While at HomeBrewCon, Drew sat down with Luis and Roxy of the Tijuana Homebrew Club to talk about the homebrew scene in Mexico, how they got started brewing and why Roxy is the better brewer
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While at HomeBrewCon, Drew sat down with Luis and Roxy of the Tijuana Homebrew Club to talk about the homebrew scene in Mexico, how they got started brewing and why Roxy is the better brewer
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Homebrewers often chant “Don’t Fear the Foam”. Old barflys get annoyed at any wasted space in their glass, but Jen Blair is here to remind you to “Respect the Foam”. Sit back and find out her thoughts on what makes for a beautiful glass of beer
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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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We’re going way back in time with Dr. Travis Rupp, the Beer Archaeologist. We’re tackling the question of “what is beer”, “what has it been over the course of human history”, and “what does it mean for us as brewers today?” Also, why did the Romans steal everything, including the Greek disdain for beer?
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It’s here! As we publish, HomeBrewCon is happening and Denny Kong hits the taps! Drew sits down with Kelsey to discuss the recipe and why it does what we think is the “Modern IPA”
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It’s summertime in SoCal and that means its time to grab a beach vacation in a glass. Drew sits down with Kevin Limon of Montebello’s Angry Horse Brewing to discuss Mexican lagers – light and dark. Grab a cerveza!
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Drew’s favorite festival of the year just happened and look at that – Drew had a recorder with him to catch up with Andy Carter, Julia Herz and Andy Gamelin at the Southern California Homebrewers Festival
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Disasters. Accidents. Incidents. Call them what you will, but a moment’s missed attention in the brewery can cause bad things to happen. In this episode, Denny and Drew cover some of the more common things that can happen and importantly, how to keep them from happening again!.
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It’s festival season and Denny and Drew catch up – including Denny’s experience with the Falcons and what happened with Drew’s massive brewday!
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Vinnie Cilurzo has never forgotten his roots as a homebrewer and freely shares his knowledge with the crowd. We’re dropping you into the chaos of the 3rd Anniversary Happy Hour of the Maltose Falcons with Russian River as Drew, Vinnie and a cast of others, taste the classic Pliny the Elder and discuss what’s changed and why it works so well.
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Homebrew clubs are awesome and we can prove it! Entering it’s 6th year, the American Homebrewer’s Association’s Radegast Club of the Year Award seeks to recognize the crazy amazing things they do. We talk with the AHA’s Matt Bollng about the award and how your club can win! And we dig into a bunch of Saison info as well as the beer news and brewing fun! Continue reading
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Stephen Porr has been brewing and YouTubing for years and by reputation making great beers. How good? Denny finds out! Plus we finally get a chance to try David James’ Czech Amber!
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Drew’s procrastination has caught up with him and now he’s gotta scramble to make beers in time for the Southern California Homebrewer’s Festival. What’s his plan and how can you do the same?
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After hearing our confusion and musing on “What is Cold IPA”, listener and brewer David Basile offered us his Cold IPA and his take and notes on the style! And to double up the IPA content – Denny sent Drew his latest West Coast DIPA to break down.
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Distillation is an ancient art with new modern tools to make it even easier. Drew talks with Aaron Hyde about how you can easily distill hops, herbs, water and alcohol <where legal> with countertop devices like the new Air Still Pro.
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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
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While many experienced brewers switch to kegs for convenience, some still hold to the path of bottling. Christian Mercado, host of The Food Engineer Podcast, makes his case for bottling – particularly when it comes to Saison!
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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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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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You sent us so many questions that it took 2 episodes to answer them all! In this second of two parts, Denny and Drew are joined by Mr. How-to-Brew himself, John Palmer to try to answer your homebrew questions. (Don’t forget you can always ask us questions at podcast@experimentalbrew.com
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