Episode 172 – REPLAY – pH With Martin

The subject of water and most importantly, pH can be utterly confounding. Buffering capacity, acids, salt concentrations, “measurements expressed as” and temperature add to a mix of questions that baffle even experienced brewers. We sit down with Martin Brungard to work through common questions we see online to see if we can get answers!

Episode Links:
Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental
Hop & Brew School: https://hopandbrewschool.com/
The Pizza Shop Effect: https://www.beervanablog.com/beervana/2022/8/12/reincarnating-breweries
Westy gets redesigned: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0x975FSR9nUsrRwSv…
Anderson Valley’s First Pilsner: https://thefullpint.com/beer-news/anderson-valley-brewing-releases-the-p…
What have you dumped?: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/how-to-brew/dump-em-or-dont-when-…
Under the Volcano: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/under-the-volcano-2021
The Pongo Fund: https://www.thepongofund.org/
Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors
00:01:57 Announcements & Feedback
00:7:25 The Pub
00:24:27 The Brewery
00:35:26 The Lounge with Martin
01:12:38 Q&A, Quick Tip & Something Other

This episode is brought to you by:


​American Homebrewers Association

Brewing America
​Brewing America

​Jaded Brewing

Wyeast Labs

​YCH Hops

Interested in helping Denny and Drew with the IGOR program (aka help us run experiments!) – contact them at igor@experimentalbrew.com. We want more Citizen Science!
In the meanwhile, subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassments, etc, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@experimentalbrew.com. Follow us on Facebook (ExperimentalHomebrewing) or Twitter (@ExpBrewing). If you have questions you’d like answered in our Q&A segment, send an email to questions@experimntalbrew.com!
Don’t forget you can support the podcast on Patreon by going to http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
This episode can be downloaded directly at https://www.experimentalbrew.com/sites/d…
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Episode 171 – And With the Support of Brewers Like You…

David James won the Annual Cascade Brewers Society competition in support of public radio (KLCC) with his multi award winning Czech Amber Lager. After we sift through a bunch of your Q&A feedback, we sit down and talk with him about what make his beer sing! You can ask him questions via his Instagram (@studentsbrewing)
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Brew Files – 138 – Masa’s Guavaaahhh!

 

The Brew Is Out There!

The annual Doug King Memorial Competition celebrating Doug’s craziness has a new winner – Masa Kitano of the Socal Cerveceros with his Guavaaahhh Gose. Drew talks with Masa about how he got into homebrewing, what inspired this fruit filled Gose and his experiments with Wet Hop IPAs for good measure!

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John Palmer’s Dunkelbock

John Palmer, Denny Conn, Drew Beechum looking quizzical

John Palmer’s Dunkelbock as discussed in Episode 169 – Questions with John! (This is done as a 3 gallon batch!)

Recipe Author:

John Palmer

Beer Style:

Dunkelbock

Batch Size:

3.00 gallons

Boil Time:

60 minutes

Original Gravity:

1.062

IBUs:

30.00

Malt/Grain/Sugar/Extract:

Vienna Malt 4lbs (60%)
Munich Malt 2 lbs (30%)
Crystal 80L 0.6 lbs (7%)
Roast Barley 0.2 lbs (3%)

 

Hops:

Hallertauer Mittelfruh 7%AA 0.75 oz 60 minutes

Yeast:

34/70 (or similar)
Voss Kveik

Brew Files – 136 – Homebrew Summer

 

The Brew Is Out There!
We often talk about the connection between homebrewing and commercial brewing, but in the case of San Diego Beer News’ “Homebrew Summer” – it’s the literal truth. We’re talking to Brandon Hernández, who’s organized the herculean effort to bring brewers, pro and am, together to celebrate the magic of beer.

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New Website – Things in Migration

Thank you everyone for sticking with us through our winter hiatus. We have a new website and a new feed. Give us a few more days to get all of our content fixed and a new episode will show up tomorrow!

In the meanwhile, double check your podcast provider. If you want to comment on the site, you will need to make a new account

 

— Drew

Brew Files – 135 – Lee’s Porter

The Brew Is Out There!
In this wildly digressive episode, Drew talks with Lee Lord, Head Brewer of the resurrected New England classic – Narragansett Brewing. We’re exploring her new Narragansett Porter that throws back even further than the brewery’s 130 year history!
This episode is brought to you by:


American Homebrewers Association

Brewing America

Brewing America

Grainfather

Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassments, etc, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@experimentalbrew.com. Follow us on Facebook (ExperimentalBrew), Twitter (@ExpBrewing) or Instagram (ExperimentalBrewing).
Don’t forget you can support the podcast on Patreon by going to http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
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Episode 167 – Drink Your Shoes!

As we approach year’s end, Denny and Drew catch up on what’s happened over the last couple of week’s and Drew goes to Hobblin’ in his Shoes thanks to Denny’s special delivery!
Episode Links:

  • Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental
  • Guinness Opening in Chicago: https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/news/guinness-is-opening-a-chicago-location/
  • The Rare Barrel Sells to Cellarmaker: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClFNsHIPauO/
  • Keurig/Dr Pepper invests in Athletic Brewing: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/keurig-dr-pepper-invests-in-non-alcoholic-beer-leader-athletic-brewing-company-301672964.html
  • Hobblin’ Shoes recipe: https://community.grainfather.com/recipes/879557
  • Steam Deck: https://steamdeck.com/
  • The Pongo Fund: https://www.thepongofund.org/
  • Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing

Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors
00:01:51 Announcements & Feedback
00:7:59 The Pub
00:27:08 The Brewery
00:52:23 Quick Tip & Something Other
This episode is brought to you by:


​American Homebrewers Association

Brewing America
​Brewing America

​Jaded Brewing

​Mecca Grade Estate Malt

Wyeast Labs

​YCH Hops

Interested in helping Denny and Drew with the IGOR program (aka help us run experiments!) – contact them at igor@experimentalbrew.com. We want more Citizen Science!

In the meanwhile, subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassments, etc, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@experimentalbrew.com. Follow us on Facebook (ExperimentalHomebrewing) or Twitter (@ExpBrewing). If you have questions you’d like answered in our Q&A segment, send an email to questions@experimntalbrew.com!

Don’t forget you can support the podcast on Patreon by going to http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing

This episode can be downloaded directly at http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/www.experimentalbrew.com/sites/default/files/ExperimentalBrewing_Episode_167_Drink_Your_Shoes.mp3

Podcast RSS Url: http://www.experimentalbrew.com/podcast.rss

Brew Files – 134 – 300 Episodes of Beer

The Brew Is Out There!
After 300 episodes of talking about beer, it’s time to look back on what’s changed. How we brew, what we brew and why we brew! Here’s to 300 more episodes!
This episode is brought to you by:
American Homebrewers Association

Brewing America

Mangrove Jacks

Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassments, etc, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@experimentalbrew.com. Follow us on Facebook (ExperimentalBrew), Twitter (@ExpBrewing) or Instagram (ExperimentalBrewing).
Don’t forget you can support the podcast on Patreon by going to http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
This episode can be downloaded directly at https://www.experimentalbrew.com/sites/d…
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