The Brewing Network Presents | Dr. Homebrew

Back from HomebrewCon and reunited with Keith, Dr. Homebrew is ready to hit the judging table running! We speak with Jon Birdsong about his Coffee Coco Porter, and then we interview Nick Corona, who was the 2016 Homebrewer of the Year at HomebrewCon. Since this is a judging show, and since JP has issues with his recent scoresheets, we wanted to learn from Nick about how he was able to elevate his...

Our 100th show comes to you live from the expo floor at HomebrewCon 2017! Today, we talk with Todd Fulton from our fine sponsor GrogTag who has a Brown Ale for us, and then Brian's brother Jimi Cooper is back with an American Strong Ale. Since we are broadcasting sans Keith, JP sits in and give his very amature take on beer judging - and it goes about as well as you'd expect. To close us out, Bria...

Live from HomebrewCon 2017, Brian and JP are joined by Mead judge Al Joyce, who was dressed as some sort of Game of Thrones mead drinker. Trust us, it was oddly cool. Al is a GrandMaster Level 6 Beer Judge, which blew our minds a bit, but he is also an official Mead Judge! Which it turns out is a good thing, since we had a melomel on the show from Brian's brother Jimi Cooper. For our second beer,...

We start the show talking about JP's NHC score sheets and how they are less-than-stellar. Then we get into the two beers - a mixed sour fermentation from Ricky, which was his first attempt at this style and for a n00b, he did a good job! Phillip is our next guest, and he sent in a Doppelbock, which was also his first attempt at such a beer. Pretty cool when that stuff happens! Learn more about you...

Ricky and Jon join us today to talk about ... homebrew! Specifically their homebrew and how they can make some improvements in their recipe and/or practice to really get them where they want. This show is cool, because we have a mixed fermentation sour beer on, which we do get from time to time, but it's so rare that we covet these shows. We also have a wheat beer that tastes pretty darn good! Lea...

Two beers. Two Judges. One idiot. It's Dr. Homebrew and we are back with more homebrewed beer to judge! We have an IPA from Taylor to run through that is ... well it needs some help, let's just say that. Then we chat with Anthony, who sent us an American Pale Ale. Let's crack it open! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We chat with two homebrewers tonight that have some styles we don't seen too often, which is always fun for us. We start off with Joe who has a Sweet Stout with some cacao nibs added, and that is a combo that was new to us. Then Chris joined us with his Cream Ale - we don't get enough of these! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's another show, another round of homebrew that needs judging! We break down two beers from fellow homebrewers Michael and Tom, and of course provide them with amazing feedback, because that's what we do! Michael was in studio, and he shared his dark Mild with us, which is JP's favorite style. Then we chat with Tom and his Marzen - so two great styles that we don't see nearly often enough. Learn...

On today's show, we have two fantastic beers by two fantastic human beings. We think. I mean, we just met them so we can't be sure, but they seemed nice at any rate. Jeff sent us a Roggenbier, which is fairly rare for us to see, and then Brian had popped a couple of "Mixed Sour Fermentation" beers in the mail to us, and we are only too happy to drink them! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit m...

Another show, another chance to drink some homebrew and judge the hell out of it! We are joined in the studio by Jesse, who brought in an IPA for us to help him sort out. Jesse had some issues that he noticed and was hoping we could give him some pointers on how to improve his beer. Then we dissect JP's Oatmeal Stout that both Brian and Keith gave him feedback on, and he came back with a fresh new...

We are joined tonight by Garrett, who brought us something called a Double-Chocolate Milk Stout. Yes, he made that up, and we are totally fine with that. Along with Garret, we have Matt on the show, who brought a Chocolate Belgian Quad for us to judge and give some insight on. All-in-all a pretty cool show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's another crazy show, as we have two homebrewers on the show looking for tips on making their beers better! Chris joins us with a Belgian Dark Strong ale, and then we have Scott and his ESB to run through. Two very different styles, one very different show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s another weird show tonight, as we have Ryan in the studio with us bringing a beer that has two things JP hates: it’s called a Session NE Vermont Style Cascadian Dark Ale and it was something Ryan came up with just because that’s what homebrewers do! Then we bring Eric on with a Doppelbock, which represents his first attempt at a lager. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

We love it when guests send in beer - that's how they become guests in the first place, but still .. it's pretty cool. We love it even more when they send in some commercial beer, and that's what our first guest Paul did! He sent us some Midwest beers for all of our hard, hard work, which was very nice of him. So we went fairly easy on his American Brown Ale because that's what you do when you get...

The show starts off with a bit of singing, mainly due to the Imperial Stouts we were drinking on the last show. We move in to the show with an American Stout from Scott, who has been on a couple of times, and we chat with Erik who made an Imperial Black IPA. Hey, we don't know either, but we tried it anyway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the Imperial Stout show, as both of our homebrew guests have sent in their best for evaluation. Brian got a bit freaked out about Neil's labels, which happened to be GrogTags! His beer was aged in rye whiskey barrels, and that really shows through in the finished product. Michael's beer was no slouch either, as he capped off our one-two punch of high-ABV beers. Learn more about your ad choice...

Another show, talking about homebrew! Jonas joins us from Sweden, and he sent in a mead for us to try. We don't get too many bottles of this particular style, so we were excited to scrape all the Swedish wax off the crown and get to judging. Then JP jumps under the knife, as he whips out his Oatmeal Stout for close examination. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tonights show has some cool beer styles on it, and we were excited to break them open! We had a Scottish Export/80 from Keith, and a Blonde Ale from Chris, who made the journey into the studio for the show. We give some prizes away and have fun drinking homebrew! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's always nice when our guests are in studio. Today, Ernie came back to share his Helles with us. He wasn't super happy with it, and wanted a second opinion. Then we talk with Matt again, who sent in his Brown Ale. Two of the three bottles had some weird contaminant, which was interesting to taste through. Ernie got so out of control he dropped his tasting glass into his pint glass and created a...

It’s the alumni show, apparently, as both guests are veteran Dr. Homebrew patients. Dan, who currently works at Junkyard Brewing in Minnesota, sends us an oak-aged quad with Brett and clocks in at 10.4% ABV! Then it’s Matt, who sends us an IPA. He already made some tweaks to the recipe and has brewed his second batch, but it was cool to talk to him about why he made the changes he made and to see...

We had a full studio for this one, as three homebrewing friends came in to torture JP with their version of a Vermont IPA. Normally, that "style" is cloudy and murky and looks like someone poured orange juice into a glass of dirty dishwater, but Brendan, John, and Leo wanted to brew a clear batch to see if they could get those same smooth flavors without the added flour and yeast. Spoiler alert: t...

Episode 80 of Dr. Homebrew is a good one. We talk with Chris who sent us his Imperial stout made with coffee and vanilla, and it’s really good. Unfortunately we only had two bottles of the stuff because JP broke one in the fridge, because he’s clumsy. Then we talk with Dan, who in addition to being a homebrewer, also works for a commerical brewery called Junkyard brewing in Minnesota. He sent in t...

We change things up a bit on today’s episode, but we promise it won’t hurt at all. We chat with Travis about the beer he brought in, and then we address a listener suggested topic – how to ship beer. It’s something that pretty much needs to happen to be on Dr. Homebrew, but most homebrewers either over do it. Find out some tips and tricks we have picked up over the years on how to properly ship yo...

Tonight is our first experience with a homebrewed gluten-free beer, and we have to say … it wasn’t as bad as we thought! We also check out a cool double IPA made with fresh spruce tips, another first for the show. We invited a local master BJCP judge, Keith, to sit in for the show tonight, and we think he did pretty good for a nOOb! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have two great beers lined up for tonight. Sure, we say that all the time, but THIS time … we mean it. A brett beer that is supposed to be a Saison but really isn’t, and then we run through a huge barrel-aged beer with cacao nibs, coffee, and bourbon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices