Time for part 2 of the Denny and Bob travelogue as they leave Bruges and head to Wallonia for more adventures!
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Category Archives: Experimental Brewing
Episode 208 – Bob and Denny Take Belgium
Hey where did you go? Here, there and everywhere – particularly Belgium! We’re catching you up with what’s been going on with life and the podcast before we sit down with Bob Sylvester to take the mega awesome epic trip to Belgium! What did they learn that can bust myths and better your brewing?
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Episode 207 – Fonio, Fonio, What The Heck Are You, Fonio?
The hot new brewing grain is actually thousands of years old. Fonio, a staple hardy crop from West Africa is now available for brewing purposes where it can yield interesting results including grain derived tropical fruit flavors. Ashton Lewis walks us through what to expect and how to use it!
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Episode 206 – Abstract Localism
Southern California Homebrewers Festival is right around the corner and Drew sits down with Andy Carter to discuss the Fest and this year’s Bragging Rights Only Competition. In the brewery, Drew gets a bit abstract with a class about Abstrax hop extracts.
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Episode 205 – We Love LA
Drew sits down in this episode with Brett Knapp of Common Space Brewery to talk their fundraising project – “We ❤️ LA”. We’ve included a homebrew recipe for you to use. Denny and Drew also talk through the recent AHA Independence news. What do you want to happen with the AHA? Let us know!
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Episode 204 – The Hills Are On Fire
You may have heard the hills around Drew caught on fire – well he’s back after that and a laptop collapse! Catch up with us. We have a few episodes waiting to go! (Picture of Mt. Wilson, which should be green and lush, but….)
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Episode 203 – 27 Years Of Experience In NorCal
Denny’s road trip continues as he hit the Northern California Homebrewer’s Festival and spoke about the things he’s learned in 27 years of homebrewing.
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Episode 202 – Hop and Brew 2024
Denny went on the road to his favorite excuse to buy Top and Bottom Cutter – Yakima Chief Hops Hop & Brew School. Sit back and listen to his conversations around the current state of of American hops! Continue reading
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Episode 201 – You Can Go Home Again
Denny went back home to Newtown Iowa for the first time in decades and wouldn’t you know it, there was a brewery there! Denny sat down with Joe Kesteloot, head brewer of Gezellig Brewing. Denny even found a hazy that he liked!
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Episode 200 – REPLAY – Hopping at HomeBrewCon
Normally this time of year we’d be bringing you a taste of HomeBrewCon, but with no full event this year, let’s revisit last year’s show!
Live from San Diego – It’s the Denny and Drew and Friends Show! Seriously, we’re joined by our friends from HomeBrewCon to talk the conference and homebrewing while enjoying a few wonderful homebrews as well!
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Episode 199 – Denny In Temecula
Not everything that happens behind the scenes is nefarious! Denny and Drew brought Mike Neice of the Barley Bandits behind the Falcons booth to try an Alesong beer before digging into his Hoppy Lager that Denny truly loved.
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Episode 198 – Denny In Temecula
For the first time, Denny Conn made his way to the Southern California Homebrewers Festival in Temecula. Hear his reaction to the beers and festivities and his talk!
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Episode 197 – Golden Clams
It’s the busy brewing season for Drew and we prove we can still make mistakes – like bringin back the infamous Clam Chowder Saison! In the Lounge we sit and talk with homebrewer Jason Barker about his recent winning efforts with Denny’s club!
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Episode 196 – Brewlanthropy
Proving that beer can be about more than just what’s in the the glass, Ryan Holt is on a mission to raise money one project at a time. Listen as he describes his journey to brewing with a goal.
(Image by Em Sauter)
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Episode 195 – On Mistakes and Missteps
This episode is filled with old speculation before the announcement of HBC changes. Denny and Drew took a little break, but you should hear our thoughts from those times and how we’ve been screwing up as well!
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Episode 194 – What Happened Over Our Break
Episode 193 – Reflecting on a Year of Brewing
Episode 192 – DBTB – The State of Homebrewing
Denny and Drew join John Holl on his Drink Beer, Think Beer Podcast to discuss the State of Homebrewing in 2023!
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Episode 191 – Future State of Brewing
Denny and Drew break down the current happenings in the beer world and look back at what’s been brewing and what’s going to be brewed in short order! (Picture stolen gleefully from Outsider Brewing to show their transparent system – https://outsiderbrewing.beer/)
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Episode 190 – Anchor Home
Back in July, Sapporo shocked the beer world by announcing the closure of the stalwart Anchor Brewery. The Anchor SF Cooperative has a plan and is trying to keep Anchor alive in San Francisco. Listen to what they hope to do and how you can help them!
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