December 29, 2016 - Disaster Show 2016
James and Steve carry on the tradition of sharing stories from listeners of brew days gone bad.
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December 15, 2016 - Brülosophy Boil Experiments
Marshall Schott and Malcolm Frazer from Brulosophy.com share their experiments: the effect of keeping the lid on during the boil and not boiling a Berliner Weisse.
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December 8, 2016 - Holiday Brewing Time Management
Chris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Journal and author of the Homebrew Recipe Bible, gives us tips on carving time out during the holidays for the important thing: brewing.
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December 1, 2016 - Steve's Brew Shop
Steve Wilkes is now the owner of a shiny new local homebrew shop in Fayetteville, Arkansas. He talks about the process of starting the shop and plans for the future.
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November 17, 2016 - Hoppy Sour Beers
Mad Fermentationist Mike Tonsmeire shares his techniques for brewing tart beers with lots of hop character, and he samples three interpretations from James.
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November 10, 2016 - Bryggerhuset Pilot Brewery Part Two
We continue the discussion with Gard Karlsnes, who runs the pilot brewery at Aass Brewery in Norway. This time, we sample a ginger beer and Christmas stout. Part two of two.
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November 3, 2016 - Bryggerhuset Pilot Brewery Part One
Gard Karlsnes runs the pilot brewery at Aass Brewery in Norway and is expanding its horizons beyond Reinheitsgebot roots. Part one of two.
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October 27, 2016 - Hermit Thrush Brewing
Chris Gagné of Hermit Thrush Brewing in Brattleboro, Vermont, talks about brewing beer with only wild yeast he's harvested from the environment.
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October 20, 2016 - Competition Cream Ales
Chris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Journal and author of the Homebrew Recipe Bible, shares tips on how to make your cream ale stand out in a competition setting.
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October 13, 2016 - Vegetable Saisons
Homebrewer Jason Jackson shares four versions of his saison enhanced with vegetables from his garden. Steve Wilkes helps sample.
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October 6, 2016 - New Province Brewing
Our series on northwest Arkansas brewing continues with New Province Brewing in Rogers and a visit with owner/head brewer Derek McEnroe.
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September 29, 2016 - Brewing Local: American Grown Beer
Author Stan Hieronymus talks about his latest book that takes a look at how American brewers are using local ingredients to put their stamp on our favorite beverage.
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September 22, 2016 - Bluejacket/The Arsenal
Josh Chapman, head brewer of Bluejacket in Washington DC, shows us around what Mike Tonsmeire describes as the "Disney World of Brewpubs."
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September 15, 2016 - Managing Tannins
Chris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Journal and author of The Homebrew Recipe Bible, walks us through tannins: when they're good or bad and how to control them in our beer.
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September 8, 2016 - Groennfell and Havoc Meaderies
Ricky the Meadmaker returns to the program with his wife and business partner, Kelly Klein, to share some wonderful "beer-strength" meads and tips for our own meads.
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September 1, 2016 - Brülosophy Starter and Mash Experiments
Brülosophy team member Jake Huolihan shares two experiments comparing vitality vs viability starters and batch vs no sparging.
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August 25, 2016 - Nathan Zeender of Right Proper Brewing
We join head brewer Nathan Zeender in 3-D at the production brewery of Right Proper in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington D.C.
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August 18, 2016 - Grisette and Saison
Homebrewer and beer historian Dave Janssen talks about grisette, a tasty obscure Belgian style, and how it relates to saison.
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August 11, 2016 - Tonsmeire Funky Honey Beer Experiment
Mike Tonsmeire, the Mad Fermentationist, shares an experiment around his dining room table splitting a funky beer batch and adding five different honey varieties.
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August 4, 2016 - Fruit IPA
Chris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Journal, talks abaout the latest thing in IPAs – fruit!
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July 28, 2016 - Tonsmeire Taps
We sample two delicious Mad Fermentationist beers from the source: a stout reinvigorated with specialty grain tea and a New England IPA.
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July 21, 2016 - Brulosophy New England Pale Ale Experiment
We take part in sampling an experiment testing the effect of gelatin on a tasty, cloudy, hoppy East Coast pale ale.
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July 14, 2016 - Collaborative Flemish Red
Christian Layke, brewer at Gordon Biersch's Rockville Maryland location, and Mad Fermentationist Mike Tonsmeire work together on a tasty barrel-aged sour.
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July 7, 2016 - Baltimore Homebrew Con Club Night
We roam the floor of Club Night at Baltimore Homebrew Con to find interesting brewers who brew delicious beers and get brewing tips.
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June 2, 2016 - NZ Kelly Ryan of Fork and Brewer
Roving reporter Will Gallaspy picks the brain of Kelly Ryan, brewer at Fork and Brewer in Wellington, New Zealand.
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May 26, 2016 - NZ Brewing Pioneer Ben Middlemiss
Roving reporter Will Gallaspy catches pioneering New Zealand craft brewer Ben Middlemiss and talks to him about how good beer came to the Kiwis.
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May 19, 2016 - Homebrew All Stars
Denny Conn and Drew Beechum, authors of Homebrew All Stars, divine which category of brewer Steve and James fit into.
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May 12, 2016 - Chris Colby NZ Keynote
Chris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Jounal, dives into the details on foam – how it's created and the positive and negative factors affecting it.
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May 5, 2016 - John Palmer NZ Keynote
John Palmer, homebrew guru, shares his top five brewing priorities in his keynote presentation at the New Zealand Homebrew Conference.
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April 28, 2016 - Chris White NZ Keynote
White Labs Yeast founder, Dr. Chris White, shares some yeast science and practical homebrewing advice at the New Zealand Homebrew Conference.
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April 21, 2016 - NZ Sour Panel
In this panel from the New Zealand Homebrewers Conference, pro and home brewers share advice and experience in brewing delicious sour beers.
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April 14, 2016 - How Enzymes Work
Chris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Journal, dives deeply into science as he describes how enzymes work on a microscopic level and how that applies to your mash tun.
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April 7, 2016 - Brülosophy Vorlauf and Cold Sparge
Ray Found from Brülosophy.com shares two experiments: one on the effects of spent grains in the boil and another on sparging with room temperature water.
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March 31, 2016 - Common Sense Brewing
James moderates a panel from NZHC with Tasty McDole, Will Gallaspy and Nick Wiseman on brewing with common sense.
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March 24, 2016 - Nelson Marchfest Brew-Off
We head to New Zealand for the first homebrew conference in Nelson and take part in a brewing demonstration.
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March 17, 2016 - Episode 500
While James, Andy and Chris head to New Zealand, we celebrate our first 500 episodes with this look back.
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March 10, 2016 - More Sour Hybrids
Homebrewer James Sites shares another round of his tasty sour beer and wine hybrids fermented with his own house sour culture.
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March 3, 2016 - Springtime Hop Care
James Altwies of Gorst Valley Hops give us some excellent advice on making sure our homegrown hops get a good start on the season.
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February 25, 2016 - Fading Alpha Acids
Chris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Journal, talks about how time affects the levels of alpha acids in hops and how to slow their fading.
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February 18, 2016 - Quality Management
Mary Pelletieri, author of Quality Management: Essential Planning for Breweries, joins us to talk about how to bring quality management practices into our home breweries.
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February 11, 2016 - Bentonville Brewing Company
We continue our introductions to northwest Arkansas breweries as we visit with Katie and Beau Boykin of Bentonville Brewing.
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February 4, 2016 - Bronzed Brews
Peter Symons joins us from Sydney to talk about Bronzed Brews, his new book exploring the history of Australian brewing.
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January 28, 2016 - Sugar Staggering Experiment
Malcolm Frazer of Brülosophy.com shares his experiment comparing the results of adding sugar to the fermenter all at once vs staggered over time.
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January 21, 2016 - Hitting Original Gravity
Chris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Journal, shares tips on hitting original gravity if things go awry during the brew day.
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January 14, 2016 - Homemade Crystal Malt
Homebrewer Phillip McDaniel shares samples of crystal malt he made and his technique for making it.
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January 7, 2016 - Tonsmeire Recipe Tips
Michael Tonsmeire, the Mad Fermentationist, shares his ten tips of what to consider when coming up with a beer recipe.
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