Oktoberfest draws millions of people to Munich each fall to enjoy beer, sausages and lederhosen. This month's episode of Talking Pints details the history and quirks of the world's biggest beer festival. And since no show about beer would be complete without drinking beer, it also brings in esteemed writer Jason Foster to dissect two great German beers available at Sherbrooke, to help you plan your own mini-Oktoberfest.

Talking Pints

Episode #9

Shakespeare said that all the world was a stage, and all the men and women merely players, but Shakespeare was a lazy swine who couldn't even be bothered to write his own plays. The world is not a stage but a bar, and each of us gathered there for a pint and a chat until the indomitable bouncer shows us the door. Sherbrooke Liquor's Talking Pints exists to document the events of that bar, or at least those that take place around Edmonton-- the conversations, characters, and beverages that make them up. Each month, the affable and ill-informed Lewis Kelly tracks down a different local brewing luminary for a topical talk on all things related to Edmonton beer. The show explains the wonderful and sometimes bewildering world of beer to the non-expert, and introduces the movers-and-shakers of the local brewing landscape.

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