Experimental Brewing

What does the new year of hops have in store for us? Denny reports on what he found during this year’s Hop & Brew School at Yakima Chief Hops! Episode Links: Homebrewers Association:  https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental Rev Nat Cidery Closing: https://www.oregonlive.com/beer/2023/09/rev-nats-hard-cider-to-close-operations-6-months-after-opening-new-taproom.html Recreated Classi...

The Brew Is Out There! Every since the announcement that Anchor was shutting down, we’ve had Steam California Common beer on the mind. Drew sat down with Sherwin and Kirk of Brewyard Beer Company, possible America’s largest brewer of California Common beer these days. Find out why they use Cal Common yeast for 75% of their beer! Links: Brewyard Beer Company: https://www.brewyardbeercompany.com/ Th...

  As fall creeps into view, it’s time to talk about that most controversial of beer add-ons – smoke. We sit down with multiple award winning homebrewer Jeff Gladish to discuss his love of smoked beers and just how easy it is to make your own custom cold smoked malts at home with a Weber grill and 20 feet of ducting Episode Links: Homebrewers Association:  https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/exp...

The Brew Is Out There! Bread and beer have been intertwined across human history and so in the spirit of home fermentation, we talked with Jeff Renner, an experienced homebrewer and even more experienced baker to talk the ancient art of baking and why you don’t need to overthink it, even your sourdough starter Links: Jeff’s Sourdough Instructions: https://aabg.org/2010/01/21/sourdough-starter-inst...

  What do homebrewers do when they lose a friend? They make beer! Drew sits down with Marc Gorfinkle and Andy Blaz to tell their wild story of commemorating their friend Devin Stewart by taking a wild trip to the magic brewery of Fantome! Episode Links: Homebrewers Association:  https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental The Homebrew Recipe: https://beersmithrecipes.com/viewrecipe/4607943...

The Brew Is Out There! Nothing goes better with an ice cold beer than a fiery salsa or hot sauce and there’s no reason that you can’t make your own sauce at home! In honor of National Home Fermentation Day, Brian Trout walks you through sauces from fresh to fermented with a stop at salsa macha to kick us off. Links: Brian Ferments: https://www.brianferments.com/ San DiFUEGO Hot Sauce Club: https:/...

While at HomeBrewCon, Drew sat down with Luis and Roxy of the Tijuana Homebrew Club to talk about the homebrew scene in Mexico, how they got started brewing and why Roxy is the better brewer Episode Links: Homebrewers Association:  https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental The Bru Show – Mario/Mushroom Beer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyCJ3LlHq2Q Tijuana Homebrew Club: http://www.ti...

The Brew Is Out There! Homebrewers often chant “Don’t Fear the Foam”. Old barflys get annoyed at any wasted space in their glass, but Jen Blair is here to remind you to “Respect the Foam”. Sit back and find out her thoughts on what makes for a beautiful glass of beer Links: Under the Jen-fluence: https://underthejenfluence.beer/ This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association B...

Live from San Diego – It’s the Denny and Drew and Friends Show! Seriously, we’re joined by our friends from HomeBrewCon to talk the conference and homebrewing while enjoying a few wonderful homebrews as well! Episode Links: Homebrewers Association:  https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ Jeff’s Rye Pilsner: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/202...

The Brew Is Out There! We’re going way back in time with Dr. Travis Rupp, the Beer Archaeologist. We’re tackling the question of “what is beer”, “what has it been over the course of human history”, and “what does it mean for us as brewers today?” Also, why did the Romans steal everything, including the Greek disdain for beer? Links: The Beer Archaeologist: https://www.thebeerarchaeologist.com/ Thi...

It’s here! As we publish, HomeBrewCon is happening and Denny Kong hits the taps! Drew sits down with Kelsey to discuss the recipe and why it does what we think is the “Modern IPA” Episode Links: Homebrewers Association:  https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ Rosa Merckx: https://embracethefunk.com/2020/03/30/rosa-merckx-the-icon-you-need-to-k...

The Brew Is Out There! It’s summertime in SoCal and that means its time to grab a beach vacation in a glass. Drew sits down with Kevin Limon of Montebello’s Angry Horse Brewing to discuss Mexican lagers – light and dark. Grab a cerveza! Links: Angry Horse Brewing: https://angryhorsebrewing.com/ This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing America Grainfather Don’t fo...

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.calhomebrewe...

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 Grainfa...

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 Blin...

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: htt...

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:  htt...

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=535...

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.brewf...

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 Nevad...

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-Fermen...

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.homebrew...

  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...

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.homebrewersassociatio...

  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/2023/02/2...