Experimental Brewing

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 Mangrove Jacks Don't forget to subscribe via y...

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 Remem...

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 Mangrove Jacks Don't forget to subscribe via y...

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/experim...

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 Mangrove Jacks Don't forget to subscribe via y...

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 Challen...

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 Mangrove Jacks Don't forget to subscribe via y...

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-... The Rare Barrel Sells to Ce...

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...

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/...

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 As...

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-co...

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 Homebrewer...

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 Assoc...

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...

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 Prese...

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'...

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 - Fest...

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.experiment...

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....

The Brew is Out There! Drew's revisitng his discussion with Sara Anderson of IndriVanilla, but before that... he's tasting his now year old Vanilla extracts. What difference is there in the four different beans he used? And then back to the interview all about Vanilla and just why it's so unique. Links: IndriVanilla (the Retail Store): https://indrivanilla.com/ Vanilla Bean Co-Op (Facebook Group):...

It's time! Time for a whole bunch of questions and answers. In this go around it seems many of you have hops on the brain - so it's only fitting we also announce a chance to win 2 tickets to Yakima Chief Hops Hop and Brew School®. Enter by 7/26 at https://www.experimentalbrew.com/hopandbrew! On with the questions! Episode Links: Hop & Brew School - https://www.yakimachief.com/events/ Patreon Remem...

The Brew Is Out There! Drew's Garage Rehab is almost done which means it's time to plan to brew! From the ashes of a Facebook joke, here comes a "Mild Cream Saison". What goes into one of those? Sit back and find out! Links Prototype Mild Cream Saison Recipe: https://www.brewersfriend.com/homebrew/recipe/view/1307067/-beer-of-myse... This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Associat...

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! To explore the debate about the West Coast IPA, Drew enlisted the Falcons to make their examples of the two current styles. Which won - the bitter "Classic" or the softer "Modern". Nico and Jeff discuss the "Six Demon Bag" and "Bit-O-Sunny" Links Bit-O-Sunny "New" West Coast IPA: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/recipes/bit-o-sunny-modern-west-coast-ipa Six Demon Bag "Classi...