On this week's show, we basically lean on JP again for content. He delivers an American Red Ale, which is a clone of the famous St. Rogue Red from Rogue Ales, and then a homebrewed Kombucha. At this point, we need to seriously invest in creating a Kombucha score sheet ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Friend of the show Vito is back, and this time he's teaching us a thing or two! Vito has done a lot of research into what makes a great batch of hop water, and since we have received a couple of examples as of late, why not learn a bit more about how it's made? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Hazy IPA gets a few new names on today's show, which might be just the thing it needs to finally catch on. Plus, we have a clone of the great Yuengling lager to rip through. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As craft beer drinkers, we're always on the lookout for brands we have yet to encounter, and on today's show we talk about one such brewery found at our local Asian Market .. Baeren Beer. The two styles on offer were a Dortmunder Export and a Schwarzbier, not your typical styles just found floating on a random shelf somewhere. Plus, we talk about non-alcoholic beers, so that's fun. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
German Pilsner and a Belgian Triple - two beers that could not be more opposite. On today's show, we have the brewer of both of these styles - Scott - to explain himself to us, as well as field exceptional questions from two people who know what they are talking about. And JP. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our friend Barry over at Lucky Envelope Brewing in Seattle recently subjected himself to a brew day with Warren and Dave Marliave. The beer that resulted was something called a Swiss Red Ale, and while that style doesn't really exist, Barry still wanted our feedback on it. Who are we to turn down a brewer in need, right? We also chat about homebrew vs. commercial judging, how they differ, and the best ways to tackle entering each. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Fresh of the heels of Christmas, the Dr. Homebrew crew rejoins in an epic defiance of a holiday hangover. On today's show, the boys break into a couple of Pilsners by the same brewer! One is a Dry Hopped West Coast-style Pils, and the other, a classic German-style Pils. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Czech Pale Lager needs to come in unassuming and almost nebulous to your senses. It's not an easy style to nail, and lucky for us we have a great example of one on today's show. Then we are joined again by Ryan from Old Standby Brewing Co, to tell us about a couple of new collaborations for charity he's done recently. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We've had mixed fermentation beers on this show before, but none of them have been done using the Solera method (at least we think). So on today's show we get to tackle this very involved beer method. Plus, we breakdown a pumpkin Amber Ale, which Jason is very excited for. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The rare three beer show today, as we welcome Jake to the show, with his American Pale Ale! After we toss him aside like an old piece of fruit, we crack open two beers Jason brought from his last visit to the 21st Amendment. While it's not an official Commercial Calibration segment, we had some fun breaking these beers down and chatting about them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
We're a "One Beer, ONe Guest" kind of a show this week, as we welcome Julia Herz, Executive Director of the American Homebrewers Association! Julia sent us her version of an English Bitter - a style we will always accept - and we had a lot of fun trying to break down her recipe. Then, we chatted about Julia's book, "Beer Pairing: The Essential Guide From The Pairing Pros" - a fantastic look at a better way you pair your beers with food. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The boys have all let their beers properly lager, so it's time to bring the saga of Dr. Hombre to a close tonight, as we do our final tasting and score sheets for the Dr. Homebrew Mexican Lager! This was such a fun experiment - three different brewers, all with different equipment, yeast, and capacities for understanding brewing science. Find out who's beer was the best, and who's maybe wasn't so much the best. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
"Guess The Style" sounds dangerous, but we're professionals, so we came out the other side unscathed, yet somehow still scarred. We had a lager that kind of blew our minds with regards to recipe, which we always love to have happen. Then we run through a Hazy IPA. Here's hoping that's not a trend ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Cold IPA. Sure, it sounds good, but what even is it? Colin joins us again to help us figure out what a homebrewed version of this emerging style even tastes like, and the boys start digging into the guidelines to help us all sort out the good from the not-so-good. Plus, Colin sent us some commercial beers, so he got to hang out for a bit longer than usual. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The style of Blonde Ale has come and gone over the years, and it seems like we're seeing a fresh resurgence of it - which is fine by us! Ben sent us his most recent batch, so we dug into that, and then JP had passed around his Cream Ale - or what he thought was a Cream Ale - and the guys gave him some notes on that as well. We wrap up by drinking a Hop Splash hop water from Sierra Nevada! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What does Lil' Wayne and a homebrewed beer have in common? They're both misunderstood by most people! Or something, look, just listen to this show to find the real answer, ok? Also, Brian, Brian, and JP talk about their Mexican Lager brew days and how the beer is progressing! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Two styles of IPA that seem to go through stages of popularity - the Rye IPA and the humble Cold IPA. One is a blast from the past with some rich malt notes, and the other is a modern take on the hoppy side of things. How can the brewers make these beers better? Besides just making them all Dark Milds? Find out, on this week's show! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Smoked beer is about as polarizing a flavor as you can get, even to hardcore beer nerds. Given our recent rekindling of our smoke beer fetish on this show, we were lucky enough to have Matthias Trum, part of the current generation of smoked beer stewards at the historic Schlenkerla brewery as our guest! Stationed in the heart of Bamberg, Germany, The Trum family has cared for the Schlenkerla legacy for decades, with each generation taking steps to ensure its survival. How do they survive in a world dominated by IPA? Matthias tells us that and more on this very special episode of Dr. Homebrew! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brian x2 and Jason decide it's high time they all start contributing beer to the show, for better or worse. Before this week's show started, the boys decided on creating a Mexican Lager recipe to be brewed by each of them for a future show. Of course, no recipe formulation session would be complete without a thorough tasting of said styles before deciding what the recipe will look like. Four commercial examples of Mexican Lagers are broken down and consumed in the first half, and all that data was used in the second half to create what is sure to be the greatest Mexican Lager ever produced by Dr. Homebrew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Friend of the show and serial homebrew collaborator Ryan is back with us to share another one of his fun brewing projects! Ryan is the founder of Old Standby Brewing, and has been linking up with commercial breweries to brew beer for local charities. This time, Ryan brewed a Dortmunder Export with the folks at Zoiglhaus in Portland, Oregon, to benefit the Doernbecher Children's Hospital. We talk about how this beer was made, a little recipe info, and let Schar tee off on beer style naming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices