On this week's episode - it's time for us to get philosophical as we explore the tricky navigation of science and experiences when it comes to making beer. And we go looking at some proposed Canadian beer styles, which makes us wonder - what's your local beer style? And Denny gets back to brewing something he loves and more!

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Happy New Year! It's time for a whole new bevy of beers and a world of new brews to be. In this episode, we talk our recent brewing efforts and new toys and new news and then we talk to Stephen J Porr of BrewTube fame about the SJPorr Challenge, a unique and logistically challenging homebrew competitiion that's prepping for it's next season!

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Another 12 episodes down, so it's time for your questions! We tackle 25 of your questions that cover process, ingredients hops, yeast, weird things and Denny's favorite Karoake song! Sit back - we're getting quizzical!

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As the Holidays are upon us, it's time to give thanks with this episode of Denny and Drew reflecting on the Maltose Falcons 45th Anniversary Party with the band, the beer and Steve Grossman of Sierra Nevada Brewing. And then we talk what we're brewing for the rest of the holidays and doing some weird things with beer!

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ROAD TRIP! This episode finds us on the road to go visit MicroHomebrew in Kenmore, Washington. We spent the day brewing, tasting beer and talking about brewing with Tony Ochsner, owner of MicroHomebrew and Annie Johnson of PicoBrew and all the brewers gathered at the store. Time to see what happens!

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Denny and Drew are recovering from their road trip! So here's a revisit of our very first Q&A show

You heard Drew's brew day at Trademark in a previous Brew Files episode, but now you can hear the story of Trademark straight from Sterling. How he got started and what sort of amazing job they're doing in Long Beach after a short time! And of course we get you the news and Drew and Denny talk about Brümalt from Great Western and how they inadvertently used it the exact same way!

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On this episode we delve a bit into history as Denny talks about the results of our "Beer & Brewing Over 60" survey. Then we're flying into the future as we listen to OSU's Sarah Windes talk about the project to develop and select a new malt hybrid for both Mecca Grade and the public. Pollen flies on this episode along with all of our usual beery goodness!

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We're not done with Hop & Brew School just yet because as Denny headed home from Yakima, he stopped in the beer rich river city of Hood River. While there he sat down with Brian Perkey of Lallemand to talk about his long history in the brewing world - how he almost didn't get his first brewing job and what he's done across the world of craft beer. And of course, we cover the beer news, feedback, questions and craft malt!