The Brewing Network Presents | Brew Strong
by Justin Crossley
Brew Strong, with hosts Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer, combines the two most prominent authors and figures in homebrewing today in a live beer radio format that allows listeners to pose beginning and advanced brewing questions to expert hosts and guests from the Craft Beer industry. Designed as a brewing geek's must-listen show, Brew Strong is your source for cutting edge beer and brewing information, answers to technical questions, as well as a guide to a greater appreciation of all things beer. Have questions or comments? Email us at [email protected]
Episodes
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Brew Strong | The Mailsack April 2026 P2
More from the mailsack as the Brew Strong crew get to the bottom of your brewing questions.
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Brew Strong | The Mailsack April 2026 P1
Brew Strong continues answering your burning questions on all things brewing!
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Brew Strong | Quality Lab: Yeast Propagation
In this episode of Brew Strong the crew talks you through the specifics of yeast propagation in you brewery.
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Brew Strong | The Mail Sack Continues
Keeping up with Jamil's promise to get through every question ever sent into Brew Strong, the boys are back with another mail sack.
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Brew Strong | Mail Sack December 2025
The boys are back to answer your brewing questions with another Mailsack episode!
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Brew Strong | Yeast Plating With John Hughes
In another edition of Brew Strong Quality Labs, the guys cover yeast plating John Hughes, former lab director at Heretic Brewing.
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Brew Strong | Dipping into the Mailsack
In this episode of Brew Strong, the guys dip into the mailsack to get your pressing questions answered!
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Brew Strong | Quality Labs for Small Brewers and Homebrewers
Jamil is back with the crew to discuss how to set up a quality lab for small brewers and homebrewers.
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Brew Strong | Q&A With Jamil
Jamil Zainasheff is back on the mic this week and ready to Brew Strong! Tune in as the OG master answers all your brewing questions with the new crew, Travis and Big Mike.
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Brew Strong | Mixed Fermentation Part 2
In this episode, the Brew Strong team tackle the complex world of mixed fermentation (part 2). With so much information in the world of wild and sour beers, it took two episodes to cover this fascinating topic. Tune in to part two here and get ready to get wild!
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Brew Strong | Mixed Fermentation Part 1
In this episode, the Brew Strong team tackle the complex world of mixed fermentation. With so much information in the world of wild and sour beers, it's gonna take at least two episodes to cover this fascinating topic. Tune in to part one here and get ready to get wild!
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Brew Strong | Package-gasm 2
In this episode of Brew Strong, Travis and Big Mike welcome back Michael 'Mufasa' Ferguson for part II of the discussion on packaging in your brewing process.
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Brew Strong | Package-gasm 1
In this episode of Brew Strong, Travis and Big Mike welcome Michael 'Mufasa' Ferguson back to the show to discuss packaging in your brewing process.
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Brew Strong | Question and Answer: Open Fermentation, Expanding Your Home Brewery, etc.
Robert Bell, from Hogshead, and friend of the show Neil Spake join us for this episode of Brew Strong! Topics include open fermentation at home, how to expand your home brewery, and more!
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Brew Strong | Robert Bell from Hogshead Brewery Talking Cask Ales
Calling in all the way from beautiful Denver, Colorado is Robert Bell, brewer at Hogshead Brewery! The fellas are excited about this one, because Robert specializes in authentic Cask Ales - a style that really needs to see a resurgence in popularity. Robert breaks down just what a cask ale is…
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Brew Strong | Question and Answer with Travis and Michael
It's homebrew Question and Answer time again, as Travis and Michael dig deep inside of the Brew Strong Mail Bag to extract only the highest quality queries to respond to. Topics of this week's show include best ways to age beer at home, how to keep your hazy beers hazy, and more!
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Brew Strong | Question And Answer With Travis and Michael
Travis and Michael take control as they root through the mail bag to answer all of your homebrewing questions! The boys cover sparging times and temperatures, the best way to infuse chocolate in beer, and more!
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Brew Strong | Question and Answer (with Huggy from Flix Brewhouse)
Huggy is back, for another round of brewing knowledge-dropping! Today's show is all about answering your homebrewing questions, and the boys have a lot to get through. Topics covered include proper cleaning chemicals, dry yeast usage, long questions, and more!
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Brew Strong | Homebrew Finings
Fining your homebrew is often considered one of the last stages of making beer, but it might also be the key to giving you a more stable product. On today's show, Justin and Travis chat with Huggy from Flix Brewhouse to get the rundown on finings - what they do, what they don't do, when to add...
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Brew Strong | Question and Answer with Blue Lake Hops
It's time once again, to enter the Mail Room and dig around for your homebrewing questions! This time, we have Adrian from Blue Lake Hops on with us to help tackle any and all hop-related questions from you. Topics include water chemistry, fermentation temperatures, and more!
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Brew Strong | Preserving Fresh Hops with Blue Lake Hops
Making a fresh hop, or wet hop, beer has always been on Mother Nature's timeline. The hops are ready when they are ready and you had better be ok with that. On today's show, the boys talk to Adrian from a company out of Michigan called Blue Lake Hops. These folks have developed a process for...
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Brew Strong | Question And Answer With Travis and Michael
Justin dips into Jamil's mail bag this week, as Michael and Travis guide homebrewers through some tough questions. The boys talk about stir plates for large batches, different ways to add extract to wort, and more!
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Brew Strong | Drew Barnes, President of Blichmann Engineering
Long-time sponsors and friends of the show, Blichmann Engineering, recently had a change in ownership. Drew Barnes worked his way up from the ground floor to becoming the President - and owner - of the entire company! On today's show, the boys chat with Drew and figure out what drove him to...
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Brew Strong | Question and Answer
Jamil and the crew invite Michael "Mufasa" Ferguson back for another round of Question and Answer! Topics include: High Gravity Brewing, Bottle Carbonation, and more!
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Brew Strong | Decoction Mashing with Michael "Mufasa" Ferguson
Decoction mashing has been something of a debate in homebrewing for decades - should you do it, should you not? To add to this conversation, Jamil and the boys invited good friend of the BN Michael "Mufasa" Ferguson on the show to talk about his thoughts on decoction mashing, and to offer some…
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Brew Strong | Question and Answer
It's time for more answers to listener questions! On today's show, the guys are fielding more great homebrewing questions - some are even from this year! Topics include water pH adjustments, the best way to ferment lagers, and more!
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Brew Strong | What In the World Is "CoolPooling", Anyway?
It feels like there's no end to the growing list of terms homebrewers have to learn in order to continue making the best beer possible - which is a good thing, as it means the hobby is still growing! Today, we talk about what "ColdPooling" is, how you do it properly, and why you would even want to.
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Brew Strong | Question and Answer
We're dippin' into the mail bag again to answer your questions, and this week we have a lot of great ones. Topics include reusing yeast (and when to avoid it), capturing CO2 from your fermenter, and more!
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Brew Strong | How To Deal With A Stuck Fermentation
Look, it happens to everyone eventually. You do your best to make sure those little yeast cells have what they need to have a great ferment, but somehow it all goes wrong. On today's show, the boys talk about how to tell if your fermentation is stuck, what you can do about it, and ways to prevent...
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Brew Strong | The Blichmann Retirement Party at Alibi Ale Works
John Palmer joins Jamil on this LIVE episode of Brew Strong, as we gather to wish John Blichmann a happy retirement from Alibi Ale Works! Kevin, brewer and owner of Alibi, sits in to discuss his path to commercial brewing, and everyone has some nice things to say about John Blichmann.
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Brew Strong | Homebrew Question and Answer
It's another mail bag day on Brew Strong - with some live questions tossed in for good measure! Today, the fellas talk about sanitizing gas line, the proper way to add dried malt extract to your boil, and more!
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Brew Strong | Mash Hopping With Scott Janish
Mash Hopping is a practice that has had its moments of popularity in the past, but never caught on in any large way. On today's show, Jamil, Travis, and Michael talk with Scott Janish about why homebrewers should be revisiting the mash hop.
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Brew Strong | Listener Question and Answer
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!
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Brew Strong | Answers To Your Fermentation Questions
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!
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Brew Strong | Question and Answer with Neil Spake
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.
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Brew Strong | How To Plan a Beer-Focused Trip To England
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.
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Brew Strong | Question And Answer With Travis and Michael
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!
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Brew Strong | Fermentation Tips and Tricks
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...
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Brew Strong | Adam Mills and the New Wave of Thiolized Yeast in Brewing
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...
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Brew Strong | Avi Shayevitz From Lallemand Talks Yeast
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 -...
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Brew Strong | Question And Answer With Travis and Michael
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!
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Brew Strong | Question And Answer With Travis and Michael
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!
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Brew Strong | The Two Johns Talk Tech
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!
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Brew Strong | Question and Answer With Michael and Travis
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!
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Brew Strong | Homebrew Question and Answer ( with Travis and Michael)
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!
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Brew Strong | Question and Answer with Travis Combel and Michael Persyn
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!
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Brew Strong | Question and Answer with Travis Combel and Michael Persyn
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!
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Brew Strong | Question and Answer With Travis Combel
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.
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Brew Strong | Question and Answer With Travis Combel
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.
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Brew Strong | Attaboy Brewing talks Cold IPA and more!
Jamil dives deep into the waters of Cold IPA with the folks from Attaboy Brewing!
About this show
Brew Strong, with hosts Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer, combines the two most prominent authors and figures in homebrewing today in a live beer radio format that allows listeners to pose beginning and advanced brewing questions to expert hosts and guests from the Craft Beer industry. Designed as a brewing geek's must-listen show, Brew Strong is your source for cutting edge beer and brewing information, answers to technical questions, as well as a guide to a greater appreciation of all things beer. Have questions or comments? Email us at [email protected]
Hosted by
Justin Crossley