Pub Chat: Episode 79 - Craft Beer Advent Calendar Part 4

It ends!

It’s Christmas Eve and time to finish off your Craft Beer Advent Calendar . The three of us are at the end of the box and thoroughly enjoying ourselves. Thanks for tuning in over the last 24 days and Merry Christmas!

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Show Notes
If you’re drinking the advent calendar in order, these are the beers you drank over the last 6 days!

00:00 – Introduction
00:55 – Day 19: De Molen Winterporter
09:00 – Saving bottles
11:35 – Day 20: Colorado Vixnu Imperial IPA
16:00 – Adrian is always right
24:00 – Day 21: Fust Wallerstein Winter-Bockle
33:05 – Day 22: Rooie Dop Final Countown Winter Saison
42:40 – Day 23: Mosco Beerat Ale Behira
50:00 – Day 24: Sound Entendez Noel
59:30 – Wrapping it up

Pub Chat: Episode 78 - Scotchy Scotch Scotch

One of my favourite topics

In todays ( other ) episode we’re drinking scotch with scotch aficionado Devin Brews ( Doctor Teeth ) and drinking Old Jake’s Farmhouse Ale from Edmonton’s Alley Kat Brewing.

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Show Notes
00:00 – Introduction
00:30 – Alley Kat Old Jake’s Farmhouse Ale
04:50 – Farmhouse ale, biere de garde and saison
11:50 – Edmonton pubs
14:00 – Cheap whiskey, expensive scotch
18:00 – Blended scotch versus single malt
21:45 – Scotch regions
27:55 – What is peat?
30:15 – Drinking some scotch
33:45 – Favourite scotch
36:05 – Really expensive scotch
40:35 – Scotch advent calendar
43:40 – Ice or spring water in scotch
46:50 – Wrapping it up

Pub Chat: Episode 77 - Craft Beer Advent Calendar Part 3

Still going strong...

We’re back with the third installment of our four-part Craft Beer Advent Calendar episodes. This episode we tackle such weighty topics as diacetyl, Werther’s Originals and donuts.

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Show Notes
If you’re drinking the advent calendar in order, these are the beers you drank over the last 6 days!

00:00 – Introduction and Day 13: Inveralmond Blackfriar
05:25 – Diacetyl and Werther’s Original
10:00 – Day 14: Loncium Schwarze Gams
14:15 – Colin loves donuts
15:10 – Day 15: Porcupine Quill Karoo Red
21:25 – Day 16: Oud Beersel Bersalis Kadet
29:50 – Day 17: Wold Top Marmalade Porter
35:50 – Day 18: Jeune Gueule Weiti
40:45 – Wrapping it up

Pub Chat: Episode 76 - Craft Beer Advent Calendar Part 2

It continues...

It’s time for the second of our four-part Craft Beer Advent Calendar episodes. This time, Adrian , the intern and myself are drinking a few beers from a little further afield.

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Show Notes
If you’re drinking the advent calendar in order, these are the beers you drank over the last 6 days!

00:00 – Introduction and catching up
00:30 – Day Seven: Croucher Anzus
06:05 – Reality sets in
08:25 – Day Eight: Weltenberger Kloster Anno 1050
12:25 – Day Nine: Cucapa Honey
15:45 – LJT translates Spanish
21:45 – Day Ten: Gaedingur Stout
27:30 – Day Eleven: Wals Tropical Christmas Saison
32:25 – Adrian pronounces “squirrels”
33:55 – Day Twelve: Big Sky Biere De Noel
38:55 – The label, and eating reindeer
41:55 – Wrapping it up

Winnipeg For Lunch - K & W Grocery

More Bánh mì!

K & W Grocery is a place I've eaten at but never been. I wasn't sure about that until I bit into the Bánh mì but I was confident an old co-worker picked these up from time to time, yet I never went with him and could never remember where he got them from. Enter Kevin , who once again knows a fantastic lunch joint.

You have a few Bánh mì options: K & W Special ($3.25), Meatball ($2.80), Fried Fish Paste ($3.75), Grilled Pork ($3.75), and Pulled Chicken ($3.75). If for some reason you didn't want Bánh mì and just wanted a Sub To Go it is $3.33. But get a Bánh mì.

We went for a late Friday lunch, so it wasn't too busy, or busy at all. By the time we decided what we wanted, the K & W Special, and spoke a few words about the place being a hole in the wall gem, our meals were ready.

Now I could definitely see the speed of the lunch coming out slower once it is a bit busier but considering it took all of maybe two minutes to place an order, have it made, pay, and start eating. That is faster than the fastest Subway or Quiznos with more flavour and half the cost.

This bun has a lot going on for it - soft and chewy, crusty, and messy. I had crumbs all over me (and Kevin's car), but then again I am a messy eater in general. A lot of flavours going on stuffed in that 8-inch baguette. Packed with carrots, cucumber, cilantro, pork, daikon radish, and chili peppers (we asked for 3 on ours) the distinctly different textures and flavours combine for a gorgeous balance of everything you could ask for - sweet, spicy, crunchy.

If the Bánh mì I had at Fong Ying was traditional but had its faults, the Bánh mì at K & W is as traditional and yummy as it gets. This basically is as good as you are going to get for lunch at that price.

Taste : 9/10
Speed : 5/5
Price : 5/5
Overall : 19/20

K & W Grocery
542 Dufferin Ave.
Winnipeg, MB R2W 2Y8
(204) 582-7247

Pub Chat: Episode 75 - Craft Beer Advent Calendar Part 1

The start of a journey

To celebrate the festive season we’re running a 4-part special with all three of us drinking this years Craft Beer Advent Calendar . We’ll have a new episode every 6 days in the run-up to Christmas, each featuring 6 beers (in the correct order!) from the calendar. In this first episode, we get into the advent calendar and the first 6 beers.

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Show Notes
Spoiler Alert: If you’re drinking the advent calendar in order, these are the beers you drank over the last 6 days!

00:00 – Intro: the Craft Beer Advent Calendar
02:40 – Day One: Nogne God Advent
06:30 – Other advent calendars
08:05 – Back to the beer
09:10 – Teerenpeli Hippaheikki ESB
12:10 – Back to the calendar
15:45 – Penpont Chateau Civrac Old Ale
18:00 – Beer Advent Calendar complaints
24:00 – Back to the Chateau Civrac
25:00 – Peak Organic Hop Blanc
29:10 – Organic, natural and GMO beer
30:50 – Birrificio Krampus
39:30 – Beer selections so far
40:35 – Fat Man Red Suit Big Sack
45:25 – Wrapping it up

Pub Chat: Episode 74 - Anchorage Galaxy White IPA

"Pemmican, it gives you wings"

Do you like poutine? Do you like LJT ? If you are a sane individual, the answer is probably yes. Luke Jacob, the sexy intern, is hosting us this week. We’re talking about that pinnacle of Canadian cuisine, and drinking a beer that has absolutely nothing to do with it. We’ve got the highly-rated, Brett-and-galaxy-filled Galaxy White IPA from Anchorage Brewing.

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Show Notes
00:00 – Intro
00:30 – Anchorage Galaxy White IPA
04:40 – Tasting notes
06:30 – Pairing beer with poutine
08:00 – Regional foods
14:30 – Gravy
16:10 – Specialty poutines
21:20 – Deep fried cheese curds
23:35 – Deep frying in general
30:15 – Chips, cheese and gravy
32:15 – Best poutine in Winnipeg
36:05 – Cheese curds
38:45 – The beer warms up
40:25 – Homemade poutine
42:30 – Wrapping it up