Preventing dough balls, fixing CO2 leaks, & comparing your homebrew to commercial beer — Ep. 170

We welcome you to another fun-filled episode of our Homebrew Happy Hour podcast… the podcast where we answer all of your home brewing questions and discuss anything related to craft beer! On Today’s Show: If you’re one of the few who regularly read our shownotes, then I apologize for the repetition but IMPERIAL YEAST IS NOW SPONSORING OUR MONTHLY RECIPE KITS! Members of our $35 and $50 monthly tiers will now receive premium Imperial liquid yeast with their recipe kits. We’re still just as excited about this as we were when we first announced it!!! Todd and James were both able to join me for this week’s episode and we had a blast discussing your questions but also, more importantly, getting to the bottom of why Todd continuously breaks so many hydrometers. I mean… really, dude? I’ve been using the same hydrometer for 3+ years but Todd is on his 300th hydrometer it seems like. The questions on today’s show cover a wide variety of topics so I’m confident that you’re going to learn something this week. Don’t forget about our LIVE Q&A with Michael Ferguson on February 26th @ 10am central! Below is a blurb about our good friend Michael and a promo banner for the Q&A event — Emmy-nominated Beer Geeks host master brewer Michael Ferguson has been called a pioneer in the craft beer world and is now in his 30th year as an industry professional. As director of brewery operations for BJ’s Restaurants, Inc., he opened more than 120 BJ’s Restaurant and Brewhouse locations. Michael previously brewed for Station Casinos, Inc., and was responsible for multiple breweries including Barley’s Casino & Brewing Company, as director of brewery operations. He owns BrewerFX LLC, a company that provides brewery consulting and production and voiceover services, and currently manages Farmboy Brew Shop in Katy, Texas We want to hear from you! If you have a question that you’d like us to discuss on a future episode, please click on the “Submit a Question” link at the top of our website or you can now call in your questions via our questions hotline @ 325-305-6107 and leave your message after the beep. This is a friendly reminder that, if we choose your question for a future episode, we give you a $25 gift card to that episode’s sponsor! Let us know what you think and enjoy the show! cheers, joshua Thank you to our show’s sponsor, Spike Brewing Equipment, for supporting us and the homebrewing community. Learn more about their incredible equipment at SpikeBrewing.com/HomebrewHappyHour and make the most of your brew day ————————– Become a Patron!  Reminder that these episodes are ultimately made possible because of YOUR support. Consider becoming a member of our newly launched Patreon page and receive perks such as merch, exclusive group access and content, recipes, and some tiers even get monthly recipe kits mailed to you! https://www.patreon.com/HomebrewHappyHour ————————– Are you a member of the American Homebrewers Association yet? Join today and receive a FREE copy of “Session Beers” by Jennifer Talley on top of all the other cool perks that an AHA membership offers — CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO