The fine folks of Montreal’s Echo Session Ales are back with their latest release, a 3.8% Session NEIPA heavily hopped with Calypso, Ella and Azacca, fermented with Kveik yeast, and a subtle hit of lactose. This is the second time Echo have deliberately labeled their cans upside down, with the intention that drinkers would turn the can upright before pouring to agitate any hop sediment inside.
Read MoreIf you've been around for a while, you'll be familiar with our relationship with Shehan De Silva of Lost Craft. We somewhat controversially came up together, making a dual splash on the Ontario craft beer scene back in 2015/2016, and Shehan has always been a great friend of the show. We haven't had him on since episode #41, so we had a lot to catch you guys up on.
Read MoreFor all our long-time BAOS YouTube viewers, you may have seen one of our half a dozen or so blind craft beer taste test challenges that we've done over the years. Now that Dahn (Tiff's cousin from England) is around, we've been schooling him on craft beer and we figured it'd be fun to put his new knowledge to the test in his first ever blind craft beer taste challenge.
Read MoreOne store that has been making some serious noise in the last year is Cheers Boutique. They were the first location in Quebec to set up an online store for local ordering, they keep their inventory to around 150 products to ensure freshness and no stale shelfies, and they've formed genuine relationships with a lot of breweries across the province. Cee hung out with Co-Founder Catherine Roux to get the details while sipping some fire from La Knowlton, Messorem Bracitorium, 4 Origines and Ras L'Bock. Cheers!
Read MoreThe Quebec City portion of the trip was in collaboration with the Quebec City tourism office, so for this episode they ran through their entire journey, their feelings about our province's capital city, the beer scene out there and more (plus a little about Gaspesie), while drinking brews they picked up in the city including gems from La Barberie, Emporium, Brasserie Générale and Noctem. Salud!
Read MoreThe third and final episode in our trio of Aussie bangers wrapped up with the legend Dereck Hales of Bad Shepherd Brewing in Melbourne. Originally from Northern Ontario, Dereck and Cee basically did the opposite move so they have a lot in common. You may have caught Dereck in the last Australian vlog from April 2019, but this was the first full-length chat they've had.
Read MoreFlora Hall Brewing in Centretown Ottawa is a frequent local haunt for me. Previously a derelict mechanic shop, it underwent a long renovation from 2016 until the brewhouse and kitchen opened its doors in October 2017. In my opinion, they filled a gap in Centretown.
Read MoreIt’s now been around 3 months since Aylmer, QC’s Cinquième Baron Microbrasserie opened mid-pandemic. They started strong with top quality offerings across a broad range of styles and have shown no signs of slowing down. Let’s dive straight into another lineup of their recent releases!
Read MoreWe initially were meant to connect for this episode back in June, but it fell right in the middle of the social justice protests so the timing wasn't right. We finally made it happen, chatting about Matt's digital marketing agency work, the importance of marketing in craft beer (something we're both passionate about), what it's like to be a craft beer podcaster and a lot more. Get it in ya!
Read MoreSince we launched in 2015, we've typically focused on the North American craft beer scene, but over the past few years we've really drilled down on supporting the Australian craft beer scene. It's always dope to link with fellow beer media homies, so to link with beer media fam Down Under is extra cool. Cee connected with The Sunday Sesh boys - Steve, Mick and Stevo - a while back and Steve is a regular presence in the comments on our weekly podcasts, so it was overdue to have the boys on.
Read MoreToronto’s Henderson Brewing Company jumped into July with the latest from their monthly Ides series, a Hopfenweisse called Radicle, named for the first part of a seedling to emerge from a seed. Hopfenweisse is a true hybrid style, and not one that is prominently brewed, at least in my experience.
Read MoreIf you're an OG BAOS BrewHead, you may have been around for episode #49 when we first interviewed the boys behind Laylow Brewery in Toronto, the first Hip Hop-focused brewery in the country, potentially. We launched our engineer/photographer Notion's debut album at Laylow in 2017 with our first ever BAOS collab beer Hops On My Sleeve, and we've become fast friends ever since.
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