BAOS: Beer & Other Shhh Podcast

One of our favourite locations in Burlington, VT is Farmhouse Tap & Grill, so we swung by to catch up with Bar Manager & Beer Buyer, Justin Gould, who laced us with our first ever Hill Farmstead hazy IPA and lord, it was incredible.  Beer Reviewed: Hill Farmstead Double Galaxy.  This week's podcast is sponsored by BrewHeads: for all your craft beer gear needs. Use the code BAOS for 15% off your or...

Our second day in Vermont was a big one, kicking off with one of the most interesting and engaging conversations we've been blessed to document. Fiddlehead Brewery Founder Matt Cohen chatted to us about scarcity, hype, mythical beers, the Vermont beer scene, contract brewing, the importance of date stamping and how to survive in craft beer.  Beer Reviewed: Fiddlehead Second Fiddle.  This week's po...

The second stop on our Vermont podcast tour was to connect with Giles Smith at Hostel Tevere in Warren, where he runs both the hostel and an incredible craft beer bar in the building. He was dropping world class beers on us like it was nothing, and it was truly glorious. Beers Reviewed: Trillium x Lawson's Finest Pow Pow; Lawson's Finest Triple Sunshine IPA; Lawson's Finest 2014 Fayston Maple Impe...

The BAOS squad ventured down to Vermont for a 3 day podcast extravaganza, kicking off with Idletyme in Stowe. We caught up with head brewer Will Gilson, drank a ton of great beer, got the lowdown on New England geography and checked out the brewhouse. Beers Reviewed: Pretty much Idletyme's entire lineup. This week's podcast is sponsored by BrewHeads: for all your craft beer gear needs. Use the cod...

Scott returns from vacay in South East Asia, we try some Cambodian beer and then we get into some bangers courtesy of our mates at Sawdust City. Beers Reviewed: Khmer Cambodia Lager; Cambrew Angkor; Kingdom Pilsener; Kingdom Dark Lager; Sawdust City Crack A Window; Sawdust City Richard Fingers And The Handfuls: Hobo Jungle. This week's podcast is sponsored by BrewHeads: for all your craft beer gea...

We first had Shehan De Silva from Lost Craft on the podcast in February 2016, and so much has happened with his burgeoning brewery that we had to get him back on to talk about his uber successful year, his two new beers and his future moves. Beers Reviewed: Lost Craft Revivale; Lost Craft Crimzen; Lost Craft Sirius. This week's podcast is sponsored by BrewHeads: for all your craft beer gear needs....

This interview is likely our biggest and most exciting to date. The founder and Head Brewer of one of Canada's most revered breweries, Jean-François Gravel, alongside brewer Jen Nadwodny kindly sat down with us for almost 2 hours during Dieu du Ciel's infamous annual bottle release to talk about his fascinating beer journey. Enjoy! Beers Reviewed: Dieu du Ciel Ultra Mosaïka; Dieu du Ciel Symbiose...

We've always wanted to have homebrewers on the podcast, and Montreal duo Remi and Max, known as The Wild Shack, are all that and more. Considered 'professional homebrewers' due to their regular collaborations with production breweries, The Wild Shack specialize in funky sours and saisons. We broke two records on this podcast - our longest episode ever, and the biggest Wild Shack bottle share to da...

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...