Episodes

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 B...

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 ...

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, et...

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/tv-s...

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-we...

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:...

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...

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 Epi...

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 Thi...

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 ...

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 h...

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 ...

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@experi...

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.aspx?g...

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 podcastin...

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:...

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 podca...

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:...

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 commen...

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-Surviv...

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, re...

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 Co...

The Brew Is Out There! Caleb Meinke may just overthink his brewday, but the results speak for themselves. In addition to being 2021’s Midwest Homebrewer of the Year, he’s taken gold in the AHA for the neglected American Wheat and challenging American Lager. Links Willow Run American Wheat Beer: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/willow-run-wheat-beer Len’s Light Lager: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/lens-light-lager This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers As...

Thiols are all the rage right now, so much so that Omega Yeast, Phantasm and Yakima Chief all brought thiol enhancing products to the market at the same time. Denny finds out how these products can be used together to synergistically maximize impact in any IPA style Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental Boogie of the Bells: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qEt1CXMWpE&t=4s Tru Colors Closing: https://www.brewbound.com/news/tru-colors-molso...