03-21-24 - Mash Your Luck and Food Safety
Scott Housel shares his Mash Your Luck beer with Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing and James, and they talk about food safety with low- and non-alcohol beers.
Mar 20, 2024•43 min
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Episodes
03-14-24 - Recipe Development, Saison
Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin and Josh Secaur of Gambit Brewing join James to taste the Fresca Shandler and formulate a saison recipe.
Mar 13, 2024•54 min
03-07-24 - American Craft Sake Festival
Ben Bell of Origami Sake gives James a tour of the tasting tent at the annual gathering of the North American sake industry.
Mar 06, 2024•45 min
02-29-24 - Tasting Bru Club Mash Your Luck
Haven Schultz joins James and Steve as they taste the beers of Bru Club members that met the Mash Your Luck challenge.
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 13 min
02-22-24 - Hoppy Raw Ale
From Finland, Mika Laitinen, author of Viking Age Brew, tells us how to skip the boil to brew a delicious hoppy beer using historic techniques.
Feb 21, 2024•54 min
02-15-24 - Canning Homebrew
Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin and James get metal as they talk about canning your homebrew.
Feb 14, 2024•53 min
02-08-24 - Recipe Development, Belgian Single
Chris Colby joins James to formulate the recipe for a delicious Belgian-inspired beer and to taste James' Oat Malt Stout.
Feb 07, 2024•44 min
02-01-24 - Recipe Development, Grapefruit Soda Shandler
Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin and Josh Secaur of Gambit Brewing join James to formulate a refreshing hybrid brew and to sample Matt's Gingerbread Wit.
Jan 31, 2024•55 min
01-25-24 - Mash Your Luck, Anglo Imperial Lager
Homebrewer Scott Housel helps James evaluate the Mash Your Luck beer from Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing - a UK-inspired high gravity lager.
Jan 24, 2024•56 min
01-18-24 - Pink Dry Hopping Experiment
James and Steve taste an experiment comparing dry hops floating on top of and sunk into a pale ale.
Jan 17, 2024•1 hr
01-11-24 - Formal Brewing Education
James talks to Andrew Burns of Dakota County Technical College in Minnesota about his course to bring homebrewers to the professional level.
Jan 10, 2024•44 min
01-04-24 - Moist January
James and Steve sit down with Desiree and Dave from High Gravity in Tulsa to sip delicious beers and talk homebrew past, present, and future.
Jan 03, 2024•1 hr 9 min
12-28-23 - Brewing Disasters
James and Steve delve into stories of brewing gone wrong from homebrewers from around the world and sample tasty homebrew from Scott Housel.
Dec 27, 2023•1 hr 56 min
12-21-23 - Saison Variations
Homebrewer Scott Housel shares five beers created from a single base saison with James and Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing.
Dec 20, 2023•53 min
12-14-23 - Recipe Development, Oat Malt Stout
James and Chris Colby are joined by beer author and historian Peter Symons to evaluate the Pre-prohibition American Lager from a previous episode and formulate a Stout using malted oats.
Dec 13, 2023•57 min
12-07-23 - Flyway Fayetteville
James and Steve visit with Kort Castleberry, who is now head brewer at New Province Brewing and Flyway Brewing's new Fayetteville, Arkansas, location about his dual responsibilities.
Dec 06, 2023•44 min
11-30-23 - Recipe Development, Holiday Ale
Special guest Josh Secaur from Gambit Brewing in St. Paul joins James and Matt to compare Kentucky Commons and help formulate a Winter Ale recipe.
Nov 29, 2023•1 hr 10 min
11-16-23 - Hop Sampler - EKG vs Fuggle
James and Steve pit two traditional English favorite hops against each other and then blend them to see how they pair together. They also taste a listener-brewed beer with "Pink" hops.
Nov 15, 2023•48 min
11-09-23 - Mash Your Luck with The Bru Club
Haven Schultz from The Bru Club joins James to talk about his organization and roll the virtual dice for a club challenge.
Nov 08, 2023•45 min
11-02-23 - Recipe Development, Pre-prohibition American Lager
James is joined by Chris Colby of beerandgardeningjournal.com as they taste their Smoked Rotbier and formulate a recipe for a long lost American style.
Nov 02, 2023•49 min
10-26-23 - Recipe Development, Kentucky Common
James talks to Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin as they sample the Arkansas Porch Steamer and formulate a beer based on a trip to Canada.
Oct 25, 2023•54 min
10-19-23 - Hop Sampler - Vic Secret, Idaho 7, Nectaron
The Hop Sampler is back! James and Steve sample three delicious hops from Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S.
Oct 18, 2023•55 min
10-12-23 - Blind Mice Revisited
We visit with Casey Letellier on the fifth anniversary of Ivory Bill Brewing and take a trip back in time to almost 18 years ago.
Oct 11, 2023•44 min
09-28-23 - Man Made Meads
James and Steve are guests on Garrett Freeman's Man Made Mead show and sample some of his delicious meads.
Sep 27, 2023•44 min
09-21-23 - Recipe Development, Smoked Rotbier
Chris Colby of beerandgardeningjournal.com joins James to develop a recipe for a smoked version of a Nuremberg Red Lager. They also taste James' Porter.
Sep 20, 2023•45 min
09-14-23 - Fayetteville Beer Works
James and Steve head to Fayetteville Beer Works to talk to Brian O'Connell about his new brewery with no hot side brewing equipment.
Sep 13, 2023•51 min
09-07-23 - Mash Your Luck
Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing joins James to put a random spin on recipe development. James and Adam also talk pressure fermentation.
Sep 06, 2023•59 min
08-31-23 - Recipe Development, California Common
Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin joins James to formulate a hot porch version of the famous steamy style.
Aug 30, 2023•46 min
08-24-23 - Recipe Development, Porter
Chris Colby of beerandgardeningjournal.com joins James to formulate a recipe for an old favorite style.
Aug 23, 2023•57 min
08-17-23 - Pressure Fermentation Experiment
Homebrewer Scott Housel shares an experiment with James and Steve testing the effects of fermenting under higher pressure.
Aug 16, 2023•50 min
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