The Brew is Out There! While Denny and Drew wrap up their time with Yakima Chief Hops – it's time to go back and rehear our talk about brewing big. What have been our experiences, our tips, tricks and our favorites! Next week we're back with a live episode of the show! Links Old Stoner Barleywine Recipe: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/old-stoner-barleywine-10 FalconsClaws Recipe: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/falconsclaws-2016 This episode is brought to you by: American Home...
Sep 04, 2019
We've been talking for just shy of 13,000 minutes now and it only took us 100 episode (plus 69 of the Brew Files) to get there! In this episode we visit a new room at Casa Verde to revisit what we've all learned (Maybe the real beer was always the one in our hands). And since the world of beer never stops – we're covering the news and talking with Seth Klann of Mecca Grade Estate Malt about his plans to bring even more craft malt to the world! Oh and a party! Episode Links: Hop & Brew School...
Aug 28, 2019
The Brew is Out There! Last episode we covered beer that isn't beer – this week we prep for winter's return by talking the members of the Rhode Island Brewing Society about their epic GOAT Ribs Doppelbock, winner of the Ocean State Homebrew Competition that was brewed at the Guild in time for our HomeBrewCon party! Listen to hear their story and how an 8% Doppelbock is the small version! Links Rhode Island Brewing Society: https://ribrewingsociety.com This episode is brought to you by: American ...
Aug 21, 2019
What do you get when you take a dedicated homebrewer, an old mill building and a couple of crazy dogs? One very interesting brewery designed straight up with Drew's tastebuds in mind – IPAs and Saisons and odd things. Drew sits down with Morgan Snyder, owner/brewery/dogdad of Cranston RI's Buttonwoods Brewery. Episode Links: Hop & Brew School – https://www.yakimachief.com/events/ Episode 100 Feedback – http://experimentalbrew.com/episode100 BYO Nano-Con Registration (code nano-experimental f...
Aug 14, 2019
The Brew is Out There! There are no laws when drinking – hard seltzer? Yes, it's the latest evolution of the malternative/alcopop/notbeerbeer. So, let's say you want to make your own malternative at home – how do you do it? Drew walks you through the reasons for these things and how to make your own hard lemonade, hard seltzer and even better the quick way to make an alternative draft beverage as a homebrewer! Links This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewers Publ...
Aug 07, 2019
One of the greatest joys of HomeBrewCon is getting a chance to talk to interesting people and then get to see them recognized for what their doing. In this episode Drew sits down in conversation with Douglas Amport and John LaPolla – founders of New York City's only homebrew shop – Bitter & Esters. We talk about the challenges and joys of podcasting and running a homebrew shop. A day later, they won as the AHA's Homebrew Shop of the Year! Episode Links: Hop & Brew School – https://www.ya...
Jul 31, 2019
The Brew is Out There! Drew's siting down with Levi from Long Beach Beer Lab again to explore how Levi is using the old school, new hotness of Kveik in nearly half of his beers. What has Levi discovered to make some pretty amazing beer? He's got a few tricks up his sleeve! Links Kveik – Milk The Funk – http://www.milkthefunk.com/wiki/Kveik Levi uses Skare and Sykkylven. Omega's Voss Kveik (from Atlantic Brew Supply – codeword BrewFiles) – https://www.atlanticbrewsupply.com/Omega-Yeast-Labs-Voss-...
Jul 24, 2019
It's time! Time for a whole bunch of questions and answers. In this go around it seems many of you have hops on the brain – so it's only fitting we also announce a chance to win 2 tickets to Yakima Chief Hops Hop and Brew School®. Enter by 7/26 at https://www.experimentalbrew.com/hopandbrew! On with the questions! Episode Links: Hop & Brew School – https://www.yakimachief.com/events/ Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing Experimental Bre...
Jul 17, 2019
The Brew is Out There! We've been talking a lot about lower alcohol beers recently – part of a trend – but a real problem for these beers is fewer ingredients means fewer chances to inject flavor. Drew sits down with Phil Jensen and talks about using a by-product of the flour milling industry to boost beer flavor. They may be called “middlings”, but their impact is anything but. Sit back – it's time to taste some beer! Links Middlings – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat_middlings Phil's Semina...
Jul 10, 2019
Episode Links: Hop & Brew School – https://www.yakimachief.com/events/ Wings of Rescue – https://wingsofrescue.org/ 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 Opening & Our Sponsors 00:03:45 Gary Glass – The AHA 00:13:44 Alex – Yakima Chief Hops 00:30:16 Graciany & Fred – Kilt Lifter Wee Heavy 00:47:19 Jonathan – Craftmeister 00:53:23 Jared – C...
Jul 06, 2019
The Brew is Out There! American Light Lager is by far and away, the most popular style of beer in America. No matter how much we gnash our teeth about it, it's the truth. It's also the truth that this little bit of “nothing” can be the hardest technical challenge a brewer can face. Are you up to it? Links Jeff Renner's Your Father's Mustache: https://beerandbrewing.com/your-father-s-mustache-pre-prohibition-lager-recipe/ Dougweiser, the Beer of Kings: https://www.maltosefalcons.com/recipes/dougw...
Jun 26, 2019
Over the last decade, Asheville has become a mecca of breweries, but perhaps none of them have the dedication to history and brewing as a passion as the improbably tiny Zebulon Artisan Ales helmed by long time brewer, former homebrew shop owner and man of odd business hours, Mike Karnowski. Drew sat down with Mike and covered the beer (including a really satisfying 1% Mild on handpump and other treats), the business and the meaning of beer in a world suddenly awash in breweries. Episode Links: H...
Jun 19, 2019
The Brew is Out There! One problem with us sitting here and giving our brewing advice – you never get to taste our beer! While we can't ship everyone a beer, you can finally hear Denny's feedback about Drew's canned IPAs. We're tasting Drew's 45th Birthday IPA and Cape Point New South African Hazy IPA Links Drew's 45th Birthday IPA https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/drews-45th-ipa Cape Point New South African IPA https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/cape-point-new-south-african-ipa Thi...
Jun 12, 2019
HomeBrewCon steadily marches closer and on this episode we sit down with Jeremy Duffy of Isle Brewers Guild about their unique way of running a brewery – and what we can expect when we (and hopefully you) party with them on the 26th! But before we get there, we check the beer news, a new book that's just been released, Denny's latest mistake (and our disagreement). Sit back and relax – we're on island time! Episode Links: HomeBrewCon – Providence RI – http://www.homebrewcon.org Pre-Con Party – C...
Jun 05, 2019
The Brew is Out There! In the world of beer, we hold this truth to be self-evident – Non-Alcoholic beer sucks. Does it have to, though? With growing interest in healthier options, there's a movement afoot to make craft inspired non-alcoholic beer. Drew sits down with Bill Shufelt of Athletic Brewing to discuss what's wrong with the NA beer of the past and what made him open a non-alcoholic brewery. And of course, we'll give the beers a taste and see how close they come to the hard stuff. Links A...
May 29, 2019
Denny and Paula have just returned from Belgium. What did he learn? What did he taste? (What did she drink that wasn't IPA?) How did the authorities let him back in? Tune in and find out that and all the beer news and brewing misadventures we've been getting up to in this week's episode! Episode Links: HomeBrewCon – Providence RI – http://www.homebrewcon.org Pre-Con Party – CountryMaltGroup & Experimental Brewing at Isle Brewers Guild – 6/26 Hop & Brew School – https://www.yakimachief.co...
May 22, 2019
The Brew is Out There! One of our favorite traditions is the HomeBrewCon commemorative beer given to attendees. This year's beer is Wicked Smooth, an Apricot Milkshake IPA. Drew sits down with Michelle Clark of Grey Sail and Chris Leonard of Heavy Seas Beer and talks about the decisions they made while collaborating to make this beer that's out of their comfort zone. Links AHA HomebrewCon – http://www.homebrewcon.org Grey Sail Brewing – https://greysailbrewing.com/ Heavy Seas Beer – http://www.h...
May 15, 2019
As we release this, Denny is somewhere recovering from invading the fine country of Belgium. Next episode we'll get into it. But on this episode, we wanted to step back and take a look at where we started on our journey of New England “Hazy” IPA (Episode 15), revisit one of the strange beer ideas Drew still gets questions about with Russell Everett's Cool Ranch Beer from Bainbridge Brewing(Episode 23) and the infamous Gin discussion that some of you probably didn't get to because it was in our A...
May 08, 2019
The Brew is Out There! Have you ever wondered what the pure essence of a hop smells like? Well, sit back because Drew and Matt Humbard sit down to discuss how you pull every drop of smelly goodness from our favorite beer seasoning (and how you use it) Links Patent Beer – http://patent.beer Milk The Funk Podcast – https://www.milkthefunk.live/ A PhD in Beer – https://phdinbeer.com/ Matt's Distillation Video – https://youtu.be/ZT6slEiJdm8 This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Ass...
May 01, 2019
HomeBrewCon season is rapidly approaching! To get you ready for it, we sit down with Gary and Matt from the AHA to talk about what they've got planned for the largest nerdiest beer party on the planet. (And don't forget – early bird pricing is almost over!) Plus we tackle the beer news, what we've been brewing and reading… and writing! Episode Links: HomeBrewCon – Providence RI – http://www.homebrewcon.org Pre-Con Party – CountryMaltGroup & Experimental Brewing at Isle Brewers Guild – 6/26 H...
Apr 24, 2019
The Brew is Out There! The Farmer's Markets are about to overflow with fruit and naturally that means – fruit beers. Today, we're sitting down and trying to help you get make fruit beer that's worth drinking and respects the ingredients. Let's make some juicy beer! Links Amy's Rapsberry Witbier: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/amys-raspberry-witbier Saison Experimentale: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/saison-experimentale Sangreal Saison: Add 3 liters of Blood Orange juice and...
Apr 17, 2019
Thanks to questions and beer tastings – we’ve had a bunch of feedback, so we dig into what everyone thought. And after tackling that we stop for another beer as we talk to Matt Van Wyk of Denny’s favorite brewery – Alesong in Eugene. And of course, questions, brew news, ingredients and more! Episode Links: Mecca Grade’s Brewing Man: http://www.meccagrade.com HomeBrewCon – Providence RI – Party Details Soon! – http://www.homebrewcon.org Historical Evidence of Water Drinking – https://leslefts.blo...
Apr 10, 2019•1 hr 36 min
The Brew is Out There! We just talked what happens when you can't keep things cool, so naturally now that Spring has sprung – now's our time to bring our tools to bear and keep our wort cool. Let's take a quick spin around the world of staying chilly during our warmer months! Links Reptile Heater: https://amzn.to/2HVZQYM Son of Fermentation Chiller: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/pimp-my-system/son-of-a-fermentat… Igloo Ice Cube: https://amzn.to/2Uoq8ZL Auber Instruments: https://amzn.to...
Apr 03, 2019
Every year Drew holds a “Brew with a Falcon” event at his brewery. This year there's more brewing hijinks with new toys and new yeasts as well. Sit down with the crew as they recount what happened and what they love about brewing. In addition, we taste a listener's beer to try and find the cause and cure for his beer's unhappiness. All this and more! Episode Links: Brewers Association Top 50 Breweries in the US – https://www.brewersassociation.org/press-releases/brewers-association-re… Anchor Br...
Mar 27, 2019
The Brew is Out There! It may be March, but it's time to start thinking about October. On this episode, we briefly dig into the history of March beer and explore the polar opposite styles from the same party – the old fashioned Marzen and the modern super Helles “Festbier”. Sit back and get ready to lift a stein! Links Drew's Marzen: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/drews-marzen Drew's Festbier: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/drews-festbier This episode is brought to you by: Am...
Mar 20, 2019
You know Murphy's law says whatever can happen, will. White's corollary to Murphy's Law says “Murphy was an Optimist”. (aka Denny's Internet in his lovely country home are was out all last week. He's almost back online!) So we're revisiting one of our favorite pieces of science from last year – Cryo vs. T-90! Episode Links: BrewSwag.com – Use Code “Experimental” and save 7.5% and give 7.5% to our charity fund! HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ Clayton Cone: http://www.lallemandwine.com/n...
Mar 13, 2019
The Brew is Out There! For some February is all about chocolate, but for the hop obsessed, February is all about the sweet, sweet bitterness of Pliny the Younger. If you don't live in an area that gets the limited shipments of Younger or you just don't want to wait in line, we've got you covered with Craig Shapland's amazing “Old School Triple IPA” that he's refined over the years with new ingredients and techniques. Sit back, it's time to get bitter! Links Old School Triple IPA Recipe – https:/...
Mar 06, 2019
There's a whole slew of feedback today before we hit the beer news and run to the brewery to talk a Memorial Day event at Mecca Grade, new Yeast strains, how to actually say Kveik and make things with it and some additional dry hopping data points. And then we sit down with Marshall and talk about what we're going to be trying to teach at the BYO Bootcamp in Asheville in a month! Episode Links: BYO Boot Camp with Denny, Drew & Marshall – http://byobootcamp.com/ (use code byobootcampexperimen...
Feb 27, 2019
The Brew is Out There! 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. Links Pink Drink Recipe – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/pink-drink 1 lb of Hibiscus Flowers – https://amzn.to/2TSEG06 Two Brew Tuesday – https://www.youtube.com/playlist...
Feb 20, 2019
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” Episode Links: BYO Boot Camp with Denny, Drew & Marshall ...
Feb 13, 2019
