In this instalment of the BAOS Podcast Companion, I’m digging into a few of the beers from Season 9, Episode 53: Back to the 90s with Toronto’s Craft Brand Company. Craft Brand Co. have been partnering with world-renowned breweries since 2013 to bring exceptional beers with unique branding to the Ontario market, and for the past five years have even been getting them brewed fresh and local through their partnership with Brunswick Bierworks.
Read MoreIt'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.
Read MoreKahnawake 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.
Read MoreWhile 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.
Read MoreFor the past few years, Tooth and Nail have hosted a Stout Extravaganza for St. Patrick’s Day. COVID restrictions obviously didn’t allow for that this year, so in lieu of the typical festivities, they launched a special canned 4-pack of a spectacular stout lineup which includes their year-round oatmeal stout, their imperial stout with coffee and chocolate, and two never before canned versions including a blend, and finally the 2020 release of their bourbon barrel-aged stout.
Read MoreIt'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.
Read MoreCraft 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreAnother 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.
Read MoreWayne Gretzky Estates opened their doors in Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON in 2017 primarily as a winery and distillery, bearing the name and number of The Great One himself, and have since expanded their operation into brewing. Their No.99 Rye Lager has been on LCBO shelves for some time now, but this spring will see the addition of a couple of new offerings including a Pilsner and an IPA.
Read MoreLast 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.
Read MoreIf 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.
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