Episode 62 - Transforming the Boot Camp

Submitted by drew on Wed, 03/14/2018 - 00:00

Brew Files - Episode 31 - Going for Gold with Nick

Submitted by drew on Wed, 03/07/2018 - 00:00

The Brew is Out There!

The Olympics may be over, but that doesn't mean we're not still pursuing our dreams of winning medals in our favorite sport. To help you get onto the podium, we sit down and talk with Nick Corona of QUAFF and the 2016 American Homebrewers Association's Homebrewer of the Year. He talks his way of planning his entries and the subtle strategy of style choice.

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Barb's Hef

Nick's award winning - no really - AHA NHC Overall Winner -

Episode 61 - Slinging Beer in Singapore

Submitted by drew on Wed, 02/28/2018 - 00:00

Brew Files - Episode 30 - Wild for Mild

Submitted by drew on Wed, 02/21/2018 - 00:00

The Brew is Out There! STYLE SHOW

With Session Beer Day right around the corner (April 7th), it's time to visit one of Drew's absolute favorite beer styles - Mild. This blandly named style has a long and interesting history with many variations of what it means to be mild. So how about digging into one of the best beers you can quaff over a long session. Flat caps optional, but awesome beer is mandatory.

Cherrywood Smoked Mild

A riff on Drew's CDJK dark mild with a seasoned kick of cherrywood smoked malt from Briess to give it a whole different thing

Pale Oat Mild

A silky smooth and toasty malt forward mild with toffee notes and that richness of oats without a ton of hop character. Yes, if you overloaded the hopping this thing would be a light weight NE Session IPA.

CDJK Mild

A dark mild full of flavor, but not the alcohol. This is about the biggest sort of "modern" mild I've made. Just a touch roasty, but full of malt and toffee flavors.

Something Other Than Beer - Toasted Cream

Submitted by drew on Fri, 02/16/2018 - 00:00

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..

Episode 60 - The Endless Quest for Answers

Submitted by drew on Wed, 02/14/2018 - 00:00

You know the rule - when the remainder of the division of an episode number and the number of months in the Gregorian calendar is zero, the sleeper awakens and sounds forth with pronouncements induced by the querying missives of the seekers of truth.

Brew Files - Episode 29 - It's 6 O'Clock Somewhere

Submitted by drew on Wed, 02/07/2018 - 00:00

The Brew is Out There!

Last year, Peter Symons led us all through a discussion of early Australian brewing practices and he promised he had more up his sleeve. Get ready to look up his sleeve and we explore the unique Australian take on Prohibition and how the Australian brewing industry modernized in his new book 6 O'Clock Brews

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Episode 59 - Yeast Mysteries with Sui Generis

Submitted by drew on Wed, 01/31/2018 - 00:00

Brew Files - Episode 28 - Go Big

Submitted by drew on Wed, 01/24/2018 - 00:00

The Brew is Out There!

Episode 58 - Return of the Resolution

Submitted by drew on Wed, 01/17/2018 - 00:00

Brew Files - Episode 27 - Lager Myths

Submitted by drew on Wed, 01/10/2018 - 00:00

The Brew is Out There!

While it's nice and chilly in most of the US, we figured what better time to sit down and talk with Zymurgy editor and Lager afficionado, Dave Carpenter about the wide world of lagers, myths about them and why you should be making them at home. Oh and did we mention Dave has a book about Lager as well?

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Episode 57 - Future Chill

Submitted by drew on Wed, 01/03/2018 - 00:00

Brew Files - Episode 26 - Organizational Blues

Submitted by drew on Wed, 12/27/2017 - 00:00

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New Years is almost here with it's Janus like powers of transformational drive. Denny and Drew sit down and review how they organize things in the brewhouse to make the brew day easier and more likely to happen. How do you organize things?

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Episode 56 - Unwanted Guests and Answers Past

Submitted by drew on Wed, 12/20/2017 - 00:00

On this week's episode, we hit the pub to talk the beer business before jumping into the hot unwanted guest topic of the day - What is Saccharomyces Distaticus, why is it in the news and how do we kill it? And then we take a listener suggestion for an end of the year wrap up - with a revisit on some of our favorite questions and answers from the non-all Q&A shows.

Brew Files - Episode 25 - Double the Juice with Mike

Submitted by drew on Wed, 12/13/2017 - 00:00

The Brew is Out There!

RECIPE SHOW

Drew sits down with Michael Tonsmeire, aka the Mad Fermentationist, and walks through how you can get two juicy beers of radically different natures from one brew session. So sit back as we explore his Apricot infused Sour and super juicy New England IPA.

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