Episode 138: Honey & Bees with Muskoka Winter Beard

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 – Getting into honey
06:30 – Manitoba and honey
08:00 – Bee facts
10:20 – Rural vs urban beekeeping
15:40 – Tasting, different honey varieties
27:25 – Difference between Beeproject and Honey Corp
32:15 – Winnipeg urban beekeeping
40:40 – Mead and brewing with honey
47:45 – Wrapping it up