The Brewing Network Presents | Brew Strong

The boys get right to it, grabbing your homebrewing questions right from the internet and delivering the answers back to you, via that very same internet. On today's show, Jamil and the gang address fermentation issues, how to add ghost peppers to a porter, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fermentation is probably the single most important thing to get right in brewing, so no wonder we spend so much time on it. On today's show, Jamil, Travis, and Michael jump into listener questions about topics such as fermenter geometry, pitch rate calculators, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Holding over from the last show, special guest Neil Spake joins Jamil, Travis, and Michael for another round of brewing questions! The boys talk fermenting under pressure, hot side aeration, and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's show is focused on one thing - planning a drinking trip to England. Jamil and Michael are veterans at this, and have some great tips to help you plan your next getaway. They invite their good friend Neil Spake on to help round out any good advise they might miss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Time to dust off the books, because it's another Question and Answer session! Jamil, Michael, and Travis take us through some tips, tricks, and one-of-a-kind homebrewing answers that are sure to help anyone's homebrewing game! The boys talk water chemistry, homebrewing pumps, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fermentation is the most important factor in brewing successful beer. If your yeast are stressed for whatever reason, they won't perform at their best. On today's show, Jamil, Michael, and Travis discuss some fermentation tips and tricks to get your yeasts churning out the most desirable flavors possible. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you pay attention to the beer scene at all, you likely have heard about Thiols - those compounds usually found in hops that contribute to a beer's fruity flavors. some of those compounds can be helped along and improved with certain yeast strains, so to explain this cutting edge of brewing science, long-time BN listener and craft brewer Adam Mills joins Jamil and Michael for an in-depth talk on thiolized yeast. They dig into what thiols are exactly, how to maximize your flavors while using them, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil knows a lot about yeast, but sometimes he has to bring in an expert. On today's show, Jamil sits down with Avi Shayevitz, from the research and development wing of the Lallemand yeast company. Lallemand has been making high-quality dry yeast for years now - for both brewing and winemaking - and has been a big player in raising the bar on dry brewing yeast quality. Avi and Jamil cover a wide range of yeasty goodness here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Back for more homebrewing questions, Jamil somehow conned his good friends Travis and Michael to join him as he journeys deep into the mind of our homebrewing listeners. The crew chats about how to properly use fresh hops in beers, the right way to utilize alpha acid calculations, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil is joined once again by Travis and Michael, taking on topics from across the homebrewing spectrum. Amino Acids, yeast harvesting, dry hopping, and more are all covered by these three long-time homebrewing experts! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Brew Strong, Jamil sits down with John Blichmann and his old pal John Palmer for a wide-ranging conversation on technology in the brewing industry. Topics range from new yeast discoveries, malt breads, and, of course, some cool gadgets Blichmann is cooking up! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil is back with Travis and Michael! On today's show, the boys talk about the best ways to make adjustments to an All-Grain recipe conversion, how much time yeast should be left in your starter, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Travis and Michael are back to help Jamil answer the most urgent of homebrewing questions from 5 years ago! The boys tackle some good stuff on today's show, covering yeasts plating, recipe formulation, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil is back with his two brewing buddies Travis and Michael to answer your homebrewing questions! The guys cover top cropping issues, how to make great beer using extract, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on Brew Strong, Jamil invites Travis back for another round of listener questions! Joined by Michael Persyn, the three tackle the mail bag once more to bring answers to your burning homebrewing questions. Topics include how to brew Evil 3, upscaling recipes, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Travis Combel is back with Jamil for the second leg of this Question and Answer show! Listener homebrewing questions this week ranged from new hop products to yeast pitch rates to how to make non-alcoholic beers at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More of your questions pulled from the ether! Jamil invited Travis back on the show to help answer more listener emails, and this one went in several directions. The fellas chat about high ABV beers, the best places to drink in England, and the sanitary conditions of pizza stones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil dives deep into the waters of Cold IPA with the folks from Attaboy Brewing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil recently had the pleasure of traveling to England to brew one of his favorite beers of all time - Gale's Prize Old Ale. Today on the show, he chats with brewer Henry Kirk and friend of the show Neil Spake about the whole experience, and what makes a great Old Ale. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil welcomes back author and brewer Scott Janish to Brew Strong! Scott is an expert in the arena of hop chemistry, and brings his vast knowledge to the Brew Strong Mail Bag this week. The guys talk hop extracts, dry hopping timings, hop blending, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil reaches deep into the mail bag and tackles your homebrewing questions! Tonight's guest is JP, from the wonderful show Dr. Homebrew! What he's doing here is anyone's guess, really. Jamil and Jp talk about yeast starters, lagering temperature profiles, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fal Allen is back, to help Jamil tackle your tough homebrewing. questions! The guys address pH issues, volume calculations, and more, on this weeks Brew Strong! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Historical beers have never received the attention they deserve. On today's show, Jamil and Fal talk about some of the old styles that have fallen out of favor over the years, and why that might be. Fal talks about his experiences brewing ancient beer styles, and why he's committed to making more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil takes your brewing questions, and he has Mitch Steele along to make sure his answers are accurate! Mitch and Jamil run down healthy yeast habits, ingredient best-practices, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs, are a hot topic in the food world, and the craft beer scene is no different. On today's show, Jamil welcomes back special guest host Mitch Steele to cover this complex issue. Mitch and Jamil cover some new yeasts that have been modified to produce certain flavors, to malts that have been engineered to produce more yield. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil and John give the mail bag a break this week, and instead talk about a more commercial-leaning subject: Standard Operating Procedures. SOP's are common in industrial settings, and breweries (and wineries and distilleries) are very much industrial workplaces. Jamil and John talk about what SOP's a brewery might want to have, and if some of that stuff can translate over to homebrewers who share equipment. Spoiler: it can! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Water is a complicated part of your brew day, but it allows you to really fine tune any beer. Jamil and John dig around the Listener Library and gather all the submitted questions they can find about water. Mash salt additions, adjusting the pH in almost every stage of the brewing process, lactic acid, RO water adjustments, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's back to the time machine/mail bag for Jamil and John on today's show! Questions came in from all across the homebrewing spectrum, once again testing the mighty grey matter of our hosts. Topics today include final gravity solutions, why hop selection matters, paths to oxidation, and so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While distilling is still illegal at home in the US, that hasn't stopped it's rise in popularity. Today, Jamil and John chat with Aaron Hyde, author of "How To Distill", and got a great overview on what home distilling entails, what some of the key points are to focus on, and where to go from there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil and John take questions from the road, in this live broadcast from BrewChatter HQ! The boys ambled their way up to Sparks, Nevada to settle in and answer some live questions - and to give away some Heretic beer. Yeast harvesting, pH, and fermentation issues were just some of the topics covered on today's show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's that time of year again, when the shelves are stocked with winter beers, and homebrewers are huddled around their boil kettles, making their own winter warmers. One of the best in the business, Fal Allen of Anderson Valley Brewing Company, joins Jamil and John as they discuss what makes a great winter warmer. Plus, you know ... all the usual BS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil and John are back, pondering your homebrewing questions! The guys talk about mash pH in commercial breweries and how the big guys do chemical adjustments, if boiling really adds that much color to a wort, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's show, Jamil and John dig into those homebrew questions nobody else is qualified to answer! Well, nobody within arms distance of you, anyway. The mail bag opens and we chat about storing diluted StarSan, fighting with the air quality control board, debate coco powder vs. nibs, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil and John are back, diving deep into the Brew Strong Mail Bag in order to answer your questions! On this week's episode, the boys talk about the best way to prepare yourself for the homebrewer-to-pro transition, how to fix poor head retention in your homebrews, dry hopping techniques, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dipping further into the archives, Jamil and John wrap their heads around more of your questions! Are all crystal malts really equal? Can they be used interchangeably? Find out what the boys said, plus pH issues, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil and John are back, and they have rummaged around the Brew Strong Homebrewer Email Archives for more of your brewing questions! From home glycol usage to brewing at 10,000 feet, the Brew Strong Boys cover it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yeast. The most crucial ingredient in homebrew. Without it, random bacteria would take over, turning all of your hard work into a contaminated, infected soup that even the drains would recoil at! On today's show, the boys take your questions on yeast. How to brew with it, how to wash it, and how much of it to pitch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A blast from the past joins "Brew Strong" for today's show, as Taylor (AKA Porno Steve) returns to the pod! Jamil and John get caught up on all the latest from him, and then reach into the digital mailbag for your homebrew questions. Topics range from "how clean should you keep your boil kettle", to "just how much plastic am I consuming"? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil has been saving up your homebrewing questions until such time as they can be released into the wild, fully answered. Well, that time is now! John and Jamil take your brewing questions on this episode of "Brew Strong", as well as bringing back "Jamil's Medical Corner". So ... you've been warned. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil and John are joined by Dr. Jonathan Hughes, of UC Davis, to discuss the best ways to develop a quality control lab on a budget. For the homebrewer or the craft brewer, staying on budget is important, and Dr. Hughes gives us some great information on how to do just that! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil and John talked Fal Allen to stick around and help answer some burning homebrewing questions! The boys cover draft system tubing, mash tun cleanliness, and pitching rates - plus a lot more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gose is one of those styles that is hard to do well, and that many brewers disagree on how to achieve a well-brewed version of. On today's show, Jamil and John sit down with Fal Allen, head brewer at Anderson Valley Brewing Company and author of "Gose: Brewing a Classic German Beer For The Modern Era" (all about brewing Gose, duh), to get at the bottom of just what makes a great Gose and how to get there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil and John were lucky enough to convince beer historian Greg Casey to sit in for another trip into the history books, uncovering even more fascinating facts about the American brewing scene of long ago. From the proposed "American Reinheitsgebot", to the reception of adjuncts in beer, Greg shares it all! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Casey has worked for several large breweries in his long brewing history, but it wasn't until retirement that he started to really focus on the long road that lager beer has traveled over the course of American history. Jamil and John sat down with Greg to get his take on not only how lager beer changed, but why. From adjuncts to lobbyists, the story of American brewing is, of course, complex and rich! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Galton-Fenzi who went from homebrewer, to brewery owner, to brewery consultant in a variety of countries. We hear his story about beer that has spanned 25 years, starting in Australia and taking him all over the world! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time to dig back into our spam filter and fish out more listener questions on Brew Strong! Jamil and John tackle only the hardest of homebrewing questions on this show, as you all know, and this episode is no different. The boys talk about factors that can alter your SRM in your beers, post-fermentation oxygen reduction, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homebrew knowledge knows no bounds on Brew Strong, and to that end, John and Jamil sit down to answer more listener questions! Topics include spruce tips, mash tun decorations, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jamil and John talk a lot about brewing beer on this show, but not too much about mead. So they invited Michael Fairbrother from Moonlight Meadery to come on the show and school them both on the art of mead making. Michael is a former homebrewer turned pro-meadmaker, and has been active in the judging community for many years. On today's show, he shares his passion for meads, how he got started, and drops some tips along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Taking your homebrew to the "next level" can mean many things. Often times, it involves some kind of contact with wood. On today's show, we examine barrel aging in all of it's facets, how do do it properly, and what it can to to benefit - and harm - your beer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adding two worts to the same fermenter can be a great way to double batch the same beer. However, it can also lead to stratification, causing all kinds of issues with your fermentation. On today's show, Jamil and John review this common problem, and give tips on how to avoid it. Hint: it's not just "mix the wort better"! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices