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Episode 91 - Wood Aging and Barrel Maintenance Aug 17, 2017

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In this episode, talk about working with your wood. Wood aging of beers, types of wood and methods of getting the best out of each way you can add wood to your brews. Plus, we pulled in the Barrelmaster from Rahr and Sons Brewing, Austin Heisch, to help us talk about all of that and barrel maintenance. So, whether you have a barrel or just want to keep it simple using chips, prepare yourself for dumb wood jokes and good wood info so you can be ready to put your wood in it.

Come and Brew It Radio: Episode 90 - Style Hour: Saisons, plus Brew Tech and Mash Temp Experiments Aug 07, 2017

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In this episode, we continue on the Belgians subject we started previously by focusing on one of the most commonly brewed summer styles: The Saison. BJCP category 25B under the Strong Belgian Ales. It's a style that goes well with lack of temperature control and ends up nicely dry and refreshing, while retaining a large amount of crisp flavor character. Making it perfectly fit for summer brewing.

Episode 89 - Style Hour: The Belgians and Hop-o-Rama #3 Jul 25, 2017

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In this episode, start with another edition of our Hop-o-Rama segments on American, English, and Noble hops, then jump into a general discussion of one of our favorite style ranges. The Belgians. They are favorites to many for a reason because they are often cited as the beer styles with the broadest range of flavors and aromas due to the characteristics of the yeast--and sometimes--the bacteria. They stand out against the traditional continental lagers and ales of Europe in great contrast and they've inspired a variety of American off-shoots. So, before we get into episodes that are more specific, we'll start here on an overview.

Episode 88 - Brewing and Fermentation Automation with Raspberry Pi feat Brewtronix Jul 06, 2017

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For this episode, it was is Raspberry Pi night. And it was Mikey's birthday. So we went with a topic of his choice and began a discussion of automation for brewing and fermentation using a programmable controller that you can buy or build yourself.

We started with brewing automation (aka hot side control) by calling up Corey Simonson from Brewtronix.com. Corey is the brains behind the Hosehead brewery controller; a Raspberry Pi based controller that comes in several versions.

Then, we explore the cold side of things by discussing Raspberry Pi based fermentation control with friend of the show and NHC gold medalist, Mike Treadway. You may remember Mike from our discussion about making small changes to produce better beers way back in episode 25. Well, he recently gave a great presentation for the Cap and Hare homebrew club based on his Raspberry Pi controller build and tonight he's here to share it with you so you can add in something new to keep making better beer!

Episode 87 - Speedy Brewdays and That Extract Taste Jun 30, 2017

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In this episode, we're going to get into what we didn't discuss last week in our Haze Craze episode, the makings of a speedy brew day! Most of us love the time we spend working with our gear and ingredients, but most of would still prefer to use less of our valuable time doing it. We're also going to discuss that "homebrew extract taste" that people often reference when tasting a beer that didn't come out right by trying an older extract kit against an all grain version and we'll judge a local customer's beer on air.

Episode 86 - The Haze Craze feat Turning Point Beer Jun 16, 2017

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In this episode, we invited the guys from the soon-to-be brewpub Turning Point Beer into the studio to talk about what they have in store and help us discuss what has been labeled The Haze Craze. It started with North Eastern breweries taking a new route by changing their blend of the East and West Coast IPA into the New England/North East/Vermont IPA: a hazy and often opaque version of an IPA that tones down the bitterness, focuses on hops with big flavor, and yet, leaves plenty of room for the malt and yeast to stand out on their own. So, love them or hate them, these "juicy" and "pulpy" beers have made a big splash in both the craft beer and homebrew world so we want to devote some time to them!

Episode 85 - Cider Making and Problem Solving on Brew Days Jun 14, 2017

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In this episode, we spend a little time discussing some of the recent industry happenings with the Big Beer Beast doing more to destroy the independence of craft brewing, talk about on-your-feet problem solving for brewdays, and then dive into a discussion on making cider. Including a call with friend of the show, author, Experimental Homebrew maestro, and all around good guy, Drew Beechum. Thanks for listening!

Episode 84 - Back to Basics: Everything About the Mash for Your First All Grain Batch Jun 06, 2017

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In this episode, we start off discussing what happens when you're mashing in for an all grain batch. We had some listener questions about running through the whole process and we wanted to answer those questions and take a few more from one of our Patreon Patrons, Will Kimmins. There are several steps between when you make your water calculations through to the final steps of lautering and getting your wort boiling and we often find that people feel most explanations aren't as focused on all the details they want to hear and they end up with questions about the mash and getting the best results, so here we dive in.

Episode 83 - Back to Basics: Developing Your Own Recipes from Kits and a Visit from Victory Art Brew May 25, 2017

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In this episode, we hit some more coverage of the basics of developing your own recipes for the first time. So, if you're thinking of trying to branch out from kits or online recipes, we discuss those as your starting points and where you could take it from there. Also, tonight we follow up on episode 28 as we have Doug Zent back in the studio with us to talk about the brewery Victory Art Brew on the outskirts of Moscow. But this time, we actually have his Russian brewing partners in house too! They're fresh off a Jester King collaboration brew and were enjoying some Texas beers.

Episode 82 - Stye Hour: Scottish Ales and A Comparison of our Recipes from the Shannon Brewing Episode May 15, 2017

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In this episode, we get style specific and talk about BJCP category 14 Scottish Ales, including Scottish Light, Scottish Heavy, and Scottish Export. Plus, we still include everyone's favorite, the Wee Heavy, which is actually now listed under category 17 Strong British Beers. And because we're talking Scottish ales, we also follow up with a discussion of the Scottish ale recipes we developed on air with Shannon from Shannon Brewing Co in episode 65. We all finally had a chance to brew them and give them a little time to age, so it's time we discussed our results.

Note: There were some technical difficulties with the first version of this episode's file upload and the first 7 or so minutes were scrambled. So, if you were one of the few who got that version, apologies for that and please do check out this corrected edited version!

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