Michigan Brews

We are going to be hanging Brandon Edwards, and crushing some "summer beers". Summer beers are technically not a specific style, but are the beers or beverages that you reach for when you are planning to mow the lawn, spend the day at the beach, or just relax on the deck while enjoying a beautiful Michigan summer! So grab an Oberon, an All Day, a Shandy, or even a six pack of seltzer, and come han...

We continue to talk beer, homebrewing, and whatever else happens to come up. This show's topic is open ended, so basically a whole episode where we go off topic because...there isn't one. It'll be a blast as always! Beyond the beer talk we'll talk some about future plans for the show including breweries / people we hope to be talking to later this year, plans to be on popular podcasting services,...

We talk to homebrew club officers Bryon Vlier and Drew Hutchison from Kalamazoo's oldest homebrew club, KLOB.

We talk with Ellie Maddelein, Assistant Brewer at Five Shores Brewing and a graduate of WMU's Sustainable Brewing program.

We are going to have a very special show this week. With the help of our special guest, David Jones, we will be tasting some of the aged Bell's beer that we were able to pick up from "Larry's Cellar" at Bell's General Store. We are going to be sampling Expedition Stout from 1994, 95, and 96, as well as 2004, 07, 08, and 09. We also have some early 2000's Eccentric Ale and Cherry Stout that we may...

We talk about best practices for making mead from the comfort of your own home. We'll touch on a lot of introductory topics like water, honey varietals, nutrients, yeast choice and so on. Depending on how it goes we may make it a multi part series where we go into different styles of mead in later episodes like big sugary Schramm's style mead, or bubbly refreshing session meads. Skål!

We hang out with John Mallett, VP of Operations at Bell's Brewery, and literally the guy that wrote the book on Malt (pick up the Brewing Elements book, it's seriously great). John has had a long career in the beer industry doing everything from brewing, to engineering, to teaching, and operations work. And obviously also writing! Join us as we pick his brain and, as always, just have a great time...

We hang out with Brian Confer, Co-Owner/Head Brewer and Chris Schnepf, Lead Brewer at Stormcloud Brewing Company in Frankfort Michigan. We will be sampling some of their Belgian inspired beers and getting to know more about this awesome northern Michigan brewery.

Hey folks are are back again with another Homebrew Review show! We are going to be trying a few beers and a mead donated by Kevin Penn and James Hancock of Livingston Social Brew Club... And we will do our best to tell you what we think :) Please remember we are by no means certified to officially taste beer in any capacity, and our feed back is strictly for entertainment purposes only. So grab a...

It's another Monday! We're still organizing a Homebrew Review for 2/22/21, but in the meantime just want to have a chill night with ya'll. We've had a lot of guests on lately (which has been amazing!) but want to just step back a sec and talk about what we learned as brewers over the last year. But of course we don't want it to be all about us. We want to hear how all of you feel like you've grown...

We're back again with Dana Wagner from Discover Kalamazoo and John Liberty from West Michigan Beer Tours to talk about the 2021 Kalamazoo Craft Beverage Week (formerly known as Kalamazoo Beer Week). This week we have the privilege of talking with Barry Travis and Brian Bastien from The Mill at Vicksburg. For those unfamiliar with The Mill, Envision a campus – home to multiple breweries, barley mal...

This week we are going to be hanging out with Dana Wagner from Discover Kalamazoo and John Liberty from West Michigan Beer Tours to talk about the 2021 Kalamazoo Craft Beverage Week (formerly known as Kalamazoo Beer Week), and how they have modified the event this year to work within the current precautions and restrictions. Kalamazoo Craft Beverage Week will be kicking off on January 29th and wil...

We are excited to be hanging out with Michigan’s own country music superstar, Drew Jacobs! We will be having a few beers and maybe some bourbon... while we chat with Drew and learn more about his music and Michigan roots.

We talk about heavily fruited / smoothie beers. Don't mind as we go off topic and hit a few of the other fads of the last year, and maybe even see if we can guess what the next fad in 2021 will be!

A surprise show! Join us tomorrow night as we do a 2020 year in review. Come hang out as we remember the cool guests that helped us kick this show off this year! (As well as all the times we went off topic, Jason got drunk and talked to much, Jordan got drunk and smiled at the camera, or we listened to Brian get drunk and ramble on about the science of brewing.) So come hang out and hit it one mor...

Join us as we review some homebrew from viewers from around the state of Michigan.

We are going to be discussing the AHA - American Homebrewers Association. The AHA has a nationwide homebrewer community, and offers a ton of resources and benefits to its members. We will be joined by two of the AHA Governing Committee Members, Amy Martin and Gail Milburn, both local to Michigan!

We are going to be hanging out with Lance Shaner from Omega yeast! Dig into the history, biology, and science behind Omega!

Hey beer people! Or should it be mead people this week? We’ll be streaming live with Thom McGuire from Norse Nectar Meadery in Kalamazoo, MI for this episode. Grab your favorite bottle of fermented bee vomit and we’ll see you there!

We are going to hang out and try several home brews from local home brewers. Come have a beer with us, while we taste home brew and give what feedback we can!

With "Learn to Homebrew Day" being on November 7th, and this potentially being our last show before then, we thought it would be cool to do a show where we talk about brewing with basic gear and ingredients. Almost a Mr. Beer throwback episode! We'll get into our first setups, ask you about yours, and talk about basic brewing gear, techniques, ingredients, styles, bottle conditioning and more. And...

We are going to be chatting with Wes O'Leary, Head of Sales for Odd Side Ales! We will be digging in to all things Odd Sides... the history, seltzers, barrel aged beers, and what's in the future for Odd Side. So grab a beer and come hang out!

We are going to be hanging out with Nikki DeClercq (and maybe others), organizer of the Michigan Beer Cup. We will be chatting about what it takes to pull off the biggest homebrew competition in Michigan. Come have a beer with us!

We've been in the mood for lagers lately, and with the traditional Oktoberfest season at hand what better styles to talk about. Grab your favorite bottles and we'll catch up with you Monday!

We will be hanging out with Jeremy Gavin, President of PrimeTime Brewers Homebrew Club out of Grand Rapids. Come have a beer and learn about West Michigan's Premier Homebrew Club :)