Farm To Bottle: Recent Episodes
Kathy Yan Li
Grain, malt, yeast, honey, apples, grapes—if it ferments, she'll be there. Join Kathy Yan Li as she chats with Canadian brewing ingredient producers!
Kathy stopped in Vernon, BC to learn more about The BX Press Cidery and Orchard and their cool ties to local history.
Website: https://thebxpress.com/ Instagram: @thebxpress Twitter: @thebxpress Facebook: The BX Press
Here's a quick snippet about Kathy being in Portland, OR for Homebrew Con 2018!
Learn more about Homebrew Con here: https://www.homebrewcon.org/
Justin Shepherd lives in Ontario, but makes it out to his family's farm JGL Shepherd Farms in Moosimin, SK every year to help with the hop yard he started. Check out this interview about growing hops in Sasketchewan!
Website: https://www.jglshepherdfarms.ca/ Twitter: @saskhops Instagram: @saskatchewanhops
Kathy meets up with Kristy Rhyason from Edmonton, AB's yegcider in Winnipeg to chat about growing apples in a urban setting, and changing the cider and agriculture landscape in Edmonton one apple at a time.
Website: http://yegcider.com/ Twitter: @yegcider Instagram: @yegcider Facebook: YEGCIDER
This episode, Kathy chats with Northern Skies Hops and Outpost from Desbarats, ON about growing hops in northern Ontario, and their partnership with Outspoken Brewing.
Northern Skies Hops and Outpost Website: https://northernskiesoutpost.com/ Instagram: @northernskiesalgoma
Outspoken Brewing Website: https://www.outspokenbrewing.com/ Instagram: @outspokenbrewing Twitter: @outspokenbrew Facebook: Outspoken Brewing
This episode, Kathy chats with Sean Myles, co-founder of Annapolis Cider Company based in Wolfville, NS about their single varieties ciders and their experimentation with different flavours.
Website: https://drinkannapolis.ca/ Twitter: @drinkannapolis Instagram: @drinkannapolis Facebook: Annapolis Cider Company
Kathy chats with Charles Ryan from Wysmykal Farm in Amherst Shore, NS about growing hops and his battle with downy mildew. Down with the dew!
Website: http://wysmykalfarm.ca/ Twitter: @wysmykalfarm
And don't forget to check out Maritime Hop Growers Cooperative on Facebook!
This episode, Kathy catches Katie and Matthew from Twin Island Cider on Skype to chat about making cider, spontaneous fermentation, 100 year-old apple trees and cider apples on Pender Island, BC. This interview was recorded on January 8, 2018.
Website: http://www.twinislandcider.com/ Instragram: @twinislandcider
This episode, Kathy heads to Strathmore, AB and chat with Origin Malting and Brewing about their grain to glass philosophy and their love for Alberta grown grain. Kathy also gets to check out their automated malting system, which is definitely drool worthy.
Website: http://www.originmalting.com/ Twitter: @originmalting Instagram: @originmalting
This episode, we talk to Ana Badea, a barley breeder with the Agriculture and Agrifood Canada's Barley Breeding and Genetics program in Brandon, MB on the process of creating a new malting barley variety.
More on the Brandon Research and Development Centre: http://www.agr.gc.ca/eng/science-and-innovation/research-centres/manitoba/brandon-research-and-development-centre/?id=1180705255780