This week we’re joined by Winnipeg graphic designers and beer lovers Mark Remoquillo & Evan Marnoch to talk about design, and in particular brewery and beer-label design. We’re drinking the Howe Sound Mexican Chiapas Cold Pressed Coffee Ale as well as a few other tasty bottles that our guests brought along! Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction […] The post Episode 146: Howe Sound Coffee Ale + Design appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week we’re joined by Jean-François of Domaine Jean Boudry vineyard and local wine-guys Jesse Oberman & Taylor Archibald of Winnipeg-based natural wine rep Elevage Selections. We delved deep into the traditions of wine-making in the Jura region and drank some Parallel 49 Bodhisattva & a selection of Jean-François’s wines. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction […] The post Episode 145: Wine with a Wine Maker appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week we drank Steel & Oak Windrose Porter with Matt Wolff from Torque Brewing. We talked about challenges and opportunities about opening up a new brewery and the fun of test batches! Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 01:00 – Steel & Oak Windrose Porter 03:45 – To go on a trip – to Saskatchewan […] The post Episode 144: Steel & Oak Windrose Porter with Matt from Torque Brewing appeared first on Pub Chat ....
It’s the last week of cocktail month and we’re drinking with Dan of Deer + Almond! He made us a delicious coconut-ice cream float using Maui’s Coconut Porter. Cocktail Month Episode 1 | Episode 2 | Episode 3 The post Episode 143: Dan – Cocktail Month 2016 Pt 4 appeared first on Pub Chat .
In the third episode of Cocktail Month 2016 we’re drinking with Renée Girard of Forth. We drank Bridge Brewing’s Uganda Sipi Coffee Brown Ale and I made a cocktail with the Red Racer Red Ale. Renée also used the Red Racer Red Ale for her rather delicious cocktail. Cocktail Month Episode 1 | Episode 2 Show Notes 00:00 […] The post Episode 142: Renée Girard – Cocktail Month 2016 Pt 3 appeared first on Pub Chat ....
It’s the second episode of Cocktail Month 2016 and we’re drinking with Peter Hill of Albert Street Cocktails. Peter’s cocktail of the evening is using Maui Brewing’s Coconut Porter. Colin used the Duchesse de Bourgogne to make a beery take on a French 75 which he has dubbed the Flemish 75. Check out last weeks episode […] The post Episode 141: Peter Hill – Cocktail Month 2016 Pt 2 appeared first on Pub Chat ....
It’s April which means it’s Cocktail Month on Pub Chat! Our first guest is Elsa, bartender at The Roost and we’re drinking Cannery Brewing’s Darkling Oatmeal Stout to start things off. Elsa made a delicious cocktail using a Duchesse de Bourgogne syrup. In this years cocktail month, Colin & Adrian will also alternate attempting a beer-based cocktail […] The post Episode 140: Elsa Clare – Cocktail Month 2016 Pt 1 appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week we’re joined once again by American and internet-person Joey Heflich. We’re giving our take on House of Cards Season 4 and drinking some beers while we’re at it. Spoiler alert: we do get a little spoilery around the 25-minute mark so keep your ears peeled if you haven’t seen this season yet. Show […] The post Episode 139: House of Cards S4 with Joey Heflich appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week we’re joined by apiarist & honey expert Chris Kirouac of Bee Project – a local apiary producing a variety of delicious honey’s. To accompany the honey tasting, we lined up a 2015 and a 2014 Muskoka Winter Beard Double Chocolate Cranberry Stout. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 00:50 – Muskoka Winter Beard 03:30 – […] The post Episode 138: Honey & Bees with Muskoka Winter Beard appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week we’ve got local bartender and Archer aficionado Josey back on the show to talk about the world’s most dangerous secret agent. We’re drinking the delightful Red Racer ISA from Central City Brewing. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 01:05 – Central City Red Racer ISA 04:05 – Marathoning Archer 08:30 – Investing in Archer, running jokes 11:45 […] The post Episode 137: Archer & Red Racer ISA appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This episode we’re joined by Brian Westcott former Alley Kat brewer and now head brewer at Winnipeg’s soon-to-be-open Barn Hammer Brewing. We talked about the burgeoning Winnipeg beer scene, building-a-brewery-problems and heard some of the plans Barn Hammer has in store for Winnipeg’s beer fans! Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 00:45 – Black Kettle Scottish Ale 04:30 […] The post Episode 136: Barn Hammer Brewing & Black Kettle Scottish Ale appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week we’re joined by local poet Mona Mousa and rapper Mungala from Winnipeg’s the Lytics. We’re drinking the delightful Headstock IPA from Nickel Brook & a little bourbon. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 01:00 – Nickel Brook Headstock IPA 06:20 – Border crossing adventures 16:10 – Tours, GPS and travel stories 27:30 – Working as […] The post Episode 135: Spoken Word Poetry & Headstock IPA appeared first on Pub Chat ....
Today is the 4th anniversary of Pub Chat and we’re pleased to be celebrating with a 2012 bottle of Flying Monkey’s Barenaked Ladies Chocolate Stout. We’re so pleased we’ve made it this far, thanks to everyone that continues to listen. In this episode, we reminisce on the last year and talk about our Pub Chat […] The post Four Year Anniversary: BNL Imperial Chocolate Stout appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This episode we’re excited to bring back one of our favourite guests from 2015, Amanda Kinden of Oh Doughnuts. Last year Amanda was renting kitchen space to supply Winnipeg coffee shops with doughnuts but this year she’s on the verge of opening a standalone doughnut shop to satisfy our doughnut hunger for good. We enjoyed […] The post Episode 134: The Return of Oh Doughnuts appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week we’re drinking Postmark’s Brewing’s Winter Red. Brett joins us to talk about our new favourite show, Occupied. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 00:45 – Postmark Winter Red 07:50 – Occupied 10:50 – No spoilers 21:20 – Spoiler alert 26:30 – Connecting to the characters 31:45 – Final thoughts on Occupied 35:50 – Wrapping […] The post Episode 133: Occupied & Postmark Winter Red appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week it’s just the two of us talking vinyl & music. We’re drinking Dangerous Man’s Peanut Butter Porter and their Chocolate Milk Stout, hooray! Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 01:00 – The Crowler and Dangerous Man 03:20 – Mixing the milk stout and peanut butter porter 06:40 – More on Dangerous Man 07:40 – […] The post Episode 132: Dangerous Man Peanut Butter Porter & Milk Stout appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week Colin & I are drinking Oskar Blues renowned imperial stout, Ten FIDY. Many-time Pub Chat guest, reader and thinker Joey Heflich joined us to talk about life, snowpocalypse, biofuel, POTUS and all sorts of other stuff. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 01:00 – Sweet Baby Jesus and Reese Peanut Butter Cups 04:55 – […] The post Episode 131: Oskar Blues Ten FIDY w/ guest Joey Heflich appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week we’re recapping our season(?) of fantasy football with sports person Anthony P. We drank Four Winds’ delicious IPA Vexillum. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 01:20 – Four Winds Vexillum 05:20 – Pub Chat tackles fantasy sports 09:30 – Adrian learns 12:50 – All about those fantasy sports 17:30 – The standings 23:50 – […] The post Episode 130: Fantasy Football & other #SPORTS appeared first on Pub Chat ....
It’s time for our 4th annual top five albums of the year with Chris Rohling. We’ve all brought a beer to this episode that represents our “go-to” beer of 2015. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 01:30 – Today’s beers 07:45 – Sufjan Stevens 13:00 – Infected Mushrooms 16:00 – The Wombats, Glitterbug 18:00 – Doomtree, […] The post Episode 129: Our Top 5 Albums of 2015 with Chris Rohling appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week we’re joined by friend, gainz-lover and beer drinker @Kevs_Kitchen to talk about working out, nutritional science, and not-nutritional drinking. We’re drinking the unexpectedly splendid Molto Bella Espresso IPA from Tree Brewing. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 01:30 – Tree Molto Bella Espresso IPA 05:20 – Alcohol and working out 07:15 – Nutritional science 09:50 – […] The post Episode 128: Working out and Drinking Beer appeared first on Pub Chat ....
Thanks to a little NYE indulgence we’re a day late with this episode, but here it is. We’re joined by Brett Enquist to for a little vertical of Half Pints Demeters Harvest from 2011 and 2013. Happy New Year! Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 00:50 – Half Pints Demeter’s Harvest 04:20 – Half Pints vertical tastings […] The post Episode 127: Happy New Year with Demeters Harvest appeared first on Pub Chat ....
It’s Christmas time, and to celebrate we’re talking about our weird and wonderful holiday traditions with prior guest Mitch. We drank the lovely Christmas seasonal Delirium Noël from Belgium’s Brouwerij Huyghe. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 01:10 – Delirium Noël 04:00 – Christmas oranges, chocolate oranges 06:00 – Belgian beers in North America 07:30 – Christmas shopping 14:00 […] The post Episode 126: Our Christmas Traditions with Delirium Noël appeared first on Pub Chat ....
We grabbed a few growlers and took a road trip out to Brandon to visit Grant & Amy and talk about Brooklyn Nine-Nine. Before leaving the city, we stopped at Half Pints open house and picked up their new American barley wine Ol’ Glory. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 01:35 – Half Pints Ol’ Glory 04:30 […] The post Episode 125: Brooklyn Nine-Nine in Brandon appeared first on Pub Chat ....
We recorded an episode with Kenley & Dave where we drank the beer Kenley brewed on Pub Chat, but we lost the recording. So we invited them back, drank some Red Racer IPA and talked about beer! Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 01:20 – Red Racer IPA 04:00 – Sour beers and changing palates 07:15 […] The post Episode 124: Not Homebrew with Kenley & Dave appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week we’re joined by fellow beer lover Dan Klajncar to talk about travelling for beer, finding beer while travelling and the beer places we want to visit the most. We drank the delicious tequila barrel aged Imperial Kristallweizen from Dangerous Man in Minneapolis. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 01:05 – Dangerous Man Imperial Kristallweizen 03:35 – […] The post Episode 123: Beer Travel & Dangerous Man Imperial Kristallweizen appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week we’re joined by virtual realty (VR) game developer and fellow beer-appreciator John Luxford from The Campfire Union. We’re drinking the Dominus Vobiscum Blanche from Charlevoix. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 01:00 – Charlevoix Dominus Vobiscum Blanche 03:30 – Virtual reality then and now 05:45 – Getting into virtual reality 07:30 – Improvements in VR […] The post Episode 122: Virtual Reality with John Luxford appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week we’re talking about Artificial Intelligence, Chappie and Ex Machina. We’re joined by longtime friend of Pub Chat and lifetime brother of Colin, Brett Enquist to drink some Hop Stoopid courtesy of PrairieGEMHops! Spoiler alert: We spoil both those movies so go watch them first because they’re great. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 00:40 – Lagunitas […] The post Episode 121: Artificial Intelligence & Hop Stoopid appeared first on Pub Chat ....
On this episode we’re joined by prior long-distance Pub Chat guest and international man of mystery Daniel Emmons. Dan visited us from Wyoming and brought with him a trifecta of delicious beers from Blacktooth Brewing to help us talk about this great new show, Mr Robot. Spoiler alert: Watch Mr. Robot before you listen to this episode. […] The post Episode 120: Mr. Robot and Blacktooth appeared first on Pub Chat ....
This week we’re covering the highlights of our trip to Surly Brewing’s Darkness Day in Minneapolis with Anthony Carvalho. To celebrate our weekend of drinking great beer, we drank Surly’s also-delicious 9th anniversary beer Nein, courtesy of #NoTwitterChip. Show Notes 00:00 – Introduction 01:00 – Surly Nein 03:15 – Anthony deep fries 04:10 – Starting […] The post Episode 119: Pub Chat does Darkness Day appeared first on Pub Chat ....
In this years Halloween special we’re drinking a three year vertical of Unibroue’s La Fin du Monde, and talking about our predictions for the apocalypse & the eventual end of the world. We’ve got 2015, 2014 and 2013 bottles of this Belgian-style tripel courtesy of special guest host and hot-intern Luke Jacob Thiessen. Show Notes 00:00 […] The post Halloween 2015 Special: Apocalyptic La Fin du Monde Vertical appeared first on Pub Chat ....
