Brew Files - Episode 56 - Rose Wave

Submitted by drew on Tue, 02/19/2019 - 21:00

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Last episode, everything was coming up gold. This week it's coming up pink as we explore what looks to be this year's hot trend - Rosé Beer. Drew sits down with pro-brewer/homebrewer Andy Ziskin about how he makes a Rosé beer that's dramatic, complex fruity, fun and not insipidly dull and sweet.

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Episode 86 - Resolving The Secret Of The Hop

Submitted by drew on Wed, 02/13/2019 - 00:00

We've survived the PGPDF and are back and catching back up! We've got a whole slew of feedback, news stories, brew sessions, hop science, micro-resolutions (aka things we think we can do), a listener's brewing experience and... the juicy story of why you can buy Columbus, Tomahawk or Zeus in the hop freezer - sit back for a lesson in farm spying!

Show note - ~34 minutes, Denny says "gypsum, chloride". He meant "gypsum, calcium chloride"

Brew Files - Episode 55 - Tripel Your Gold

Submitted by drew on Wed, 02/06/2019 - 00:00

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In the world of responses to Pilsner, the Belgians really nailed it with their Belgian Strong Goldens and Tripels. But what makes them different? Drew breaks down the styles with sample recipes and tries to answer the tasty conundrum that is the BSG/Tripel split

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Episode 85 - Attack of the Peruvian Guinea Pig Death Flu

Submitted by drew on Wed, 01/30/2019 - 00:00

It's finally happened! Denny and Drew have simultaneously been felled by the specter of Peruvian Guinea Pig Death Flu!

In light of our incapcitation, we offer you these choice revists to topics we're still talking about today! Don't fret - episode 86 is being prepped and should be a grand return to form!

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Brew Files - Episode 54 - Where's There Smoke

Submitted by drew on Tue, 01/22/2019 - 21:00

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In every beer lovers curve of beer love, there comes a moment when they discover the world of smoked beers. Drew sits down with Devon Randall of Imperial Western Beer Company to discuss her approach to making both subtle and in your face smoked beers!

Devon's Smoke Guidelines:

Subtle: 3-5%

Balanced: 6-15%

OVert: 16-100%

Episode 84 - Answering All The Questions

Submitted by drew on Tue, 01/15/2019 - 21:00

There are a great many questions in the universe - why are we here? What are we doing? What the hell just happened with my beer?!? We'll tackle that last category, because we're terrible at moral philosophy!

Sit back, it's time for a dive through a bunch of questions!

Brew Files - Episode 53 - Anniversaries & Enzymes with Eagle Rock

Submitted by drew on Wed, 01/09/2019 - 00:00

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It's officially been two years of Brew Files! (Ok, fine, two more days - the first episode dropped on Jan 11th, 2017) That puts me in the mood to talk Anniversaries and with my local, Eagle Rock Brewery, hitting their 9th Anniversary, I sat down with Jeremy Raub to talk about designing an Anniversary beer and the new and interesting uses they're finding for Amlyase enzymes - it's not just for Brut IPA's anymore!

Episode 83 - Love Thy Long Beach Neighbor

Submitted by drew on Tue, 01/01/2019 - 21:00

Brew Files - Episode 52 - Getting Back to Brewing

Submitted by drew on Tue, 12/25/2018 - 21:00

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New Years is right around the corner which means so is the era of Resolutions. The most common resolution for brewers? I'm going to brew more! It's also one of the most failed. We're here to give you our tips for fighting the forces that stymie you so you can get back to what we all love - brewing!

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Episode 82 - Thinking and Drinking with John Holl

Submitted by drew on Tue, 12/18/2018 - 21:00

Just in time for Christmas and the new year, Drew sits down with John Holl of Craft Beer & Brewing to talk about his new book - Drink Beer, Think Beer. We talk where the industry is and why John's hope for the future isn't a very popular one.

Brew Files - Episode 51 - Real Time Recipe Challenge

Submitted by drew on Wed, 12/12/2018 - 00:00

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We asked our listeners to challenge us - give us a beer idea you want us to design and prepare to make. Out of the pile of suggestions we each chose one recipe to challenge the other with. In this inaugural challenge, we only find out what recipe we're supposed to formulate right then. Listen to us walk you through how we'd tackle these challenges.

Episode 81 - Uncommon Common With Ten Mile

Submitted by drew on Wed, 12/05/2018 - 00:00

After our adventures down in Australia, it's time to get local again with Ten Mile Brewing in Signal Hill, California. Drew sits down with Dan Sundstrom to talk how the brewer got started and why they have a focus on tradition including their attempts to bring the Kentucky Common to California.

On The Bond Between Brewer & Feline & Vermin

Submitted by drew on Fri, 11/30/2018 - 00:00

Prepare yourself for a tale of waste... and cats.

Brewers love to talk about ancient history, mostly in the form of the classic anthropological debate - bread or brew. But what about brewers and their connections to the "domestication" of animals. Sure, I love my dogs and without oxen, plowing a field of size would be tough.

Brew Files - Episode 50 - A Year Of Beer

Submitted by drew on Wed, 11/28/2018 - 00:00

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Time makes fools of us all and lays bare the emptiness of our plans, but it doesn't have to! Denny and Drew sit down and talk about seasonality - both historical and taste and help plan out a general timeline you can use to brew beers for a specific date!

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Writeup: Dark Grains - Cold Steep vs. Full Mash

Submitted by drew on Fri, 11/23/2018 - 00:00

Happy Black Friday y'all - how about some advice on making a black colored beer?

You'll often hear advice about mashing your dark grains differently. Instead of incorporating them in when you mash some, like Gordon Strong, recommend adding them during the sparge (aka capping). Others recommend, for the smoothest possible character, adding them as a cold steeped extract. Today's experiment is all about the cold steep

Episode 80 - An Extra Special Batch of Beer

Submitted by drew on Tue, 11/20/2018 - 21:00

Brew Files - Episode 49 - Starting Off Right

Submitted by drew on Tue, 11/13/2018 - 21:00

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We know that we need good yeast to make great beer and we need to treat them right. Somehow we've managed to go through 48 episodes of this show without talking methods of treating your yeast right. On this show, we'll walk through how we used to do things and why we changed and Denny will even challenge Drew to get uncomfortable!

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The Difficulty of Triangle Testings - A Practical Example

Submitted by drew on Fri, 11/09/2018 - 00:00

Let's talk the triangle test. You know that simple thing we try and do to prove that changes in brewing do or don't make a difference. We put a lot of stock in the conclusions of that test. What does it really mean?

On the face of it, it's a simple prospect - "Dear Sir/Madam, I present you three glasses. Pick the one that's different." It feels so absurd, so childish, so easy that it's insulting that you'd be asked to choose.

Episode 79 - Live from Down Under

Submitted by drew on Tue, 11/06/2018 - 21:00

Brew Files - Episode 48 - The Ice House

Submitted by drew on Tue, 10/30/2018 - 21:00

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As the weather turns colder and the nights are spookier, our thoughts turn to stronger beers and what better way to get a stronger beer than to take advantage of the cold. So let's get cold and freeze our beer to make the smoothest strong beer you can. It's time to get really frosty.

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