BAOS: Beer & Other Shhh Podcast

For three weeks in a row, Cee and Tiff held it down, and this week, they truly brought the gems. Their agency, High Season Co., is known for sharing Social Media tips, tricks and strategies via their YouTube channel, and tonight they brought the gems to the pod especially for the craft beer industry. They reviewed some of the best craft brewery Instagram accounts in Canada live on the pod, and then dropped some key ways on how craft breweries can market their businesses online in 2022. If you're looking to learn how to get ahead in the new year, we've laid it all out for you. They also touched on when is it too late to say Happy Holidays or Happy New Year, and they ran through how they're rolling out their Year In Beer for 2021. They crushed Matron Fine Beer's Janky, Huff Estates' Sip Sip Sparkling, and Daft's Mr. Sparkle. Cheers! Accounts we reviewed: R&B Brewing: https://vimeo.com/545270673 Bellwoods: https://www.instagram.com/bellwoodsbeer/ Town: https://www.instagram.com/townbrewery/ Toltek: https://www.instagram.com/toltek_brasseurartisan/ Dominion City: https://www.instagram.com/dominioncity/ Messorem Bracitorium: https://www.instagram.com/messorembracitorium/ Brasserie Ayawan: https://www.instagram.com/brasserieayawan/ Mellön Brasserie: https://www.instagram.com/mellonbrasserie/ Brasserie Sir John: https://www.instagram.com/brasseriesirjohn/ Brasserie Silo: https://www.instagram.com/brasseriesilo/ Cabin Brewery: https://www.instagram.com/cabinbrewing/ Get 20% OFF Manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code BAOS at MANSCAPED.com! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

The All-Star team of Cee and Tiff are holding it down this week, and they got into something a little different (again). They recorded the episode in Prince Edward County, a new fave spot for the BAOS squad, and got into what they've been up to in The County. They also touched on their thoughts on the year in beer for 2021, teasing the upcoming annual Top 10 Breweries in Quebec collab with Vox & Hops and Beerism. Nostalgia hit, so they broke out some of their first videos (a podcast, a Versus, a Beer Mail and a vlog) and reacted to them - from their appearance to the delivery to the editing, nothing was safe. They crushed Matron Fine Beer's Yeasayer Lagerbier and Brasserie du Bas-Canada's Link Up beers. This one is worth checking the video for a laugh. Enjoy! Get 20% OFF Manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code BAOS at MANSCAPED.com! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

We've been loving these low-key hang pods lately, so Tiff is back again with Cee for this super casual episode. They chatted about their recent projects, including The Chin Wag biweekly Instagram Live sessions, their new Stout Sessions video series, and they debuted a teaser for a new YouTube Live concept. Entitled "Murder She Drank", the idea was totally stolen from YouTubers Keto Connect, whose now-defunct "Murder She Ate" was a big fave of ours. Every other Thursday until the summer, Tiff and Cee will be running through a True Crime case with a beer (or two), so for this episode, they read the story of the murder of Richard Oland of the Moosehead Brewery dynasty in New Brunswick. They crushed 5e Baron's Moselle Kölsch and our brand new collab with L'Espace Public, Bière De Vacances with blueberry, guava and passion fruit. Let us know what you think of the new segment, cheers! Get 20% OFF Manscaped + Free Shipping with promo code BAOS at MANSCAPED.com! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

This week, we're staying put in Kingston, Ontario and hanging out with the fellas from one of the coolest new breweries in the area, Daft Brewing. CEO Adam Rondeau and Head Brewer Ryan Dhillon joined Cee and Nathan for a genuinely dope conversation, touching on why they specialize in sours, teaching the locals about craft beer, their impeccably vibrant branding and their taproom, why they decided to introduce a flagship beer, Ryan's obsession with brewing the perfect carrot beer, their packaging choice of bottles over cans, and a whole lot more. They got into three fascinating beers - Friend, a sour beer and cider hybrid (with plums); Crunchy Grooves, a carrot, ginger and spruce tip ale; and Coffee Is For Closers coffee milk stout with beans from Hale. Such a fun episode, cheers! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Kingston, Ontario is a region that hasn't typically been strongly associated with craft beer, but over the last few years, the scene is really beginning to shine. Newcomers Fine Balance, which opened in the summer of 2020, have made a real splash in the region and beyond. Co-Founder Andrew Silver joins Cee and Nathan of NathanDoesBeer/BAOS blog to chat about their unique marketing plan leveraging independent bottle shops across the province, their gorgeous branding, their approach to beer, their mission of perfecting the hazy IPA, the changes in the Kingston and Bay of Quinte regions, and a lot more. They crushed Fine Balance's Testaccio dry-hopped Italian Pilsner, their flagship lactose IPA Oats & Cream, and their juicy strawberry and vanilla Gelato Sour. This was a gem, enjoy! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

This week, we're heading back to sunny Florida. Odd Breed Wild Ales make some of the most sought-after beers in the region, and we're honoured to chat with Founder and Head Brewer Matt Manthe and Co-Owner Kevin Abbott (who you might remember from Barrel of Monks). We got into their very unique process (which is focused on barrel-aging and blending) and equipment, Matt's deep brewing history, non-carbonated wild beers, collabs, yeast, Hip Hop, Oznr, and a lot more. We cracked open their yet-to-be-released Oddities & Outliers (Blend 2) (which drops November 27th, 2021) and Mezcal Bugs from their Rare Barrel Club Third Edition. This was a phenomenal conversation, enjoy - cheers! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

It feels like every other week there's another brewery in trouble for doing something pretty damn horrible, often leading to being "cancelled" by the craft beer scene at large. But is there, or should there be, a path to redemption for these breweries if they learn from the experience and actually change for the better? Our producer Tiffany joins Cee for a spirited and honest discussion about this somewhat controversial topic, alongside touching on their recent collaboration beer with Nickel Brook, an update on Link Up, and their campaign supporting Muskoka Brewery's move into Quebec. They crushed the Nickel Brook x BAOS Podcast Green Apple Lager and the 5e Baron x Link Up Cascadian Dark Ale. How do you guys feel about cancelled breweries and redemption? Let us know on social! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

This isn't exactly Silicon Valley, so a craft beer accelerator is something that essentially hasn't existed in the industry - until now. Enter Community Brewing Ventures. Director of Strategic Partnerships Aaron Gore sat down with Cee to discuss exactly what a brew accelerator is, how CBV works with all their partner breweries, what makes their approach unique, how their funding works, the importance of DEI in order for craft beer to grow to its fullest potential, and a whole lot more. They crushed a Mexican Lager and juicy IPA from Dallas, TX's Steam Theory and an imperial pumpkin ale from their home base, D9 Brewing in North Carolina. This was packed with gems, enjoy! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

We finally made it to the Sunshine State. For our first ever podcast with a Florida brewery, we hung out with Kevin Abbott, the conveniently named gentleman behind the Belgian-inspired brewery, Barrel of Monks. Cee hung out with Kevin for an insightful chat about their unique origins, the beauty that is Belgian beers, the challenges of being a brewery in Florida back when it wasn't poppin', how they expanded beyond their European beginnings, the craft beer scene in Florida today, the qualities of a pastry stout, bottles vs cans, and a lot more. They crushed Single In Havana (blonde ale with guava), The Wizard (Belgian White), Three Fates (Tripel) and Sweet & Sticky (dessert stout). This was a great one - cheers! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Over this season of the podcast, we've touched on the booming segment of non-alcoholic beer, but this is the first time we've really gotten deep. Ted Fleming, Founder of Partake Brewing, Canada's premier craft non-alcoholic brewery, joined Cee to tell his story of why he started the brewery, he explains Partake's unique approach to NA beer, and where he sees NA beer going in the future. The fellas crushed Partake's Blonde, Red, Pale Ale, IPA, Stout, Peach Gose and Radler - the soberest podcast ever, but certainly one of the most informative. Enjoy (responsibly), cheers! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

The Adjunct Series is back! After a summer 2021 hiatus (well, sorta, we did drop the entire Link Up season), our do-whatever-we-want series has returned. Cee and our Co-Founder, Producer and perennial fave Tiffany Alexis hung out to catch everyone up about what went down this summer. They broke down the Link Up project in detail while crushing both the Town and BreWskey Link Up beers, they lightened things up with a segment reading some hilarious Untappd reviews thanks to UntappdWTF, they talked about their recent and upcoming beer collaborations with OverHop, L'Espace Public and Nickel Brook, chatted about events being back and what they're excited about for fall and Oktoberfest beers. Great to be back, y'all, cheers! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

The first four episodes of the season were really focused on the breweries involved, and now that we're sitting down with our Link Up Co-Founders, we can finally go deep on what the program is truly about. 5e Baron's Jacob Barrette and Danielle Duchesne joined Tiff and Cee to chat about the genesis of LinkUp and the problem they're trying to fix, why this cause is so important to 5e, the response to Link Up to date, how the actual program works and how BIPOC applicants can get involved. If you've been wanting to learn more about the program itself, you'll enjoy this one - cheers! About the Link Up season: We're back with a brand new season of BAOS Podcast, and this one is something very special and very close to us. We'll be focusing this entire season on Link Up, a non-profit started by the good folks behind Microbrasserie 5e Baron in Aylmer, QC and Tiffany and Cee here at BAOS and High Season Co. Our aim with this program is to help BIPOC from underrepresented communities learn about and enter the craft beer industry in essentially any area they wish - from a brewing apprentice to taking the Cicerone course for front-of-house opportunities, from hop farming to the yeast lab, from beer media to design and photography, we're here to help diversify an industry that is in dire need of it. Link Up Apply for the program via their website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

It's been an amazing season thus far and moving into the second half, we're connecting with the team behind our most watched and longest episode of all time - Third Moon. Steve "Bebo" Pilotto and Chris Steininger launched mid-pandemic in 2020 to a thunderous response, quickly becoming one of the most sought-after breweries in Ontario (and Canada as a whole), even landing a top 5 position in RateBeer's Best New Breweries of 2020. Bebo and Chris hung with Tiff and Cee to chat about their dedication to diversity, why they got involved in Black Is Beautiful multiple times, how they're helping the deaf community, the meaning behind the beer label and recipe, and how they figured out how to do more. Cheers! About the Link Up season: We're back with a brand new season of BAOS Podcast, and this one is something very special and very close to us. We'll be focusing this entire season on Link Up, a non-profit started by the good folks behind Microbrasserie 5e Baron in Aylmer, QC and Tiffany and Cee here at BAOS and High Season Co. Our aim with this program is to help BIPOC from underrepresented communities learn about and enter the craft beer industry in essentially any area they wish - from a brewing apprentice to taking the Cicerone course for front-of-house opportunities, from hop farming to the yeast lab, from beer media to design and photography, we're here to help diversify an industry that is in dire need of it. Link Up Apply for the program via their website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

The third episode from our inaugural Link Up season was with the podcast's #1 returning guest, Derrick Robertson of Montreal's BreWskey. The first Quebec brewery to launch a Link Up beer in the series, BreWskey came out strong with a phenomenal double IPA that truly spoke to their strengths. Derrick kicked it with Tiff and Cee to break down why he decided to take part in the program, the meaning behind the artwork, why they didn't participate in the Black Is Beautiful initiative in 2020, the best ways to approach diversity in the workplace and how inclusion can diversify palates. Enjoy, cheers! About the Link Up season: We're back with a brand new season of BAOS Podcast, and this one is something very special and very close to us. We'll be focusing this entire season on Link Up, a non-profit started by the good folks behind Microbrasserie 5e Baron in Aylmer, QC and Tiffany and Cee here at BAOS and High Season Co. Our aim with this program is to help BIPOC from underrepresented communities learn about and enter the craft beer industry in essentially any area they wish - from a brewing apprentice to taking the Cicerone course for front-of-house opportunities, from hop farming to the yeast lab, from beer media to design and photography, we're here to help diversify an industry that is in dire need of it. Link Up Apply for the program via their website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

The second episode from our Link Up season was with a good friend of the show, Jeff Talmey, Co-Founder of Town Brewery. Jeff was one of the first people we approached about being part of the Link Up launch series of collaboration beers, and he jumped at the opportunity. Jeff hung out with Tiff and Cee to chat about why he got involved in Link Up, we ran through the beer Town produced, the challenges involved in diversifying the craft beer industry (and in the Durham region specifically), the DEI initiatives Town have had in the past, and why it's important to truly involve the community in their space. An enlightening chat, cheers! About the Link Up season: We're back with a brand new season of BAOS Podcast, and this one is something very special and very close to us. We'll be focusing this entire season on Link Up, a non-profit started by the good folks behind Microbrasserie 5e Baron in Aylmer, QC and Tiffany and Cee here at BAOS and High Season Co. Our aim with this program is to help BIPOC from underrepresented communities learn about and enter the craft beer industry in essentially any area they wish - from a brewing apprentice to taking the Cicerone course for front-of-house opportunities, from hop farming to the yeast lab, from beer media to design and photography, we're here to help diversify an industry that is in dire need of it. Link Up Apply for the program via their website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

We're back with a brand new season of BAOS Podcast, and this one is something very special and very close to us. We'll be focusing this entire season on Link Up, a non-profit started by the good folks behind Microbrasserie 5e Baron in Aylmer, QC and Tiffany and Cee here at BAOS and High Season Co. Our aim with this program is to help BIPOC from underrepresented communities learn about and enter the craft beer industry in essentially any area they wish - from a brewing apprentice to taking the Cicerone course for front-of-house opportunities, from hop farming to the yeast lab, from beer media to design and photography, we're here to help diversify an industry that is in dire need of it. To launch Link Up, we've collaborated with 6 partner breweries for 6 amazing beers over 6 weeks in August and September 2021, starting with one of the leaders in giving back in Canadian craft beer, Dominion City. Co-Founder Josh McJannett and CFO Stephane Joachim joined Tiffany and Cee to discuss their Link Up beer, why they got involved, why diversity is important to them, how having a diverse team has helped them get to where they are today and why they've continued to be so community-focused. This was a great one, cheers! Link Up Apply for the program via their website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

It's been quite the run for the live Quarantine Edition of our ongoing Adjunct Series, and tonight, we wrapped it up with a bang. Longtime followers would know that our trip to Virginia in 2019 was a memorable one, where we travelled for a week from the northern part of the state all the way down to Virginia Beach, and we truly loved our experience. One thing we've been missing during the pandemic is those fire Virginia beers, so we were stoked to hang out with the boys behind Virginia Beer Co. Based in Williamsburg, VA, Robby Willey and Chris Smith opened Virginia Beer Co. back in March of 2016, and they recently celebrated their 5th anniversary. This episode was special for a few reasons - not only was it the wrap-up for the Quarantine Edition, but at midnight it was Chris's birthday, and the Montreal Canadiens won their series against Las Vegas to enter the NHL finals for the Stanley Cup in the middle of the episode, so there were a lot of fireworks, chanting and honking. The fellas chatted about their beginnings in craft beer, the trials and tribulations of finding their location, their approach to the beers they brew, Chris's brother's illustrious NHL career, Team Money vs Team Funny, and a ton more. We crushed four spectacular brews - Provisional Kölsch, Liquid Escape (tart ale with Australian sea salt and lemongrass), Deadbolt DIPA and a wild Brett farmhouse ale, Cellar Circus (Blend No. 006). Cheers! Note: We'll be off for the first two weeks of July 2021, coming back with a new produced season featuring Cee and Tiffany hosting, and then we'll slide right back into the Adjunct Series. This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Podcasting is an interesting endeavour. The things you think folks will love don't always resonate, and the things you think are mid end up over-performing. An example of the latter are the pods where Cee just hangs with a co-host for a bit of a chin wag with our rotating schedule of guests like Scott, Tiffany, Noah or Nate. These episodes always perform the best, so we're delivering for y'all. Nathan Lefebvre of NathanDoesBeer and the BAOS blog joins Cee for a lengthy and open chat about a bunch of things we haven't had the chance to address on the pod, including the recent allegations of rampant sexual misconduct across the craft beer industry, breweries (and the world) opening back up in the wake of a dampening pandemic, healthy drinking habits and how to talk about beer you don't like without being an asshole. They crushed Old Flame No Regrets Light Lager, Orleans Celebrating Sisters Bock, Chronicle The Flatwoods Monster, Badlands June 2021 DIPA and Bellwoods Grandma's Boy with Shiro Plums. Cheers! Note: We'll be taking a break the first two weeks of July, and then coming back with a fresh, new season. This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Ottawa is Canada's capital city, and in the past few years it has truly become synonymous with craft beer. One of the OG breweries in the city is Bicycle, who kicked things off in 2014 when husband and wife team Fariborz and Laura Behzadi opened up their own space after wanting something of their own to work on together. In this time, they've built a true community hub with a legion of loyal customers who love to bike to their cozy, welcoming brewery. BAOS's very own blog lead Nathan (also of NathanDoesBeer) joined Cee to hang with Fariborz and Laura to get the full history on Bicycle, why they've yet to brew crizpyboiz, how their recipes have evolved over the years, how Ottawa's craft beer scene has grown, the resurgence of the West Coast IPA, and a lot more. They got into four brews, including Frequency Pale Ale, Tree Climber IPA, On The Lam IPA and Willow West Coast IPA. Cheers! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Sitting less than an hour east of Toronto, the Durham region's craft beer scene has been blowing up in the past few years. One brewery that caught our eye was Bowmanville's Chronicle Brewing, with their eclectic, game and fantasy-centric label art, and impeccable and wide-ranging list of beers. We've been fortunate enough to try a few of their beers over the last year and change, but finally we got to hang out with the folks behind the brews. Helmed by Ted Paulsen, he joined Cee on the podcast alongside Jon Cowling (marketing, front of house) to get into how the brewery came to be, what's in the water in Durham, where the label art (and occasional cease-and-desist worthy imagery) comes from, why they nail such a wide range of styles and a lot more. We cracked open their Clockwork Automation Pilsner, Chimera Pale Ale and Ales From The Crypt black currant sour. This was a beaut, cheers! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

From our ~250 podcasts over the years, it feels like the ultimate goal of most brewers is to control the entire process from grain to glass. The team behind Brasserie La Ferme are already living the dream with their property in Shefford, QC, with over 100 acres of land where they grow hops, a variety of cereals, fruits and berries, and they even have a company running an apiary in the backyard. While it may not be possible to grow literally everything they need, they're off to a fantastic start. Husband and wife team Jonathan Thibault and Mara Do Santos, alongside our fave co-host Noah Forrest of Beerism, joined Cee for a great conversation about going from homebrewers to owning a farm, the unexpected challenges in running a farm brewery, how a stolen tractor ended up guiding their branding colours, their decision to keep it local and organic, why they chose bottles over cans, and a whole lot more. We cracked open their Bière de Table, IPA Rustique, Rousse De Seigle (Édition Bourbon), and Porter Framboise. Cheers! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

We say it over and over, but our favourite place on earth is Vermont, and the one thing about this whole pandemic thing that we're missing the most is our regular trips south of the border. Come to think of it, we haven't even had a brewery from VT on the pod - until now. You may remember Episode #129 from the OG series where we hung with the whole family behind St. Albans, VT's Mill River Brewing BBQ & Smokehouse, which was a riot. This time, we kept it a little more lowkey and hung out with brewers Levon Fitzgerald (who you may remember from last time) and Terry Thompson. We chopped it up about how things have been in Vermont throughout this whole thing, how their customers' buying habits and drinking preferences directly inspire how they operate, Levon's maple business, the return of the crispyboi and the West Coast IPA, how the brewery works in tandem with their kitchen, and a lot more. We cracked cans of their lager Hello My Name Is Beer, their Blackberry Rhubarb Wheat Ale, their new NEIPA Figure It Out, and we wrapped things up with their first ever West Coast IPA, Trouble In The Forest. Cheers! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Back in 2014, Elora Brewing Co. opened its doors in a small town northwest of Toronto (Elora, if you didn't guess). Since the beginning, they've been ahead of the curve, producing one of the first readily available (via distribution) NEIPAs back in 2017. We've been fans since we cracked our first bottle of Elora Borealis, their NE Pale Ale, and while we've never had the chance to visit the brewery, hanging with co-founder Jonathan Laurencic and Head Brewer Dave Rozell Soehner (affectionately known as Lager Dave) virtually was the next best thing. Over 3+ hours, we talked about their history in detail (Jon shared hilarious stories about their challenging beginning along with his European inspirations), their brewing techniques, Dave's focus on lagers, how they were able to get on top of the haze craze before most other Ontario breweries, snowing in Elora in May, their COVID pivot and a lot more. We crushed their Original Draft Lager, Elora Borealis Pale Ale, Shine NEIPA and Lodestar Plum fruited sour. This was super fun, get it in ya! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

This whole virtual podcast thing has really opened up the world for us, allowing us to share a beer with people we otherwise may not have been able to. Recently we connected with Will of Tribus Brewing in Milford, Connecticut, and we were immediately taken by their quality photography, slick social and delicious-sounding beers. So of course, we were excited to learn more about these guys and set up a podcast. We chatted with Sebastian and Matt, two of three of the co-founders (Tribus means "three" in Latin) about how the brewery came about, the craft beer scene in Connecticut and how it's an overlooked region, their barrel program, and even their Top 5 rappers (we don't get to talk to fellow Hip Hop fans here often so Cee jumped at the opportunity). We crushed three of their beers - Biër, their flagship Pils; Benji, a Citra-forward NEIPA; and Slab, their brand new DIPA. Right at the end, Matt cracked open their cherry and lime sour, Zazz, which we broke open right after. This was a great one, enjoy! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Keeping it local is often a tenet that craft beer lays heavily on, and not many live it like Avling. Founder Max Meighen worked in both kitchens and brewhouses around the world, and he brought that experimental, palate-driven ethos to his business. Head Brewer Brandon Judd studied in Germany and has worked for many incredible breweries in Toronto, and his patient, dedicated craftsmanship shines in the Avling's beers. Cee sat down with the guys to hear the full story, including how everything came together, they discussed the three main arms of the business (kitchen, brewery and rooftop garden), how their neighbourhood has shown out to support, we went into detail about their approach to beer and food, how their garden plays a role in everything they do, and a lot more. We cracked open their Magpie Hoppy Lager, Tahoma Dry-Hopped Lager, Carillon Bière de Miel, Brevis Cherry Saison, Orpheus and the unreleased Pale Fire. This was a fascinating chat, cheers! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

While we typically focus on the breweries themselves on the pod, it's always fascinating to chat with the people who help drive the industry forward. Specialty beer stores are the primary way that craft beer drinkers in Quebec obtain their sweet, sweet liquid, and they have a holistic understanding of the consumer that even the breweries may not have. Cee hung out with friends and beer travellers turned entrepreneurs Kevin Moreau and Guillaume Lallier, who started La Canette, a specialty beer depanneur, in their quartier of Villeray one year ago. We chatted about their inspiration to start their own store, how their vegan ethics shine through the products they choose to sell, we chat about the trends they're seeing and any consumer buying patterns they've noticed, the special beers they secured for the anniversary, and a whole lot more. We crushed four beers they hand-selected - Maltstrom Pilsner Czeck, À La Derive Session Hamac session IPA, La Barberie Ogunquit 3000 NEIPA, and 5e Baron's Fiddle oatmeal stout. Cheers! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Cottage country is an unassuming place for craft beer. Muskoka is a region where city folk go to relax and unwind, surrounded by some of the most beautiful scenery Canada has to offer, and the last thing you'd expect is to find fire craft beer. Opening their doors to the public only a couple of years ago, Canvas Brewing has been knocking out quality brews to appeal to both the newer craft beer drinkers, and the seasoned beer nerds, alike. Cee sat down with Co-Founder and Head Brewer Jeffrey Woodworth to get the whole story on Canvas, his global beer journey, why he chose his hometown of Huntsville, ON as the place for the brewery, how they've coped during COVID, how they get to know their clientele and cater to all tastes, the rejuvenation of a rundown part of town that started with the brewery, and a whole lot more. We crushed their Original Kölsch, Back Trail Pale Ale, Hazy IPA and Peach Kettle Sour. This was a super fun episode, cheers! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

It's not every day we get to hang out with the literal newest kids on the block. Brasserie Mellön, founded by friends Alexandre Pontbriand + David Goudreau, opened last weekend (Saturday, May 1st, 2021) in Montreal's Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie after 5 long years of hard work and dedication. Anxious and unsure how they'd be received by the beer-drinking public and the neighbourhood at large, they were greeted with lineups down the street of happy customers welcoming them to the scene. After visiting a few times during construction and on the launch weekend, Cee had already connected with the boys but we were excited to have them on the podcast to get the full story. David and Alex talk about how the idea came to be, how they funded Alex's brewing school together and made every move as a unit, we ran through Alex's industry experience at Saint Houblon (Alex worked with Chris Needelman, RIP), Beauregard and Avant-Garde (and being mentored by Shawn and Renaud), their impeccable label art and a lot more. This was a great one, cheers! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Kahnawake Brewing was the first brewery in Canada to be opened on native indigenous territory. They literally assisted in writing the laws to allow a brewery to operate, and they've been changing the game ever since. We first visited Co-Founder Drew Stevens back in May 2018 on a rainy Spring day shortly after their March opening, so we were overdue to have him back on the pod. Our good mates Noah Forrest of Beerism and Matt McGachy of Vox&Hops joined Cee to chat with Drew about what's been happening over the last 3 years, how their move to canning was perfectly timed, the quality of their brews, the future move to distribution, and a lot more. We crushed 5 beers, including their smoked corn DDH lager Around The Corner (with Champ Libre), their fire crispyboi Jaromir Lägr, their triple hop, lactose IPA 3 Hops This Time #10, their experimental IPA Monkey Dog, and we wrapped it up with Big John, a triple IPA collab with Sir John. Cheers! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

While it's our job to put our awesome community onto amazing breweries, sometimes it works the other way around. Every time we'd post about lagers and ask about their favourite crispyboiz, one name continually came up: Old Flame Brewery. With two locations in Port Perry and Newmarket, Ontario, Old Flame has been going strong for 7+ years brewing some of the most on-point lagers in the province. We got to sit down with Brewmaster Richard Park, Head Brewer Cam Cottrell and Communications & Brand Manager Kyra Dietsch to get the full story of how Old Flame came together, why they chose to brew traditional beers when it wasn't popular to do so, how they've engaged their community, their fruited lager series and a whole lot more. We crushed their Craft Lager Mix Pack, which included their Helles, Vienna, Munich Dunkel and Black lagers. This was a super fun and enlightening episode, enjoy, cheers! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

It's always an honour to get to chat to the people behind the breweries who shaped your early beer-drinking years, so finally bringing Daniel Addy Jibb, Co-Founder of Microbrasserie Le Castor, on the pod was a milestone for us. Being that they've also known each other a long time, it was only right that we brought back our fave special guest co-host, Noah Forrest of Beerism, Quebec's premier craft beer blog, to help out. We got the full Le Castor story from Dan's early days as a carpenter to how their iconic and game-changing beer, Yakima IPA, was created, we chatted in depth about their new Progression Series, how they've had to pivot over the years and throughout the pandemic, why they've stuck to a distribution-only model and a lot more. We crushed Kazbek, a Pils from their Progression Series, their hoppy West Coast Lager, their renowned New England IPA and Lutine, a double IPA that's like a ramped-up NEIPA. Enjoy! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Craft beer is forever changing and morphing with the times, and one of the newest trends in the game is functional beer. While this segment took hold in the US quite fast, it's been a slow uptake in Canada - until now. Enter Rally Beer Co. Co-Founders Alan Wood and Spencer Sgro kicked off their new venture mid-pandemic in 2020, and they're truly bringing something different and super unique to Ontario craft beer. We hung out for a great chat about the whole functional beer segment (a term they don't specifically use to describe their products), what separates their beers from other brews that utilize similar ingredients (salt, berries, adjuncts with high levels of minerals and electrolytes), where the inspiration came from, why they're targeting the specific market of athletes, and a ton more. We got stuck into their first two brews - Trail Blazer, their golden ale with salt and blackcurrants, and Extra Mile, their low-cal nano IPA. This was a fascinating one, get it in ya! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

The last time we hung out with JF on the pod was back at their winter bottle release in St. Jerôme in 2017. We'd kicked it at one of our fave events of the year, Journée Péché, every March for the past few winters but we were long overdue to have the guy who created the greatest coffee stout in the country back on the pod for a long chat. This interview was basically our own private, virtual Journée Péché with the legend himself. We cracked open both the 2020 and 2021 Péché Packs, including the Sidama Coffee, Blackcurrant, Mexican and Bourbon variants, while we got deep into the history of Péché Mortel, how he feels about the event being cancelled two years running, how DDC pivoted during COVID, his stance on NEIPAs and pastry stouts, and a lot more. As always, this was an engaging conversation with someone who changed the game in Canada. Enjoy, cheers! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Another brewery who evaded us all these years on the podcast is one of the breweries that got Cee into craft beer over a decade ago. Muskoka Brewery are Ontario legends and they celebrate their 25th anniversary this June, so it was the perfect time to have President Todd Lewin and Head Brewer Gary Jollimore on the pod for a lengthy chat. This was a super engaging conversation, with the fellas diving into Muskoka's deep history in the craft beer industry, the value of gateway breweries, Muskoka's move into the Quebec market this coming May, their new Hard Sparkling Water line, potential non-alcoholic brews, 2022 planning and more. We got into their new Peach Blackcurrant Hard Sparkling Water, Tread Lightly light lager, their classic Cream Ale, Blue Buried Treasure (collab with Kawartha Dairy), Hazed & Confused, Mad Tom and Twice As Mad Tom. Cheers! This episode is sponsored by Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Last summer, Cee and Tiffany headed out east to Quebec City to visit breweries and vlog it up. One place they weren't able to get to was La Souche, so obviously they'll be there next visit but the next best thing was to have the team on the podcast. La Souche are known for their fire sour beers, so we were stoked to have the boys on and get into some brews. Cee hung out with Co-Founder (and the last remaining original founder) Antoine Bernatchez and Brewer / Supervisor Jean-Christophe Bilodeau (known as JC) to hear the full story of La Souche, they got into their approach to beer, how they dealt with COVID, the lineups that their new smoothie beers caused, canning from their Limoilou brewpub, their award-winning NEIPA and a lot more. They crushed their New England banger, Loup Des Saules, their white wine barrel-aged sour with raspberries, Franc Brett, their smoothie sour collab with Emporium, Frutto Del Rizoma, and capped it off with Crise Exisentielle, their sour IPA. Cheers! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

If you're a longtime BAOS listener, you'll know that we really stay true to the "And Other Shit" in our name, but to be honest, we haven't really dabbled much outside of beer in the past year or so. It was time to fix that. We heard about Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff back in January and Cee has been using their beard products daily since, so it was great to have Co-Founder Nick Phelps on the pod for a chat. Cee and Nick chopped it up about their Beard Beer products inspired by classic IPAs and Stouts, they ran through the full story on how the company came to be, how they procure all their high-end essential oils (not cheap fragrance oils) and packaging in the US, and they even got into their upcoming Brewmaster Series, where they'll be making collaborative Beard Beer in conjunction with breweries like Tree House, Lawson's Finest Liquids, Vitamin Sea, Trillium and more. Nick crushed a Maine Brewing Co. Lunch IPA and a Vitamin Sea Beachfire Stories stout, while Cee got into a Mikkeller Fresh Start IPA and 5e Baron Lucide Dream breakfast stout. Cheers! BONUS OFFER: Receive 15% off your next Doctor Nick's Amazing Man Stuff order with code BAOS21 plus free shipping in North America with orders over $40. | www.doctornicks.com BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

One of the most unique concepts that we've ever seen in craft beer comes courtesy of Mike Laba and Chris Goddard, the founders of Craft Brand Co., based out of Toronto, ON. What began as a craft beer import agency slowly morphed into a beast unto its own, securing sought-after international contracts with breweries like Omnipollo (Sweden), Mikkeller (Denmark) and Lervig (Norway) to brew onsite in Toronto for the Canadian market. Cee hung out with Mike and Chris to chat about their deep Ontario craft beer roots, how the agency began, they relayed some hilarious stories from their numerous beer trips around the globe and their philosophy on beer and their team. The fellas crushed some impeccable beers, including Omnipollo's Maz Oat Pale Ale, Omnipollo'z Zodiak NEIPA, Lervig's Back To The 90s India Red Ale, Omnipollo's Bianca Blueberry Maple Pancake Lassi Gose and ended on Omnipollo's Prodromus pastry stout (an exclusive beer for the Ontario market). This was an epic, 4-hour chat that's completely worth sticking around for. Cheers! DRINK WITH US: If you want to drink all the beers from the pod, you can buy them in one simple click with the BAOS Podcast Pack, available now via The Bodega: https://craftbrandco.com/product/baos/ BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

We've been on a bit of a run lately with bringing back past guests who are well overdue for a visit, so this week we're hanging with Founder Stéphane Dubois and Head Brewer Benoit Brame of Toronto's Bandit Brewery. We last kicked it with Bandit back in the summer of 2018, and a clearly lot has changed with the only brewery in Roncesvalles. With co-host Notion (of both Illnote Studios and BAOS's very own photographer and audio engineer) joining Cee, they sat down with Stéphane and Benoit (coming live from the brewery) to chat about their large barrel program expansion, how Benoit joined the brewery, whether their French heritage influenced their beers and a lot more. We crushed three of their IPAs (Cloud, Hive and Ned), along with Elements #7 (wild ale with cherries), Longwave 20.1 (bourbon barrel-aged barleywine) and Sway (imperial stout with chocolate and raspberries). This was a fun one - shouts to Juan, cheers! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Just like 2017, we're delivering back-to-back Ottawa episodes to give the long-time listeners a little touch of nostalgia. Tooth & Nail, while only just over 5 years old, are regularly mentioned in the same breath with some of the breweries in Canada. Their Vim & Vigor Pilsner is highly regarded universally as one of the best examples we have in our fine land, and their owner and founder Matt Tweedy joined us for another fantastic chat. While Nathan from NathanDoesBeer and the BAOS Blog was supposed to co-host, due to a health-related issue he had to bow out and Noah Forrest of Beerism gracefully stepped in to fill his enormous shoes. We chatted with Matt for over 3 hours about all of his phenomenal beer, the ridiculousness of the haze-focused questions we asked back in 2017, their COVID pivot and a lot more while drinking Lupo Solitario (single-hopped Kellerpils with Diamant hops), Valor (saison), and their St. Patrick's Day stout 4 pack (Fortitude, Fornication, Fortified and Fortissimo 2020). Huge episode with some genuine gems from Matt. Get it in ya! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Back in 2017, Cee and OG co-host Scott headed out to Ottawa for the Canadian Brewing Awards, and while in town, they headed over to Dominion City to hang out with Co-Founder Josh McJannett and Head Brewer Scott Denyer after a super rough evening at the awards the night before. We've been back through the brewery a number of times since but have yet to have the boys back on the podcast, and this week was finally the time. Joined by co-host Nathan Lefebvre of NathanDoesBeer and our lead writer for the BAOS blog joined Cee to hang with the fellas and catch the people up on what's been happening with DC over the last 4 years. They touched on their unique and industry-leading pivots during the pandemic (including their drive-thru service and Friends of the Dominion program), their diversity initiatives, their recent post about Untappd lager ratings, and a ton more. They got into a variety of beers including Civic Pilsner, Time & Tide, Land of Hope, Paper Salesman, Dark Night of the Soul and more. Cheers! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

One of our fave advantages of doing our podcast virtually is that we get to talk to breweries that we usually wouldn't unless we were in their town, and it's really made the Adjunct Series super interesting to produce. Canada's West Coast is somewhere we've always wanted to get out to, and in particular, we've wanted to get out to Delta, BC to see the team behind one of our fave breweries out there, Four Winds. Instead, they came to us (virtually). Co-Founders and brothers Adam and Brent Mills joined Cee and his brother Notion (who's the mastermind behind our audio) for a genuinely family vibe, and they gave us the lowdown on the history of Four Winds, spoke on the impact their late father (and Co-Founder) Greg had on them and the BC beer scene, talked about what it's like working with family, and a ton more. We crushed their Hüft Gold pils, Operis farmhouse, Featherweight IPA, Boreas barrel-aged stout and Juxtapose wild IPA. This was a phenomenal chat, enjoy! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Toronto has so many amazing breweries that it's tough to actually hit them all up, and one of those breweries for us is Halo. Known for their impeccable kettle sours, IPAs and stouts, along with their gorgeous branding, they've been a fave every time we hit up a beer bar and finally, while we still never got to the venue itself, we brought them on the podcast. Owner and Head Brewer Callum Hay joined Cee to talk about his super unique beer history, their spectacular label art, and how he approaches his beer while crushing a few of their faves, including their flagship Pale Ale, Magic Missile, the Black Raspberry variant of their impeccable Shapeshifter kettle sour series, and the amazing Key Lime variant of Chroma Key, their bottle-conditioned, fruited Saison. This was a great chat, enjoy, cheers! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Back in February 2020, we launched our first ever themed season, Against The Grain, where we spoke with breweries in Quebec who took the path less followed and brewed beers that most breweries didn't. We had two final episodes lined up and booked, but they happened to be booked the first two weeks of the COVID lockdown and of course, they never happened. One of those breweries was Brasserie du Bas-Canada. Since things aren't changing any time soon, we felt it was time to finally do it. We hung with Co-Founders Marc-André Cordeiro Lima and Gabriel Girard Bernier, along with our fave co-host Noah Forrest of Beerism, to get the full history of their meteoric rise to craft beer fame, their branding, we touched on their styles of choice (NEIPAs and pastry stouts) and a lot more in this epic chat that more than made up for the delay. We also crushed four of their brews - HYPA IX, Ferme Moore, First Bucket and Timber. Enjoy, and get it in ya! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

It's been a solid run of back-to-back pods with amazing breweries across the continent, but sometimes we need to just slow it down and do a little catching up with the team. Tiffany Alexis, our illustrious producer, expert Social Media Marketer, YouTuber and just gorgeous human being, joined Cee for a couple of beers and a great Friday night chin wag. We got stuck into the 2021 version of our collab with Echo Session Ales and Broadway, Love Dust - a session NEIPA with red glitter dust, the first canned glitter beer in Quebec, and the brand new variant of Champ Libre's Déjeuner En Paix imperial coffee stout, Poços de Caldas with Brazillian coffee. We chatted about Black History Month beers, the exploding cans controversy (specifically smoothie sours), our recent article on the blog from Nathan speaking about #DryJanuary, and more. Cheers! Read Nate's article: https://bit.ly/NDBDryJan21 BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Back in 2017, we were sent an interesting bottle of beer with a black label that said "Gin Ale" on it, from a brewery I hadn't heard of. After I posted it, it became our #1 requested beer for trades with friends in Ontario and the US. That was Amiral's entrance into the Quebec craft beer scene, and now almost four years later, they're back with a full six-pack lineup. Cee hung out with Co-Founder and Product Director Valérian Roy, Head Brewer Victor Lukoshius, and Co-Founder and General Director Jean-François Lorrain to crush their entire lineup (Gin Ale, Pilsner, IPA, NEIPA, Gin IPA and Rum Ale) and find out the history of the brewery, how their infamous gin ale came to be, and where they plan to take it in the future. Cheers! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

It's not often we meet other Australians here in Montreal, and it's even less often we connect with Australians in the craft beer industry in Canada. Back in the summer of 2018 at the glorious Foudres Unis festival, Cee connected with Christina Owczarek via a mutual friend (shouts to Jake!), a fellow Aussie from Melbourne who has been in the craft beer world for years. In late fall 2020, Christina launched her contract brewery XhAle Brewing with a peach wheat ale called Impeachment, aimed at the ex-president of our neighbours to the south, and we couldn't have been prouder. We caught up with Christina to get her Canadian beer journey down on tape, hear about how the brewery started and to crush her newest beer, an Aussie-style Colsch (misspelling intended) with all Australian hops called See Ya Next Tuesday. Get it in ya! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Gatineau, Quebec has been experiencing somewhat of a craft beer renaissance over the last couple of years, and one of those fire, innovative, new breweries is À La Dérive. Cee discovered them last summer and was blown away by the quality of their New England IPAs, so he was super excited to catch up with Co-Founders Sébastien Gandy and Jean-François Cardinal. The fellas chatted about how the brewery came about, how they survived the pandemic, how contract brewing was their saving grace, and a whole lot more. We busted out the big guns for this episode, getting into a gorgeous peppercorn saison, a hazy Pale Ale, one of the instalments from their Boathouse IPA series, and we wrapped it up with a raspberry dessert stout. Get it in ya! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Back in 2018, Cee and Tiff collaborated with the Colorado Tourism Office and visited their beautiful state for 12 days (check the vlogs on our YouTube channel!). On their final night in Denver, they hit up the Great American Beer Festival, the biggest beer festival on the planet (or North America at least) and discovered the gloriousness that is Weldwerks Brewery. While they tried the collab with Troy Casey of Casey Brewing during episode #108, this was their first real exposure and they were blown away. A little over two years later we got in touch, and because a Colorado trip isn't exactly on the cards any time soon the next best thing was to hang out for a long-distance podcast. Cee connected with Innovation and Wood Cellar Lead Skip Schwarz to hear more about the history of Weldwerks, how they've coped during the pandemic, and a lot more. Cee crushed a Bellwoods Bellweiser pils and our new collab with Echo Session Ales and Broadway, Love Dust, while Skip got into some New Anthem Lower Haight. Cheers! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

Barrel-aged sour beers are truly the ultimate mark of patience in the beer world, and nobody encapsulates that better than Sean McVeigh of Kanata, ON's Small Pony Barrel Works. The last time we hung with Sean on the podcast was in 2018 so this was a great return for the lord of the sours. A lot has been happening in his world, from the move into small bottles for the LCBO and even canning some special one-offs. We brought along our fave guest co-hosts Noah Forrest of Beerism and Nathan Lefebvre to hang with Sean, we chatted about all the intricacies and specific challenges of operating a barrel-only brewery during a pandemic, we got into his amazing smoothie sour and how that came about (the only one with a barrel-aged base), and of course, we crushed some of his fire from their 2020 Culture Club releases. This was a fun one, enjoy! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads

We're back - Happy New Year! While it was genuinely great to take a bit of a breather after the hectic end of 2020 podcast run, it's amazing to jump online and chat to some of our favourite breweries once again. We figured we'd kick 2021 off proper by bringing back an old fave from 2018, Matt Reiner of Toronto's Rorschach Brewery! Matt and the team have been brewing exceptional beers since they launched, but it feels like they've been getting better and better with every release. We brought in our very own Notion (who takes care of our audio mixing and a lot of our photography) to co-host as we spoke with Matt about the challenges that the pandemic brought to the business, the wide variety of styles he's making (obvi including smoothie sours), and more while crushing a crisypboi, some fire haze, a hard seltzer, a frozen smoothie and a barrel-aged imperial stout. What a time. Get it in ya! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube | Website | Theme tune: Cee - BrewHeads