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Yeast Cultures are Like Nuclear Weapons
  • Jan 28, 2021
  • Saccharomyces
Yeast Cultures are Like Nuclear Weapons

Back in the bad old days, a home brewer was happy just to have a reliable yeast culture to pitch into his/her wort. The averag...

Episode 125 - Double and Triple Your IPA
  • Jan 28, 2021
  • drew
Episode 125 - Double and Triple Your IPA

  IPA rules the roost of the Craft Beer world and in this episode, we're exploring a variation of of the fundamental Double IP...

Brew Files - Episode 94 - REPLAY - Water, Water Everywhere
  • Jan 20, 2021
  • drew
Brew Files - Episode 94 - REPLAY - Water, Water Everywhere

While Drew is getting his ducks in a row for the next series of shows - It's Replay time! And since we've been getting a lot ...

Episode 124b - Holiday 2020
  • Dec 23, 2020
  • drew
Episode 124b - Holiday 2020

This has been a long strange year and Denny and Drew just wanted to stop in for a few minutes and say thank you for continuin...

Episode 124 - Radiantly Reopening
  • Dec 15, 2020
  • drew
Episode 124 - Radiantly Reopening

As we've entered a less rapidly growing beer market, it's inevitable that some breweries will close. What does it take to wal...

Brew Files - Episode 93 - The LateFaire
  • Dec 2, 2020
  • drew
Brew Files - Episode 93 - The LateFaire

The Brew is Out There!   The Maltose Falcons Mayfaire has been running at least since1978 so we're not going to let a once in...

Episode 123 - Hop Confusion with Mike Brennan
  • Nov 11, 2020
  • drew
Episode 123 - Hop Confusion with Mike Brennan

If you can't tell by the number of hop conversations going on - things are wild and changing in the hop world. We're sitting ...

Brew Files - Episode 92 - Kiley's "Grewit" Gruit
  • Oct 30, 2020
  • drew
Brew Files - Episode 92 - Kiley's "Grewit" Gruit

  The Brew is Out There!   Kiley's back and talking about using herbs and spices in her beers! We're specifically focusing on...

Episode 122 - German Pils Via Michigan
  • Oct 22, 2020
  • drew
Episode 122 - German Pils Via Michigan

  Our homebrewing friends, Jeff and Susan Rankert have nursed a life long love of Germany and German beers and it shows when ...

Tour the Grainfather G70
  • Oct 6, 2020
  • denny
Tour the Grainfather G70

I've been fortunate to have a loaner Grainfather G70 to brew on the last couple months.Although I had some initial misgiving a...

Brew Files - Episode 91 - Scott's Hops, Part 2
  • Oct 1, 2020
  • drew
Brew Files - Episode 91 - Scott's Hops, Part 2

The Brew is Out There!   e're back with Scott Janish, co founder of Sapwood Cellars and the author of the New IPA. Last time ...

Shaken, not Stirred: The Stir Plate Myth Buster
  • Sep 17, 2020
  • Saccharomyces
Shaken, not Stirred: The Stir Plate Myth Buster

When I started to brew in early 1993, no one I knew used a stir plate. That count included all of the hardcore amateur brewers...