NEXT EPISODE – ALL Q&A – GET YOUR QUESTIONS IN!
It's our annual post conference wrapup and we hit the latest in beer news, look at some new books and revisit some really old brews. And then in the lounge, Drew sits down with the iconic craft brew veteran, Alan Sprints of Hair of the Dog. We taste some beers and talk about his unqiue take on building beers. There's even one beer that Drew thought should be a mess, but was amazingly sublime.
Episode Links:
BrewSwag.com – Use Code “Experimental” and save 7.5% and give 7.5% to our charity fund!
Radegast Club of the Year – https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/community/clubs/radegast-club-of-…
AHA COTY – Quaff – http://www.quaff.org
The Takeout – 5 Beer Menu Rules – https://thetakeout.com/5-beer-menu-rules-i-wish-all-bars-would-follow-18…
Simmzy's & Ranger the Bear – https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Special-Zoo-Beer-Designed-by-Ra…
Belle Vue being Revived by ABI – https://www.goodbeerhunting.com/sightlines/2018/7/5/sour-times-ahead-ab-…
National Geographic's Atlas of Beer – https://amzn.to/2NXPwPO
Denny's 1st Altbier – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/dennys-alt-1
Hair of the Dog – https://hairofthedog.com/
The Gentleman Bastards Series – https://amzn.to/2ms5mpu
BYO Subscribe! https://subscribe.pcspublink.com/sub/subscribe.aspx?guid=cc79fade-90d7-4…
Habitat for Humanity – https://www.habitat.org/
Nowzad – https://www.nowzad.com/
Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Experimental Brew Store – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/store
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors
00:03:08 Announcements & Feedback
00:09:14 The Pub
00:23:16 The Library – National Geographic's Atlas of Beer
00:26:56 The Brewery – Denny's First Alt & Kiwi Lager
00:35:45 The Lounge – Alan Sprints – Hair of the Dog
01:25:33 Quick Tip & Something Other Than Beer
This episode is brought to you by:

American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA
Brewing America Craftmeister
Jaded Brewing
Mecca Grade Estate Malt
PicoBrew
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@experimentalbrew.com!
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It's HomeBrewCon Time (ok, it was HomeBrewCon time last week. We're barely recovered!) In this special live episode we cover a lot of ground including AHA news with Gary Glass, New Zealand Brewing, sample beers from Chile, dig deep into hops with YCH, talk winning with Oregon Homebrewer of the Year, taco beer with Texas Brewing, drop lager results and revisit T-90/Cryo, Niko's back, Brewcraft has a ton of great stuff on deck and we close talking to Charlie P on his retirement tour! Phew!
Episode Links:
BrewSwag.com – Use Code “Experimental” and save 7.5% and give 7.5% to our charity fund!
New Zealand Homebrew Con – https://nzhc.nz/
Texas Brewing – https://www.txbrewing.com/
Come and Brew It Radio – http://comeandbrewit.libsyn.com/
Jupiter Trading Co – http://jupitertradeco.com
BYO Subscribe! https://subscribe.pcspublink.com/sub/subscribe.aspx?guid=cc79fade-90d7-4…
Habitat for Humanity – https://www.habitat.org/
Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Experimental Brew Store – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/store
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors
00:02:22 Gary Glass
00:11:58 New Zealand Homebrewers Conference – Karl, Ed & Colin
00:21:44 Garrett Garfield – Chica Beer
00:39:33 YCH Hops – Nick & Brian – Cryo and Noble
00:58:46 Brewing America
01:04:28 Jeremy Jalbert – Oregon Homebrewer of the Year
01:13:06 Texas Brewing Inc – Taco Beer
01:27:05 Lager Results with IGOR's Richard, Tim and Eric
01:39:45 T-90/Cryo Revisit with Eric
01:47:45 Jupiter Trading Company with Niko
01:53:06 Brewcraft USA
02:05:40 Charlie Papizan – Retirement Tour Special
This episode is brought to you by:

American Homebrewers Association
Brewing America BrewCraft USA Craftmeister
Jaded Brewing
Mecca Grade Estate Malt
PicoBrew
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@experimentalbrew.com!
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Two big things on today's show as we get ready for HomeBrewCon! The first, we asked you for your Brewday disasters and boy did you deliver. So we're going to run through some of our favorite stories of things gone horribly wrong. And in more positive and hopful news, Drew talks with Richard Smith of Florida Hops, LLC about the challenges of pulling off the improbable – growing hops in the humid heat of Florida. We'll find out new techniques he's establishing and the impact of Florida terroir on our favorite hops!
Episode Links:
BrewSwag.com – Use Code “Experimental” and save 7.5% and give 7.5% to our charity fund!
BrewCraft USA Party – Weds 6/27 – https://www.facebook.com/events/172239400103257/
HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/
Canadian Homebrewers Association: https://canadahomebrews.ca/
CHA Kickstarter – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/525220428/canadian-homebrewers-asso…
Greenbush Thoughts on Mental Health: https://sommbeer.com/scott-sullivan-from-greenbush-describes-mental-heal…
Shmaltz Brewing Sells Brewery, Returns to Contract Brewing: https://dailygazette.com/article/2018/05/21/shmaltz-sells-clifton-park-b…
Florida Hops, LLC: http://floridahopx.com/
Brief Cases by Jim Butcher: https://amzn.to/2K1rbX4
BYO Subscribe! https://subscribe.pcspublink.com/sub/subscribe.aspx?guid=cc79fade-90d7-4…
Habitat for Humanity – https://www.habitat.org/
Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Experimental Brew Store – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/store
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors
00:03:26 Announcements & Feedback
00:10:33 The Pub
00:30:10 The Library – British Museum
00:21:22 The Brewery – Disasters
00:54:00 The Lounge – Richard Smith – Florida Hops, LLC
01:24:09 Quick Tip & Something Other Than Beer
This episode is brought to you by:

American Homebrewers Association

BrewCraft USA Craftmeister
Jaded Brewing
Mecca Grade Estate Malt
PicoBrew
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@experimentalbrew.com!
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Are you experienced, IPA drinker? Prepare to have your IPA world made more Eclectic as Drew sits talks with the legendary Dick Cantwell about his new book, Eclectic IPA. Together we take a look at where IPA came from, where it is and where Dick thinks it's going. Yes, we even talk about the haze and somehow, improbably, smoked peaches. Who knew? Elsewhere, we tackle water quality, diastaticus and your feedback on the cryo experiment (and let you know what's coming next!).
Episode Links:
BrewSwag.com – Use Code “Experimental” and save 7.5% and give 7.5% to our charity fund!
BrewCraft USA Party – Weds 6/27 – https://www.facebook.com/events/172239400103257/
HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/
Microplastics in Great Lakes Water/Beer: https://thetakeout.com/beer-brewed-with-great-lakes-water-microplastics-…
Brewers Association Public Hop Breeding Program: https://www.brewersassociation.org/press-releases/public-hop-breeding-pr…
5 Things I Learned About AB Inbev: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/05/five-things-i-learned-abo…
Reddit Thread with Wyeast Statement: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheBrewery/comments/8jvx1j/oooh_shots_fired/
Eclectic IPA by Dick Cantwell: https://amzn.to/2IDG94Y (Amazon Affliate Link)
Simone Gertz – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KEoMzNz8eYnwBC34RaKCQ
BYO Subscribe! https://subscribe.pcspublink.com/sub/subscribe.aspx?guid=cc79fade-90d7-4…
Habitat for Humanity – https://www.habitat.org/
Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Experimental Brew Store – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/store
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors
00:03:32 Announcements & Feedback
00:11:19 The Pub
00:26:50 The Brewery
00:36:15 The Brewery – Tasting Denny's Beer
00:41:43 The Lab – Feedback on Cryo / Next Experiment
00:52:31 The Lounge – Dick Cantwell
01:31:27 Q&A
01:42:48 Quick Tip & Something Other Than Beer
This episode is brought to you by:

American Homebrewers Association

BrewCraft USA Craftmeister
Jaded Brewing
Mecca Grade Estate Malt
PicoBrew
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@experimentalbrew.com!
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SCIENCE TIME!
Sit back and relax, it's getting frosty in here! On this episode of the podcast, we breakdown the results of our Cryo/T-90 experiment. And since the results were so “weird” – we brought in some extra help in the form of some of the IGORs who helped with the podcast including Brad Macleod, Eric Pierce and Miguel Loza Brown. Together we talk what went right (and sometimes what went wrong with the brew days) and what we all thought of the Cryo beers (including some numbers courtesy of White Labs).
And then in the lounge, Drew sits down with Joshua M. Bernstein, author of the newly released Homebrew World about the stories you find when you talk to homebrewers around the world.
And of course we also cover the whole wide world of beer news, talk about some brewing adventures, answer some questions, drop a little British Museum on you before we get you back to the world.
Episode Links:
BrewSwag.com – Use Code “Experimental” and save 7.5% and give 7.5% to our charity fund!
BrewCraft USA Party – Weds 6/27 – https://www.facebook.com/events/172239400103257/
HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/
Clayton Cone: http://www.lallemandwine.com/north-america/clayton-cone-1928-2018/
Melvin Brewing – Sexual Harrasment – https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/dozens-of-bars-boycott-hera…
Wild Heaven Bartender Alleges Assault – http://mybeerbuzz.blogspot.com/2018/05/wild-heaven-bartender-alleges-sex…
New Realm Buys Green Flash VB – http://allaboutbeer.com/news/new-realm-green-flash/
Brewers Association announces Diversity Ambassador – https://www.brewersassociation.org/press-releases/j-nikol-jackson-beckha…
Crafty Shipping – https://www.craftyshipping.com/
Joshua M Bernstein: https://www.joshuambernstein.com/
Homebrew World (Amazon Affliate Link): https://amzn.to/2I2mhMm
British Museum Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/britishmuseum
BYO Subscribe! https://subscribe.pcspublink.com/sub/subscribe.aspx?guid=cc79fade-90d7-4…
Habitat for Humanity – https://www.habitat.org/
Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Experimental Brew Store – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/store
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors
00:03:23 Announcements & Feedback
00:12:06 The Pub
00:25:29 The Brewery – Brewing/Shipping/Hanging Out
00:37:16 The Lab – Cryo vs. T-90 Pellets
01:02:38 The Lounge – Paula's Brewery Tour & Plant Research
01:42:42 Q&A
01:51:47 Quick Tip & Something Other Than Beer
This episode is brought to you by:

American Homebrewers Association

BrewCraft USA Craftmeister
Jaded Brewing
Mecca Grade Estate Malt
PicoBrew
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@experimentalbrew.com!
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We're still in New Zealand, but this time we're joined by Denny's better half as she walks us through her experience exploring the beers of New Zealand. What stories did she discover about the breweries (and her thought about their IPAs)? And then Denny hits the fields to discover how hop research is carried out in New Zealand! IN the pub, it's all the news fit to drink to, including Denny's anniversary and ABI's impact on homebrewing. In the library we cover some great recipes from Jester King before talking about a new IPA style and why people are confusing it for something Belgian, a little science tease and of course a quick tip and Denny's new cooking obsession.
Episode Links:
BrewSwag.com – Use Code “Experimental” and save 7.5% and give 7.5% to our charity fund!
HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/
Deschutes delays expansion – https://thefullpint.com/beer-news/deschutes-brewery-delays-roanoke-produ…
ABI and Homebrewing – https://www.beveragedaily.com/Article/2018/04/16/AB-InBev-We-see-homebre…
A 12th Trappist – https://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2018/04/11/UK-s-first-Trappi…
Brewers Association's Top 50 Growing Brewers – https://www.brewersassociation.org/press-releases/fastest-growing-craft-…
Jester King Recipes – https://jesterkingbrewery.com/blog/homebrew-recipes
Brut IPA – http://www.thebeerscholar.com/beer-scholar-cicerone-blog/2018/3/28/brut-…
Paula's Breweries –
http://www.stokebeer.co.nz/
http://www.eddylinebrewery.nz/
http://www.goldenbearbrewing.com/
https://townshendbrewery.co.nz/

New Zealand Plant & Food Research – https://www.plantandfood.co.nz/
Instant Pot (Amazon Link) – https://amzn.to/2Hrit7r
BYO Subscribe! https://subscribe.pcspublink.com/sub/subscribe.aspx?guid=cc79fade-90d7-4…
Habitat for Humanity – https://www.habitat.org/
Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Experimental Brew Store – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/store
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors
00:03:04 Announcements & Feedback
00:14:18 The Pub
00:29:30 The Library – Jester King
00:34:00 The Brewery – Brut IPA
00:45:49 The Lounge – Paula's Brewery Tour & Plant Research
01:42:23 Quick Tip & Something Other Than Beer
This episode is brought to you by:

American Homebrewers Association

BrewCraft USA Craftmeister
Jaded Brewing
Mecca Grade Estate Malt
PicoBrew
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@experimentalbrew.com!
Don't forget you can support the podcast on Patreon by going to http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
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It's been nearly 100 episodes of the show and we need a change! To deal with our broader interests – we're moving formats and becoming the Everything Crafted Show! On this episode we're going to explore the world of artisanal water, Drew's love of gin, Denny's love of seafood and how to get the best out of your Colorado/California/Oregon/Washington friendly garden! Join us as we craft up the best of everything for you!
Episode Links:
BrewSwag.com – Use Code “Experimental” and save 7.5% and give 7.5% to our charity fund!
Raw Water – The Trend (Don't do This): https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/1/4/16846048/raw-water-trend…
St. George's Terroir Gin: http://www.stgeorgespirits.com/spirits/gins/st-george-terroir-gin/
&Tonic Syrup: https://www.andtonic.co/
Pegu Club: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/blogs/drew/pegu-club-cocktail
Drew's Other Gin Cocktails: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/blogs/drew/drews-favorite-gin-recipes
Denny's Seafood Recipes: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/blogs/denny/dennys-seafood-recipes
BYO Subscribe! https://subscribe.pcspublink.com/sub/subscribe.aspx?guid=cc79fade-90d7-4…
Habitat for Humanity – https://www.habitat.org/
Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Experimental Brew Store – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/store
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors
00:03:36 Announcements & Feedback
00:09:11 The Well
00:17:28 The Kitchen – Crafting Seafood with Denny
00:25:55 The Bar – Gin with Drew
00:34:14 The Garden – “Green” Gardening with Denny
This episode is brought to you by:

American Homebrewers Association

BrewCraft USA Craftmeister
Jaded Brewing
Mecca Grade Estate Malt
PicoBrew
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@experimentalbrew.com!
Don't forget you can support the podcast on Patreon by going to http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
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It's back – it's science time! But first… we hit the feedback back, talk about some elections and other beer news – including Sierra Nevada's throwback beer move and the new beer style that's got people up in arms. In the library we discuss whether or not Prohibition was a good thing for beer and why American versions of British beers seem to fall short – according to the Brits. In the brewery, Drew discusses a very cool charity he just worked with and YCHops sets the record straight on the hop glut. In the lab, we look at the hot hop topic of BioTransform from the results of our IGORs. In the lounge, we sit down with Brad Ring from BYO to discuss their boot camp format before we close out with the Q's & the A's, quick tip and say goodbye to one of the best actors Denny ever got to work with.
Episode Links:
BrewSwag.com – Use Code “Experimental” and save 7.5% and give 7.5% to our charity fund!
AHA Governing Committee Elections: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/membership/aha-governing-committe…
HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/
Sierra Nevada's Refocus: https://www.brewbound.com/news/eyeing-return-growth-sierra-nevada-refocu…
NAGBW Diversity Grant: http://nagbw.org/page-1178893/5888883
Glitter Beer: https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/437pnq/glitter-beer-lisa-frank
Zymurgy Live with Theresa McCulla – https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/category/archived-zymurgy-live/
British Water Tables: https://www.murphyandson.co.uk/water-water-everywhere/
Food Forward: https://foodforward.org/
YCHHops response to the hop glut: https://ychhops.com/connect/news/blog/false-ych-has-a-critical-oversuppl…
BioTransform Experiment: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/experiments/biotransformation-dry-hop-k…
BYO Subscribe! https://subscribe.pcspublink.com/sub/subscribe.aspx?guid=cc79fade-90d7-4…
David Ogden Stiers: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001773/
Habitat for Humanity – https://www.habitat.org/
Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Experimental Brew Store – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/store
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors
00:05:06 Announcements & Feedback
00:11:16 The Pub
00:25:55 The Library – Zymurgy Live & British Water Tables
00:34:19 The Brewery – Food Forward & YCHHops
00:41:11 The Lab – BioTransform Results
00:50:26 The Lounge – BYO's Brad Ring
01:17:36 Q&A
01:29:17 Quick Tip & Something Other Than Beer
This episode is brought to you by:

American Homebrewers Association

BrewCraft USA Craftmeister
Jaded Brewing
Mecca Grade Estate Malt
PicoBrew
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@experimentalbrew.com!
Don't forget you can support the podcast on Patreon by going to http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
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Listeners of the podcast will know that I’m terribly fond of cooking and doing silly things in the kitchen. Well thanks to a recent SeriousEats.com article (If You Like Brown Butter, You’ll Love Toasted Cream) I had a new culinary thing I just had to try..

Some background first. One of the world’s great culinary delights is Dulce de Leche – arguably the greatest addition to the world’s dessert pantheon from South America. The stuff is intense, like an unbelievably milky chewy caramel. If you look at the usual process behind the homemade versions, it’s a result of the intense cooking of sugar enriched condensed milk. The end result is unreal, a buttery sweet caramel… but.. our South American followers are about to cry heresy – I feel one of limited use.

First, before I get a thousand hate mails – yes, I recognize it’s in part due to me growing up in a non-dulce de leche culture. Yes, I freaking love dulce de leche as a better version of caramel, but having said that.. man, it wants to be a topping or a separate element, not something that can be incorporated into other things. (It’s really stiff, but so damn delicious)

That’s where Toasted Cream fits into the picture. Imagine if you could start the browning, the caramelization process without causing all the intense sugar and protein binding that happens when you push things. The end result is a liquid with those same intense “cooked”, “brown”, “caramel” type of aromas of flavors without the push into stiff, supremely sweet caramel. Think the Maillard reaction without the over constriction phase of a long boil.

Overall the process is easy enough. I grabbed two pints of heavy cream from my local Trader Joe’s and a small pinch of baking soda. Ok, it also requires either a sous vide cooker like a Joule or Anova or a pressure cooker like the current internet sensation – the Instant Pot. Both devices are incredibly useful, so don’t consider them one trick ponies! (No seriously I’m using one or the other every week)

The process is easy – whisk 1/4 tsp of baking soda into a pint of cream and cook. If you’re going sous vide, which yields less intense browning, you cook the cream in a bad at 180°F for a full day. If you’re use a pressure cooker, you divide into 2 12 ounce jars and cook at 15 p.s.i. (aka 250°F) for 2 hours. (With an instant pot, I move the time to 2:30 due to the instant pot’s lower pressure) I also boosted the amount of the recipe by half to fit 2 16 oz jars, so that’s what I’ll show below

Basic Toasted Cream Recipe

For 2 pint jars of toasted cream (12 ounces of cream per jar)

1.5 pints Heavy Cream

3/8 tsp Baking Soda

1. Whisk Cream and Soda together
2. Divide between two pint canning jars. Put lids on finger tight.
3. Fill pressure cooker 1″ deep with water
4. Cook jars on rack for 2-2.5 hours (depending on pressure)
5. Allow to cool naturally and use

Look at the pictures. Before, it was snow white heavy cream, ready for service. After the cooking, it’s become light caramel in color with those toasty, lightly smokey tones of a light caramel. The cooking has intensified the natural milk sugars and added a slightly burnt marshmallow flavor. Definitely some toasted nuts. It’s amazing and well worth the standalone efforts.

So what did I do with it? Two simple things – Whipped cream in a berry trifle and a modified version of a White Russian (inspired by Cocktail Chemistry) Recipes to follow!

Toasted Whipped Cream

(This feels like a cheat as a recipe, but then again, so’s the pressure cooker recipe)

Toasted Cream, chilled

Vanilla Extract

Pinch of salt

Powdered sugar to taste

1. With a whisk, mix cream, extract and sugar. Beat lightly
2. As cream begins to thicken, add sugar, a few tablespoons at a time and continue beating
3. Beat to desired thickness and sweetness. Use as normal

Drew’s Toasted Fruit Trifle

This is my riff on a British trifle. Nowhere near a classic trifle as this is really just a blend of cookie crumbs, sugared fruit and whipped cream. But man, when berries are fresh and great, it’s hard to beat.

For 4-6 servings.

4 pints of in season berries/fruits (I use strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries in two separate layers. Use whatever’s awesome)

3/4 cup sugar, divided

1 box Walkers shortbread cookies, blitzed into crumbs

1 box Biscoff cookies (or other darker cookie), blitzed

1 pint Toasted cream

1. Slice berries into thinner spoonful sizes. Segment accordingly (I usually do color batches – e.g. Strawberries/Raspberries in one bowl, Blackberries/Blueberries in another).
2. Mix berries with sugar evenly and allow to macerate on the counter for 30-60 minutes.
3. Whip Toasted Cream ala Whipped Toasted Cream recipe to stiff peaks
4. In a clear bowl (for maximum effect, otherwise do as you will), layer dark cookie crumbs and the red fruit. Top with whipped cream and smooth
5. Repeat with a layer of shortbread and blue fruit and cream
6. Repeat until you run out of fruit and cream – top with remaining cookie crumbs. Serve and eat

The Toasted Russian

1.25 oz Kahlua

2 oz Vodka

1.25 oz Toasted Cream

1. Add ingredients to a shaker glass filled with ice in the order listed. Add cream last to prevent any frozen clumps of fat.
2. Shake cocktail for 10-15 seconds and then strain into a rocks glass
3. Sip and abide.

So there you go  – a little break from beer – a little more fun with science and things we eat!

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