As David Letterman used to say, “Welcome back to the progrum!” As we push through the dead of winter, there are two things that can remedy all of the cold and snow: A trusty flamethrower, and BEER! And not necessarily in that order.

In this episode, we shoutout Andrew’s friend and my hero Steve Yzerman's scorching Detroit Red Wings (3:27), sample the “Rizbal Mango Lassi,” part of the Hula Hoop series from Parsons Brewing (5:31), sample the uniquely rare “Slow Wave,” a collab between Blood Brothers and Paradise Grapevine Wine Shop (8:26), dip into Mike’s Beer Adventures (14:02), wade even further into Drew’s Beer Adventures (26:07), play a fun game where we deliver our "ratings" on many diverse beer-related items... are they overrated, underrated, or properly rated? (36:24), then we finally drop a quick preview of the upcoming I Heart Beer Festival in Toronto, which we will be attending together (1:03:14).

Cheers, and remember, stay warm and keep your beer even colder!

Happy New Beer to you and yours! The second attempt of our first episode of 2026 plays out like this:

• Chat about the hustle and bustle of the holiday season.
• Crack our first new brews: “West Coast Swing” from Left Field (8:09) and “Scenic Route” from Railway City. (9:53)
• Drew’s Beer Adventures, including a trip to Quebec City and a successful order from Dominion City in Ottawa. (13:12)
• Mike’s Beer Adventures, including some holiday get togethers and an order from Fine Balance in Kingston. (22:57)
• A surprise Polar Vortexians series release from Sarcastic Comedian Brewing Company. (32:50)
• Our NEW BEER'S RESOLUTIONS for 2026! (35:58)

Let's embrace those winter vibes (not like we have a choice, it's Canada!) for the beginning of Year/Season TWO! We sample a couple of beauties from Third Moon and delve into some fun recent Beer Adventures, before making way for The 2025 Pint Taken Craft Brewery Draft! Just like our second love, sports, we're each drafting five of our favorite breweries. Back and forth, no duplicates. Was a helluva discussion. Here's how the show shakes out:

(4:43) - Beer Sample: "Maple Pecan Bestowed"

(7:15) - Beer Sample: "Epoch Slushie - Extra Spicy Caesar"

(12:12) - Beer Adventures

(26:30) - The 2025 Pint Taken Craft Brewery Draft!

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ONE YEAR IN THE BOOKS!

Live from the Hallihan Craft Beer Laboratory, we celebrate one year of The Pint Taken Podcast by getting together and recording for the first time in person.

We cover tons of topics and some memories, including the potential expanding our beer "coverage" (7:29), some very successful Beer Adventures (9:15), reminiscing about moments from past episodes (27:12), digging into our beer data for the last year (35:11), things we’ve learned about beer (56:56), and finally, the things we’re looking forward to in 2026 (1:15:44).

THANK YOU for the following and support over the past year, we truly appreciate each and every one of you that joined us for the ride. Come hang with us in 2026 and beyond, and tell a friend. Look up The Pint Taken on whichever social media floats your boat (or all of them). Cheers!

The 4 unique beers that we split and sampled during the episode:

- "Patrick Bateman" from Blood Brothers (3:56)

- "The Cutback" also from Blood Brothers (31:49)

- "Strange Animal" from MERIT Brewing (50:58)

- "Epoch Slushie - Caesar" from Third Moon (1:10:28)

Hey look, it's November! First on the menu, it's quality over quantity in our latest Beer Adventures, where we tipped back some absolute bangers over the past couple of weeks (4:50).

We then welcome in our guest, beer connoisseur Brady Lacroix (20:42). With our three-man booth intact, we sample some brand new releases from Pint Taken favorites Blood Brothers and Third Moon (23:25). Then we unravel how Brady's craft beer journey began, how he "discovered" the Untappd app, and chat about some of his/our favorite beer styles and breweries (32:48). Finally, we go beyond beer and talk about Brady's insane vinyl collection (51:56) and of course, sports - the Blue Jays heartbreaker, the Expos, the Packers (!), our collective non-Leafs fandom, and some vintage goaltenders (57:43).

We wrap with some potential upcoming shenanigans, including an exciting ONE YEAR anniversary! (1:19:24).

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Thankful for family. Thankful for food. Thankful for BEER! Episode 18 has the beer adventures running wild after our very successful annual Thanksgiving weekend shenanigans. Off the top, we sample the "Black Hand" stout from Blood Brothers (4:54) and the "Montmorency Cherry" Jelly King from Bellwoods Brewery (7:38). Then, we touch on some pre-Thanksgiving weekend beer adventures to highlight some of the interesting drinks we've had over the past few weeks. Consider it the calm before the beer storm (14:12). Finally... from fruited smoothie sours to barrel-aged imperial stouts to pumpkin-laced libations, we recap an entire weekend overflowing with new beer adventures (26:34).

Join your neighborhood beer fanboys for another hour of brew banter. CHEERS!

Screw you, busy August. We are back! And there is no messing around, as we sample some beers right from the jump. Drew (finally) gets to crack one from All My Friends Beer Co. (3:03), while Mike reaches back to his roots in Miramichi, NB for a brew from New Maritime Beer Co. (5:10). After wetting our whistles, Drew dives into his medal-claiming run at the Master Men's Canadian National Fastball Championship in Kitchener (8:06). Next, we share some exciting and exploratory Beer Adventures from Ontario and the East Coast of Canada (24:41). Finally, we bring back the popular sequel to Build-A-Beer (Episode 9) with some dynamic and delirious releases from Sarcastic Comedian and Broken Pancreas, our two fictional breweries (44:25).

It's been a minute, so it's a live one! Please, treat yourself and come join us for some laughs and libations. CHEERS!

It's a bird. It's a plane. No, it's a Pint Taken gathering! It's been a long time coming, but we managed to hang out for an entire weekend. First, we recap an extremely adventurous beer and golf-filled get together, while sipping on samples from Left Field Brewery (9:46) and Blood Brothers Brewing (12:31). Then we dive head first into our most action-packed Beer Adventures to date (21:28). Finally, for this episode's topic at hand, we're tackling the debunkification of some all-too-common Beer Myths that we've encountered along the way (42:13). Blasphemy we say!

What is not blasphemous however, is joining your neighborhood beer fanboys for some laughs and libations. Tip a glass with us!