WNY Brews

I'm joined by Jason Johnson and Dean Wiensch from The Brewnology Podcast ( www. Brewnology.com ) to talk about switching over from drinking beer to evaluating beer. We also discuss the process of becoming a BJCP certified judge and about their podcast. It's a must listen if you ant to become a judge. I started at the beginning and binged! Also joining me is Bill Serowski from Das Hausbrauers Von B...

In this episode, I speak to Eric Stellrecht, and Mar and Andy Urban about stewarding at the annual Amber Waves of Grain Competition. This year it's held on March 24th and 25th. Being a steward is a great way to get in the game without the stress of passing BJCP exams or writing all day. Plus you get to hang out with nice people who make good beer. Those a good friends to have! Please go to AWOG.ni...

We're back and kicking off 2017 with an episode featuring Jonah Epstein from MyCityBrew.com He's spent a year polling Buffalo to come up with a representative Buffalo Beer! After over 8000 votes, they've finally settled on a style and are looking for help with the name. You can vote at MYCityBrew.com/vote   As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher:...

Are you just getting started in homebrewing? I go on an 18 minute rant about what you should do while also rambling on about this upcoming year. What do you want from me? I'm drinking a Southern Tier IPA and listening to my beer gurgle in the background on a limited-edition solo episode of WNY Brews to kick off a great year. Join me! Pour a pint! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more inf...

Drew Hardin fills up his apartment, bookshelf, fridges, and free-time with beer. He's a brewer at Community Beer Works, helping with My City Brew, consulting with Sato Brewpub, and will throw an ax from time to time at Hatchet's and Hops. On this episode, he walks me through a simple kettle sour for my first Berliner Weisse. It's full of good suggestions.  Want to sour a beer? Listen to this first...

Christopher and Jessica Budde opened Brewed and Bottled at 402 Center Street in Lewiston, NY back in August and have had a warm welcome from the community. With a great attitude and a great selection, it's easy to see why.  I talked to both of them seperatley and put the two interviews together (they took turns so they could run the store, they're doing it all themselves). I was amazed at how simi...

So Aaron and I didn't discuss how we would each name this episode, and I chose to go with a "showdown" type of title. In reality, it was a great evening of sampling beers from each others' regions. Aaron is the host of The Cascadian Beer Podcast, found at Cascadian.beer , it's a regional beer podcast from the Cascadia Region of The US and Canada. It's produced very well and is filled with interest...

The Buffalo Brewpub is the oldest brewpub in New York State and you don't get to claim that unless you have something special going on. In this episode I sat down with Chris Townsell, who's family has run the Buffalo Brewpub from the beginning. Go to BuffaloBrewpub.com and check out their menu and hours and then go a get some great food and drink. (None of this is a paid-endorsement. I just like i...

Homebrewers are fickle. You would think that AB-In Bev's recent acquisition of Northern Brewer and Midwest Supplies would mean massive drops in sales and an exodus of loyal customers, but time will tell. In this episode, I talk with Ethan Cox of CBW about the recent acquisition and about business in general.  You can find the full video on youtube at  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl6IhvNIZpY He...

Brian and Scott from the Buffalo Beer League join me to talk Buffalo Beer Week events. You can find the full show notes at WNYBrews.com/episode31 Quick Links: BuffaloBeerLeague.com (Facebook Page) http://www. BuffaloBeerWeek.com As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Tw...

I want to start profiling all of the Western New York breweries in more of a formal fashion and just happened to be out at NYBP! I was there for their first annual homebrew competition and asked if head-brewer Jason Crossett and co-owner Kelly Krupski would sit down and discuss the current state and future direction of New York Beer Project. As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review...

Josh Dziomba is spending 60 plus hours a week on top of a full time job trying to start Clarence's first  nano-brewery. West Shore Brewing get's it's name from the rail line his grandfather worked on when his family moved to the area. Despite the financial strain, the legal hurdles, and the lack of free time, Josh's excitement for the project is palpable in the interview. Help Josh out at his kick...

Ted Hawley of New York Craft Malt and Bob Johnson of Niagara Malt join me to talk about one of the four major components of beer: Malt. We discuss the history of malting in Buffalo, their processes, and even the science behind brewers malt. You can find them at  http://www. NiagaraMalt.com and  http://www. NewYorkCraftMalt.com   As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast o...

Rudy "Rudybob" Watkins, formerlly of CBW, is now the head brewer at one of Buffalo's newest breweries: Thin Man. We talk about his expectations for Thin Man as well as his previous brewing experiences. Check them out at ThinManBrewing.com As always find us on Facebook, Twitter, and WNYBrews.com! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Four Mile Brewing: On the Bank of the Allegheny, is a beautiful building with great food and beer. Craig and Greg join me to discuss their history, process, reception, and future plans for the brewery. Next time you're out in Olean, you can't miss stopping by...or better yet, plan a trip just to sample so of their beers for yourself!   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christopher universal is a manager over at Kegworks and joins me to talk about cleaning draft lines, setting up a kegerator for the first time, and common problems people run in to. For all the links, head over to WNYBrews.com/Episode25 As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNY...

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Ethan Cox is the owner and co-founder of Community Beer Works and author of the book Buffalo Beer: The History of Brewing in the Nickel City. You can buy it at local book stores like Talking Leaves or at CBW. Is Buffalo producing more beer now than ever? Just how significant is the current renaissance in the Buffalo beer scene? Listen to a quick overview and go read the book. Ethan is a wealth of...

  What kind of beer should we be making base on our local water chemistry? Do we have similarities with waters from Burton on Trent? Pilsen? Dublin? John Palmer, the author of some of brewing's most revered books, joins us to talk about the water we have here in Buffalo. We break down the numbers and discuss why they're important. We discuss why certain beers made with our water end up beautiful a...

The Farm to Pint event is hosted by Hamburg Brewing Company and the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association each year to show the many sides of local beer. Beer is famously made from 4 ingredients in it's "purest" form (I'm looking at you Bavaria): Water, Malted Barley, Hops, and Yeast. The Farm to Pint event is a way to showcase beers made with local malts, local hops, and in one case, local yeast. F...

Saturday, May 7th is THe Ameican Homebrew Association's National Homebrew Day. Are you brewing? Are you participating in a Big Brew event? Are you toasting at 12 CDT?  Are you a member of the AHA? In this special quick episode, I literally join the AHA "on air". I'm now an official member in good standing. I can't believe I haven't done it before now, but I feel better. Some of the homebrewing law...

The "Golden Dragon" that people often chase is a higher brewhouse efficiency. I understand that I may have made up a nonsensephrase just now, but the point is the same: higher efficiency isthe goal right? First, Clay and I talk quickly about how he checks his efficiencyat 42 North, then I talk to Bert Dyster of Niagara Traditions  about homebrewing efficiency. To get the full show notes, go to  WN...

This was fun! The Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association  presented the first annual  Brewers Invitational at Pettibones Grill in Coca-Cola Field on Saturday, April 2nd. They had over two dozen breweries showing off some experimental flavors! It seemed to be the "year of the sour" with something like 8 or 9 examples. Trust me when I say you should listen to the end. The Buffalo Beer League stopped by...

Happy Dyngus Day! Since this is a regional podcast, I asume you're all aware of Dyngus Day. It's the day after Easter, and Dyngus Day is a Polish tradition culminating in a post-lenton festival and parade.   That's at least what it looks like in Buffalo: The Official Dyngus Day Capital of the World. To go back and figure out the history of any holiday, religious or otherwise, gets complicated and...

Do you want to become a certified BJCP judge? What about a steward? Do you want to enter a beer into one of the nations largest regional homebrew competitions? Well we have Alex Placito of The Niagara Association of Homebrewers on to talk about the Amber Waves of Grain competition in April.  It's about time to get your entries in, and I wanted to get the full breakdown of becoming a judge (btw, th...