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The Rise of Low ABV Beer - Echo Session Ales
The Rise of Low ABV Beer - Echo Session Ales

Low ABV options are a quietly growing desire in the craft beer industry, and it’s not hard to imagine why that might be, particularly with so many tap lists dominated by 6 to 7% IPAs and even higher from there. 

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“Hop” on the Bike in Ottawa - Bicycle Craft Brewery
“Hop” on the Bike in Ottawa - Bicycle Craft Brewery

A couple of months ago when Chris (Hops & Bros) and I were guests on episode 135 of the podcast, we talked about a number of different breweries that have helped shape the Ottawa craft beer scene. One of the breweries we talked about and sampled on the show was Bicycle Craft Brewery.

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Introducing #TheNewNow: Conversations with the Leaders of Diversity in Craft Beer
Introducing #TheNewNow: Conversations with the Leaders of Diversity in Craft Beer

In my first ever post for BAOS, I touched briefly on the ever-growing conversation of diversity in craft beer, particularly the need for greater diversity and inclusion in the industry.

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Are Classic Styles Getting Lost In The Haze?
Are Classic Styles Getting Lost In The Haze?

This seems to be an ever prominent question in the beer world, especially with how connected it is to social media, and in many ways how dependent it is on social media.

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What Does Craft Beer Look Like In 2019?
What Does Craft Beer Look Like In 2019?

For my first post, rather than drill down on a single topic I thought I’d just talk about a few observations from 2018 and a bit of what I hope to see in 2019 and beyond.  Let’s get into it, shall we?

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Cheers To The Year That Was 2018!
Cheers To The Year That Was 2018!

First of all, who can even believe 2018 is over already? Insanity. And the end of the year marks over three and a half years since we've been doing BAOS.

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Top 10 Most Popular BAOS Podcast Episodes in 2018 (As Voted By You!)
Top 10 Most Popular BAOS Podcast Episodes in 2018 (As Voted By You!)

This is actually a first for us, but we figured it’d be interesting to put together a Top 10 list of our most popular (based on download numbers) podcast episodes. It certainly didn’t turn out how we expected - you can watch our video recap below featuring snippets from each episode in the Top 10. If any of the episodes pique your interest, check out the full highlight videos in descending order, and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to hear the entire conversations.

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A Canadian Craft Beer Seal Of Independence?
A Canadian Craft Beer Seal Of Independence?

You guys might have seen a bunch of hype online over the past year or so about various countries and their respective beer independence seals - the US, Australia, and others have proudly planted their indie flag in the fertile soil of the craft beer industry. So the question, obvi, is what's up with Canada, eh?

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🎉 🍻 Cheers to 2017 - here's to 2018! 🍻 ✌
🎉 🍻 Cheers to 2017 - here's to 2018! 🍻 ✌

Twenty seventeen has been very good to us, and we're beyond grateful. We want to thank all our followers, subscribers, brewery friends, readers, viewers and listeners for all the support, love, kind words, not so kind words, shares, high fives, beers, hugs and sense of community. We love and appreciate you all and we're excited AF about what 2018 holds for all of us.

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