Episode #234: Frothy, Wet & Cold with Cameron Fryer + Daniel Schmidt of Royal City Brewing Co. | Adjunct Series

About this episode

Cameron Fryer and Daniel Schmidt discuss the craft beer scene in Guelph, Ontario, including their brewing innovations and challenges.

Guelph, Ontario, boasts one of the coolest and arguably most underrated craft beer scenes in Canada. Cam and Dan of Royal City jumped back on the pod after two years to catch up on what's been happening, their massive non-alcoholic beer program, their new pasteurizer and how they contract NA beers for other breweries, why they chose short cans for their flagship Lite Lager, their killer Lager and IPA tap takeovers and the challenges with running events, their new sparkling water and soda program, what an 80 Shilling is and why they decided to do one, the price of beer in Canada, the US and Australia and why it's important to keep craft beer as an affordable luxury, how they feel about the new sales channels in Ontario (grocery, gas, convenience), the dope BAOS 10th anniversary Schwarzbier collab, their volcano beer, how the Guelph.beer team of Guelph breweries work together and why the beer bus is so successful. They got into six Royal City bangers - Lite Light Lager, The Big Lubelski Polish-style Lager, Dry Run Non-Alcoholic Nitro Stout, 80 Shilling, Goldie Pale Ale, and Longest Night Strong Ale. Such a great convo, cheers! BAOS Podcast Subscribe to the podcast on YouTube |…

People in this episode

Guests: Cameron Fryer, Daniel Schmidt

Topics covered

• craft beer
• non-alcoholic beer
• brewing challenges
• beer pricing
• collaborations
• local breweries

Keywords

• craft beer
• Royal City Brewing
• non-alcoholic beer
• Guelph
• beer pricing
• Lager
• IPA
• collaboration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Royal City Brewing Co., Guelph.beer

Products: Lite Lager, Dry Run Non-Alcoholic Nitro Stout, 80 Shilling, Goldie Pale Ale, Longest Night Strong Ale, sparkling water, soda

Places: Guelph, Ontario

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