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Podcast Episode 424: For Jordan Childs of Mash Gang, Extreme Balance Is the Key to Great Nonalcoholic Beer

We often think of “balance” in brewing as a little bit of this, and a little of that. But with nonalcoholic beer, a little bit just doesn’t cut it—more flavor is better, more body is necessary, and balance becomes the delicate art of finding middle ground between the out-there extremes.

Podcast Episode 423: Integrating Used and New Equipment in Brewery Design with Big Grove and First Key

Buying and integrating used equipment doesn’t mean just plug and play—what looks like an incredible bargain in used brewhouse or cellar equipment could just as well turn into a nightmare of a money pit without strategic planning, thorough integration, thoughtful modernization, and on-the-fly creative problem solving. This partner podcast focuses on real-world integration case studies with fast-growing Big Grove Brewery.

Podcast Episode 422: Vincent Ménard of Messorem Searches for Brash Balance in Sweet and Sour IPA

Is it possible to make a hazy IPA that’s sweet and satisfying, but also reasonably dry and drinkable, with expressive hops that entice and intrigue? Montreal’s Messorem plays with perception to do just that.

Podcast Episode 421: Gabriel Dulong Is Fermenting a Culture of Innovation at Quebec Craft Stalwart Boréale

Boréale is a household name among Quebec craft-beer drinkers—its ads even appear on Montreal bus stops—but that weight of history took a turn nine years ago with an experiment in hazy IPA. Today, the innovation continues as the brewery’s nonalcoholic beers are some of the biggest sellers in the province.

Podcast Episode 420: Abstrax Presents Special Episode 420—“High Notes” with Highland Park and Hop Butcher

For this special episode, we’ve partnered with our friends at Abstrax to bring you a panel discussion on using terpenes, extracts, and more, featuring Tyler Thurman of Highland Park, Jude LaRose of Hop Butcher for the World, and Ross Hunsinger of Abstrax.

Podcast Episode 419: Jean-Phillippe Lalonde of Silo Finds Fullness and Expression in Continental-Style Lagers and Kölsch

Credited by fellow brewers in Montreal as an early lager proponent, Jean-Phillippe Lalonde has been cold-fermenting craft beer for the better part of 15 years. And while he’s no dogmatic traditionalist, there are lines he just won’t cross.

Podcast Episode 418: Faster, More Reliable, More Consistent—Dialing In Hot-Side Process Improvement and Optimization

In this partner podcast brought to you interruption-free by Miura Boiler, we dig into hot-side design and optimization to understand how small design decisions have big downstream impacts.

Podcast Episode 417: Ryan Allen of Macallen Is a Farmer with a Brewing Problem

From their farm, brewery, and taproom/farmstand an hour north of Montreal, Macallen is integrating agriculture with beer across multiple dimensions—not just for the story, but in pursuit of great flavor.

Podcast Episode 416: Derrick Robertson of BreWskey Narrows His Hop Palette to Explore the Variations Within Varietals

This decade-old brewery in tourist-centric Old Montreal has quietly become a New England–style IPA powerhouse, driven by a desire to minimize astringency while embracing the breadth of character that can be found within fewer varieties by selecting and blending from multiple lots.

Podcast Episode 415: Mathieu Paquette of Dunham Goes Hard on House Character

Quebec’s Brasserie Dunham is a brewery whose reputation for saisons has developed from its refined approach to fermentation and dynamic use of hops—but the real secret may just be in the water.