On this pre-Turkey Day here in the US, we found ourselves back in Portland in this episode and we're at a brewery right up Drew's alley!
We start in the pub with a brief discussion of what fine beers we'll be supping on while we're stuffing ourselves silly. We also look at some charity from No-Li Brewing, a rather “innovative” beer addition to the Not Your Father's lineup and Mike Tonsmeire's Kveik experiments.
In the brewery, we examine the speciality malt market and what it means for the tide of craft beer styles from a global perspective and Drew talks about revisiting one of his favorite projects from the past with White Labs Zurich Lager strain.
In the lounge, we visit with Sean Burke at Common's Brewing where we explore their farmhouse centric approach and how they grew into a beautiful space with strange equipment.
For a quick tip, we share a brief note on using Hop Extracts efficiently and cleanly. (And what not to do with them!)
We tackle more of your questions in our Q&A segment before closing you out with two of Drew's latest finds – HBO's Westworld and a Beastie Boys / Daft Punk Mashup that is pretty damn awesome.
Episode Links:
No-Li Brewing's Charity Fundraiser – http://www.krem.com/news/community/no-li-brewery-and-community-raises-15…
Not Your Father's IPA – http://beerpulse.com/2016/11/not-your-fathers-taproom-ipa-and-cherry-ale…
Mad Fermentationist Kveik Experiments – http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2016/11/voss-and-muri-kveik-strains…
Specialty Malts – http://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/news/malt-industry-update-specialty-…
Falconsclaws (The Original) – https://www.maltosefalcons.com/recipes/falconsclaws
White Labs Zurich Lager – http://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank?keywords=zurich&type=yeasts (Specialty Order!)
Commons Brewery – http://www.commonsbrewery.com/
Westworld – http://www.hbo.com/westworld
Daft Science – https://coinsmakeyoudance.bandcamp.com/album/daft-science
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 Our Sponsors
00:05:47 The Pub
00:23:47 Brewery
00:32:34 Lounge
01:20:27 Q&A
01:39:11 Quick Tip
01:41:20 Something Other Than Beer
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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!
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Has it really been one year? Yup – The first episode of Experimental Brewing appeared on November 11th of 2015. The tricky part is we taped that first show at least three times. We wanted to get it right as possible coming out of the gate. We're still not there yet, but with your help, we can do it! Take our survey, leave us a review on iTunes,etc.
But first, in this episode we revist some of our favorite pieces of the first year of Experimental Brewing. We talk briefly at the pub about some recent news and happenings and then straight into the dream sequences as we revisit the world of data outliers, talk to Lew Bryson about Session Beers, Denny and Drew getting their learning on, talk weird beers with Russell Everett, Saisons, prove we can't taste anything with Marshall at HomebrewCon and close out with less than laconic Rodger Davis of Faction Brewing. We think we even got all the beeps in place for him this time!
Episode Links:
James Townsends & Sons Brewery Tour – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLxNWWeEAlw
Jack Joyce Scholarship Fund – http://brewpublic.com/beer-education/jack-joyce-scholarship-awards-70000…
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 Our Sponsors
00:05:26 The Pub – ABI / James Townsend's & Son / Jack Joyce Scholarship
00:16:08 Segment 1 – Outliers aka Why Science is Messy
00:26:05 Segment 2 – Lew Bryson – Corgi's and Session Beers
00:40:29 Segment 3 – Diastatic Hops – Denny and Drew say “huh”
00:54:02 Segment 4 – Russell Everett – Stout Noodles and Cool Ranch Beer
01:01:15 Segment 5 – Saison Experiment – Why Marshall is Wrong
01:18:21 Segment 6 – Homebrew Con – Marshall Makes Us Look Like Idiots
01:30:22 Segment 7 – Rodger Davis – Hops, Swearing, Forklifts and More
01:45:00 We Sing You Out
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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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One full year of Experimental Brewing is in the books! (So much editing, so much umm and ahhs)
But that’s beside the point – on with the show! We tackle some user feedback around Drew’s keg purging methods and Denny’s feelings on Nugget hops. And then it’s into the pub where we tackle the big news about ABI’s acquisition of Northern Brewer/Midwest. We’re puzzled – are you puzzled? Join us in being puzzled! Drew talks about his experience with Cask Marque and finding righteous beer bargains.
In the brewery, we talk about the beauty and performance of JaDeD Brewing’s chillers. Seriously, these things are great.
In the library, a little comedy courtesy of McSweeney’s from a listener and a new podcast from the Master Brewers Association of America for your actual knowledge.
In the lab, we discuss the results of our first New England IPA experiment – Wyeast 1056 vs. Wyeast 1318. Can tasters taste a difference? What about the haze? The Hop character? Where do we go from here.
And it’s a twofer in the lounge as we just finished a quick trip to the Portland/Vancouver area to talk at our sponsor Brewcraft USA’s RetailerCon. So we started our trip by talking with the folks at FH Steinbarts about their shop and their community’s recent speakeasy loss. And then we get into a Pineapple Kolsch with Larry Clousner, great friend of the show and partner at Pono Brewing.
We close out the show with Drew’s recent reading about some of the deep seated organized crime and corruption of LA in the 1920’s and 30’s with “A Bright and Guilty Place” by Richard Rayner.
Episode Links:
Hoppy Halloween – See Drew on 10/29 – http://hoppyhalloween.com/
Cask Marque – http://cask-marque.co.uk/
McSweeney's – https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/20-ways-to-talk-to-me-about-your-hom…
MBAA Podcast – http://masterbrewerspodcast.com/
JaDeD Brewing – http://jadedbrewing.com/
New England IPA Experiment – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/experiments/new-england-ipa-series-it-y…
FH Steinbart – https://fhsteinbart.com/
Dean's Scene – http://www.oregonlive.com/dining/index.ssf/2016/10/dean_pottle_owner_of_…
Pono Brewing – https://ponobrewing.com/
A Bright and Guilty Place – http://amzn.to/2fdLODv
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 Our Sponsors
00:07:28 Feedback
00:17:24 The Pub – ABI/Northern Brewer/Midwest, Cask Marque, Bargain Hunting
00:33:08 Brewery – JaDeD Brewing
00:14:50 Library – McSweeney's, MBAA Podcast
00:46:52 The Lab – NE IPA Is It The Yeast Results
00:58:58 Lounge – Being in Portland, Dean Pottle, FH Steinbart's
01:15:25 Lounge Pt. 2 – Larry Clouser of Pono Brewing
01:53:08 Something Other Than Beer – A Bright and Guilty Place
01:55:49 Recap
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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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Second half of the Q&A episode is now ready for your listening and “learning” pleasure!
But first, before we dive into your questions, we're back with your feedback from the first Q&A episode and some Barley Crop Reports that we've cribbed from our friend Teri Fahrendorf and Denny reports on his eggs, because they're expensive!
Then we grabbed a chance to talk with multiple (no, really, multiple) award-winning homebrewer Joe Formanek. Normally we'd subject Joe to the whole twenty questions routine because seriously the man's impressive, but you can go read his profile in Homebrew All-Stars until we get back to that. Why the wait? Because Joe has an interesting new brewing product that he's helping spread the word on – Brewtan B. What is Brewtan B? Well, listen to the episode and find out.
Speaking of finding out – we're happy to announce our next experiment – this one is completely focused on figuring out if Brewtan B does what it says on the tin. (And in that spirit we're giving our IGORs some time to have some fun as well)
Then we get into your questions. For convenience's sake we've divided the questions into general topic categories. This episode we tackle Packaging and Philosophy Questions. We even have more “live” callers!
Episode Links:
BrewTan B – http://www.natural-specialities.com/PDF/Data-sheets/Brewtan%20B%20%20-%2…
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 Our Sponsors
00:04:34 Feedback
00:14:50 Library
00:21:17 Lounge – Joe Formanek and BrewTan B
00:46:37 The Lab – BrewTan B Experiment
00:50:39 Q&A Part Deux – Packaging Questions
01:32:30 Philosophy Questions
02:21:29 Recap
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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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You know how we said we were getting back to our “usual” format? Ha! Today we blow it up again because y'all sent in so many great questions. So many in fact, that we've split the Q&A into two episodes.
But first, before we dive into your questions, Denny grabbed a seat on a bus next to Gary Glass, Director of the American Homebrewer's Association to talk about the AHA's new phone app – Brew Guru – and why you want to put it on your magical sci-fi pocket computer.
Then we get into your questions. For convenience's sake we've divided the questions into general topic categories. This episode we tackle Fermentation, Ingredients and the Mash. And hey, we even have our first “live” caller! Aren't we fancy?
Don't forget to come back for Episode 25 when we tackle even more questions (plus some other cool content!)
Episode Links:
AHA's Brew Guru App – https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/brew-guru/
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 Our Sponsors
00:03:03 On The Hop Bus with Gary Glass
00:12:43 Fermentation Questions
00:58:08 Ingredient Questions
01:17:27 Mash Questions
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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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Busy Episode this time! Crammed with like – additional feedback to last episode's Staling results. Seems like some of you have been using scary old grain! In the pub we stop and talk a while about Denny's Hop School experiences (more on those later), the law in California and the crushing “loss” of Bosteels Brewery to ABI. (Maybe they should be Boo-steels now?) and one brewery's response to the recent PR campaign to try and make everyone feel better about the buyouts.
We swing by the brewery to talk about Drew's recent Saison yeast tasting – which you can find online. In the library we visit a couple of papers on yeast genetics.
In the lab, we're happy to announce our next great experiment – brought to you by our sponsors, the American Homebrewer's Association and NikoBrew.com. We're going to get a whole squad of homebrewers making up some hoppy beers and having them analyzed and tasted! See the recipe and experiment writeup for details. We're super stoked for this!
Then Denny goes and talks to the folks out of Whirlpool's W Labs about their soon to launch all in one fermenter, fridge, kegerator – the Vessi. Then he heads off to the posh environs of Bainbridge Island WA to talk with Russell Everett of Bainbridge Brewing. Listen and find out what stout and noodles have to do with each other.
Then in Something Other Than Beer – we lament 2016's continuing losses – this time with Gene Wilder. Then Drew shares Sia's new video for “The Greatest” which is a bit of a gut punch. Lastly, to leave on a happy note – Drew also mentions Comixology for all your comic enjoyment.
Finally Denny drops a tip about how best to dry your hops. The key – a little bit of heat, but not too much if you want to preserve all the good oils!
Episode Links:
Staling Experiment – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/experiments/impact-crushed-malt-age-bee…
YCH Hop School – https://ychhops.com/connect/events/home-brewing/hop-and-brew-school
AB-2172 – http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201…
Bosteels buyout – http://www.brewbound.com/news/b-inbev-acquire-belgiums-brouwerij-bosteels
Modern Times Response to Selling Out – http://moderntimesbeer.com/blog/what-selling-out?cc
Drew's Saison Yeast Tasting – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/blogs/drew/saison-files-tasting-saison-…
Lar Blogs – Yeast Genetcs – http://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/349.html
Cell – Domestication and Divergence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Beer Yeasts – http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31071-6
The Great Hop Experiment – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/experiments/great-ibu-test
Vessi – https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/vessi-beer-fermentor-and-dispenser–4
Bainbridge Island Brewing – http://www.bainbridgebeer.com/
Something Other Than Beer – Gene Wilder – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tE1T2ys7qo
Something Other Than Beer – Sia – The Greatest – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKSRyLdjsPA
Something Other Than Beer – Comixology – https://www.comixology.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 Our Sponsors
00:04:13 Support Us
00:05:19 Listener Feedback
00:13:44 The Pub – Hop School, California Law, Sellouts
00:28:00 The Library – Yeast Genetics
00:42:00 The Lab – The Great IBU Experiment Announcement
00:52:48 The Lounge – W Labs – Vessi
01:12:24 The Lounge – Russel Everett – Bainbridge Island Brewing
01:54:01 Something Other Than Beer – Gene Wilder, Sia, Comixology
02:00:43 Quick Tip – Hop Drying
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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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This episode we talk about two of our favorite online communities and their upcoming distributed competitions. We stop in the pub to talk updates to the North Carolina Legal Situation and a new homebrew rights situation in Nebraska. (See why it's important we keep fighting the legal fight?) Denny previews the upcoming Hop School and Drew talks about visiting Boulder CO and the AHA/BA offices. In the Brewery, we talk about the impending pumpkin crisis – ok, crisis to some and Drew's visit to Hop Barley and the Alers and their annual auction.
We revisit our Staling experiment – can you brew with pre-crushed malt that's been sitting for a month? We review the results and discuss other possible avenues of exploration. After that Denny's back in Milwaukee talking with James Beard winning chef Justin Aprahamian of Sanford Restaurant in Milwaukee, Like Minds Brewing in Chicago and the new brewpub back in Milwaukee. Denny delves into the world of fine food and fine beer. Find out why Like Minds originally opened in Chicago and how they came back home.
Then in Something Other Than Beer – Drew drops a Youtube show that really is a charming, whimisical love letter to Paris. And staying with Youtube – Drew's quick tip – well, it's not so quick but it's the video of his talk Brewing on the Ones from the National Homebrewers Conference.
Episode Links:
Brew United – http://www.brewunited.com/
SJPorr Challenge – https://sjporrchallenge.org/
Operation Liberate Homebrew (NC Rights Effort) – http://operationliberatehomebrew.org/
Nebraska Liquor Control Commision Facebook Post about Homebrew at Festivals – https://www.facebook.com/NebraskaLiquorControlCommission/posts/108099176…
YCH Hop School – https://ychhops.com/connect/events/home-brewing/hop-and-brew-school
Pumpkin Panic – https://www.craftbeer.com/brewers_banter/its-the-great-pumpkin-beer-shor…
Hop Barley & The Alers – http://www.hopbarley.org/
Staling Experiment – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/experiments/impact-crushed-malt-age-bee…
Sanford Restaurant – http://sanfordrestaurant.com/
Like Minds Brewery – http://likemindsbrewing.com/
Something Other Than Beer – Tastemade's “Alice in Paris” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsavdcJzrxU&list=PLX98sAmndWt1gxu0UAQsfF…
Quick Tip – Brewing on the Ones – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sSKHzmhrzY
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 Our Sponsors
00:02:32 Support Us
00:06:55 The Pub – Homebrew Law, Hop School, Boulder
00:22:19 The Brewery – Pumpkin Shortage and Hop Barley & The Alers
00:31:37 The Lab – Staling Experiment Rssults
00:43:25 The Lounge – Justin Aprahamian – Sanford and Like Minds
01:06:53 Something Other Than Beer – Alice in Paris
01:12:49 Quick Tip – Brewing on the Ones
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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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This episode we talk about two of our favorite online communities and their upcoming distributed competitions. We stop in the pub to do a little talk about mashing obsessions and the law and homebrewing. We head to the library to talk about Scott Janish's article on DMS, causes and cures and his test. Denny and I talk about his favorite homebrew myths before he heads to the land by the waters – Milwaukee – where he talks to Mino Choi, a homebrewer with a culinary obsession and a couple of 50 point entries under his belt. Mino talks his process, his designing and some agressive techniques he uses to drive his fermentations.
We come back to our “Something Other Than Beer” segment with Denny enjoying spending time with Cecilia Chiang, the Chinese cuisine equivalent to Julia Child and we close out with Drew circling back to a lesson from earlier in the show!
Episode Links:
Brew United – http://www.brewunited.com/
SJPorr Challenge – https://sjporrchallenge.org/
Trumer Pils – http://www.trumer-international.com/
California AB-2172 – http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201…
Scott Janish's DMS Article: http://scottjanish.com/how-to-prevent-dms-in-beer/
Homebrew Myths – https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/how-to-brew/6-common-homebrew-myt…
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 Our Sponsors
00:02:32 – Support Us
00:05:38 – BrewUnited – Interview with Olan Suddeth
00:15:12 – SJPorr Challenge
00:17:29 The Pub – Trumer Pils and Homebrew Law
00:31:18 The Library – DMS
00:40:40 The Brewery – Pico Brew and Extract Results
00:49:31 The Lab – Homebrew Myths with Denny Conn
00:56:32 The Lounge – Unknown All-Star: Mino Choi
01:40:21 Something Other Than Beer – Cecilia Chiang
01:43:42 Quick Tip – Quick Second Batch
01:44:50 Wrap up
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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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This episode we start getting back to our regular podcast format (ok, mostly), but we start in the pub where we talk the massive changes in the beer industry last week because this time they’re near and dear to Denny’s heart. From there we go off to the lounge with an interview at San Francisco’s Ferment Drink Repeat (who for the record are not sellouts – they’re awesome). What sorta crazy person creates a homebrew shop and brewery? Well, listen and find out!
After the lounge, it’s time for a Q&A where we tackle brewers questions about Saison, getting their Red on, style guidelines and why sometimes brewers can be dicks. We come back to our “Something Other Than Beer” segment with Netflix inducing massive nostalgia in Drew and we close out with a tip from a South African listener about how to deal with the whole multiple keg carbonation issue.
Episode Links:
How Terrapin Quietly Sold Out – http://www.atlantamagazine.com/drinks/terrapin-quietly-sold-big-beer-bet…
Hop Valley Sells Out -http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/34624194-75/hop-valley-brewing-co…
How Ballast Point Has Changed in the Past 9 Months – http://thefullpint.com/dans-blog/ballast-point-changed-past-9-months-w-o…
Ferment Drink Repeat – http://www.fermentdrinkrepeat.com/
Star Kay White Chocolate Extract – http://amzn.to/2ajaC6F
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 Our Sponsors
00:03:25 – Support Us
00:06:39 The Pub – Sellouts!
00:16:21 The Lounge – Ferment Drink Repeat
01:27:32 Q&A With Denny and Drew
01:43:39 Something Other Than Beer – Stranger Things
01:46:21 Quick Tip – Preserving Carbonation
01:48:52 Wrap up
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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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This episode starts with a brief stop at the brewery where we walk you through some of the newest things we're playing with! (Like Drew's new mill – review on the site)
Then we ask – What happens when you get a whole bunch of brewers together and have them open up their breweries? Well, if they belong to the Falcons then it becomes their annual event “Brew with a Falcon”. Denny tests out our spiffy phone interface and calls five brewers in the Los Angeles area as they're brewing. At least one of them will be familiar to you! See what sort of crazy beer is being made!
Then it's time for our last turn around the block in Charm City as we present our HomeBrewCon presentation – “How To Brew Like An All-Star”. The audio is courtesy of the American Homebrewer's Association. Did you know that all members of the AHA get free access to audio recordings and slide decks from all of the Con's presentations? To join the AHA just click on the AHA logo on our homepage! Support the podcast and the group that fights for your rights as a homebrewer!
Episode Links:
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 Our Sponsors
00:03:41 – Support Us
00:05:47 The Brewery – Denny and Drew's Latest Brew-ventures.
00:14:10 While You Were Brewing – Brew with A Falcon Edition
00:44:07 HomeBrewCon – Brew With An All-Star Presentation, courtesy of American Homebrewers' Association.
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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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Attention, attention… this episode is brought to you by an accidentally awesome quirk of fate. After we announced our experiment (Saison Yeast – Airlock vs. Open Ferment – Does it prevent “stall”) way back when, our itinerant “Science” co-host Marshall Schott let us know that his site, Brulosophy.com was running the same experiment!
We waited and coordinated our experimental results release. Marshall released his results earlier this week and now we get together and discuss our results plus his. There are a total of five experimental runs here and what do they say? Well, put yer earbuds in and listen! (And if you think this is the last time we're doing this.. ha, you don't know how all this works! Maybe we'll do it on purpose next time!)
From our time in the Casa Verde labs, we move back to Baltimore and spend some time with the Free State Homebrew Club Guild at HomeBrewCon's “Craft Beer Kickoff” Party. We had a heck of a time with the various club members and we hope you learn a thing or two! (Plus, hey – why do you homebrew?) So come along with as we talk to a raft of clubs and a beer “celeb” or two!
Episode Links:
Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Brulosophy's Saison Experiment – http://brulosophy.com/2016/07/04/the-impact-of-back-pressure-on-the-sais…
Drew's Saison Guide (aka the stupid thing that begun this) https://www.maltosefalcons.com/tech/guide-saisons-and-saison-yeasts
Experimental Brew Store – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/store
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Our Sponsors
00:02:50 – The Show Intro
00:05:02 Correctional Department of Corrections – Drew's Bad with Names
00:08:18 Experimental Results: Saison Under Pressure
00:44:07 AHA HomeBrewCon Free State Homebrew Clubs
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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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First time ever! Denny and Drew and a thousand of their favorite friends are in the same room – the Expo hall at the 2016 American Homebrewer's Association “HomebrewCon”. We sat down in the BrewcraftUSA booth and talked with a bunch of different folks including some of our sponsors and some of our very favorite people – including IGOR Nicki Forster who brought us a beer to taste, Marshall Schott who abused us with a triangle test and another listener, Keith Baker, who dropped a beer on Denny to make him crazy! This episode is jammed packed with questions, answers, and really interesting people so give it a listen! (Also this is your last chance to drop some money on the pooches before we get to our next charity!)
Also, a big thanks to listener Chris Nelson for our wonderful “Wrath of Conn” poster that you see on the site.
Episode Links:
Patreon Remember even a buck is good for the dogs: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Freedom Service Dogs: https://freedomservicedogs.org/
Homebrew Con – Register Now!: http://www.homebrewcon.org/
Loughran Family Malt – http://www.malt.ie/
Craftmeister – http://craftmeister.com/
Brulosophy – http://brulosophy.com
PicoBrew – http://picobrew.com/
MoreBeer – https://www.morebeer.com/
BrewCraftUSA – http://shop.brewcraftusa.com/
JaDeD Brewing – http://jadedbrewing.com/
Wyeast Labs – http://wyeastlabs.com/
NikoBrew – http://www.nikobrew.com/
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Our Sponsors
00:04:10 James Loughran – Loughran Family Malt
00:11:20 Teri Farendorf – Great Western
00:24:35 Jonathan Ettlie – Craftmeister
00:30:03 Nicki Forster Beer Tasting
00:39:25 Marshall Schott – Live Triangle Test
00:49:51 Annie Johnson – Pico Brew
00:59:53 Q&A: Boil Vigor
01:02:23 Chris Graham – More Beer
01:08:14 Audience Interaction – The Hop Hats
01:11:11 Brian Morton – Brewcraft USA
01:19:58 Keith Baker Beer Tasting with Randy Mosher
01:27:35 Randy Mosher
01:39:08 Clay and Jeremy – JaDeD Chillers
01:45:55 Audience Iteraction – The Sing Along
01:46:32 Tamara and Candy – Wyeast
01:51:16 Niko – NikoBrew
01:58:00 Q&A: Where do you get your Crazy Ideas
02:00:56 Q&A: The HomebrewCon Name
02:02:11 Q&A: Where Not To Cut Corners
02:05:48 Wrapup and Farewell
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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 Week! As this episode goes live we're at the hotel in Baltimore getting ready to rock out with some homebrew! So this episode is going to be a real “quick” one (for us).
In feedback Denny talks about a great response he got from Spain and then Drew has to issue a correction from the Correctional Department of Corrections about a misstate he had about yeast strains.
In the pub, we talk our “plans” for Homebrew Con in Baltimore in June – a live Q&A, a Troubleshooters Corner, Book Signings and more! Denny recounts his experience with the first “Zymurgy Live” put on by the AHA featuring Stan Hieronymus. Then Drew talks a bit about what might be a trend for the furutue of brewers pulling back from distribution.
For the interview segment in the lounge, Drew interviewed two breweries located a mere 500 ft from each other physically but a world apart in terms of brewing philosophy. Our victims this week are the fine folks of Transplants Brewing and Lucky Lukes Brewing in Lancaster CA – about as far on the edge of Los Angeles as you can get. One is all about the whacky, the culinary, the mad while the other is more traditional with classic beer style approaches. Drew talks to them about their experiences as brewers and how it works to have such proximity to your fellow brewers.
Lastly, Drew offers a tumblr account that explores the nerdy obsession of mashups.

Episode Links:
Patreon Remember even a buck is good for the dogs: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Freedom Service Dogs: https://freedomservicedogs.org/
Homebrew Con – Register Now!: http://www.homebrewcon.org/
Zymurgy Live – https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/aha-events/zymurgy-live/

http://www.denverpost.com/2016/05/25/twisted-pine-brewery-ceasing-distri…

Transplants Brewing: http://transplantsbrewing.com/

Lucky Luke Brewing: http://luckylukebrewing.com/

Just Two Things: http://justtwothings.tumblr.com/
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Our Sponsors
00:06:48 Feedback
00:08:09 Correctional Department of Corrections
00:10:02 Beer Life from the Experimental Brewing Pub
00:18:47 The Lounge – Transplants Brewery and Lucky Luke Brewing
00:21:46 Transplants
01:02:02 Lucky Luke
01:41:30 Something Other Than Beer
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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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As we get ready to head to the NHC, our schedules get a little screwy (we have one more episode before the Wrath of Conn Con)
In feedback we hear about some fun experiences and a nice gesture on the part of a listener. Also we hear from others about Denny and Marshall's recent commentary about skipping over aeration/oxygenation
In the pub, we talk our “plans” for Homebrew Con in Baltimore in June – a live Q&A, a Troubleshooters Corner, Book Signings and more! The Brewers Association gets their history on with one of America's great institutions – The Smithsonian. Denny talks his overwhelming experience at the Craft Brewers Conference. And lastly we ask “Has Craft Beer Gone Too Far?”
In the library we discuss a great article from the Counter Brew website that does a really excellent job laying in the ground work for your knowledge about Brett.
At the lab where we talk the recent obsession with the hazy style called “New England IPA”. Specifically we cover the history and the theories behind the style and the infamous, hotly debated murk. And so we're going to launch a full series of explorations, because of course we will. For this first time, we're going to look at yeast impact – namely Wyeast 1056 and Wyeast 1318 in the same wort. Is one murk-tastic? And to back it up, listener Jason Faylor sent in a pair of beers with exactly this same premise so we get our tasting on (and prove that Denny and Drew can really disagree about things)
For the interview segment, we grab some time with John Holl – editor of All About Beer Magazine. We offer him a chance to lay down his opinions and his colorful New Jersey beliefs. It's an interview that exercised Denny's bleeping finger. We think we got them all!
After that, we're off to the books as we try and answer more listener questions.
Denny reminds us all to test your thermometers!
Lastly, Drew fondly explores the world of CorgiOrgy.com and some incredibly sexy Russian cakes.
Episode Links:
Patreon Remember even a buck is good for the dogs: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Freedom Service Dogs: https://freedomservicedogs.org/
Homebrew Con – Register Now!: http://www.homebrewcon.org/
BA And The Smothsonian: http://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/food-history/pages/brewing-history
“Has Craft Beer Gone Too Far”: http://www.foodandwine.com/blogs/has-craft-beer-movement-finally-gone-to…
CounterBrew The Actual Truth About Yeast: http://counterbrew.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-actual-truth-about-yeast-bre…
Denny's IPA Reviews: http://www.experimentalbrew.com/blogs/denny/oh-say-can-you-see-through-y…
BeerAdvocate NE IPAs under the scope: http://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/northeast-haze-through-a-m…
New England IPA Experiment: http://www.experimentalbrew.com/experiments/new-england-ipa-series-it-yeast
Israel Bissell IPA: http://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/israel-bissell-ib-ne-ipa
The Story of Israel Bissell: http://articles.latimes.com/2007/apr/29/news/adna-unsung29
AllAboutBeer: http://allaboutbeer.com/
CorgiOrgy.com: Seriously just click it.
Olga Noskova Mirror Cakes: http://www.boredpanda.com/mirror-glazed-marble-cake-olganoskovaa/
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Our Sponsors
00:03:33 Theme, Intro and Feedback
00:14:12 Beer Life from the Experimental Brewing Pub
00:39:40 The Library – Brett
00:42:39 Casa Verde Labs – NE IPA – History, Style, Experiment and Tasting
01:10:34 The Lounge – All About Beer's John Holl
01:56:51 Q&A wth Denny & Drew
02:12:25 Something Other Than Beer
02:15:04 Quick Tip
02:18:26 Question of the Week, Wrap up and Coming Attractions
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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
This episode can be downloaded directly at https://www.experimentalbrew.com/sites/d…
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Hey, we promised pics of cool kegorators, and here they are!  First the R2D2 kegorator from Hellgate Homebrewers in southern OR…

And of course, the Ale Camino

Another episode and a new feature! Read on!
In feedback we hear more about people's weight loss journies. Could we be on the way to skinny brewers? Also a listener chimes in to let us know that he won serious medalage with Drew's Peanut Butter Jelly Time recipe.
In the pub, we talk our “plans” for Homebrew Con in Baltimore in June – a live Q&A, a Troubleshooters Corner, Book Signings and more! We talk about the 500th Anniversary of the Rheinheitsge-whatever and we revisit the Moonlight vs. Moonlight Trademark fight.
In the library we discuss Scott Janish's great article about how dry hopping adds bitterness, just not the way you think it does!
At the lab where we talk the next experiment you can join in on – Saison Yeast and the dreaded “stall”. Drew's advocated a simple change – open fermentation – to avoid the nasty tendency that WLP 565 and Wyeast 3724 have to start strong, take a two week nap and then finish the job. Is he right? Let's see!
We launch a new variety of interviews that we're tentatively calling “Unknown All-Stars” where we interview brewers that you may not have heard of, but that we think you should. For our first crack, we're talking with one of Drew's brewing mentors – Bruce Brode. A long time brewer, ex-President of the Maltose Falcons and one of the shaping forces of the BJCP Guidelines. You'll really want to hear all the knowledge Bruce can drop.
After that, we're off to the books as we try and answer more listener questions.
Lastly, the guys talk a bit about Prince (boo) and Drew's most recent YouTube obsession.
Episode Links:
Patreon – Remember even a buck is good for the dogs! – http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Freedom Service Dogs – https://freedomservicedogs.org/
Homebrew Con – Register Now! – http://www.homebrewcon.org/
Oliver Wesseloh – German Brewer response to Reinheitsgebot: https://www.facebook.com/notes/oliver-wesseloh/creative-brewers-of-germa…
Brian Hunt – Moonlight Brewing's Response – http://www.ratebeer.com/forums/brian-hunt-of-moonlight-brewing-remarks-o…
Scott Janish: Increasing Bitterness from Dry Hopping: http://scottjanish.com/increasing-bitterness-dry-hopping/
Saison Experiment: http://www.experimentalbrew.com/experiments/saison-yeast-airlock-vs-open…
Drew's Saison Guide: https://www.maltosefalcons.com/tech/guide-saisons-and-saison-yeasts
Draft Resistive Gate: https://www.maltosefalcons.com/tech/resistive-gate-draft-beer-flow-control
Kegerators: http://www.experimentalbrew.com/blogs/denny/podcast-episode-14-pics
Youtube – Jas. Townsend and Son, Inc.: https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Our Sponsors
00:03:33 Theme, Intro and Feedback
00:08:35 Beer Life from the Experimental Brewing Pub
00:22:20 The Library – Bittering from Dry Hops
00:30:00 Casa Verde Labs – Saison Open Ferment vs. Closed Ferment
00:40:00 The Lounge – Unknown All-Stars – Bruce Brode
01:16:17 Q&A wth Denny & Drew
01:30:54 Something Other Than Beer – Prince and James Townsend and Sons
01:34:29 Question of the Week, Wrap up and Coming Attractions
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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
This episode can be downloaded directly at https://www.experimentalbrew.com/sites/d…
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Another episode and this time we're here with Olive Oil results!
In the pub, we talk our “plans” for Homebrew Con in Baltimore in June – a live Q&A, a Troubleshooters Corner, Book Signings and more! We talk some gluten free barley, a new name for an old country and why some trademark fights make us sad.
A new room is added to the house as we sit down in the library to discuss the imminent release of Homebrew All-Stars!
Then to the lab where Marshall joins the guys as they discuss the IGOR's results of their Olive Oil vs. No Aeration efforts. Can you use Olive Oil to cheaply replace aeration?
We go to Dallas where Drew talks with Barrett Tillman of both Black Man Yeast and Deep Ellum Brewing Company about his experiences as a brewer, his love of all things sour and funky and why he decided to start a mini-yeast company.
After that, we're off to the books as we try and answer more listener questions.
Drew adds a quick tip about immersion circulators and brewing
Lastly, the guys hit the kitchen as Denny offers some sourdough advice and Drew deals with a bunch of nut sacks.
Episode Links:
Patreon – Remember even a buck is good for the dogs! – http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Freedom Service Dogs – https://freedomservicedogs.org/
Homebrew Con – Register Now! – http://www.homebrewcon.org/
Gluten Free Barley: https://www.yahoo.com/news/beer-brewers-toast-australian-gluten-free-bar…
Olive Oil Experiment – http://www.experimentalbrew.com/experiments/olive-oil-vs-no-aeration
Black Man Brew – Barrett's site – http://www.blackmanbrew.com/
Deep Ellum Brewing – http://www.deepellumbrewing.com/
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Our Sponsors
00:03:44 Theme, Intro and Feedback
00:06:21 Beer Life from the Experimental Brewing Pub
00:19:57 The Library – Homebrew All-Stars
00:26:57 Casa Verde Labs – Olive Oil vs. No Aeration
00:51:08 The Lounge – Barrett Tillman
01:39:13 Q&A wth Denny & Drew
01:51:21 Quick Tip – Immersion Circulator
01:53:01 Something Other Than Beer – Sourdough, Nuts
01:59:41 Question of the Week, Wrap up and Coming Attractions
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs
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
This episode can be downloaded directly at https://www.experimentalbrew.com/sites/d…
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It's Episode 12 and we're announcing our next experiment amongst other things! We start with listener feedback – everyone was intrigued by and puzzled by the results of our First Wort Hop experiment. So were we!
At the pub, we talk about how the results of the GC election with lots of teasing that's not meant to be taken seriously! We announce that we have “plans” for Homebrew Con in Baltimore in June. Denny gets to rant and rave at the moon with his latest pet peeve and Drew shares an awesome example of how sometimes the customer isn't right at all.
We make a quick stop in the brewery to talk about getting your beer can on
Then to the lab where we dig into every homebrewer's experience. You go to the homebrew shop full of good intentions, buy some grain and mill it. Then you can't brew for a month or two – is your grain still good? Oh bother – guess we'll find out, won't we?
We go to the Pacific Northwest Homebrewers Conference where Denny interviews Annie Johnson – one of our favorite brewers. Not only has she won two amazing brewing achievements – AHA Homebrewer of the Year and Pilsner Urquell's Masterhomebrewer, but she manages to keep a playful side to her brewing. Listen and learn! (Including her secret obsession)
After Annie, we hit the books for a couple of questions, including one that really made us do some research to avoid our knee jerk “are you kidding us?” reaction. That was awesome!
Denny drops his quick tip about being a yeast abuser.
And then Denny talks about his soon to be assembled chicken coop and the artisans behind it. Drew then drops two things – Billy Dee is back as Colt 45's spokesman and Sweden has a phone number. Yup, Sweden. It's awesome.
Episode Links:
Patreon – Remember even a buck is good for the dogs! – http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing
Freedom Service Dogs – https://freedomservicedogs.org/
Governing Committee Results – http://www.homebrewersassociation.org/news/2016-aha-governing-committee-…
Homebrew Con – Register Now! – http://www.homebrewcon.org/
Black Acre Brewing – http://blackacrebrewing.com/
Black Acre Brewing's Social Media Rant – https://www.facebook.com/jordan.gleason.1/posts/10106173966458658
Beer Monks Canning – http://beermonks-socal.com/
Cross Roads Ca nning – http://www.crossroadscanning.com/
Saison Figolla Recipe – https://www.maltosefalcons.com/recipes/saison-figolla
Stale Malt Experiment – http://www.experimentalbrew.com/experiments/impact-crushed-malt-age-beer…
Denny's Old Stoner Recipe – http://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/dennys-old-stoner-barleywine
The Diastatic Activity Of Hops, Together With A Note On Maltase In Hops – http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.2050-0416.1941.tb06070.x/ab…
Malta – http://www.delicioussparklingtemperancedrinks.net/MaltaGoya.html
Denny's Chicken Coop Artisan – http://soliddesignwoodworking.timbl.net/
Billy Dee! – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAKcia7WwVA
NPR Calls Sweden – http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/04/07/473438101/call-a-random-swede-we-tried-it-out
NOTE: In the Q&A segment, when we answer a question abpout hop degradation, I mention that YCH Hops now prints the HSI (Hop Storage Index) on the bags of hops homebrewers buy. Here's how you can use that….HSI shows you the alpha acid loss in the hops over 6 months at a 68F storage temperature. As an example of how it works, let's say you have some hops that start at 10% AA and have an HSI of .250. That means that in 6 months of storage at 68F, the AA% will drop to 7.5%. But since we all know that degradation of hops also depends on temperature, if those hops are stored at 28F, the AA is 9.0%. In effect, each 10F drop in strage temp equates to about .5% AA increase. There's more to it than this, though, and in the future we hope to have someone from YCH on to talk about HSI.
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Our Sponsors
00:03:04 Theme, Intro and Feedback
00:10:24 Beer Life from the Experimental Brewing Pub
00:24:36 The Brewery – Mobile Canning
00:33:36 Casa Verde Labs – Going Stale
00:43:37 The Lounge – Annie Johnson
01:07:37 Q&A wth Denny & Drew
01:39:27 Quick Tip – Yeast Abuse
01:46:14 Something Other Than Beer – Coops, Billy Dee, Sweden
01:51:35 Question of the Week, Wrap up and Coming Attractions
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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
This episode can be downloaded directly at https://www.experimentalbrew.com/sites/d…
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It's Episode 11 and experimental results are back! We start with listener feedback – namely, y'all really loved the Session Beer Recipe collection and the Q&A episode. Looks like we're going to have to keep answering questions!
At the pub, we talk about how hops are being explored as actual medicine and why sadly this doesn't mean your Quadruple IPA is about to become “healthy”, how our sponsor PicoBrew went to 11 for Denny and discuss why we feel that bars and breweries should offer samplers (and why the money crunchers back us up on this assertion).
Then to the lab where we comb through the results of Denny's favorite experiment – First Wort Hopping vs. 60 minute bittering. First though we start with listener Tim Hagan's fairly clear explanation of the meaning of P-Value. We also talk about why some folks are encouraging a move away from P-Value as the end all be all of science. And then we dig into the experiment! What new and interesting twists did our IGORs find this time? Is there an actual impact here or are we living in a land of make believe?
We go to the Pacific Northwest Homebrewers Conference where Denny interviews Rodney Kibzey, multiple award winning brewer – no seriously, the man won the Sam Adams Longshot Competition twice. Rodney talks up his “secrets” for winning. So you might want to listen to the man.
Denny drops another quick tip from our AHA Forum friends – Don't Get Caught Up With The Shiny Gear!
Drew then leaves us with two something other than beers – Falcons nesting at Briess and then, because you, the listeners, asked Drew talks about how he lost 112 lbs in 13 months and still drank beer.
Episode Links:
Freedom Service Dogs – https://freedomservicedogs.org/
Hops as Medicine – http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/03/researchers-are-brewing-up-medicines-from-beer-hops/
The Value of Fractional Pours – https://www.brewersassociation.org/articles/the-value-of-fractional-pours/
Rethinking P-value – http://www.stats.org/mismeasure-scientific-significance/
Am Stats of P-value – http://amstat.tandfonline.com/doi/suppl/10.1080/00031305.2016.1154108
Briess Falcon Nest Cam – http://blog.brewingwithbriess.com/new-live-falcon-cam-atop-the-briess-manitowoc-grain-elevator/
Images of Drew's Weightloss – http://imgur.com/a/CF3lL
Episode Contents:
00:00:00 Our Sponsors
00:03:28 Theme and Intro
00:05:20 Feedback
00:08:41 Beer Life from the Experimental Brewing Pub – Hops as Medicine, Pico Goes to 11, The Boon of Sampler Flights
00:20:59 Casa Verde Labs – Exploring P-Value and Experimental Results – FWH vs Bittering
00:42:05 The Uke
00:42:36 Medal Secrets with Rodney Kibzey
01:05:37 Q&A wth Denny & Drew
01:25:38 Quick Tip – Don't Get Caught Up
01:27:42 Something Other Than Beer – Briess's Falcon's Nest & Drew's Weight Loss
01:40:04 Question of the Week, Wrap up and Coming Attractions
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
Wyeast Labs

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!
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It's Episode 10 and it's finally time to see if we're as smart as we say we are. We discuss the listener response to our Session Beer efforts and promise to post a kickass list of session beer recipes. (Link below) We run off to the pub and discuss the recently concluded Pacific Northwest Homebrewers Conference and the lameness of “pink washing” and silly sexism. And then to the lecture hall where “Professors” Denny and Drew sit down and try and see how long they can fake actually knowing anything. For listener ease we've broken the questions up into categories so you can find things more easily. OVer the course of twenty some odd questions we tackle questions about ingredients, process, styles, yeast and everything else. Before we leave, Drew gives a brief shout out to two very impactful passings that recently occurred. One to the man whose decision in the 70's still impacts us to this day. The other, well, that one's more important to Chihuahua owners. Episode Links:
Freedom Service Dogs – https://freedomservicedogs.org/
Pacific Northwest Homebrewers Conference – https://www.pnwhc.com/
PNHBC Presentation Links – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FHaYB-5EqwRs1_G1hHXz1MSvI8oCUOUU…
The Session Beer Project – http://sessionbeerproject.blogspot.com/
Session Beer Homebrew Recipe Bonanza – http://www.experimentalbrew.com/content/session-beer-day-recipe-bonanza-…
Episode Contents: 00:00:00 Our Sponsors 00:02:13 Theme and Intro and Listener Feedback 00:06:31 Beer Life from the Experimental Brewing Pub – Pacific Northwest Homebrewers Conference, pinkwashing and unfortunate sexism 00:17:28 The Lecture Hall – Q&A Introduction 00:18:43 Ingredient Questions 00:34:24 Process Questions 01:04:58 Style Questions 01:29:17 Yeast Questions 01:43:52 Miscellaneous Questions 02:04:09 Something Other Than Beer – Ray Tomlinson, Moonie the Chihuahua 02:07:46 Question of the Week, Wrap up and Coming Attractions
This episode is brought to you:
American Homebrewers Association
BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew
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 This episode can be downloaded directly at https://www.experimentalbrew.com/sites/d… Podcast RSS Url: http://www.experimentalbrew.com/podcast.rss

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