The Brew Is Out There! Distillation is an ancient art with new modern tools to make it even easier. Drew talks with Aaron Hyde about how you can easily distill hops, herbs, water and alcohol <where legal> with countertop devices like the new Air Still Pro.  Links: Air Still Pro: https://stillspirits.com/products/air-still-pro How to Distill: https://www.amazon.com/How-Distill-Complete-Fermentation-Distilling/dp/1558329757/ This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing America Grainfather Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service ..read more

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.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental Hop & Brew School: https://hopandbrewschool.com/ The Pizza Shop Effect: https://www.beervanablog.com/beervana/2022/8/12/reincarnating-breweries Westy gets redesign ..read more

  The Brew Is Out There! While many experienced brewers switch to kegs for convenience, some still hold to the path of bottling. Christian Mercado, host of The Food Engineer Podcast, makes his case for bottling – particularly when it comes to Saison! Links: The Food Engineer Podcast: https://www.thefoodengineerpodcast.com/ This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing America Grainfather Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassments, etc ..read more

David James won the Annual Cascade Brewers Society competition in support of public radio (KLCC) with his multi award winning Czech Amber Lager. After we sift through a bunch of your Q&A feedback, we sit down and talk with him about what make his beer sing! Episode Links: Homebrewers Association: https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/experimental HomeBrewCon: https://www.homebrewcon.org/ Longmire: https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/longmire Bathams: https://bathams.co.uk/ The Mac and Cheese IPA Meme: https://www.facebook.com/FoodInPlacesItShouldntBe/posts/pfbid0FYkyyoEUURsvC47Z5v ..read more

  The Brew Is Out There! The annual Doug King Memorial Competition celebrating Doug’s craziness has a new winner – Masa Kitano of the Socal Cerveceros with his Guavaaahhh Gose. Drew talks with Masa about how he got into homebrewing, what inspired this fruit filled Gose and his experiments with Wet Hop IPAs for good measure! Links: Masa’s Guavaaahhh Gose – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2023/02/28/masas-guavaaahhh-gose/ Masa’s Wet Hop IPAs – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2023/02/28/masas-wet-hop-ipa-columbus-and-cascade/ This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Associ ..read more

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/experimental Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing Episode Contents: 00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors 00:03:44 Fermentation Questi ..read more

  The Brew Is Out There! In these days of IPAification, Atascadero’s Wild Fields Brewhouse is making waves and GABF gold with malt forward beers. Drew sits down with brewery co-founder Ryan Fields to talk about making malty gold! Links: Wild Fields Brewhouse: https://wildfields.com/ This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing America Grainfather Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassments, etc, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@e ..read more

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/experimental Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing Episode Contents: 00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors 00:06:07 Ingredient Questions ..read more

  The Brew Is Out There! We often talk about the connection between homebrewing and commercial brewing, but in the case of San Diego Beer News’ “Homebrew Summer” – it’s the literal truth. We’re talking to Brandon Hernández, who’s organized the herculean effort to bring brewers, pro and am, together to celebrate the magic of beer. Links: San Diego Beer News: https://www.sandiegobeer.news/ 2022 Homebrew Summer Recipes: https://www.sandiegobeer.news/blog/homebrewing/2022-homebrew-summer-recipes This episode is brought to you by: American Homebrewers Association Brewing America Grainfathe ..read more

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 Challenge: https://homebrewacademy.com/99brew-challenge/ Yellowstone: https://www.paramountnetwork.com/shows/yellowstone Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimen ..read more