New beers! And we take a look at this year's Golden Plates beer-related winners. Spoiler: we disagree with them.

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Season 3 Taster Episode #4

The tasters keep coming! Hear about some beers of the moment and reflect on our new year-round beer fest life.

Season 3 Taster Episode #3

Another year's gone by, so let's take a trip down memory lane and see how we fared in our 2017 predictions. We toast the ones we got right and make some claims as to what 2018 has in store for Canadian craft beer. Cheers!

Season 3 Episode 2: Hoppy New Year

Back for another taster episode! Listen to what we're drinking this week and hear a tale of silly growler policies.

Season 3 Taster Episode #2

Our first taster episode! We talk beers of the moment and discuss the recent "prohibition" whisky raids on British Columbia bars.

Season 3 Taster Episode #1

After an unexpected season haitus, we triumphantly return to discuss the best strategies for sharing beer over the winter, and share a few ourselves. Come for the holiday cheer(s), stay for the first gold star double 10/10 rating we've ever given!

Season 3 Episode 1: Foam for the Holidays

We return in time for summer! Let's talk dry hopped sours - including some of our favourite beers of all time - and beer tourism.

Season 2 Episode 5: Hopping on a sour day

Our heroes talk about the future. Like, with jetpacks? No, with IPAs! It's a brave new hoppy world; we tackle hazy/NE-style IPAs, Milkshake IPAs, and IPAs with additives (jasmine and coffee, to be specific).

Season 2 Episode 4: ScryPA

We've been making this little podcast for a year, so it's time to look back at what the beer world gave us in 2016, put on our prediction hats for the year to come, and then dive into the venerable topic of cellaring beer. We cap it off with a vertical tasting 3 years in the making. Check out the website (hoppynight.ca) for more about the beers we drank!

Season 2 Episode 3: It’s About Time

Because barleywine is life, we check out the latest release releases from Steel & Oak brewing - it's the same barleywine, aged in two different types of barrels. We talk barrel aging, bottle conditioning, and why some beer is better with age. Curious if those dusty expensive beers at the back of the liquor store are worth trying? Check out this episode and find out! (spoiler: they totally are.)

Season 2 Episode 2: More Like BarleyWIN!

...and we're back! Kicking off season 2, we tried a sampling of BC's fresh hop beers of fall. Yeah, yeah, it's almost winter now, but we did our best. We talk freshness, bitterness, grassiness, and even get into the science of hops. Cheers!

Season 2 Episode 1: Hop Back Into It!

In which our heroes take on some North American Saisons and discuss the frustration of cross-provincial beer distribution - possibly our most Canadian topic yet. Plus: an important announcement about the show's future! Don't worry, we're not going anywhere. For more info about our sampled beers and other things we mentioned during the show, check out the site! Theme music: "Never Is Now", by Sinkhole. Licensed under Creative Commons.

Episode 7: Saison of Mists

One of our heroes couldn't get his hands on the shared beer, but we make it work anyhow. Then it's back to school, where we walk Cicerone and just why two folks who don't work in the industry would want to get certified to talk about beer. For more info about our sampled beers and other things we mentioned during the show, check out the site! Theme music: "Never Is Now", by Sinkhole. Licensed under Creative Commons.

Episode 6: Hail to the Hefe

In a very special episode our heroes meet face to face, break the usual format in favour of sharing a couple of special beers, and bring in a guest to share in the revelry!

BONUS Episode: Bottleshares and Buddies!

Wherein our heroes get an email, discuss our favourite breweries in our respective cities, and contempate how to rate a beer. John apparently doesn't know what a Kölsch is, but we try some and the results are pleasantly surprising! Most importantly, we finally define the term “Mouthfeel”. For more info about our sampled beers and other things we mentioned during the show, check out the site! Theme music: "Never Is Now", by Sinkhole. Licensed under Creative Commons.

Episode 5: Kölsch and Klatch

Brew north, strong and free! Two friends - one Vancouverite, one Torontonian - explore the wide world of Canadian beer. New episodes roughly every two weeks.

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