For this episode we were in Grand Forks, North Dakota for a one night beer trip. Kevin joined us for the trip and also the podcast. In this beer-only episode we tried Delirium Nocturnum by Brouwerij Huyghe, Southern Tier’s Pumking and Samuel Adams Merry Mischief Gingerbread Stout. I’m afraid I didn’t get round to writing show notes yet, so you’ll have to make do with following along!
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We’re back with a short episode with Colin & I. This time we’re drinking Downtown Brown Ale by Lost Coast Brewery. In addition to that, we’re talking about the Danny Boyle movie Sunshine.
00:00 – Intro
00:21 – Dishevelled
01:00 – Beer cracking time
01:45 – Colin gives us the lowdown on Lost Coast Brewery
02:00 – Tasting time
05:30 – Beer went up his nose
06:51 – We’re talking about the movie Sunshine.
07:40 – Spoiler alert!
11:00 – Colin tells us why it’s awesome
14:05 – WASA
17:55 – Colin makes excuses for the films flaws
22:00 – The films lack of romance
23:30 – Wrap up! Thanks for listening.
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It’s time for another episode with a new guest, Jym Doolan (The Brewthusiast). We drank the world class Rochefort 10 and talked all about craft beer.
00:00 – It’s us! And Jym Doolan!
00:32 – We debat the pronunciation of Rochefort
Sorry about the audio quality, we promise we’ll try to do a better job on the next transcontinental episode of Pub Chat.
01:43 – Beer cracking time!
02:40 – Glassware snobbery
03:00 – Digging into the beer
07:00 - Seasonal’s and our beer buying habits
08:17 – Pumpkin beer
10:30 – Home brewing
12:00 – Waxing poetic about Unibroue
14:50 – Trader Joes… It’s an American thing
16:55 – Back on my theory of Belgian beer being cheap in MB
18:05 – Now we’re complaining about beer prices… again
20:50 – This lead to us talking about Sam Adams Utopia
24:50 – Cans?
27:20 – After 20 minutes of sipping, we’re back to the beer
32:00 – The history of The Brewthusiast
38:00 – East Coast beers in Manitoba
43:10 – “It tastes like cream corn, it’s horrible”
45:00 – Barrel aging.
47:45 – Southern Tier Creme Brûlée stout!
49:20 – Dogfish Head 120 min IPA
57:00 – I’m not cool because I like IPAs
58:30 – The strongest beers we’ve ever had
1:05:30 – It’s wrap up time!
1:07:05 – Check out Jym at www.thebrewthusiast.com and on twitter
1:08:13 – Thanks for listening
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Today we’re joined by Anthony Carvalho & Clement Betiku to talk all about Hip Hop. We’ve got a big bottle of Manitoba’s always-classy Stone Cold Draft to drink as well as Granville Island Chocolate Imperial Stout.
To celebrate this Hip Hop episode, we’re giving away two Abstract Artform albums, watch our twitter feed @PubChatPodcast for more info!
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We’re here with Abstract Artform and Leah Gair to talk about this little city we live in, Winnipeg. To celebrate the Winnipeg theme, we’re drinking two local stouts: Stir Stick Stout by Half Pints and the seasonal Kona Imperial Stout by Fort Garry.
00:00 – Introductions
01:10 – Stir Stick Stout time!
05:30 – Check out Abstract at AbstractArtform.com
11:42 – Abstract is gonna help us out with an intro, which is awesome
15:17 – Local artists and shows
24:48 – Kona Imperial Stout
58:25 – Rap up time! Thanks for listening
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Believe it or not, it has been a whole year since we uploaded the first episode of Pub Chat. We’ve really enjoyed the last 12 months, and to show how much we enjoyed it, we decided to crack a bottle of the 32% ABV Tactical Nuclear Penguin by Brewdog. While we were sipping on this beauty we talked about the last year as well as the plans we have for the future. Thanks for listening.
00:00 – Introduction
00:10 – We’re waxing poetic about the beer already
01:30 – Brewdog, the brewery
02:20 – We talked about their other beers
05:00 – The packaging is delightful and we’re taking it all off
10:00 – Ten minutes. That’s how long it took us to finally pour this thing! After this, we talked about the beer and the awesome year we had.
43:40 – Thanks to all our listeners!
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Kenton Larsen joined us to talk about advertising, in particular that of the beery variety. To accompany this, we drank Innis & Gunn Spiced Rum Finish. Check out all the Superbowl commercials we talked about at Huffington Post. Somehow, we ended up talking about British TV shows.
00:00 – Introductions
01:20 – My theory on Innis & Gunn naming scheme
01:50 – Innis & Gunn Spiced Rum Finish
05:40 – Somehow, we got on the topic of Westvleteren 12
09:02 – We’re talking advertising!
09:27 – Superbowl ads, starting with Anheuser Busch InBev
35:00 – Kenton somehow got us talking about the British sense of humour
38:29 – This is when we started talking about British TV shows.
1:01:10 – Find us online! Us, Me, Colin & Kenton
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Sara joined us to talk about the circus – the Cirque du Soleil kind. We had two beers from Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck N.V. – St Louis Kriek which is a cherry lambic and Bacchus which is a raspberry wild ale. Sara is an aerialist and she knows a lot more about the circus than I do.
00:00 – Well hello there… And we’re diving straight into the beer.
00:38 – St Louis Kriek. We don’t know what the ABV is
01:28 – It’s Twenty Five Percent Cherry
03:05 – Colin segway’s badly to our topic tonight – the Circus
03:40 – Sara explains what it is we’re talking about.
09:40 – We all decided this beer is like juice.
13:28 – It’s Bacchus time!
13:54 - Brouwerij Van Honsebrouck N.V. run-down
16:10 – Bacchus tastes like raspberries, surprise surprise.
18:25 – We’re back at the circus.
23:55 – Somehow we got to P90X!
25:45 – “I hate it. But I love it.”
30:42 – We’re back on the Bacchus.
31:24 – Wrap-up and goodbye. Sara’s twitter, Colin’s twitter & my twitter
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Colin & I were joined by Chris Rohling to drink some Gulden Draak and talk about our favourite albums of 2012. Brett was also there for a little bit. Belgian beer was basically the only thing we could find that was both available to Chris in Minnesota and us in Winnipeg and Gulden Draak seemed like a good idea. This episode is our first with episode notes, which is helpful because we covered a lot of ground.
- Adrian
00:00 – Introductions. I’m hosting *shudder*
00:30 – Gulden Draak and Brouwerij Van Steenberge run-down.
01:57 – Gulden Draak tasting time. Highlights: It tastes good
05:11 – More details on Brouwerij Van Steenberge
06:55 – We discussed beer prices on both sides of the border (hint: Canada isn’t cheap)
10:20 – Chris plugs Odell Double Pilsner. Apparently it’s good.
12:45 – Brett gave us his top three albums before he left, Evil Ebenezer – The Birds, Snack the Ripper – White Dynamite, Danko Jones – Rock and Roll is Black and Blue. Florence and the Machine MTV Unplugged
13:22 – Chris get’s us started with his favourite albums. In reverse order: Tied for third place is Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid M.A.A.D City and P.O.S’ We Don’t Even Live Here. Second place: Jack White’s Blunderbuss and his favourite: Of Monsters and Men, My Head is an Animal. We started with Of Monsters and Men
18:38 – The cool P.O.S album artwork Chris talks about:
31:05 – Jack White – Blunderbuss
32:00 – Chris has a great taste in music. Listen to his radio show here, starting at the beginning of February from 8pm – 10pm Central on Thursdays.
33:00 – Colins picks! 3. Propagandhi – Failed States. 2. Aesop Rock – Skelethon. 1. Jake Bugg (self titled)
33:23 – Propagandhi – Failed States. A local band!
35:45 – Aesop Rock – Skelethon. A child drowned in one of his songs (he survived).
38:27 – Jake Bugg. Colin likes Jake Bugg. A lot. We all liked it and talked about it for a while. Some are calling him a young Bob Dylan, Chris is calling him jangly.
44:15 – It’s time for my choices! 3. alt-J – An Awesome Wave. 2. Ellie Goulding – Synthetica. 1. Metric – Synthetica
44:51 – alt-j – An Awesome Wave. It’s a weird album, I’ll concede that. But awesome.
47:00 – Ellie Goulding – Halycon. Sexy raspy!
50:13 – We all ripped in to Tinie Tempah. Sorry. #notsorry
51:37 – Metric – Synthetica. It is really good. And Canadian. Double win!
57:30 – Goodbye and wrap up! Chris (Twitter, Guerilla Geek) Colin (Twitter, Blog) Adrian (Twitter, Blog)
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We’re joined by Taylor Cole and Nolan Bicknell to talk about serving and the hospitality industry. We kicked things off with Ossian by Inveralmond Brewery, an award winning 4.1% Golden Ale from the heart of Scotland.
This is the last episode of 2012! We’re bringing a few small but significant changes to Pub Chat over the next few months including a new intro, episode notes and a regular release schedule. Finally, we’ve got an array of new guests lined up for 2013, so it should be a great year.
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