The Brewing Network Presents | Brew Strong

Homebrewing beer. Jamil and John Palmer welcome their Swedish brewer friends Magnus and Dan-Magnus to the program to talk about craft beer in Sweden. After attending the Craftbeer Malmö Brewers Conference and the Malmö Beer Festival in Malmö, Sweden, Jamil returns to the U.S. excited about brewing abroad and in the Swedish beer scene in particular. Tune in and learn about the events, Jamil's colla...

Homebrewing beer. This week on Brew Strong, Jamil and John Palmer discuss the science of Free Amino Nitrogen in your brewing process. FAN's are prime building blocks in yeast health and nutrition and while you might not think of them much in normal brewing, there are circumstances where you need to. High adjunct beer, cider and mead all require the addition of FAN's to make sure your yeast has wha...

Homebrewing beer. John Blichmann from Blichmann Engineering joins Jamil and John Palmer again, this time to talk about his triple mashing experiments. What is triple mashing you ask? Great question....we don't know either. But Jamil and John Blichmann seem to and help us figure it all out here. Tune in and learn how to solve problems like having too small of a mashing vessel, dialing in your recip...

Homebrewing beer. John Blichmann from Blichmann Engineering is back in-studio with Jamil and John Palmer this week to talk about his latest brewing experiments. One major experiment John conducted was to test his fermentation vessels under fermentation and let the pressure rise to about 30 psi. Tune in and find out what happened to the beer under that kind of pressure. The guys taste test John's b...

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Brew Strong, Jamil and John Palmer discuss the storage of brewing ingredients. Since there are more than just the traditional four ingredients used in craft beer today, the guys tackle things like brewing salts, cleaners, sanitary bottle caps and more. Of course, they cover raw materials like water and malt as well. Learn about different vessels, what needs to...

Homebrewing beer. Jamil and John Palmer are back this week to answer your burning questions about brewing. They tackle more yeast questions this week and dive into all things beer. Tune in to catch it all and remember, you can always send in your own questions by clicking through our contact page. And you can participate in the live shows by calling in to 888.401.BEER. Learn more about your ad cho...

Homebrewing beer. Diving back into the pro brewing side, Brew Strong discusses canning craft beer on this episode. Jamil recently started canning his beers at Heretic Brewing Company and shares his experience in the product, the packaging and the process. Learn about canning equipment and the various challenges and advantages this form of packaging presents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

Homebrewing beer. Several interesting questions this week about combining ale and lager fermentations, off-flavors in an IPA and what happens to the yeast and the beer when you cold crash after fermentation. Malcolm Frazer joins us to provide unique insight into these questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homebrewing beer. Malcolm Frazer of Brulosophy joins us to talk about a recent exbeeriment they conducted comparing beer flavor between decoction mashing and single infusion mashing of a German Pilsner recipe. Decoction is a age-old technique for achieving better extraction and hitting the mashing rest temperatures with less modified malts, but how much difference does it make in the beer flavor....

Homebrewing beer. Jamil and John Palmer get through more listener emails this week to help you get more of your craft beer and homebrewing questions answered! They take questions on all things brewing and get you the answers you need to make better beer professionally and at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Brew Strong, our hosts discuss the details of preparing and serving cask ales. Cask ales differ from regular ales primarily by the manner in which they are served, that is, they are poured with low carbonation that is generally added by priming. Jamil and John discuss equipment, methods, styles and serving tips in this informative show. Learn more about your ad...

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Brew Strong, Jamil and John Palmer take more of your listener questions and get to the bottom of all things brewing. They take questions about the Lamotte Test Kits and ion testing resolution, off-flavors in a Pale Ale, attenuation, yeast strains, mash temperatures, and even a few questions about our lovely call screener and producer, Beevo. Tune in and learn f...

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Brew Strong, our heroes take a show suggestion from a listener and delve into the origins and control of esters in beer. Esters are a metabolic byproduct that are formed by the yeast during growth when they need to eliminate excess waste created from the synthesis of long chain fatty acids, sterols and other lipids. If they are grown under stressful conditions,...

Homebrewing beer. Jamil and John Palmer get through more listener emails this week to help you get more of your craft beer and homebrewing questions answered! They take questions on all things brewing and get you the answers you need to make better beer professionally and at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Brew Strong Jamil and John discuss some of the latest information on Hop Oils, Hop Bitterness, and Dry Hopping. Bitterness is now known to be composed of not just isomerized alpha acid, but also oxidized alpha and beta acids, and polyphenols. Hop oils continue to be heavily researched topic but the latest information indicates that dry hop aroma intensity is no...

Homebrewing beer. Jamil and John Palmer continue pouring through listener emails this week to help listeners get more of their craft beer and homebrewing questions answered! They take questions on all things brewing and get you the answers you need to make better beer professionally and at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homebrewing beer. Jamil and John Palmer are back this week to help listeners get more of their craft beer and homebrewing questions answered! They take questions on all things brewing and cut to the chase about the many topics we cover on The Brewing Network through listener emails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homebrewing beer. Jamil and John Palmer are back this week to help listeners get their craft beer and homebrewing questions answered! They take questions on all things brewing and cut to the chase about the many topics we cover on The Brewing Network through listener emails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homebrewing beer. Jamil and John Palmer are back this week to help listeners get their craft beer and homebrewing questions answered! They take questions on all things brewing and cut to the chase about the many topics we cover on The Brewing Network through listener emails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homebrewing beer. Jamil and John Palmer are back this week to help listeners get their craft beer and homebrewing questions answered! They take questions on all things brewing and cut to the chase about the many topics we cover on The Brewing Network through listener emails. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homebrewing beer. This week our heroes discuss the effect of thermal load on beer flavor stability. What is thermal load? Basically it is the quantification of boil time and boil intensity on the wort, but the type of malts used in the wort can contribute thermal load as well. The more thermal load, the more the wort and beer flavor stability is compromised. Jamil, John, and Tasty discuss this int...

Homebrewing beer. Jamil and John Palmer are back this week to help listeners get their craft beer and homebrewing questions answered! They take questions on all things brewing and cut to the chase about the many topics we cover on The Brewing Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homebrewing beer. Jamil and John Palmer take listener questions about every brewers most important tool; yeast! As the co-author of Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation, Jamil really knows how to use this tricky little creature to make your beer the best it can be. Listen in as Jamil and John walk you through all things yeast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoic...

Homebrewing beer. Jamil and John Palmer talk about yeast management in this episode of Brew Strong. Jamil has been a master of yeast since long before he started on The Brewing Network and has been singing the praises of proper yeast management for over ten years. As the co-author of Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation, Jamil really knows how to use this tricky little creature to make...

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Brew Strong, Jamil, John Palmer, and John Blichmann, from Blichmann Engineering, discuss Ph in your beer and homebrew. Tune in and learn about the different aspects of the brewing process and ingredients that affect Ph in your beer. Managing Ph levels sets you up for success when dealing with virtually every facet of brewing and flavor. Tune in and learn from t...