BAOS: Beer & Other Shhh Podcast

Breaking records is fun, so we headed over to Oshlag Brewery to meet Renaud (Jukebox/Avant-Garde) and Shawn (Avant-Garde) for the longest podcast of all time. We toured the brewery, drank barleywine straight from a cognac barrel, and even drank a porter from the fermenter while it steeped on coconuts. Good times. Beers Reviewed: Avant-Garde Le Funk Et La Furie; Jukebox Classique; Avant-Garde Noctu...

Interviewing comedians on this podcast is becoming a thing. Greg Houston is an Ottawa-based comic with a passion for craft beer, so he caught up with Cee on a winter weekend run in Montreal for a hilarious yap about getting started in comedy and awesome Cap City beer. Beers Reviewed: Kichesippi 1855; Kichesippi Wuchak Black. This week's podcast is sponsored by BrewHeads: for all your craft beer ge...

Scott held the squad down once again by managing to cop a fresh bottle of Sam Adams Utopias, and we finally crack the seal on a break from brewing a dark spiced winter ale. Shouts to all our homebrewers. Beers Reviewed: Stone 20th Anniversary Citracado IPA, Sam Adams Utopias 2016. This week's podcast is sponsored by BrewHeads: for all your craft beer gear needs. Use the code BAOS for 15% off your...

We've really been neglecting the other shhh on this podcast, so we decided to fix that with a visit from MUCH Creator, stand up comedian and soon-to-be LA resident Matt O'Brien. We took the Joe Rogan route and picked his brain on the path to becoming a comedic sensation over a couple solid seasonal brews courtesy of Muskoka Brewery. This is most definitely the funniest episode ever. Beers Reviewed...

There's nothing us beer nerds love more than a porch bomb, so we caught up with Julien Pouliot of Brewster Club, the newest monthly beer subscription service that also happens to be a physical liquor store based out of Plattsburgh, NY. We hung out for a great chat over at the Glutenberg brewery. Beer Reviewed: Glutenberg American Pale Ale. This week's podcast is sponsored by BrewHeads: for all you...

Neighbourhood breweries are all the rage, and there's no bar more attuned to their 'hood than Mile End's HELM. We swung by for a long, hilarious chat during their Soiréee Hoppy event, celebrating two new beers brewed in collaboration with local hop farmer Alexandre Bastien of Houblon Bastien, who joined us alongside Head Brewer and Owner Sébastien Brisson and brewer Arnaud Geoffrey. Beers Reviewed...

What started out as a casual, guest free podcast reviewing the Cameron's mixer pack they kindly sent us, quickly (or slowly?) turned into the longest episode of all time. OF ALL TIME. Beers Reviewed: Cameron's Brewmaster's Selection Pack. This week's podcast is sponsored by BrewHeads: for all your craft beer gear needs. Use the code BAOS for 15% off your order;  Toronto Urban Adventures: for the b...

Sunglasses and Advil. Chambly was mad real. The boys went a little too hard at Bières et Saveurs, so they kicked it on Mont Royal in Montreal for the day after wrap up over some quality Mornington brews Cee brought back from Australia. Beers Reviewed: Mornington IPA, Mornington Imperial IPA. This week's podcast is sponsored by BrewHeads: for all your craft beer gear needs. Use the code BAOS for 15...

You guys already know how much we love the Bières et Saveurs festival in Chambly, and this year we got our media passes, took our fluffy mic and accidentally got sloppy drunk chatting to some great folks, drinking a ton of incredible beers. We interviewed Daniel Essiambre (Brouhaha), Claude Demers (Festival Director), Jean Gadoua (Farnham), Benoit (Microbrasserie du Lièvre), Miguel (Barcelona Beer...

For our final podcast of the Australia trip, we ventured out to Croydon, about 30km east of Melbourne to visit Head Brewer Brendan Guild (aka Brendo) at The Public Brewery. And it's not your standard brewery - they offer a super popular 'make your own' experience to punters, along with their fantastic restaurant and extensive tap and bottle list. We had a great yarn about their humble beginnings,...

Whenever Cee asked around about the best breweries in Australia, Mornington was consistently on every list he was handed. So while he was in Australia, he sat down with Head Brewer Andrew 'AG' Gow at the brewery in Mornington for a yarn about all things beer in Australia. Side note: We had some audio issues, we did our best to clean it up but stick with it, the convo is worth it. Beer Reviewed: Mo...

Who would've thought we'd be doing a podcast from Australia? Well, it was kinda likely seeing that Cee is from Melbourne, when you think about it. He was back home on family business and figured he should connect with the local beer scene and see what's up, so his first move was to catch up with Tiffany Waldron from Fitzroy's unfortunately now defunct Two Row Bar to chat about Aussie beer, America...

There's nothing better than beers on a rooftop patio on a sunny summer Sunday. Sam Corbeil, Co-Founder and Brewmaster of Gravenhurst's Sawdust City, made the two hour trek to Bar Hop 2 in Toronto to chat with us about collabs, sour beers, festivals and we finally learned how to pronounce 'Brettanomyces'. Beer Reviewed: Sawdust City x Bar Hop Coriolis Effect. This week's podcast is sponsored by Bre...

Sometimes, even the best of us mess up. When the audio died in our first on-set podcast, we didn't let things get too sour... or did we? We finally reviewed the oft-hated on Jolly Pumpkin and had an all-round funk fest.  Beers Reviewed: Jolly Pumpkin Bam Bière; Wellington Against The Currant. This week's podcast is sponsored by BrewHeads: for all your craft beer gear needs. Use the code BAOS for 1...

Just as we were cleaning up our act a little, along came foul-mouthed rapper/producer and Montreal transplant, Myer Clarity (No Damn Good Ent.). We literally ran into him in the streets of downtown Toronto, kidnapped him, took him to Wallflower and grilled him about his guilty pleasures, European tours and tweens. Beers Reviewed: Shillow Bitter Waitress, Oast House Barn Raiser and LaBatt 50 (!!)....

Here on BAOS, we're not just about chatting with folks in the beer community; we also like to focus on documenting great conversations with creatives and entrepreneurs who happen to like beer. For Ontario Craft Beer Week, we hit up the Big Rig event at Pour Boy and had an entertaining convo with DJ and promoter Shanelle Williams (of Das Nasty and Hip Hop & Breakfast). Beers Reviewed: Big Rig Relea...

Cee ventured out to one of Montreal's premiere craft beer events, Mondial de la Bière, figuring he wouldn't bump into anybody. Three hours later, he was sloppy drunk chatting with Alex from Brasserie Harricana and Phil from Les 2 Frères, catching up with Pierre and Judith from Glutenberg and having an all round smashing time.  Beers Reviewed: So many, man. Seriously, just listen. This week's podca...

We hung out at The Auld Spot on The Danforth with the awesome Nicole Hynes, founder of Sweetgrass Brewing Co. We had a hilarious chat about oysters, entrepreneurial-ism, children, travel, love, hipsters and, of course, beer. Beer Reviewed: Sweetgrass Golden Ale. This week's podcast is sponsored by BrewHeads: for all your craft beer gear needs. Use the code BAOS for 15% off your order; Toronto Urba...

Scott rolled solo to Toronto's Gluten Free Garage event, a celebration of all things GF. He connected with the GFG Founder RonniLyn Pustil and was lucky enough to chat with Judith Fontaine of Montreal's Glutenberg, an international award-winning brewery focused on producing incredible gluten free beers - one of which (the blonde) is now available in LCBOs across Ontario. Beer Reviewed: Glutenberg...

We shot our first outdoor podcast rocking some of the brews Scott brought back from California, and man, these were serious. Beers Reviewed: Modern Times City Of The Sun, New Belgium Rampant and Goose Island Bourbon County Brand Stout. This week's podcast is sponsored by BrewHeads: for all your craft beer gear needs. Use the code BAOS for 15% off your order; Toronto Urban Adventures: for the best...

Man, this was a random one. What started out as a simple 5-10min podcast turned into our longest yet. Cee handled this one solo, attending the Montreal launch of Beau's brand new Farm Table IPA and he ended up sitting down with Quebec General Manager Stew and Beau's Brewmaster Matt O'Hara. On top of all that, Cee even caught up with Pierre from Glutenberg, one of North America's most awarded glute...

Another on location podcast, this time we hung out at Batch Brewery and caught up with Shehan De Silva of newcomer Lost Craft, who recently had their flagship beer Revivale added to LCBOs around Toronto. We broke down the steps to start a brewery and the various challenges involved, all the while shouting out every human and venue imaginable. Beer Reviewed: Lost Craft Revivale. This week's podcast...

The second part of the convo with tour guide extraordinaire Jason Kucherawy from Toronto Urban Adventures at House On Parliament, we tucked into a good meal and yapped about making good light beers, cicerones and how beer actually keeps the economy going. Beer Reviewed: Flying Monkey's Tribe Coconut Stout. This week's podcast is sponsored by BrewHeads: for all your craft beer gear needs. Use the c...

We finally did our first on location podcast! We grabbed a brew with tour guide extraordinaire Jason Kucherawy from Toronto Urban Adventures at House On Parliament to get the lowdown on the tour world and big beer buying out little beer. Beer Reviewed: Beau's Embittermint. This week's podcast is sponsored by BrewHeads: for all your craft beer gear needs. Use the code BAOS for 15% off your order; T...

We sat on Scott's couch in Toronto on New Year's Day, 2016, using our new Zoom H4N to record our hungover chat about our favourite beer moments of 2015. Beer Reviewed: Alpine Nelson and Alpine Duet. This week's podcast is sponsored by Original Gentleman: for all your beard grooming needs. Use the code BEER for 10% off your order; BrewHeads: for all your craft beer gear needs. Use the code BAOS for...