Not all incredible beer comes in cans - sometimes you just have to go to the source. Sutton, Quebec is a small ski town about 15 minutes from the Vermont border, and around 5 years ago a brewpub by the name of À L'Abordage opened their doors. After a year or so in business, the owner and head brewer, Cédrik Poitras, discovered New England IPAs and decided to bring this new style to his patrons.
Read MoreWe’ve recently moved into incredibly uncertain times with the COVID-19 / Coronavirus literally taking over the globe. In our lifetimes, we’ve never had to experience anything even remotely like this before so it’s new territory for the vast majority of living humans. Our precious craft beer industry will be one of the hardest hit due to the restrictions and closures of bars and restaurants, yet beer will be more necessary than ever. How can we continue to support our local craft breweries through all of this?
Read MoreIf you came up on craft beer in Quebec, you may have noticed an attractive green can that started popping up in speciality beer stores in 2017. Ta Meilleure, the unintentional flagship beer of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu's Lagabière, was arguably the first canned New England IPA in the province, and it truly changed the game.
Read MoreMontreal’s Microbrasserie Vox Populi are a common sight on the Québec craft beer scene. They’ve got a broad and colourful lineup of short cans including their nut brown ale Hazel, a stout series with variations such as Chocolat, Café and Coconut, a Brunch Berliner Weisse and an IPA series called IPA Démocratique where customers would vote online for the feature hop of the next version (not to mention their special bottled and barrel aged treats).
Read MoreThe EBF is a beer festival like no other! Hosted by Beer Advocate, the top beer resource site, and presented by Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales, Milton, DE’s heavy hitter for the last 25 years, this beer fest has been around for 17 years and never disappoints.
Read MoreThe first episode of our new themed seasons goes down at Montreal's Pub BreWskey. You might remember us sitting down with Guillaume Couraud and Derrick Robertson in their Old Port brewpub back on Episode #68, but a lot has changed since then.
Read MoreWhat a night!! This past Saturday, hometown heroes Dominion City hosted Rooted In Place, one of the finest beer festivals I’ve ever attended, and certainly the best that Ottawa has seen. For a winter festival it wound up being the coldest day of the week but it still felt cozy inside. It was very well attended but didn’t feel crowded.
Read MoreOur latest collaborative beer was a special one. We essentially took everything in the trend book and threw it into one carefully constructed beer. Echo Session Ales and Broadway Microbrasserie were gracious enough to work with us on this crazy idea, a session NEIPA with funky Kviek yeast, brewed with lactose and edible red glitter dust, dry hopped with Sabro hops, right in time for Valentine's Day.
Read MoreIf you’ve ever perused the craft selection in your grocery store’s beer aisle, chances are you’ve seen a lot of the flagship brands of the province’s widely distributed breweries, and likely not a lot of variation from store to store. If you live anywhere near the west end of Ottawa, however, you might have been to Brown’s Your Independent Grocer in Stittsville and noticed something clearly different.
Read MoreTwenty nineteen has been a big year for craft beer and for BAOS. To close out the year, the entire squad is sharing some of our favourite moments and shouting out some of the top performers of 2019! Let’s get right into it!
Read MoreThe holidays are right around the corner, friends! Are you stuck on what to get the craft beer lover in your life? Did you give them the inverted beer bottle glass last year and aren’t sure how to follow that up this year? Or are you just shopping for yourself? (We won’t judge 😉) Cee and I have compiled the essential craft beer holiday gift list for whoever you’re shopping for!
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