This week on Between Two Fermenters, we’re joined by two longtime friends, collaborators, and absolute heavyweights of Ontario craft beer: Steve “Bebo” Pilotto and Chris Steininger from Third Moon Brewing.  

Before Third Moon became one of the most talked-about breweries in the province, Bebo was a homebrewer turning heads with hazy IPAs, and Chris was a GLB superfan lining up for releases, hauling cases home, and chasing the beers he loved. Their shared obsession eventually turned into a partnership, and in May 2020, right in the middle of a global pandemic, Third Moon Brewing was born.  

In this episode, Bebo and Chris get candid about the road that led them here, the pressure of turning passion into a livelihood, and what it really takes to build something meaningful in craft beer. 

We dig into: 

• How two beer nerds met, bonded, and realized they were “the maniacs” in the room 
• Bebo’s homebrewing roots and the Unfazed by Haze collab that helped shape GLB’s hazy IPAs 
• Opening a brewery during COVID and why those early, chaotic days were both terrifying and magical 
• Friendship vs. Partnership – how that changes when beer stops being a hobby and becomes your life 
• Building Third Moon’s culture, team, and ethos (and why “everyone pushing the car” matters) 
• Why they brew the beers they want to drink, trends be damned 

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Hosted by Troy Burtch, Between Two Fermenters, a podcast brought to you by Toronto's Great Lakes Brewery where craft beer and conversation collide - straight from the tanks to your ears.