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Brew Files – Episode 175 – Get Your Pints On Route 66

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Route 66 – America’s Mother Road – turns 100 this year! To celebrate Garage Band Brewing (Plainfield, IL) and Wild Parrot Brewing (Pasadena, CA) teamed up and brewed an American classic beer.

Listeners may already know the recipe!

Links

Garage Band Brewing: https://www.garagebandbrewing.com/

Wild Parrot Brewing: https://www.wildparrotbrewing.com/

Brew Files Episode 2 – The Crushable Cream Ale – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2017/01/25/brew-files-episode-2-the-crushable-cream-ale/

I Dream of Jennie Cream Ale: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2017/01/24/i-dream-of-jenny/

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Brew Files – Episode 174 – Big Boy Barleywine

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Summer may be blazing away out there right now, but it’s the perfect time to setup a barleywine for the inevitable heat death of the year (aka winter)! Dan Chisolm gives us the rundown on his award winning Bigfoot style Barleywine – Big Boy Barleywine!

Links

Big Boy Barleywine: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2025/06/02/dan-chisolms-big-boy-barleywine-2023/

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Brew Files – Episode 173 – Kyle’s Rauchbier

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For the second competition in a row, a Rauchbier has won Best of Show at a Maltose Falcons competition. This time Kyle Ernsberger won the 2025 Doug King Memorial Competition with his version of a classic Rauchbier! Why does he love smoked beer so? Find out!

Links

Kyle’s Rauchbier: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2025/04/01/kyle-ernsbergers-rauchbier/

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Brew Files – Episode 172 – Season of the Bruce

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Way back in 2015 for an early episode of the main show, Drew sat down with one of his mentors – Bruce Brode. Bruce was a past club president, Grand Hydrometer (education officer), Brews Band Keyboardist, a BJCP Master Judge and helped write many of the early style guidelines.

This past week, Bruce passed away just shy of his 71st birthday and so let’s remember his wit and wisdom and enjoy a beverage in his honor. (And if you have a mentor you’d like to get on “tape”, email us! podcast@experimentalbrew.com)

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Brew Files – Episode 171 – Cordially Invitied

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For the Falcons Advent Calendar, Drew decided to do something other than beer and made a cordial inspired by the idea of a boiled/steamed Persimmon Pudding.

Links

Persimmon Pudding Cordial Recipe: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2025/02/08/persimmon-pudding/

Drew’s Cordial Calculator: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/18e8MpUsb-f7oY0oI_vAA_40X7rc4u57HI1Hnp63gJNM/edit?usp=sharing

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Brew Files – Episode 170 – Colorado Homebrew with the Brew Hut

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It’s not secret that a lot of people missed the AHA’s HomeBrewCon experience this year and a lot of folks shouted that we should do something! So Mark Hurley of The Brew Hut (attached to Dry Dock Brewing) did just that and hosted a one day Colorado Homebrew Conference!

Links

The Brew Hut: https://www.thebrewhut.com/

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Brew Files – Episode 169 – Stupid Times With Drew

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Drew’s been hard at work on a new recipe book celebrating 50 years of the Maltose Falcons and it’s been a trip down memory lane. In this episode he and Denny talk about one of the dumbest things he ever did on purpose as a brewer!

Links

Damn Heavy Recipe: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2024/09/23/damn-heavy/

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Brew Files – Episode 168 – True Blue Brews with Peter

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Peter is back with his fourth book about Australian brewing – True Blue Brews. He and Drew talk the invention of refrigeration, yeast isolation and other practices that radically changed Australia’s brewing habits and what we can learn from it today!

Links

Victoria Lager Recipe: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2024/08/05/1896-victoria-lager/

Buy True Blue Brews: https://www.lulu.com/shop/peter-symons/true-blue-brews/paperback/product-5799nqn.html

All of Peter’s Books: https://www.lulu.com/search?contributor=Peter+Symons

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Brew Files – Episode 167 – IPAs with Gourmet Brewing

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It’s a game of reverso! Denny and Drew get interviewed by Doug Piper of Gourmet Brewing about what makes a great IPA!

Links

Gourmet Brewing: https//gourmetbrewing.com

Gourmet Brewing YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DougPipersr

Gourmet Brewing Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thegourmetbrewing/

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Brew Files – Episode 166 – Optimal Wit

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In another look at semi forgotten styles, Drew sits down with Bill Butcher of Alexandria’s Port City Brewing to discuss their World Beer Cup Gold Medal winning beer – Optimal Wit and what makes a good wit sing!

Links

Port City Brewing: https://www.portcitybrewing.com/

Optimal Wit Recipe: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2024/06/08/port-city-brewing-optimal-wit/

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Brew Files – Episode 165 – REPLAY – Extract with Jay

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Given all the recent talk about extract and brewing – its time to revisit a 2017 conversation!

Drew and Denny hit the phones with Jay Ankeney, a long time homebrewer in Los Angeles who’s been brewing longer than most of us. And interestingly – Jay still brews with extract and grains. Why does he still brew with extract? What are some of his tips and tricks and what does he do that either agrees or disagrees with prevailing wisdom. Well, you’re going to have to listen!

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Brew Files – Episode 164 – Matt’s French 75

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You’ve heard us speak about the pleasures of Alesong’s French 75 cocktail inspired barrel aged Saison. Now we’ve brought Matt Van Wyk back to discuss how their process works behind the French 75 and their other cocktail inspired beers.

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French 75 Recipe: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2024/04/23/alesongs-french-75/

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Brew Files – Episode 163 – Tom’s Not a NZ Pilsner

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Competition beer styles are a funny thing – sometimes a beer finds a home where it wasn’t intended, but the beer wins out regardless. Such is the case with Tom Fontes’ NZ Pils that isn’t really. Hear about the recipe and brewing it at Lawless Brewing!

Links

Tom’s Not a NZ Pilsner: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2024/03/31/toms-not-a-nz-pilsner/

Lawless Brewing: https://lawlessbeer.com/

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Brew Files – Episode 162 – Forgotten American Gold

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In our hyper hop focused world, we continue to lose track of once ubiquitous styles of beer. In this episode, we’re look at the once absolutely required style of American Wheat Beer – just in time for Summer brewing!

Links
Classic American Wheat Beer Recipe – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2024/03/18/classic-american-wheat/

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Brew Files – Episode 161 – REPLAY – Winning Feats of Strength

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On this week’s replay episode of the Brew Files, we sit down in the pre-GABF mayhem to talk Pro-Am Competitions with Oleg Shpyrko, winner of the 2017 Romancing the Beer Competition, and Shaun Smith of Camarillo’s Institution Ale Company about why Pro-Am’s are a thing and what it takes to transform a potent homebrew (a 9.3% abv Imperial Stout with Cocoa, Peppers and Vanilla) into a commercial brew.
Links
Festivus Feats of Strength Recipe: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/festivus-feats-strength
T’Oaked’s Romancing the Beer Competition: http://romancingthebeer.com/
Institution Ales: http://www.institutionales.com/

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Brew Files – 159 – The Old Foggy Parrot

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Craig Shapland (of Triple IPA fame) and John Jackson of the Wild Parrot are back on the show while brewing Craig’s massive “Old Foggy” Russian Imperial Stout. What challenges and changes did the recipe undergo? Find out!
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