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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!

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The day before one of the biggest Canadian beer events of the summer, Foudres Unis, a coalition of Yakima Valley hop farmers visited Quebec and we were lucky enough to get to spend some time with them. Multi-generational hop farmers Kevin and Brock were joined by Yakima Chief Hops' Luc to chat to us about the intricate details of hop farming, the stress of the harvest and the feeling of tasting the final product.

Beers Reviewed: Le Trèfle Noir El Sicimo; Maltstrom IXPL; Bellwoods Goblin Sauce; Lagabière Ta Meilleure; Noctem Catnip; Champ Libre Epicentre.

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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!

When it comes to the Best Breweries in America, Casey Brewing & Blending is a name that very often makes the list. Troy Casey, a fellow Hip Hop head, brews and blends some of the finest barrel-aged old world beers in the country. Located by the gorgeous Roaring Fork river in Glenwood Springs, Colorado, we were lucky to score an hour of his time to sample some of his incredible beers and find out how this all came to be. Thanks to Visit Colorado for making it happen.

Beers Reviewed: Casey x Weldwerks Transmountain Diversion; Casey Apricot Funky Blender (07/18/18); Casey Casey Family Preserves Montmorency Cherry; Casey East Bank Bing Cherry.

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We've been hella bullish on Prince Edward County for a few years now, so we were stoked to hang out with the newest brewery out of Bloomfield, ON, All My Friends! Co-Founders Ryan and Rob joined Cee and Nate to chat about the vibe in the County,  the kinds of beers that they're making and why it's so unique to the region, how they've carved out their own community while converting new folks, why "IPA" just means "hazy" in 2023, and their love for "tank rips". We crushed five of their big, glorious beers - Softie (Pale Ale), Ethereal (IPA), Euphonic (West Coast IPA), Continuum (IPA) and Citraaa! (Double IPA). This was super fun - cheers!

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Owning a craft brewery has never been tougher, and nobody knows this better than Kelly Meyer. The former owner of New Braunfels Brewery in Texas for a decade, Kelly sold the company in 2021 and through his struggles and frustrations wrote a book called How Not To Start a Damn Brewery. This turned into a podcast where he interviews breweries who have closed or are struggling in order to pull out the learnings from the various failures, as there is inevitably more to learn from failure than success. Kelly and Cee spoke about his brewery ownership journey, the struggle to land guests for his podcast, the current craft beer landscape and where it could go in future, and his plans for a follow-up book based on all the wisdom obtained via the pod. They both drank beers from breweries that they felt were doing things right, including Godspeed's Sklepnik, Tree House's Super Cachet and Barncat Artisan Ales Cuvée Matt & Jeremy on Cee's side, and Yokefellow Ilk, Russian River Peach Beer 2022, and Hair of the Dog Matt 2022 on Kelly's side. Cheers!

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The sixth and final episode from Link Up Series 2 is with a brewery that we had in mind from the very beginning - the first brewery in Canada on a First Nations reservation, the Indigenous-owned Kahnawake Brewing! Co-Founder Drew Stevens joined Tiff and Cee to crush the first crispy to be released through Link Up, a gorgeous 5.5% pomegranate Pilsner. They chatted about the help that Drew and his team gave Link Up from the beginning, how they're working with their community to keep their taproom reflective of the world around them, and the importance of diverse ownership. We'll be back with more Link Up episodes in late Spring, 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.

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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! 

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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!

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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!

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In a new series of podcasts, we decided to showcase various craft beer scenes across the world by reviewing some of our fave beers from each region, alongside some of our thoughts and stories of experiences there. We're kicking the series off live from Montreal speaking on the Quebec craft beer scene, crushing some awesome brews and chatting about the great people and breweries who contribute to making it what it is today. Cheers!

Beers Reviewed: Vox Populi Kettle Sour Brunch; Vox Populi Kettle Sour Brunch Cranberry; Dieu du Ciel Rosée d'Hibiscus; Vox Populi Double Fruit Punch IPA; Farnham 55 Smoothie IPA; Les Trois Mousquetaires IPA Mosaïc; Dunham Bière de Table.

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As we round out the bottom five of our Top 10 Most Downloaded Podcasts Of All Time, we come across an interesting one. Our producer Tiffany Alexis, who also runs her wine, spirits and coffee account LiquidxHappiness, co-founded High Season Co., a social media agency, along with Cee back in 2015. There isn't really many other people so well positioned to give marketing advice on the craft beer industry than these two.

It was a bit of a surprise to us that this episode made it into the Top 10 as we felt it was more aimed at industry versus the general drinking public, however clearly a lot of folks found it interesting and valuable, and it inspired us to continue talking about marketing and craft beer on the podcast. Tiffany is such a great speaker, this is a really fun conversation. Enjoy!

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The third Los Angeles podcast was with the beardless guys at Smog City out in Torrance, CA. This brewery has really made waves in the scene in recent years, so we were excited to sit down with Co-Founder Jonathan and Head Brewer Tim for a candid and hilarious convo. Things got a little messy towards the end there, so shouts out once again to Teo Hunter from Dope & Dank for helping Cee out.

Beers Reviewed: Smog City Tall, Darth & Handsome; Smog City IPA; Smog City Amarilla Gorilla IPA; Smog City Coastrider IPA; Smog City Little Bo Pils; Smog City South Bay Lager; Smog City Bloody Knuckle Nitro Porter. 

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There's almost nothing better than watching your homies win, and it's been an honour and a privilege to watch Crowns & Hops' soar to success. Co-Founder and friend of the show Teo Hunter joins Cee to catch up from his last appearance on the pod, they talk about their 8 Trill Pils initiative, how their crowdfunding and equity campaigns went, what they learned from their challenges, why equity is the most important factor in diversifying the craft beer industry, their contract brewing journey, why they changed their flagship beer from BPLB to The Dopest, and Teo even took over as host for a bit with some Hip Hop talk. They crushed four killer Crowns beers - 8 Trill Pils, The Dopest hazy IPA, Inglewood Sun West Coast IPA and Mama's Punch Tart Ale. This was a ton of fun - get it in ya!

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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!

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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!

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We've never really been huge into cider, but ever since we did a podcast with a winery we've been much more open to chatting to some cider makers. On a quick trip to Vermont, we connected with Co-Owner Mark and Head of Production Austin at Stowe Cider to learn a ton about the cider making process, how the cider scene works in conjunction with beer and of course, we drank a ton of their fave VT brews. Cheers!

Beers (and Ciders) Reviewed: Stowe Cider Bourbon Barrel Aged Smugglers' Reserve; Stowe Cider High & Dry; Stowe Cider Tips Up; Stowe Cider Safety Meeting; Stowe Cider Summer Shandy; Stowe Cider Gin & Juice; Stowe Cider x Lincoln Peak Touch Of Grape; Stowe Cider Super Safety Meeting; The Alchemist Broken Spoke WATA (2018); Farnham Ale & Lager VT 52 - South Burlington; Ten Bends Beer Northern Heights; Hogback Mountain The B&L; Upper Pass Hip 2 The Hops #3; Green Empire Chill Session.

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We didn't anticipate that this week's guests would be so damn relevant and of the moment. You may be familiar with Beny Ashburn and Teo Hunter of Crowns & Hops from episode #67 a few years back. Since the Dope & Dank days, the two entrepreneurs have come a long way, rebranding, winning grants, and executing successful crowdfunding efforts for their new brewery in Inglewood, CA, all while fighting for equality, inclusion, and diversity.

Right now, the community at large is hurting. Black lives have been oppressed and violently taken by the police for decades, if not centuries, and last week with the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, things hit a boiling point. Teo and Beny broke down how breweries can support their communities, just how their community supported them through the pandemic. Beny cracked a fresh can of Modern Times' Fruitlands, Teo drank a 28-month-old can of BAOS Podcast's Sawdust City collab Get It In Ya!, while Cee and Tiff opened two big boys from LA's Smog City. This is an important one, please listen and stay safe, y'all.

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One hundred whole entire episodes. What started as a fun side project quickly turned into a serious passion for us, and 100 episodes later, here we are. We felt it was only right to celebrate our first century by bringing in key members of the team, our producer Tiffany Alexis and our audio engineer/photographer Notion, to chat about the history of BAOS and all of our favourite moments while drinking some of the finest beer we could get our hands on. Thanks for all the support, y'all!

Beers Reviewed: Dominion City Paper Salesman; Bellwoods Tangerine Milkshark; Bellwoods Mango Apricot Jelly King; Sawdust City x BAOS Podcast Get It In Ya; Dieu du Ciel Péché Mortel (Bourbon 2017); Stone City Ales Ladies First; Founders Canadian Breakfast Stout (2018).

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Ottawa's Tooth & Nail is both one of Ontario's most heralded and more underrated breweries at the same time. They've made our Top 10 Breweries in Ontario list every year due to their incredibly well-crafted beers, and it's a crime that we waited three years to catch up with Matty. Cee and Nate chatted with Matt about how they got their initial traction via Vim & Vigor, why he doesn't dry hop Pilsners, why foam is essential in beer, when beer stopped being a hobby, how they came up with their Extra Pale Ale, Matt's desert island beers, his love for Belgian beers and his collab project with Bim of Godspeed, why Centennial might be the GOAT of hops, and the importance of educating the consumer. They got into Grace & Gratitude Whole Cone Saaz Hop Lager, Vim & Vigor Pilsner, Exile Extra Pale Ale, Valor Classic Saison, Rabble Rouser India Pale Ale, and Fortitude Stout. This was impeccable - cheers!

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Ottawa's craft beer scene began booming around 2017, right when Flora Hall opened on the corner of bustling Bank St and Flora St. Founder Dave Longbottom and Head Brewer Rod Hughes joined Cee and Nate to chat about the rise of craft beer in our nation's capital, how they brought the brewery to life in a unique building, their aspirations as far as creating a "home away from home" in Ottawa, how their food plays into the experience, the styles they choose to brew, why they don't do a lot of distribution and keep things local, and why their flagship beers do so well. We cracked open their English Ordinary Bitter, American Oat Pale Ale, West Coast IPA, Foeder Pilsner and Bohemian-style Pilsner. This was fun - cheers!

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We don't often get to be part of craft beer history, and this episode was one of those occasions. Theodore Mack Sr. purchased the Peoples Brewery in 1970, making him the first African American craft brewery owner - ever. They were well known for their Peoples Beer Lager, which got some serious traction in its day. Now, more than 50 years later, with the help of the team at Oak Park Brewing in Sacramento, the beer is back and better than ever.

We hung out with brewer Rodg Little and Mr. Mack's son, Theodore (Ted) Mack Jr., to find out how they connected, how one turns a recipe from the '70s into a modern beer, we heard Mr. Mack Sr.'s fascinating story of triumph through adversity in detail, and we were fortunate enough to drink the Peoples Beer Lager with two men who are helping the beer world recreate history. 

Note: The audio was inconsistent until around the 18-minute mark but it cleared up after that. Stick it out, this was a fascinating episode!

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Back in 2011 when Cee first started his 365 Days of Beer thing (long before the podcast), he took an Ontario beer trip with former co-host Scott, and the first brewery they went to was Nickel Brook. They happened to meet co-founder John Romano, who gave the guys their first-ever private brewery tour, something that they always appreciated.

Fast forward to 2020 and Nickel Brook have updated their branding, they have an incredible barrel program, and they've pumping out fantastic beers seemingly every week. For some reason, this is the first time we've had NB on the podcast, but we finally got it done. Cee hung out with head brewer Ben and marketing guru Liam to get the full NB story, how they've grown over the years, and touched on their rebrand while drinking their new Winter Wizard IPA, barrel-aged sour Uncertainty Principle 7, and the 2020 Kentucky Bastard bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout. Cheers!

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We made a goal to hang out in the mountains this past summer, and our friends at Visit Colorado made it happen! Hours after touching down in Durango in the south western part of the state, we headed up to Colorado OGs Ska Brewing for a fantastic podcast with International Sales Manager Arlo and Brewer Joe to get aligned with the CO beer scene, all the while dealing with the significant elevation change. Those beers hit you a ton quicker at 6,500 ft.

Beers Reviewed: Ska Brewing Mexican Logger; Ska Brewing True Blonde Ale; Ska Brewing Rue B. Soho; Ska Brewing Modus Hoperandi; Ska Brewing Modus Mandarina; Ska Brewing Mod Project Pink Vapor Stew.

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Although they've been on the scene for around 3 years, Boswell's East Plateau brewpub as only been open 9 months and for such a new spot, it already has quite the reputation. We hung out with Head Brewer and Co-Owner Phil - and his wondrous beard - to sus out the true meaning of Boswell, and of course, drink some of their finest beers.

Beers Reviewed: Boswell Pils; Boswell Binette KS; Boswell Saison Mixte; Boswell West Coast IPA; Boswell Foreign Extra Stout.

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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.

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If you've ever listened to this podcast over the past few years, you'd likely have heard Cee complaining about the severe lack of haze in Montreal - Messorem were the literal answer to his prayers (or complaints, really).

Owners Vincent Menard and Marc-André Filion, friends and fellow musicians, were constantly leaving the province to find the beer they truly wanted to drink, so they finally decided to just brew it themselves. Since its opening, Messorem has had lines of people every release day as they clearly not only answered our prayers, but that of thirsty Montreal (and Quebecois) craft beer drinkers.

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Vermont is a truly special place to the BAOS team, and back in September 2018 we partnered with the good folks at Tourism Vermont to hang out in the Green Mountain state and interview some breweries. One pleasant surprise was 14th Star, a military-themed brewery in St. Albans about 10 miles from the Canadian border. We had a fantastic chat with Head Brewer Dan - who has since departed, and I kept calling him Dave - and CEO Andrea for almost 3 hours, and when that happens, it means we really got along.

It also helped that the beers were fantastic, they have a solid range of styles and do them all quite well, with some faves including their raspberry sour Vermonter Weiss, their NEIPA B-72 and their classic Maple Breakfast Stout. Enjoy this throwback!

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One of the closest towns to the Canadian border, St. Albans, VT certainly doesn't get the love it deserves in the craft beer world. 14th Star are the shining stars (see what we did there?) of the town, growing from humble beginnings as the brainchild of two military veterans to one of the most respected and consistent breweries in one of the most lauded states in beer. We hung out with CEO Andrea and Brewmaster Dan (not Dave) to chat about all things beer in Vermont. Cheers!

Beers Reviewed: 14th Star Oktoberfest; 14th Star Raspberry Vermonter Weiss; 14th Star Follow Me IPA; 14th Star Red Wine Barrel Aged Vermonter Weiss; 14th Star Maple Breakfast Stout; 14th Star Valor Ale.

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Just before we recorded this episode, we realized that this was our first ever podcast with a brewery from Quebec City - something that was truly well overdue. Thanks to our fave guest co-host Noah Forrest of Beerism, we were put onto Brasserie Générale earlier this year, and when Tiff and Cee headed out east this summer they were top of the list to visit in the province's capital.

Having recently celebrated their 7th anniversary, BG truly has made their presence known in Quebec this year with their juicy, sweet IPAs, and their bold and balanced pastry stouts. Their latest launch this past weekend included a big Oreo pastry stout, a huge yet balanced triple IPA, and a glorious, thick smoothie sour. We got into Double Dip, Interlude and their seventh anniversary release, Calculon, for this super fun chat. Get it in ya!

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It's generally accepted that a brewery needs some time to come into their own, get familiar with their equipment, their brand, their fans and really dial everything in. We completely went against that by chatting with Co-Owner Michael and Head Brewer Braden of Montreal's newest brewery, Microbrasserie 4 Origines, who had only been open 10 days as of the podcast. Why did we chat with them so soon? The fact that they had 1200 people respond to the Facebook event for their launch party and there was a 40 minute wait to get in most of the day was enough for us. Special thanks to our co-host Noah Forrest of Beerism.ca!

Beers Reviewed: Microbrasserie 4 Origines Apriknot; Microbrasserie 4 Origines Ironworks; Microbrasserie 4 Origines Krumpet; Microbrasserie 4 Origines Côté Canal; and Mike's 4 year old homebrew Quad.

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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!  

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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! 

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This was a super special podcast, as we had Montreal (and Quebec) craft beer media royalty in the building. We headed out to Verdun to hang with David Atman, a man involved in so many projects you'll need a two hour podcast to get up to speed, and of course Noah Forrest of Beerism came through to help co-host like the legend he is. We chatted about David's many online personas, his Boire Local brand and his board game, while drinking some beers he'd worked on with famed Quebec breweries. Enjoy!

Beers Reviewed: Le Naufrageur Gose-Sur-Mer; Kruhnen x Décapsule King Cogne 2; Brasserie du Bas-Canada Hypa #4; Lagabière Ta Plus Meilleure Aux Pêches Et Fruits De La Passion; Brasserie du Bas-Canada Auguste.

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It seems that having Noah co-host the podcast with brewery owners who are friends of ours results in extremely long episodes. And we're here for it. Noah joined Cee once again for a great chat with Michael D'Ornellas and Keegan Kelertas of Microbrasserie 4 Origines, whom you may remember from episode #83 of the original seasons.

Since we last hung out with the boys, a lot has changed. We crushed half a dozen of their fantastic beers, including their new lager, two of their hazy IPAs, their New England Blanche, their Pliny-inspired double IPA and their pumpkin lactose porter, and touched on everything that's happened since they opened, we got into their new direction, their collaborations, goals for the future and a lot more. Cheers!

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Our final LA podcast was a special one. We connected with the enigmatic Teo Hunter on Instagram back when Black People Love Beer first launched, and we'd stayed close supporters over the years as both of our movements grew. This LA trip finally allowed us to hang out and build in person with both Teo and his partner in Dope & Dank, Beny Ashburn. Since our producer Tiffany was there too, it was only right she joined in this vital conversation focused on diversity in craft beer.

Beers Reviewed: Bellwoods Witchshark; Monkish Vocabulary Spills. 

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The last time we had Noah on the podcast was back on Episode #55, and the day we recorded this was a year to the day we recorded his first appearance - so we knew this was meant to be. We have a group chat with fellow beer writers, YouTubers and Instagrammers where we debate the virtues (and otherwise) of lactose in beer, so we figured we'd settle it once and for all with a lactosravaganza of epic proportions. Are you #TeamLactose or #TeamNoLactose?

Beers Reviewed: Lagabière Ta Pire; Microbrasserie Vrooden Mango Milkshake IPA; Brasserie du Bas-Canada Los Tabarnacos; Collective Arts Liquid Art Fest Milkshake IPA; Bellwoods Neapolitan Milkshark; Batch Rainbow Colors Blended.

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Cee and our Producer Tiffany were blessed with the opportunity to head out to Winnipeg to be a part of an A&W root beer campaign, so we figured it'd make sense to get a podcast in while we were in town. We connected with our mate Colin at PEG Beer Co. who set us up with Head Brewer Scott to chat about the burgeoning beer scene in the Prairies.

Beer Reviewed: PEG Beer Co. Dazzle Ship IPA. 

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This is the first episode since #42 we've done without a guest, but we figured that since it was New Year's Day and we were hungover, let's get drunk and review the awesome year that was 2017. Good times ensued, and this is officially our longest podcast to date.

Beers Reviewed: Blood Brothers Momotaro; Blood Brothers Guilty Remnant; Old Nation Boss Tweed; Boulevard Bourbon Barrel Quad (2015);Sawdust City ODB (2016); Magic Hat Bourbon Barrel Aged Wee Heavy Champ.

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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.

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Champ Libre has been making fantastic beers for the past few years, and they were one brewery we've always wanted to have on. The whole #TeamLactose thing gathered steam in early 2019, and that's really when Cee and Champ Libre founder Alex really connected online.

Thanks to Noah of Beerism, who once again co-hosted with Cee, we finally had Alex on the podcast, primarily to support their most recent trio of releases, including a pilsner barrel-aged for 6 months (it's INCREDIBLE), a barrel-aged Brett variant of their Éloge saison, and a DDH Amarillo version of their NEIPA Soleil Jaune. This was another epic chat, coming in at almost four and a half hours, so strap in. Around an hour to go, we brought in Champ Libre collaborator and multiple-IGA owner Jasen Gaouette to keep Alex's lengthy tangents on a leash. This was super fun, cheers! 

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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.

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If 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.

We finally got to catch up with Dan Boniferro, Colin Weadick and Adam Marinelli to crush some of Laylow's fresh bottled brews, get an exclusive preview of their brand new merch, and find out how they've kept things going during the pandemic, tapping into new revenue streams and showing love to the community who made sure they didn't go anywhere. This was a fantastic chat, enjoy y'all! 

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If 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.

We discussed the challenges that contract breweries face with the pandemic, the new smaller batch brews they've been releasing, and what's next for Lost Craft in this super fun, candid conversation. We crushed a variety of their lineup between us, including a brand new beer, Rizen, that they're releasing soon. Cheers!

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One of the closest towns to the Canadian border, St. Albans, VT certainly doesn't get the love it deserves in the craft beer world. 14th Star are the shining stars (see what we did there?) of the town, growing from humble beginnings as the brainchild of two military veterans to one of the most respected and consistent breweries in one of the most lauded states in beer. We hung out with CEO Andrea and Brewmaster Dan (not Dave) to chat about all things beer in Vermont. Cheers!

Beers Reviewed: 14th Star Oktoberfest; 14th Star Raspberry Vermonter Weiss; 14th Star Follow Me IPA; 14th Star Red Wine Barrel Aged Vermonter Weiss; 14th Star Maple Breakfast Stout; 14th Star Valor Ale.

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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!

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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!

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While interviewing breweries, learning about their stories and trying their range of beers is our fave thing to do, sometimes it's nice to just hang out with an old friend and shoot the breeze. Noah Forrest runs Beerism, Quebec's premier Anglophone craft beer blog. He's been on the podcast a handful of times as both a guest and a co-host, so since the scheduled podcast was postponed, we figured we may as well drink some fire and hang out.

We got into some amazing beers - 3 Fonteinen Oude Geuze, Messorem Bracitorium's Sous Une Autre Forme IPA, Brasserie Générale's CocovalaN pastry stout and 5e Baron's Berlin Berry - while chatting about the difference between a gueuze and a lambic, how the SAQ works, why wine is so fire, and a whole lot of other fun nonsense. Get drunk with us!

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The undisputed Kings and Queens of Innovation in Ontario (and beyond) is none other than Toronto's Rorschach Brewery. From their Horchata Lager back in 2017 to their Haterade series to their smoothie sour stouts, they've been consistently creating craft beer that truly embodies fun. Head Brewer and Owner Matt Reiner joins Cee and Nate to chat about what's been happening since his last appearance in 2021, their innovative kitchen approach, his love for West Coast IPAs, why Bulk Barn is fire, the balance between ridiculous and awesome, and why blue beers rock. They got into High Light Premium Lager, Super Dry Japanese Rice Lager, Harmony Strawberry Shortcake Mochi Dessert Lager, Luminous DDH IPA, Hologram DDH DIPA, Jolly Beans Peach Rings Sour, and Haterade Orange Power Drink Sour. #TeamInnovation!

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Whitby, ON isn't exactly a region that has been super well known for it's beer game, but lately the Toronto suburb has had a serious come up. The fourth craft brewery to open in the area is Town, and we swung by the brewpub to hang out with Owner Jeff and Head Brewer Tim to chat about the Durham scene.

Beers Reviewed: Town Brewery Square Wheels Wheat IPA; Town Brewery Brave New World; Town Brewery Loto Max; Town Brewery Leap Of Faith Foreign Extra Stout.

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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.

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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!

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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!

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For our milestone Episode #70, we decided to do something a little different. We headed down to Beamsville, ON in Niagara Wine Country to connect with Will and Ryan from Rosewood, who we consider to be the Bellwoods of wine. Rosewood have collaborated with breweries like Bellwoods, providing honey from their in-house bee hives, lavender from their property, and grape must from their incredible wine production. From honey wine to mead to braggot to straight up phenomenal wines, Rosewood are doing something truly special in Ontario for Canadian wine.

Beers Reviewed: Bench Ball's Falls; Bellwoods x Trillium Cutting Bells; Rosewood Nebulous; Rosewood Locked & Loaded (2016); West Avenue Honey Monster; Rosewood Unfiltered Pinot Noir (2016); Rosewood Mead Royale; Rosewood Legacy (2016); Bellwoods Bring Out Your Dead (2017); Rosewood Old Smokey.

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If 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.

We sat down with founders, and brothers, Sébastien and Francis Laganière at their downtown Saint-Jean brewpub, after a quick visit to their large production facility close by, to find out what made them brew a beer that was never available locally, and ultimately, where that very beer has lead them.

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Legit, one of the partners at Hochelaga's L'Espace Public, Pierre Lessard-Blais, is the Mayor of the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Crazy. We hung out in the East End pub with Co-Owners Simon and Frank, crushed some cans and chatted about the local scene, and even received a surprise visit from Olivier from Matera Brasseurs. Things got pretty messy.

Beers Reviewed: L'Espace Public Trempette Tropicale; L'Espace Public Bière De Balcon; L'Espace Public Bière De Coin D'Rue;L'Espace Public Rassemblage 2018; L'Espace Public Bière De Driveway.

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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!

Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie is a Montreal neighbourhood that isn't widely renowned for craft beer, but La Succursale are the OGs of the area. Opening in 2011, Jean-Phillippe created a welcoming brewpub in a neighbourhood that truly needed an injection of great beer, and everything they're doing is fantastic. While JP wasn't exactly into some of our Lightning Round questions, this was an entertaining conversation.

Beers Reviewed: La Succursale La Petite-Côte; La Succursale NEIPA; La Succursale IPA Mangue; La Succursale Sûre Masson (Fraises); La Succursale 1814.

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Back in the summer of 2019, we headed out on our first-ever trip to Virginia and the first brewery we hit was Crooked Run to have a chat with Co-Founders Lee and Jake. We finally caught up with the boys again after 4 long years to hear about the switch from Crooked Run Brewing to Crooked Run Fermentation, their 10th anniversary and how they've seen things change, their addition of wine, cider and seltzers to their repertoire, their distribution footprint (after Cee found their beers in the Florida Keys), where the craft beer market is going, the importance of their community, and their awesome third location in D.C. They got into their Labor Days collab with Wild East and Wheatland Spring for their 10th anniversary, Glade German-style Pilsner, and White Oak Scorpion West Coast IPA with oak spirals. This was awesome, cheers!

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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! 

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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! 

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It's summer, it's hot af and our portable air conditioner only does so much, so for this episode, Tiffany and Cee hung out on their balcony - also known as their courtyard in the sky. We took a break from guests this week and had a chat while finishing off the beers from the latest Nickel Brook event Wobbly Pops that went down right before the podcast kicked off.

Our Social Media agency, High Season Co., recently released a video breaking down how businesses can continue to operate while supporting social justice and the #BlackLivesMatter movement. We took those steps and then applied them directly to breweries, talking at length about how the beer business can move forward while being cognizant of supporting the very communities that keep them in business. Enjoy!

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Welcome to Season 7 of BAOS Podcast - Against The Grain, where we focus on breweries across Quebec who took the path less followed, and brewed beers that weren’t so common in our glorious province.

We sat down with some of the pioneers of Quebec’s new craft beer scene to find out why they decided to do it their way, including Pub BreWskey, Messorem Bracitorium, Lagabière and more.

Against The Grain, Season 7 of BAOS Podcast, coming February 26th on your favourite podcast platform. Cheers.

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You know what's better than one Vermont brewery in our Top 10 most downloaded podcasts of all time? Two Vermont breweries! Earlier this year, we spent a weekend in glorious VT and finally got to hang out with the team at Switchback. Tiff and Cee visited Switchback on their first ever Vermont trip in 2016, so this was a cool full circle moment. The brewery was huge, so much larger than we expected, and we got to get into their new East meets West IPA, our fave brew of the day.

It was also cool to get the varied perspectives from Sarah, who runs the taproom, and Alex who runs the brewhouse, and to get some background as to how the VT craft beer scene has changed over the years. Get some Vermont beer in ya!

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