing

20:00 – Why local is more expensive

25:00 – Ingredients first, then the menu

26:30 – The restaurant dream, or lack thereof

30:00 – Food business dark side

32:00 – Rockhopper IPA from Jasper Brewing [BC]

36:50 – Challenges of freedom

44:45 – Wrap-up

We’re joined this week by audio-tech Danelle Cloutier to drink some Full Time IPA by Beaus Brewing and chat about the audio business.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

00:55 – Beaus Full Time IPA

07:00 – Camping beer

11:05 – Sound effects – the fun stuff

22:00 – Sake drunk

23:30 – Oakland

30:00 – West Coast beers

34:00 – Voodoo doughnuts

This week we’re drinking Imperial Biscotti Break from Evil Twin Brewing. We’re joined by Daniella Da Silva to talk about the music festivals coming up this summer in and around Winnipeg.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

02:00 – Imperial Biscotti Break

08:30 – Music festival beers

11:10 – Imperial Biscotti Break – Festival breakfast beer

13:20 – The trout river float

16:00 – Rainbow Trout Tickets (still available?)

16:45 – Winnipeg Jazz fest

20:20 – Real Love Festival

22:50 – Harvest Moon Festival

26:45 – Winnipeg Folk Festival

39:00 – Weaves

41:20 – Country Fest?

43:00 – Wrap-up

Our go-to hip-hop specialists from Now You Know Podcast  Anthony Carvalho and Clement Betiku join us to talk about a selection of albums, and drink Tartastic by New Belgium Brewing.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

02:00 – Tartastic

05:50 – Genuine Chocolate Milk

10:55 – Grime

11:50 – Craig David (again)

18:28 – “Make grooves around the globe”

28:50 – Shout out to rich people

34:30 – Future hip-hop things

We’re drinking beers with Jeff & Mandi Stacey from the Winnipeg Brew Bombers and talking about home-brew. We’re drinking their award-winning Intergalatic Blonde Ale in addition to Pothole Filler by Howe Sound.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

02:50 – The home brewing habit

07:15 – Kettle sours in homebrew

11:00 – This beer was poured at Flatlanders (it was great)

22:00 – Crowlers in Winnipeg?

25:00 – Pothole Filler by Amsterdam Brewing

26:10 – Train Fact!

45:00 – Winnipeg home-brew week

Tonight we’re joined by local cocktail guy Mike Ball and drinking Chimay White. We’re mixing things up a little today and going to bat for some of our favourite (and least favourite) cultural touch-points to see who has the best debating chops.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:00 – What are we doing?

03:30 – Chimay White

08:30 – The rules

09:15 – Marvel vs. DC (Don’t judge a company by its logo)

13:50 – The only time a McGriddle is appropriate

16:10 – Can or bottle?

19:40 – “You can’t have meat cake”

27:00 – Salty snacks or sweet?

30:00 – Ransack the Universe by Collective Arts

30:45 – Star Wars vs. Star Trek. “There was a Star Trek movie, right?”

37:00 – Remakes

47:26 – Seinfeld vs. Friends

51:57 – Peanut butter vs. Nutella

60:45 – Stout vs. IPA

This week we’re drinking Saison Du Tracteur and chatting with Aaron Onio from the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Centre (CMBTC).A

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:10 – Saison du Tracteur by Le Trou du Diable

03:00 – The CMBTC

10:20 – Malt 101

20:00 – Roasting

28:50 – The origin story

34:40 – Tasting panel

38:30 – Wrap-up

This episode is the second from our road trip to Brandon. Colin & I get some in-depth knowledge about guitars while drinking Valis Imperial IPA from Fuggles & Warlock with Matt Zimmerman – musician and band leader of Man Alive.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:00 – Valis Imperial IPA

03:45 – The ukulele

06:00 – Raise the nut

07:45 – Music School

13:00 – A chorus of harmonicas

18:45 – BU

21:50 – Aural Skills

26:45 – Music in healthcare

35:55 – Wrap-up

We’re in Brandon this week to once again chat about a TV show with Grant & Amy  by the fire. We’re drinking Xocoveza Stout by Stone Brewing and chatting about the Netflix series The OA.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:30 – Xocoveza Stout by Stone Brewing

06:50 – Embracing the streaming format

09:40 – Spoiler alert (Colin starts to spoil it at this point)

15:30 – The “movements”

21:25 – Creative control

26:25 – Diesel Fitter Stout

31:00 – Drinking with Jason Segel

37:00 – Mastodon

It’s the final episode of this years Cocktail Month. We’re joined by Erik Thordarson from Sous Sol to drink Udder Domination by Dead Frog Brewery, and make each other some tasty drinks.

Check out the other cocktail month episodes.

Show Notes

00:00 – Introduction

01:20 – Udder Domination from Dead Frog Brewery

04:30 – Makin’ cocktails

11:10 – (Lactose gets added towards the end of the boil)

17:00 – Adrian’s cocktail (Witty Belgian, gin, a few other things)

25:10 – Bartenders choice

31:00 – Cocktail glassware

43:00 – Erik’s cocktail (Garun & brown liquids)

47:00 – Caesar garnish

53:00 – Rae & Jerrys

56:10 – Wrap-up