Episodes

  • #90 - Benpool and Pelverine
    Aug 22 2024

    Ben and Chris talk beer glassware, renting a van to get out and try more beer, cheers etiquette, drinking from the bottle, and advice on starting a craft brewery--plus Ben suspects his Fiitbit knows too much, the team tries to recruit players to the Lil’ Bullshitters to win the Brewer’s Ball, and more.

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • #89 - Bones and all
    Aug 8 2024

    Ben and Chris talk about the end of the LCBO strike, the best toppings for a hot a dog. unionizing brewery employees, homegrown weed, magazines, and so much more!

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • #88 - 22 Episodes Per Year
    Jul 12 2024

    On the four year anniversary of the show's launch, Ben and Chris chat about the LCBO strike and Charlie Sheen's fastball plus we take a look back (and listen!) to our very first episode on July 11, 2021 featuring Greg Taylor of Steam Whistle Brewing.

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    51 mins
  • #87 - Heritage variance signage
    Jul 4 2024

    Ben and Chris welcome Nick Baird and Adil Ahmad to the studio (no, really, there’s a studio now!) to discuss the end of Beerlab! and the brith of Supply and Demand — the duo’s pizza and live entertainment-based rebrand. Plus they talk traditional decoction methods, David Wilcox, hand-selecting hops, constructive criticism for homebrewers, and, for some reason, basic economic principles.

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    1 hr and 1 min
  • #86 - Martin Short is a national treasure
    Jun 20 2024

    Ben and Chris chat with Brad Clifford of Clifford Brewing about his early days as a nano-brewer in Toronto and his move to Hamilton, the soon-to-be-cool NOBA district, why he enters — and wins! — so many damn awards, and why he doesn’t actually drink that much porter. Plus: Cliffolini! Charles Grodin cult classics! A barking dog!

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • #85 - The Secret Goldfish
    Jun 13 2024

    Ben welcomes back Ontario craft beer veteran Sam Corbeil and chats about Sawdust City celebrating 10 years of their brewery, the importance of beer awards, why non-alcoholic beer sucks, and complicated, silly beer names — plus they chat John Irving, death row pizza, and Ben pitches his lawn mowing TV show.

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    1 hr and 25 mins
  • #84 - Marzipan stout vs. jalapeño kolsch
    May 31 2024

    Ben and Chris chat with Beer Guy, Jordan St. John, author of many beer books, some of which he'll tell you the name of, editor of The Growler beer guide, beer instructor at George Brown College, and rent-controlled midtown Toronto resident. The guys chat beer criticism, free beer, erotic fiction, and awards -- plus a Pell's Corner for the ages.

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • #83 - Hump and dump
    May 16 2024

    Ben and Chris are back for a poolside episode to discuss the return of Canadian Beer News, help a listener with a chalkboard dilemma, and Chris samples a new THC-infused beverage. We investigate the inflated claims that NA beer is our lord and saviour, and Ben makes his pitch for a live version of the podcast at the Canadian Brewing Awards. Plus Chris previews his one man show about his mom, people get carved, and the guys are ATTACKED BY WILD RACCOONS!

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    1 hr and 4 mins