Drew’s favorite festival of the year just happened and look at that – Drew had a recorder with him to catch up with Andy Carter, Julia Herz and Andy Gamelin at the Southern California Homebrewers Festival Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ California Homebrewers Association: https://www.calhomebrewers.org/ Society du Lambic Part 1: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2022/07/02/brew-files-123-societe-...
Jun 10, 2023•1 hr 2 min
The Brew Is Out There! Disasters. Accidents. Incidents. Call them what you will, but a moment’s missed attention in the brewery can cause bad things to happen. In this episode, Denny and Drew cover some of the more common things that can happen and importantly, how to keep them from happening again!. Links: This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing America Grainfather Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast,...
May 31, 2023•42 min
It’s festival season and Denny and Drew catch up – including Denny’s experience with the Falcons and what happened with Drew’s massive brewday! Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ Clay from JaDeD’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/clays-road-back Did the Pursuit of Beer Styles Lead Us Down A Blind Alley: https://www.beervanablog.com/beervana/2023/5/4/did-the-pursuit-of-beer-styles-lead-us-down-a...
May 23, 2023•1 hr 8 min
The Brew Is Out There! Vinnie Cilurzo has never forgotten his roots as a homebrewer and freely shares his knowledge with the crowd. We’re dropping you into the chaos of the 3rd Anniversary Happy Hour of the Maltose Falcons with Russian River as Drew, Vinnie and a cast of others, taste the classic Pliny the Elder and discuss what’s changed and why it works so well. Links: Russian River Brewing: https://www.russianriverbrewing.com/ The Zymurgy Recipe for Pliny the Elder: https://www.homebrewersass...
May 13, 2023•43 min
Homebrew clubs are awesome and we can prove it! Entering it’s 6th year, the American Homebrewer’s Association’s Radegast Club of the Year Award seeks to recognize the crazy amazing things they do. We talk with the AHA’s Matt Bollng about the award and how your club can win! And we dig into a bunch of Saison info as well as the beer news and brewing fun! Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ Cantillon ...
Apr 29, 2023•1 hr 36 min
Stephen Porr has been brewing and YouTubing for years and by reputation making great beers. How good? Denny finds out! Plus we finally get a chance to try David James’ Czech Amber! Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ Drekker – Mac-Prrrt-roni Mac and Cheese Beer – https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=535421142118124 Guinness Closing in Maryland – https://www.wbaltv.com/article/guinness-closing-manufactu...
Apr 16, 2023•1 hr 48 min
The Brew Is Out There! Drew’s procrastination has caught up with him and now he’s gotta scramble to make beers in time for the Southern California Homebrewer’s Festival. What’s his plan and how can you do the same? Links: California Homebrewers Association: https://www.calhomebrewers.org/ Mild/Saison “2fer”: https://share.brewfather.app/xSmBVUsWYuuNss Michigan Spring Cold Pale: https://share.brewfather.app/Fwa2NzmFAeDshR This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing...
Apr 10, 2023•19 min
After hearing our confusion and musing on “What is Cold IPA”, listener and brewer David Basile offered us his Cold IPA and his take and notes on the style! And to double up the IPA content – Denny sent Drew his latest West Coast DIPA to break down. Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ The Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Mixed Case: https://shop.sierranevada.com/products/bigfoot-vertical-12-pack-ca 5000 Year Ol...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 45 min
The Brew Is Out There! Distillation is an ancient art with new modern tools to make it even easier. Drew talks with Aaron Hyde about how you can easily distill hops, herbs, water and alcohol <where legal> with countertop devices like the new Air Still Pro. Links: Air Still Pro: https://stillspirits.com/products/air-still-pro How to Distill: https://www.amazon.com/How-Distill-Complete-Fermentation-Distilling/dp/1558329757/ This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association ...
Mar 26, 2023•54 min
The subject of water and most importantly, pH can be utterly confounding. Buffering capacity, acids, salt concentrations, “measurements expressed as” and temperature add to a mix of questions that baffle even experienced brewers. We sit down with Martin Brungard to work through common questions we see online to see if we can get answers! Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental Hop & Brew School: https://hopandbrewschool.com/ The Pizza Shop ...
Mar 19, 2023•1 hr 37 min
The Brew Is Out There! While many experienced brewers switch to kegs for convenience, some still hold to the path of bottling. Christian Mercado, host of The Food Engineer Podcast, makes his case for bottling – particularly when it comes to Saison! Links: The Food Engineer Podcast: https://www.thefoodengineerpodcast.com/ This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing America Grainfather Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Lik...
Mar 12, 2023•45 min
David James won the Annual Cascade Brewers Society competition in support of public radio (KLCC) with his multi award winning Czech Amber Lager. After we sift through a bunch of your Q&A feedback, we sit down and talk with him about what make his beer sing! You can ask him questions via his Instagram ( @studentsbrewing) Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ Longmire: https://www.justwatch.com/us/t...
Mar 04, 2023•1 hr 33 min
The Brew Is Out There! The annual Doug King Memorial Competition celebrating Doug’s craziness has a new winner – Masa Kitano of the Socal Cerveceros with his Guavaaahhh Gose. Drew talks with Masa about how he got into homebrewing, what inspired this fruit filled Gose and his experiments with Wet Hop IPAs for good measure! Links: Masa’s Guavaaahhh Gose – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2023/02/28/masas-guavaaahhh-gose/ Masa’s Wet Hop IPAs – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2023/02/28/masas-wet-h...
Feb 28, 2023•46 min
You sent us so many questions that it took 2 episodes to answer them all! In this second of two parts, Denny and Drew are joined by Mr. How-to-Brew himself, John Palmer to try to answer your homebrew questions. (Don’t forget you can always ask us questions at podcast@experimentalbrew.com Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing Episode Contents: 00:00:00...
Feb 17, 2023•1 hr 37 min
The Brew Is Out There! In these days of IPAification, Atascadero’s Wild Fields Brewhouse is making waves and GABF gold with malt forward beers. Drew sits down with brewery co-founder Ryan Fields to talk about making malty gold! Links: Wild Fields Brewhouse: https://wildfields.com/ Pine Mountain Monolith Brown Ale Recipe: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2023/02/15/wild-fields-pine-mountain-monolith-english-brown-ale/ This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing Ame...
Feb 11, 2023•43 min
We asked you for your questions and did you come through. In this first of two parts, Denny and Drew are joined by Mr. How-to-Brew himself, John Palmer to trawl the stormy seas of homebrew questions in search of our white whales. (Don’t forget you can always ask us questions at podcast@experimentalbrew.com Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing Episode...
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 25 min
The Brew Is Out There! We often talk about the connection between homebrewing and commercial brewing, but in the case of San Diego Beer News’ “Homebrew Summer” – it’s the literal truth. We’re talking to Brandon Hernández, who’s organized the herculean effort to bring brewers, pro and am, together to celebrate the magic of beer. Links: San Diego Beer News: https://www.sandiegobeer.news/ 2022 Homebrew Summer Recipes: https://www.sandiegobeer.news/blog/homebrewing/2022-homebrew-summer-recipes This ...
Jan 28, 2023•41 min
It’s a new year and for many, time for a new challenge!? If you’re crazy, you can follow Martin Keen’s example and brew every BJCP style over 99 weeks. We ask him just why and how he made that magic happen! Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental Cascade KLCC Homebrew Competition: https://klcchomebrewcomp.com The 99 Week Challenge: https://homebrewacademy.com/99brew-challenge/ Yellowstone: https://www.paramountnetwork.com/shows/yellowstone Patr...
Jan 14, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 168
The Brew Is Out There! In this wildly digressive episode, Drew talks with Lee Lord, Head Brewer of the resurrected New England classic – Narragansett Brewing. We’re exploring her new Narragansett Porter that throws back even further than the brewery’s 130 year history! This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing America Grainfather Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have co...
Dec 16, 2022•37 min
As we approach year’s end, Denny and Drew catch up on what’s happened over the last couple of week’s and Drew goes to Hobblin’ in his Shoes thanks to Denny’s special delivery! Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental Guinness Opening in Chicago: https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/news/guinness-is-opening-a-chicago-location/ The Rare Barrel Sells to Cellarmaker: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClFNsHIPauO/ Keurig/Dr Pepper invests in Athletic Brewi...
Dec 12, 2022•1 hr 2 min
The Brew Is Out There! After 300 episodes of talking about beer, it’s time to look back on what’s changed. How we brew, what we brew and why we brew! Here’s to 300 more episodes! This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing America Mangrove Jacks 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, harassments, etc, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@experimental...
Dec 07, 2022•40 min
In this special Thanksgiving weekend episode, Denny and Drew bring you their recent Q&A session for Brew Your Own Magazine. Every month BYO brings members an online beery experience and here we answered a bunch of questions for readers! Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental Brew Your Own Magazine Live Q&A’s: https://byo.com/topic/live-chat-qa/ Subscribe to BYO and support the podcast!: https://subscribe.pcspublink.com/sub/subscribe.as...
Nov 28, 2022•1 hr 23 min
The Brew Is Out There! We had a question come in regarding “Holiday beers” – For Denny, that’s Bourbon Vanilla Imperial Porter. For Drew – that’s Falconsclaws. We’re pulling together two separate episodes to review Denny’s quick turnaround holiday gift beer and the Falcons’ not so quick monster lager beer, that’s due to be brewed on Dec 6! This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing America Mangrove Jacks Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting serv...
Nov 21, 2022•25 min
Drew catches up with the crew at Wild Parrot to find out how things have gone now that they’re opened. How’s the brewing gone and how are they’re intregrating into their neighborhood fabric! Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental AHA National Homebrew Competition Announcement: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/news/2023-national-homebrew-compe… US Open Hard Seltzer Championship: https://usopenhardseltzer.com/ Siebel Turns 150: https://www...
Nov 13, 2022•1 hr 20 min
The Brew Is Out There! The American Brown Ale feels like almost a thing of the past, but how can you make this foundational style of American craft beer? Drew talks with Wayne Wambles of Cigar City Brewing about lessons learned from the multi-award winning Maduro Brown and where it both reflects and differs from the nebulous idea of the style. This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing America Mangrove Jacks Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting ...
Nov 08, 2022•42 min
WARNING – Drew excessively nerds out with Frank Clark of Colonial Williamsburg about beer through the years and their upcoming brewing history conference – Ale Through The Ages. (note the proper title – no matter how many times we mess it up). What was beer like back in the pre-Revolution period? What can you learn online or in person at their conference? Find out! Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental Opening Germany’s Oldest Beer: https://i...
Oct 29, 2022•1 hr 57 min
The Brew Is Out There! Bob’s back! Bob was just in Belgium for the celebration of De Ranke XX Bitter – the original craft Belgian hoppy beer. He spoke at the aptly named Bitterland and has brought back tips and tricks for making a big brash hopped up beer! This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing America Mangrove Jacks Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, fe...
Oct 23, 2022•41 min
Marty Nachel has been thinking about homebrewing for a damn sight longer than most of us weilding a mash paddle. In that time, he's seen a number of changes and has documented it in “Homebrewing for Dummies”. We're look back over homebrewing and what's changed in his brand new 3rd Edition. Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental Survivables Presentation: CORRECTED LINK – https://hopandbrewschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Next-Gen-Surviva… ...
Oct 14, 2022
The Brew Is Out There! The Maltose Falcons are turning 50 in 2024 and to celebrate we’re kicking off a series of collaboration brews starting with an Imperial Porter Braggot brewed by Bravery Brewing. Drew talks with Brian Avery about how the beer is constructed and what we can expect in a year! This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing America Mangrove Jacks Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review i...
Oct 09, 2022•30 min
The notion of “Survivable Hop Compounds” has changed the way we plan and use hops in our favorite IPAs. Being new science, there are changes occurring between harvest years and so Denny sits down with Patrick Jensen and Spencer Tielkemeir of Yakima Chief Hops to cover where we (hop) stand! Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental Brew Files – Festbier and Marzen: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/podcast/brew-files-episode-58-march-oct… NA Contin...
Oct 01, 2022•1 hr 24 min
