The Brew is Out There! It's been over 4 years and 100 episodes of this quick hit series focusing on fundamental aspects of brewing. Today, we sit down and try and figure out – just what has changed about brewing in that time and reflect on what we've seen in 100 episodes of the ukuele free Brew Files! This episode is brought to you by: Don't forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassmen...
Apr 15, 2021
We took a week off from hops, but we could never leave them for long. With all of the new ways of using hops, the IBU (which was already a lie) seems increasingly inadequate to reflect the modern beer experience. We're talking to our friends – Sam and Marko, from Grainfather – to discuss a new way to calculate the impact of our hop usage. Episode Links: HomeBrewCon Virtual: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ Radegast Award: Due 4/11 – https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/homebrew-clubs/radegast-club...
Apr 07, 2021
The Brew is Out There! Are you obsessed with your beer’s numbers? If so, the folks at Tilt have you covered. Drew sits down with Noah Neibaron, CEO and co-creator of the Tilt, to talk the hows, the whys and the wherefores of the hydrometer and whether or not you need one in your brewery. Tilt: https://tilthydrometer.com/ This episode is brought to you by: Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, ...
Mar 31, 2021•37 min
We talk a lot about hops, but without great malt, hops would make a poor, bitter salad. In this episode, we talk to Jesse Bussard the Executive Director of the North American Craft Maltsters Guild to talk all things malty. If you love great craft beer, then you should be excited about the future of great craft malt! Episode Links: HomeBrewCon Virtual: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ City Brewing Purchased and Pabst Sells Their New Brewery: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210316005616/en/Ci...
Mar 24, 2021
The Brew is Out There! We've threatened and now we're doing. In this episode we bring together Drew and Denny's advice about brewing a Triple IPA and combine it with professional brewers you know and love like Jamil and Mitch! And Drew tastes his way through 4 top notch TIPAs! Prepare yourself for a crop ton of hops! This episode is brought to you by: Don't forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, feed...
Mar 18, 2021
Mergers keep happening – this time between two Bend power houses. What to make of it? Pirates? Mummies? And Denny talks to Ryan Farrell, the director of the AHA and, well, the tables might get turned! Episode Links: BYO Bootcamp: https://byo.com/product/homebrew-experiments-online-boot-camp-with-drew-… Brewyard/Deschutes: https://newschoolbeer.com/home/2021/3/boneyard-founder-tony-lawrence-and… Ancient Egyptian Brewery: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56067717 Argentinian Beer Pirates...
Mar 11, 2021
REPLAY EPISODE – Sorry y'all, there's been a death in the family, so the new episode of the Brew Files is delayed. But trust us, you'll want to listen to this to prepare for episode 98! 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 Shapla...
Mar 04, 2021
It's amazing how much dust can get kicked up in two weeks. In this episode we're looking at a bunch of kerfluffles (both serious and not so) that have risen recently before diving into some news about native African beers and what we've been brewing. (Oh and Drew tells you why Episode Links: BYO Bootcamp: https://byo.com/product/homebrew-experiments-online-boot-camp-with-drew-… Achel loses it's Trappist Status – https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/art-culture/150901/the-world-is-one-t… Boulevard ...
Feb 25, 2021
The Brew is Out There! Can you believe it's been nearly a 100 episodes and we've never talked about Saison? Time to fix that by talking to Peter Howson about his award winning Petite Saison. Links: The Recipe: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/le-cr%C3%A9cerellethe-kestrel-p… This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewers Publications Atlantic Brew Supply (Discount Code: BrewFiles) Don't forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). L...
Feb 19, 2021
REPLAY TIME! This episode we talk about two of our favorite online communities and their upcoming distributed competitions. We stop in the pub to do a little talk about mashing obsessions and the law and homebrewing. We head to the library to talk about Scott Janish's article on DMS, causes and cures and his test. Denny and I talk about his favorite homebrew myths before he heads to the land by the waters – Milwaukee – where he talks to Mino Choi, a homebrewer with a culinary obsession and a cou...
Feb 12, 2021
The Brew is Out There! Brown Ale has a bad reputation. It's old man fuddy duddy beer, but for many of us that warm embrace of suppable malt was amongst our first forays into good beer. Denny and Drew walk you through what makes a brown ale and how to make them! Links: The Slideshow: https://slides.com/drewbeechum/brownales This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewers Publications Atlantic Brew Supply (Discount Code: BrewFiles) Don't forget to subscribe via your fav...
Feb 05, 2021
IPA rules the roost of the Craft Beer world and in this episode, we're exploring a variation of of the fundamental Double IPA – Pliny For President and then talking with Graciany about his Triple IPA and just how long it lived in cold storage. Come taste the hops! Episode Links: BYO Bootcamp: https://byo.com/product/homebrew-experiments-online-boot-camp-with-drew-… Side Lot & Hersey's – https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2020/12/22/hersheys-side-lot-brewery-mil… Sonata Beer Labs carrying Escarp...
Jan 28, 2021
While Drew is getting his ducks in a row for the next series of shows – It's Replay time! And since we've been getting a lot of water questions, what better place to revist, than Martin's episode all about Bru'n water! The Brew is Out There! TECHNIQUE SHOW Water is an important chemical – without it we wouldn't have beer! And for something that comprises so much of our beer, the chemistry we need to know to brew our best beer is Daunting – with a capital D. Drew sits down with Martin Brungard, c...
Jan 21, 2021
This has been a long strange year and Denny and Drew just wanted to stop in for a few minutes and say thank you for continuing to listen and be a part of the beery world. We're reflecting on some of our favorite things this year – what have been some of yours? Email at podcast@experimentalbrew.com In the meanwhile, subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassments, etc, feel free to drop us a line ...
Dec 23, 2020
As we've entered a less rapidly growing beer market, it's inevitable that some breweries will close. What does it take to walk into an existing brewery and retool it and revamp it's image? Drew sits down with the team behind the soon to open, Radiant Brewing of Anaheim to find out what it takes and how their shared history at the Bruery may help! Episode Links: Guinness 0 recall – https://www.guinness.com/en-ie/our-beers/guinness-0.0/#:~:text=GUINNESS%… COVID good for DIPA sales? – https://www.g...
Dec 15, 2020
The Brew is Out There! The Maltose Falcons Mayfaire has been running at least since1978 so we're not going to let a once in a century pandemic break our streak! In this episode you'll hear about the winning beers from Gary Elliot of F.O.A.M. and Jeff Kohler of the Yeastside Brewers, who placed third and first overall in the competition. You'll also hear feedback from the actual judges and Best of Show panelists about why they chose those particular beers as winning examples! Links: The Recipes: ...
Dec 02, 2020
If you can't tell by the number of hop conversations going on – things are wild and changing in the hop world. We're sitting down with Mike Brennan of BSG to get his take on what's changing and what you need to know! (And we suspect we'll be talking even more with him! Episode Links: Fermentis DA-16 – https://fermentis.com/en/fermentation-solutions/you-create-beer/safbrew-… Campbell's Meme – https://img.ifunny.co/images/fbd4ba87b4ad073be7fbae477b8e77679ddb1d96e4e… All About Beer Website Gone – h...
Nov 12, 2020
The Brew is Out There! Kiley's back and talking about using herbs and spices in her beers! We're specifically focusing on her Mecca Grade “Brewing Man” Best of Show Winning “Grewit” Gruit her “Deep Roots” Porter. Want to make a beer with eomse other flavors – look no further! Links: Grew-it Gruit – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/oregon-brewing-woman-grew-it Deep Roots Recipe – https://blog.mountainroseherbs.com/adventures-home-brewing Mountain Rose Herbs – https://mountainroseherbs.com...
Oct 30, 2020
Our homebrewing friends, Jeff and Susan Rankert have nursed a life long love of Germany and German beers and it shows when you talk to them about their brewery trips. A few months back, we sent them some Mecca Grade malt to try and they sent us break a pils inspired by one of their favorite German brewers. Grab a cold one – it's drinking time! Episode Links: Catch up on Yakima Virtual Hop & Brew School – https://hopandbrewschool.com/ Garret Oliver Interview – https://www.beervanablog.com/bee...
Oct 22, 2020
The Brew is Out There! e're back with Scott Janish, co founder of Sapwood Cellars and the author of the New IPA. Last time we talked the basics of hop chemistry. Now in this part, we're talking all about survivables, why cold dry hopping works and giving you Scott's keys to make a fruit forward IPA, before we delve into questions from the crowd. Links: Scott Janish – http://scottjanish.com/ The New IPA – https://www.amazon.com/New-IPA-Scientific-Guide-Flavor/dp/0578477866/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&...
Oct 01, 2020
We're back! And this time, it's tasting time as Denny drops one of the oddest beers he's known for on Drew's palate – the infamous Wee Shroomy, a Chantrelle infused Wee Heavy. It's rich and fruity and surprising. Drew also tries Denny's pink hued Crabapple cider. All that and the news! Episode Links: Yakima Virtual Hop & Brew School – https://hopandbrewschool.com/ Nature Journal – Alternative Careers – https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-02404-3 Aluminium Shortage – https://www.westwo...
Sep 15, 2020
The Brew is Out There! In this first part of America's favorite topic, Drew talks with Scott Janish about his fascination with the leafy green beer herb and the newly emerging (and sometimes forgotten) science of hops. (and where to find more information for yourself!) Links: Scott Janish – http://scottjanish.com/ The New IPA – https://www.amazon.com/New-IPA-Scientific-Guide-Flavor/dp/0578477866/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+new+IPA&qid=1597216214&sr=8-1 American Society of Brewin...
Aug 12, 2020
We're back! And as is always the case for the 12th show of a cycle, we make like Carnac the Magnificent by way of the Tappet Brothers. We've got a whole field of q's to run through, so let's get to it! (And don't forget you can always give us more info and ask us more questions at podcast@expreimentalbrew.com!) Episode Links: Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing Experimental Brew Store – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/store Episode Conten...
Aug 05, 2020
The Brew is Out There! Many of the lessons that we learn as brewers, particularly as homebrewers, are of the “eh, this is the way it's been done historically”. And it feels like that's truer nowhere else but in mixed culture brewing. The gang at Milk the Funk are trying to bring the science to sour beer and you can witness the awe inspiring efforts behind their wiki. We're talking to Dan Pixley, the primary maintainer of the Wiki, about things he's learned and been surprised about over the years...
Jul 23, 2020
As we prep for the online version of HomeBrewCon, it's time for Denny and Drew to sit down and talk the results of their various brewing projects and new brewing toys and things for you to watch/listen to! Any fails? Any great successes? You'll just have to listen! And don't forget to join us online for HomeBrewCon! Episode Links: HomeBrewCon Online – https://www.homebrewcon.org/ TTB Circular Changes Due to COVID – https://www.ttb.gov/industry-circulars/ttb-industry-circular-2020-3 Portland Brew...
Jun 17, 2020
The Brew is Out There! Julian Shrago has made a name for himself as he transitioned from award winning homebrewer to award winning brewer at Beachwood Brewing. A big portion of that reputation has been built on a broad swath of well crafted beers, particularly his IPA's. What makes Julian's IPAs his? Sit back and listen! Links: Beachwood Brewing Company (now shipping in CA!): http://beachwoodbrewing.com/ This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewers Publications Atl...
May 28, 2020
While everything else is in turmoil – the AHA membership elected 5 new members to the Governing Committee. Drew sits down and talks with Amy, Annie, Cassie, Chris and Gail about what makes them tick as homebrewers. We also talk with Gary Glass, who might need to be promoted to co-host, about the online version of HomebrewCon now that we know Nashville can't happen (yet!) Episode Links: Monday Night's Re-Opening Survey – https://mondaynightbrewing.com/survey-results-what-do-taproom-visitors-e… Is...
May 15, 2020
The Brew is Out There! Peter just can't stop writing about beer! Inspired by a Proustian recollection of his Cornish youth, his third book – Guile Brews – explores the endlessly fascinating process of Guile (or Gyle) Brewing. It's not nearly as simple as we're usually taught! Listen to hear some of the tricks and the reasons for doing Guile brewing and pick up Peter's book! Links: Peter's Lulu Books: https://www.lulu.com/search?contributor=Peter+Symons Unholy Mess Invert Method: http://www.unhol...
May 07, 2020
It's time to get our Big Brew on – separately, naturally. We're talking with Gary Glass from the AHA about this year's brewing holiday and how we can all celebrate our hobby! And of course we're talking brewing and news, so sit down and grab a beer! Episode Links: BA's Craft Beer Numbers – https://www.brewersassociation.org/brewing-industry-updates/coronavirus-… Other Half's “All Together” IPA Project – https://alltogether.beer/ 10 “Lost” Apple Varieties Discovered – https://time.com/5821187/ext...
Apr 27, 2020
The Brew is Out There! We're going back to basics with a Drew & Denny's primer on all things water. Why and what you need to worry about and what you shouldn't worry about! Water doesn't need to be complicated to get results! This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewers Publications Atlantic Brew Supply (Discount Code: BrewFiles) Don't forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have c...
Apr 17, 2020
