Jon Montgomery, Olympian-turned-TV host, has just started a new travelogue web series called Brewdocking which looks at local brews as he uses craft beer for conversations about food and drink traditions across Canada.

With sponsor, Go RVing Canada, the program explores Canadian culture through how Canadian people like to drink beer. Montgomery spontaneously drank from a pitcher of beer while walking through Whistler after winning his 2010 gold medal in the skeleton. The show sees him travelling from Tofino to P.E.I. in an RV, with each 10-minute episode featuring a different destination. He stops at a local craft brewery in each town or city, then visits an additional tourist or food stop, sits down with a local for a serious chat, and indulges in some kind of extreme sporting activity.

Behind the scenes of Brewdocking, hosted by Jon Montgomery—gold-medal skeleton performance at the Vancouver Games in 2010 with his famous “beer walk,” is also known for his role as host of “The Amazing Race Canada.”

Montgomery’s Alberta episode is centred around Drumheller, but he pops into Calgary to talk to Village Brewery’s Jeremy McLaughlin about local beer culture. It’s a conversation that Montgomery says was important because of Village’s unique position as a brewery that started with a robust business plan and fairly conventional beers before moving toward more adventurous brews, unlike many craft breweries that begin as more haphazard passion projects. Every brewery has its own story and Montgomery found it fascinating to learn how each ties into a taste of place, according to The Calgary Herald. 

“The beers are a lot like the people across our country – they’re as varied as the day is long,” Montgomery says. “There are basic ingredients that you will find in every beer, but the character of these ingredients varies wildly from coast to coast to coast and that’s a reflection of the people in those communities.”