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&...
Aug 03, 2016•1 hr 53 min
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...
Jul 20, 2016
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....
Jul 06, 2016
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 ...
Jun 22, 2016
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, B...
Jun 08, 2016
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 the...
May 25, 2016
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. M...
May 11, 2016
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 ...
Apr 27, 2016
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 e...
Apr 13, 2016
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 sampler...
Mar 30, 2016
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 anythi...
Mar 16, 2016
It's Episode 9 – last call for questions before the big Q&A episode! (Send your questions to questions@experimentalbrew.com) We run off to the pub and discuss feedback abut the potential canning crisis, the unbearable BS of science, the now sold out Pacific Northwest Homebrewers Conference and Hops in Drew's hometown. And then to the lab where the guys launch the next experiment. Is there a detectable difference between adding Olive Oil as an aeration replacement and just not adding any aera...
Mar 02, 2016
In Episode 8 – Denny and Drew remind listeners about the upcoming Q&A episode. (Send your questions to questions@experimentalbrew.com) They run off to the pub and discuss a potential canning crisis, actual grown up science, the upcoming Pacific Northwest Homebrewers Conference and Denny's run for the Governing Committee. Then they visit a new location for the podcast – the brewery (who woulda guessed) to discuss the availability of the Idaho 7 hop (currently branded 007 The Golden Hop) and W...
Feb 17, 2016
In Episode 7 – Denny and Drew take a spin through listener reactions to the first experiment results unleashed online and in the podcast. Then it's off to the pub where they discuss the rise of homebrewing around the globe (focused on an article about Indian homebrewers), Denny wields the eraser of correction about the beers he tried from Barrel of Monks and Drew talks up Lew Bryson's Session Beer Day project. And then to the lab where the guys launch the next experiment – all about the First Wo...
Feb 03, 2016
In Episode 6 – Denny and Drew look to even more listener feedback. In the pub we promulgate a public service announcement near and dear to Denny's heart, investigate rumors of nefarious hop dealings and reminisce about Denny's time in the big snowy territory of Vail. And then we go to the lab where we discuss the first ever results delivered by our IGOR crew. Is there a discernable difference between Wyeast 1056 and WLP001? Marshall “Brulosopher” Schott of Brulosophy.com joins us to provide his ...
Jan 20, 2016
In Episode 5 – Denny and Drew look back at the Brew Year's Resolutions where we've had a bunch of feedback from listeners. We talk in the pub about the latest in acquisitions with the sweet spicy addition of hypocrisy – throw in a little competition and Denny's soon to be appearance in Vail. After that we return to the lab to present our second experiment. This time we're exploring if throwing hops into a whirlpool steep at a lower temperature (120F) makes a qualitative difference in the beer ov...
Jan 06, 2016
In Episode 4 – Denny and Drew reflect on the feedback we received about our discussion of the decline of homebrewing before we head to the Pub to talk about socially conscious brewing projects like Lady Justice Brewing in Denver and we talk about the Brew Tube community and how they're coming together after a loss. After that we return to Casa Verde to make plans and let the universe laugh at us as we reveal what our Brew Years Resolutions are. Seriously, that's just asking for failure. We'll se...
Dec 23, 2015
PROFANITY WARNING – There are a few unbleeped blue utterances in this podcast – if you're sensitive to blueness, please wear headphones! In Episode 3 – Denny and Drew start out in the Pub talking about a distressing topic – the possible decline of homebrewing, the causes and what all of us can do about it. Then we get into the real meat of our whole show as we head into the Experimental Brewing Labs in Casa Verde – it's experimentation time! Back in Episode 1 we walked you through a triangle tes...
Dec 09, 2015
In Episode 2 – Denny and Drew talk about the rise of the brewing robots and what they mean for us homebrewers. Are our “jobs” about to be farmed out to a microchip that can make better beer than we can before we've have our morning coffee? Is it really still brewing if a computer is doing all the watching? Also, what does it mean to be Craft Beer? Table of Contents: 00:00:00 – Our sponsors 00:01:16 – Theme and Intro! 00:02:30 – Our Sponsorship Pledge and Patreon 00:05:00 – The Beer Life (from th...
Nov 25, 2015
In Between Episode Travel Announcement! (Next episode on 11/23) Denny and Drew will be in San Francisco (ok, the East Bay Area – mostly) this Friday and Saturday at the MoreBeer Los Altos, MoreBeer San Leandro and MoreBeer Concord. Come on out and meet us! We'll have books for sale and we'll take your abuse or questions! Details on the site! – http://www.experimentalbrew.com/content/meet-denny-and-drew-bay-area-112… Interested in helping Denny and Drew with the IGOR program (aka help us run expe...
Nov 17, 2015
Holy Schnikes Batman – it's the first ever episode of Experimental Brewing with Denny and Drew. In this episode, you'll hear Drew actually be right (according to Denny) about the recent spate of craft beer mergers, the absolutely fundamental bedrock technique of triangle testing, Guinness, statistics and math (wait did that survive the edit? if not, expect an article – cause Drew loves the story!) and lastly, Drew tries to convince us that Pumpkin isn't a terrible waste of time, even if it usual...
Nov 11, 2015
Listen to the dulcet tones of one Mr. Denny Conn as he explains to you what Experimental Brewing with Denny and Drew will be all about! That’s right two of your “favorite” authors – Drew Beechum and Denny Conn are bringing you a new show about the wackiness of beer science and the science of beer wackiness! Where’s Drew? Why isn’t he in the trailer? Has he turned to the Dark Side of the Force? You’ll just have to wait and see for when the podcast drops on November 11th (or the 18th – things are ...
Nov 05, 2015•46 sec
