The Explore84 Podcast
328 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago -EXPLORE84 is a community founded on empowering those on their journey to their highest selves. By focusing on the three pillars of health – mind, body, and soul – EXPLORE84 aims to create a supportive environment for personal growth and transformation.
The EXPLORE84 Podcast serves as a platform for inspiring conversations, where experts and community members share insights, experiences, and strategies for achieving balance in all aspects of life. From mental resilience and physical fitness to spiritual nourishment, EXPLORE84 explores the intersections and importance of these vital elements.
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LMFAB Uncut 22 - Troy Kamphuis-Finnigan
April 27, 2020 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Troy Kamphuis-Finnigan of Calgary's Rapid Ascent Brewing. Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Troy Kamphuis-Finnigan - Rapid Ascent Brewing: website | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 21 - JD Lewis
April 24, 2020 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.8 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to CJAY 92's JD Lewis. Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram JD Lewis: website | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 20 - Don Tse
April 23, 2020 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Don Tse, AKA The Don of Beer. Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Don Tse AKA The Don of Beer: website | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 19 - Ben Fiddler, Chad Paulson
April 22, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.7 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Dog Island Brewing's Ben Fiddler and Chad Paulson. Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Dog Island Brewing: website | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 18 - Trevor Jay
April 21, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Trevor Jahraus AKA Trevor Jay, sales rep with Blindman Brewing. Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Trevor Jay: twitter | instagram Blindman Brewing: website | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 17 - Brad Soanes
April 20, 2020 07:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Brad Soanes of Grit Health & Performance Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Brad Soanes - Grit Health & Performance: website | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 16 - David Farran
April 17, 2020 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to David Farran of Eau Claire Distillery Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram David Farran - Eau Claire Distillery: website | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 15 - Spencer Hilton, Kyle Geeraert
April 16, 2020 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Spencer Hilton and Kyle Geeraert with Origin Malting and Brewing Co. Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Spencer Hilton and Kyle Geeraert - Origin Malting and Brewing Co: website | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 14 - Wade Brown
April 15, 2020 07:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Wade Brown of Born Colorado Brewing Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Wade Brown - Born Colorado Brewing: website | facebook | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 13 - Damon & Andrew Moreau
April 14, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.3 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Damon & Andrew Moreau of Common Crown Brewing Co. Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Damon & Andrew Moreau - Common Crown Brewing Co: website | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 12 - Karen Kho
April 13, 2020 07:00 - 31 minutes - 21.7 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Karen Kho of Empire Provisions Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Karen Kho - Empire Provisions: website | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 11 - Matt Phillips
April 10, 2020 07:00 - 19 minutes - 13.5 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Matt Phillips of Edmonton's Northern Chicken Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Matt Phillips - Northern Chicken: website | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 10 - Bud Kelly
April 09, 2020 07:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Bud Kelly of Troubled Monk Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Bud Kelly - Troubled Monk: website | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 09 - Andrew Kulynych
April 08, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutes - 19.5 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Apex Brewing Company's Andrew Kulynych. Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Andrew Kulynych - Apex Brewing Company: website | twitter | instagram
56 - Tim Kitchen, Dennis Scanland
April 07, 2020 07:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBThis episode Let’s Meet For A Beer becomes Let’s Meet For A Cider when Sunny Cider cofounders Tim Kitchen and Dennis Scanland join the show. We discuss how an urban farming company and a home cidery project evolved into a community centred Cidery making traditional 100% fruit cider using apples grown in communities across Calgary. Tim and Dennis first got to know each other as neighbours, living just down the block from each other in Calgary’s community of Sunnyside. Dennis had an urban far...
LMFAB Uncut 08 - Socrates Korogonas & Brett Ireland
April 06, 2020 07:00 - 27 minutes - 18.9 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Socrates Korogonas & Brett Ireland from Last Best Brewing & Distilling Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Socrates Korogonas & Brett Ireland - Last Best Brewing & Distilling: website | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 07 - Gerry Forbes
April 03, 2020 07:00 - 20 minutes - 13.9 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Calgary radio legend Gerry Forbes Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Gerry Forbes: facebook | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 06 - Rob Sawchuk
April 02, 2020 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.3 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Rob Sawchuk of Turkey & Pistols Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Rob Sawchuk - Turkey & Pistols website | facebook | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 05 - Stephen Deere
April 01, 2020 07:00 - 23 minutes - 16.4 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Stephen Deere of Modern Steak and Modern Ocean Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Stephen Deere - Modern Steak: website | twitter | instagram Stephen Deere - Modern Ocean: website | twitter | instagram
55 - Laura Coles
March 31, 2020 07:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBThis week we’re joined by [Prairie Dog Brewing] co-founder Laura Coles. We talk about their gigantic BBQ and smoker at the taproom (the largest in Canada!) and how she and her four co-founders have created a business that they’d want to work in as employees, not just owners. Being community-focused and taking care of each other is a staple of the Calgary craft brewing industry, but Prairie Dog Brewing has taken the unique step of building this right into their business plan with what Laura ...
LMFAB Uncut 04 - Ernie Tsu... and JD
March 30, 2020 07:00 - 21 minutes - 14.5 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Ernie Tsu of the Trolley 5 Community Brewpub Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Ernie Tsu - Trolley 5 Community Brewpub: website | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 03 - Michael Ward
March 27, 2020 07:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Michael Ward of Balzac Craft Brewing Company. Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Michael Ward - Balzac Craft Brewing Company: website | facebook | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 02 - Jordan Ramey
March 26, 2020 07:00 - 23 minutes - 16.2 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Jordan Ramey of Burwood Distillery. Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Jordan Ramey - Burwood Distillery: website | twitter | instagram
LMFAB Uncut 01 - Don McDonald
March 25, 2020 07:00 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MBThanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Don McDonald of Brewsters. Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Don McDonald - Brewsters: website | twitter | instagram
54 - Bob Sumner
March 24, 2020 07:00 - 50 minutes - 35 MBA lot can happen in 30 years of broadcasting, and in this episode Bob Sumner, AKA News Bob, walks us through his lengthy career in broadcast media, from his first TV job at the Calgary ’88 Olympics through the golden age of broadcasting and up to today when Twitter drives the news cycle. We talk about about witnessing history 5 feet in front of your nose, the importance of objective journalism, how to stop fearing change, and the bizarre Calgary icon known as Crack Macs. When Calgary’s craf...
53 - Dave Gingrich AKA Dave The Beer Guy
March 17, 2020 07:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBIf you’ve ever been to Willow Park Wine & Spirits looking for advice on a great beer to try, there’s a very good chance you’ve already met Dave Gingrich, AKA Dave The Beer Guy. We have a great chat about how he acquired his highly coveted title, why he loves cheesy horror films, and how a heart attack in his 30s helped him grow up. As we’ve discussed on some previous episodes of the podcast, retail is a hard business to do well and an even harder one to stick with. Dave has broken the mould...
52 - Jay Lawrance
March 10, 2020 07:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBThis episode’s guest is a man of many hats, Jay Lawrance, the owner, director, producer, and cinematographer for Two Words Productions. We talk about how a project for Toyota ended up changing his life, reminisce about Speaker’s Corner, and chat about music videos and how they’ve changed over time. While attending university Jay got asked to host a campus TV show, which sparked a desire to get behind the camera. After a short two years in his university’s Media, Information, and Technology ...
51 - Steve Dresler
March 03, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBOur guest this episode is American craft beer legend Steve Dressler. Recorded at last month’s Jasper Beer & Spirits Festival we talk to the now retired brewmaster for Sierra Nevada about what it was like being a part of the birth of North America’s craft beer boom. Steve’s 35 history with Sierra Nevada began right at the ground floor, putting bottles into boxes on their packaging line for $4 an hour. At the time the brewery and much of the equipment looked incredibly primitive compared to ...
50 - JD Lewis & Tom Stuart interview Mark Kondrat
February 25, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBFor the podcast’s 50th episode we’re doing something special: flipping the table with the help of CJAY’s JD Lewis and Village’s Tom Stuart. With JD and Tom in the interviewer seat we talk about lessons learned in the last 49 episodes and what’s to come in the next 50. Of course the big question is “why did you do it?” You might be surprised to find out that I started Let’s Meet For A Beer as an experiment. Not having grown up as someone who was naturally comfortable asking questions of peop...
49 - Derek Bostock
February 18, 2020 08:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MB“How bad do you guys want to get out of your day job?” Derek Bostock joins us this week to share the story of how asking this question led to he and his business partners opening Red Deer’s newest craft brewery, Sawback Brewing. When Derek asked his now business partners to quit their day jobs he had already long since established himself as a successful entrepreneur and risk taker with his other business, the Red Deer Shooting Centre. The entrepreneurial spirit runs in Derek’s blood, and h...
48 - Drew Ross
February 11, 2020 08:00 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBOn this extra-heavy edition of the podcast we talk with Philosopher, Metalhead, and cofounder of Calgary’s New Level Brewing, Drew Ross. We learn how he and his brother came to open this heavy metal brewery, and which metal legend inspired the name. As you might expect from somebody who opens a metal themed brewery, music has played a huge part in Drew’s life ever since he was a child. From a young age his he was heavily involved in choir and also played the flute! After this phase where he ...
47 - Gerry Forbes & Stephen Lowden
February 04, 2020 08:00 - 30 minutes - 21.2 MBTwo pubs, 48 hours, burst pipes, and 52 staff members. Returning guest Stephen Lowden breaks the news about the crazy happenings and the two Pig and Duke locations that have left their doors temporarily closed and their many employees in limbo. In steps Gerry Forbes to help Stephen find a way to keep his staff afloat, and today they’re both on the podcast to explain how you can help. They say bad news comes in threes, and Stephen has been on the receiving end of a lot of flooding related ba...
46 - Haydon Dewes
January 28, 2020 08:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBCabin Brewing co-founder and New Zealand transplant Haydon Dewes is this week’s guest on the podcast. We chat about how the connections he made through the Cowtown Yeast Wranglers led to Cabin’s super-group founding team and the 32 unique beers that followed. Haydon got accustomed to moving around long before making Calgary home. Born in Opotiki, growing up in Hastings, attending university in Wellington, and spending a short time living in Ireland before coming all the way back to Wellingt...
45 - Erica O'Gorman & Andrew Bullied
January 21, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 35.3 MBThis week’s guests are Calgary Top 40 Under 40 Recipients and Annex Ale Project owners Erica O’Gorman & Andrew Bullied. We discuss how this power couple’s complimentary skillsets and values have led to their success in Calgary’s craft beer scene and contributed to the growth of the now famous barley belt. Andrew and Erica’s history together goes all the way back to university in Nova Scotia. Both transplants from Calgary they would spend a short time back in their hometown after university ...
44 - Chad Hason
January 14, 2020 08:00 - 24 minutes - 16.5 MBChad Hason with Stigma Grow is back again to talk cannabis! This time around we discuss cannabis stigmas - what they are, where they come from, and why they’re usually wrong… “I don’t consider myself an expert, I consider myself a storyteller of other people’s expertise.” Despite Chad’s modesty he carries a wealth of knowledge on cannabis, both the plant and the industry. We start this week’s episode out by discussing how a common name for the cannabis plant, “marijauna,” came about because...
43 - Greg Long
January 07, 2020 08:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBWe’re joined this week by self-proclaimed grinder Greg Long, the owner of Pro-Active Health known by many as the Zen Cowboy. We talk about his 23 year history as a chiropractor, how he utilizes yoga within his practice, and how a yoga teaching course in Bali resulted in his unique nickname. Like many kids growing up in Alberta Greg was certain he’d grow up to play for the Edmonton Oilers. When time came to apply for college and he was without an offer from the Oilers he attended a career fa...
42 - Bill Robinson
December 31, 2019 08:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBAlberta Beer Festivals President Bill Robinson is our guest this week. We reminisce about history as business partners and learn about the book Bill hopes to publish. Having been born in Niagra Falls and briefly living in England with this father, Bill would return to Canada and grow up in Dryden, which he proudly tells us was the 1976 snowmobile capital of the world! Bill is hugely passionate about travel and having visited 84 countries he is already halfway to his goal of visiting every ...
41 - Tracey & Jim Button
December 24, 2019 08:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBThis week returning guest Jim Button and his wife Tracey join us to discuss how their family has faced Jim’s journey with cancer, and the legacy they hope to leave for the benefit of those suffering with and survivors of paediatric cancer. Jim was our very first episode on Let’s Meet For a Beer, and 40 episodes later the legend returns. This time around Jim is joined by his wife Tracey and in addition to learning about Tracey’s early life and how the two of them came together, we also learn...
40 - Francine Gomes
December 17, 2019 08:00 - 50 minutes - 34.6 MBCluck N Cleaver’s Co-Founder and Chief Poultry Officer Francine Gomes joins us on this week on Let’s Meet For A Beer for a chat about career ADD and leading from below. In 2016, Francine Gomes’ career ADD finally led her to going into business with her partner Nicole, who has spent 20 years developing the secret blend of spices that makes Cluck N Cleaver’s crispy fried chicken so unique. The two of them had previously worked together in fine dining, with Nicole as a chef and Francine in fr...
39 - Vince Schaeffer
December 10, 2019 08:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBToday we speak to Vince Schaeffer, Owner, CEO, and top dog at Four Dogs Sales & Marketing. We chat about his tenured career in Alberta’s liquor industry, which has spanned from brewpubs to working for agencies and now running his own agency, and how he’s using that agency to give Albertans a chance to try great craft beer from regions they might never visit on their own. Vince’s career in Alberta liquor began at Brewsters, participating in the opening of the 11th avenue location in Calgary ...
38 - Chad Hason
December 03, 2019 08:00 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MBReturning guest and resident cannabis expert Chad Hason joins us for another beer this week to discuss legalization 2.0, StigmaGrow, what he thinks will come next, and to offer Mark a reminder not to call him “your weed guy." Last time Chad was on the show we discussed some of the unfair stigmas attached to cannabis and the history of the plant leading up to its legalization in Canada in October of 2017. While this first round of legalization two years ago opened up a market for Canadians t...
37 - Dan Molyneux
November 26, 2019 08:00 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBOur guest this week on Let’s Meet For A Beer is the CEO of Alberta’s Fallentimber Meadery, Dan Molyneux. Dan fills us in on the story of how a hobby apiary grew over two generations to become one of Alberta’s most innovative beverage producers. The story of Fallentimber Meadery begins two generations ago with Dan’s grandfather starting a small hobby farm for beekeeping. The farm would later be passed on to Dan’s uncle who would expand honey production that of a small scale commercial apiary...
36 - Keith Robinson
November 19, 2019 08:00 - 31 minutes - 22 MBThis week we meet for a beer with Keith Robinson, cofounder of Wild Life Distillery. We talk about Keith’s passion for living a wild life, what makes whiskey a mythical creature, and about he and his business partner’s famous “friendship contract." Keith’s love for solo sports and the outdoors began early after moving from Winnipeg to Canmore. As he tells it he packed his bags and hit the road at the tender age of four, but his parents who he made the move with might tell that differently. ...
35 - Josh Clarke
November 12, 2019 08:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MBWith Josh Clarke behind the mic this week we’re talking about personal journeys, making good, and rebranding failures as experiments. Josh is the founder of Clarke Studio and Make Good, but his story goes back many experiments before that. Josh grew up knowing he wanted to be some combination of Mr Dressup, Bob Ross, and Marty McFly. Once getting over the news that Mr Dressup was just tracing all that time we talk about Josh’s early desire to go into architecture, which later evolved into a...
34 - Kevin Crowe & Stephen Lowden
November 05, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 50.2 MBThis episode of Let’s Meet For A Beer is a double feature with Kevin Crowe of Give A Mile and Stephen Lowden of the Pig & Duke pub. In addition to our usual dive into their histories we also talk about how Pig & Duke is partnering with Give a Mile to help give families the gift of a final visit with their loved ones. Kevin was first introduced to Stephen when he was looking for a venue to hold an early fundraiser for Give A Mile. Stephen and his wife Jo have been operating the Pig & Duke si...
33 - Dillon Stecyk
October 29, 2019 07:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBThis week’s guest is Dillon Stecyk, Director of Marketing for Alberta Beer Festivals. Dillon is one of the longest members of the ABF family, and we discuss how he came to be part of the company, and the other member of the ABF family who he has known since the fourth grade! Dillon describes himself as having entrepreneurial DNA and tells us that joining ABF at just 18 years old felt like he was participating in building something that had a future, and wanted to be part of it at the ground...
32 - Blake Belding
October 22, 2019 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBToday we sit down with Blake Belding, the Co-Owner and Head Brewer of Calgary’s Cold Garden Beverage Company, which is much more than just a brewery, it is an experience. Blake spent the first few years of his life in a small Alberta town called Rainbow Lake before moving to Okotoks at the age of 3. Like most guys growing up in small town Alberta he played a lot of hockey, but after starting football in the 8th grade he would quit hockey soon after, saying he’d finally found the sport he was...
31 - JD Lewis
October 15, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 41.9 MB“You have to be the entertainment and relief for the guy who's already stuck on deerfoot, he knows it sucks, he drives it every day, 'make me laugh rodeo clown!'” - JD Lewis, Morning Host on CJAY92 is this week’s guest on Let’s Meet For A Beer. We talk about his history in radio, his advice for people struggling with mental health, and Calgary radio legend Gerry Forbes. JD’s love for radio started early. Growing up in a traditional household in Rocky Mountain House he spent evenings listeni...
30 - Kyle Geeraert
October 08, 2019 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBThis week we meet for a beer with Kyle Geeraert of Origin Malting & Brewing, one of the few breweries in the world that are truly farm to table. We discuss the century long history of the family business including their enormous contribution to soil conservation in Alberta and how they continue to innovate today. Origin Malting & Brewing’s operations might be seen as the estate winery of the beer world. They grow their own barley on their fifth generation family farm which was settled in 19...
29 - Craig Sorette
October 01, 2019 07:00 - 35 minutes - 24.1 MBToday we sit down with Craig Sorette, owner of Everclear Draught Services. We drink a few beers, exchange a few jabs, and discuss Craig’s 30 history in the Alberta service industry, his terrible case of FOMO, and his predictions for Alberta’s craft beer industry. There are two things important to know about Craig: He’s old He knows a lot about the industry Craig says he started in the service industry in 1988 in his last year of high school at the age of two, but something about that tim...