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Homebrew Happy Hour — 517 episodes

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1

Recirculating Mashes, Yeast Re-Use & BIAB Bags

2

Yeast Starters, Auto-Siphons, and Grain Mill Maintenance

3

Crisp Pilsners, Cider Back Sweetening & Cellaring Beer Q&A

4

OG Fat Tire & The World of Draught Beer with Matt Meadows

5

Emergency Glycol Failures, Diacetyl Rests & Hop Alpha Acids Explained!

6

Did I Ruin My Beer? + Extract Wars & Kettle Sizing!

7

Inside Atlanta’s Premier Brew Shop with Joshua Lord | Episode 484

8

Inside Boulevard Brewing Co with Brand Manager Adam Hall

9

Hop Extracts for Dry Hopping, Lager Yeast Kölsch, & Solving Low OG Problems | Episode 482

10

Our Trip to #HomebrewCon 2026 in Asheville, NC | Episode 481

11

The Road to HomebrewCon 2026 in Asheville w/ Julia Herz | Episode 480

12

Do You REALLY Need Rice Hulls? | SRM, Growler Fills, & Draft Sparkling Water | Episode 479

13

Is Pressure Fermentation Worth It? The Good, Bad, and the Potential Geysers! | Episode 478

14

The Golden Hive Update: Mead, Makers, CBC and HomebrewCon Asheville | Episode 477

15

Pressure, Purity, and The Great Sparge Debate | Episode 476

16

Fixing Foamy Beer, Frozen Fruit Tips, & Easy Hop Subs | Episode 475

17

Is Your Process Outdated? The Truth on Kegs, Secondary Conditioning, & Must Have Gear | Ep.474

18

3 Topics for Brewing Better Beer: Dry Hopping, Used Gear Tips, & Medaling at Competitions – Ep. 473

19

No New Episode but Don’t Forget About the Boston Lager!

20

The Challenges of Operating a Homebrew Supply Shop in 2026 – Ep. 472

21

The Art of the Craft: Life, Lyrics, and Lager with Joe Whiting – Ep. 471

22

Mastering the Basics: Yeast Harvesting, Base Malts, and Mash Ratios – Ep. 470

23

The Godfather of Double IPA: Vinnie Cilurzo on the Birth of Pliny the Elder – Ep. 469

24

From Brewing to Biohacking: Trong’s New Wellness Tool – Ep. 468

25

Unwanted Pellicle, Sprinkling vs Rehydrating Dry Yeast, & When to Rack Your Batch – Ep. 467

26

I’m Unemployed (but Homebrew Happy Hour is NOT Going Away). What’s Next? – Ep. 466

27

Brewing Water Chemistry: Understanding Mash, Boil, and Fermentation pH with Wayne Doucette – Ep. 465

28

A Hill Country Original: Talking Real Ale w/ Brad Farbstein – Ep. 464

29

Parti-Gyle Brewing, IPA Freshness, & Backsweetening Kombucha – Episode 463

30

Last call for Shiner Bock Clone Kit

31

A Texas Craft Beer Tradition: Inside Spoetzel Brewery w/ Shiner Brewmaster Greg Hybner – Ep.462

32

Flow Control Faucets on Column Towers, Carbonating Kegs at Room Temp, What to do with an Infected Bucket, & Replicating My Favorite Commercial Beer – Ep. 461

33

What Upgrades to Spend my Money on, What to do when Fermentation Stalls Out, & Bottling vs Kegging – Ep. 460

34

Favorite Beer, Favorite Gear, & Happy New Year! – Ep. 459

35

Merry Christmas from Homebrew Happy Hour

36

Late Hop Addition Mishaps, When to Mill my Grains, What is a Kolsch, & Turnkey Kegerators vs a DIY Build – Ep. 458

37

HomebrewCon is back, baby! An Interview with Julia Herz from the American Homebrewers Association – Ep. 457

38

Ideal Hose for CMB Flow Control, Full Keg with a Leaky Post, Mashing in the Beta Range, & Best Line Connections for a Draft Beer System – Ep. 456

39

Tips for Carbonating & Serving Water, Avoiding Suckback when Cold Conditioning, Does Time Heal Most Off-Flavors, & Dealing with a Stalled Fermentation – Ep. 455

40

Using a Blowoff Tube AND Doing Pressure Fermentation, Installing a FLOTit on a Conical Fermenter, My Personal Pressure Fermentation Protocol, & A Few Questions on our Topo Chico Clone Kit – Ep. 454

41

Homebrew Disconnect Maintenance, Draft Beer Temperature Ranges for Serving, & Do Kegs Go Bad? – Ep. 453

42

Open vs Closed Transferring, Planning Out Future Brew Days, Improving Mash Efficiency in Igloo Coolers, & Does the Yeast Strain Really Matter – Ep. 452

43

Replacing Regulator Gauges, Fermentation Temperature Ranges, Beer Line Cleaning Tips, & Dealing with Hop Creep – Ep. 451

44

Decoction Mashing, How Important is a Water Profile, & Some Chit Chat Questions with our Friend Horst Dornbusch – Ep. 449

45

Homebrewer Showcase: An Interview with River City Brewers Club President Adam Skjefstad – Ep. 448

46

Boiling Times Explained, What’s the Deal w/ Cold Conditioning, How Full is too Full in my Keg, & Should I Secondary my Batch – Ep. 447

47

HHH REPLAY: All About Breakfast Stout & a Replay of Our Interview w/ Jeremy Kosmicki from Founders Brewing

48

Brewing Award Winning Beer at the Highest Level: An Interview with the AHA’s 2025 Homebrewer of the Year, Wayne Doucette – Ep. 446

49

Dealing with Scorched Wort, Shelf Life of a SCOBY, & Tips for Counter Pressure Bottling Sours – Ep. 445

50

What to do with Frozen Beer Lines, Fridge vs Chest Freezer for my Kegerator, & Routine Leak Checks on a Draft System – Ep. 444

51

1 Base Malt to Rule them All, 2 Taps 1 Keg, & Calculating Correct Temps After Mashing In – Ep. 443

52

Mastering the BJCP Tasting Exam: An Interview with Doug Walker from Rusty Nut Brew & Que – Ep. 442

53

A Keg Cleaning Question, Using Saaz as a Substitute in a Kolsch, & 2 Kegs 1 Spunding Valve – Ep. 441

54

Same Hop but Different Alpha Acid Numbers, Are Water Profiles Worth it, & How Long is too Long in Primary Fermentation – Ep. 440

55

Brewing Non-Alcoholic Beer and Catching up with Trong from HomebrewerLab.com – Ep. 439

56

Using Huge Hose in a Keezer, Jockey Box Coils and Flow Control Faucets, & Using a Quick Carb Lid for Beer – Ep. 438

57

What to do with Mixed Grains, Kegging Cocktails, Adding Pressure to Your Fermenter, & Preventing Gas Line Backflow – Ep. 437

58

What it Takes to Start Judging Beer: a Recap of Kolsch Cup and Lots More with Jonathan Marut – Ep. 436

59

What to Know When Using True Flow Control Faucets, Why Do We Sparge, Excessive Foam from 1 Tap, & Switching from Bottling to Kegging – Ep. 435

60

How to Brew an Award Winning Kolsch: An Interview with the 2025 Kolsch Cup Grand Champion, Robert Abbott – Ep. 434

61

Installing a Long Line Draft Beer System in Your Home, Transferring From the Fermenter While Krausen is Still Present, & What to do with a Sack full of Weevils – Ep. 433

62

Everything You Need to Know About Monster Brewing Hardware – An Interview with Fred Francis – Ep. 432

63

Configuring a Thermostat Temperature Controller, Getting Different SRMs from the Same Recipe, & Is it Worth the Money to Upgrade to Stainless Steel Fermenters – Ep. 431

64

Learn More about the Brewtubers with Nick Lesogor from Exit 12 Homebrew – Ep. 430

65

Mitigating Suckback During Cold Conditioning, Maintenance Tips for Stainless Steel Conical Fermenters, & Bottling and Filling Growlers from a Keg – Ep. 429

66

Brewing Traditional Continental European Styles with Hagen Dost from Dovetail Brewery – Ep. 428

67

Todd’s Opinions on the State of Homebrewing, Installing Inline Flow Control into an Existing Draft System, & Tips for Going from Extract to All Grain Brewing – Ep. 427

68

Hill Country Brewing w/ Calvin Kouba from Middleton Brewing – Ep. 426

69

Is Homebrewing a Dying Hobby, Does my Infected Batch Mean I Have Infected Equipment, & Avoiding Scorched Grains – Ep. 425

70

Keeping Steady Temps when Cooler Brewing, Setting Pressure for Serving Soda, & Dealing with a Dripping Faucet – Ep. 424

71

Homebrewer to Probrewer – An Interview with Davy from Roughhouse Brewing – Ep. 423

72

Selecting Hops for a German Pils, Understanding Base Malts for Different Styles, & Balancing a Danby Kegerator System – Ep. 422

73

Line Cleaning Tips, Best Gear for 5 Gallon Batches, & a Bunch of Rapid Fire Questions Too – Ep. 421

74

Turning Mountain Dew into Wine – An Interview with Charlie from Golden Hive Mead – Ep. 420

75

Balancing a Home Draft System, Tips for Maintaining a Glycol Chiller, & Discrepancies in my Gravity Readings – Ep. 419

76

Recapping our 2024 Brew Days While Hiking up a Mountain with my Pop – Ep. 418

77

Quick PSA: Last Call for Kolsch!

78

Stuck Fermentation Woes, Dialing in Decoctions, & Comparing Homebrew Disconnects – Ep. 417

79

The Future of Kegconnection.com – Ep. 416

80

Shelf Life for Brewing Minerals, Wanting More Coffee Flavor from a Breakfast Stout, & Refilling Your Own CO2 Cylinders at Home – Ep. 415

81

Favorite Beer, Favorite Gear, and Happy New Year – Ep. 414

82

See y’all in 2025!

83

Advice for Keg Newbies, When to Replace Keg Gaskets, & Continuously Getting Metallic Tastes from my Kegs – Ep. 413

84

Purposefully Stopping Fermentation & What that Might Cause, Losing Power During a Fermentation, & Recalibrating an Electronic pH Meter – Ep. 412

85

An Interview with the 2024 Altbier World Champion, Jonathan Marut – Ep. 411

86

INTERVIEW: Some Coffee 101 for my Imperial Coffee Stout (chatting with Kevin Carswell from Mochas & Javas)

87

Natural Pressure vs Adding Pressure for Fermentation, Planning Out a Brew Day, & Should I Transfer Before Lagering My Batch – Ep. 410

88

To Refurbish or Replace a Shank, FLOTit 2.0 Tips, & The Different Names for Various Times in Your Hop Schedule – Ep.409

89

Gas Side Hose Maintenance, Sanitizing Bottles and then Storing Them, & A Handful of General Sanitation Questions – Ep.408

90

Keeping Track of All Your Ingredients, Brew in a Bag on an Electric All-in-One, and Adding Flavors to Homemade Sparkling Mineral Water – Ep.407

91

Altbier 101: History, Brewing Techniques, & Recipe Recommendations with Horst Dornbusch – Ep.406

92

Do CMB Disconnects Need Washers, Taking Apart Faucets During Cleaning, Best Practices for Grain Mill Maintenance, & Our Recap of HomebrewHQ at GABF – Ep. 405

93

Pressure Fermenting an Altbier, Dry Hopping a Pressure Fermented Batch, & Adding a Sight Glass to an Existing Brewing System – Ep.404

94

Homebrew HQ and the Great American Beer Festival – An Interview with Julia Herz from the American Homebrewers Association – Ep. 403

95

Preventing Airlock Suckback During Fermentation, Recipe Kit Gravity Readings Way Off Target, & Are Clean in Place Systems Worth it for a Homebrewer? – Ep. 402

96

Alcoholic Capri Sun, 3D Printing for Homebrewers, & Integrating New Tech into Brewing & Draught Systems. We’re catching up with Trent Musho from The Brusho – Ep. 401

97

Brewing with Hops High in Cohumulone, Making a Liquid Transfer Jumper Line, & Repairing Loose Keg Tops & Bottoms – Ep. 400

98

Brewing with Older Hops, Detecting Infections in my Fermenting Bucket, & Dissolving Minerals for Making Topo Chico – Ep. 399

99

Dealing with Too Much Mash Efficiency, Alpha vs Beta Ranges, & Getting Rid of Residual Smells & Flavors in a Homebrew Keg – Ep.398

100

Cleaning vs Replacing Lines, Pressure Fermenting Gear, Brewing Crispy Lagers, & Adding Coffee – Ep.397

101

Innovative Methods and Tips for Harvesting Yeast as a Homebrewer with Trong Ngyuen – Ep. 396

102

Loose Mashing a Batch of Beer, Using a Y Splitter Instead of an Air Manifold, & Making 2 Styles of Beer from 1 Single Mash – Ep. 395

103

Calibrating Your Gas Regulator, Techniques for Achieving Balanced Hop Aroma While Minimizing Bitterness, & Converting Draft System Components to Duotight – Ep. 394

104

Discussing All Things Related to Craft Beer & Brewing with Horst Dornbusch – Ep. 393

105

The Effects of Warm Temps on Previously Cold Beer, Calculating for Rice Hulls, & What Happens if I Under-Pitch or Over-Pitch my Yeast – Ep. 392

106

Best Kolsch in Cologne, Substituting Ingredients for a Competition Batch, Sticky Alt vs Regular Alt, & Understanding Hop Additions – Ep. 391

107

Using Air to Initially Pressurize a Fermenter, Rehydrating Frozen Yeast, & Dealing With Foamy Pours from my Jockey Box – Ep. 390

108

Fermenting for Usable CO2, Selecting Hose for Secondary Regulators, Pellicle in my Fermenter but not in my Keg yet, & How to Know if a Fermenter can Handle Pressure – Ep. 389

109

Hot Liquor Tank Flow Rate While Sparging, Understanding Secondary Regulators, Cleaning & Sanitizing a KegLand Fermzilla – Ep. 388

110

An interview with Kolsch Cup 2024 Grand Champion, Jonathan Marut – Ep. 387

111

Shelf Life for Crushed Grains, Transferring Hazy Beer from my Fermenter, & Letting a Batch Stay in the Fermenter for 2 Weeks – Ep. 386

112

Unexplainable Low ABV, Mash Paddle Recommendations, & Troubleshooting Why My CO2 Isn’t Flowing While I’m Force Carbonating My Beer – Ep. 385

113

Lower Efficiency with Floor Malted Barley, Should I Fear the Foam of StarSan, No Activity in my Airlock, & Choosing Hops for a Kolsch – Ep. 384

114

Losing Carbonation in my Beer Lines, Dumping a Few Ounces from the First Pour, & Getting Proper Carbonation AND Nitrogen Cascading When Dispensing with Beer Gas – Ep. 383

115

Acetaldehyde in a Pressure Fermented Lager, Draining Beer Lines After a Cleaning, & Selling Your Used Homebrewing Equipment – Ep. 382

116

How to Deal with Beer Stone Residue in my Kettle, When to Add Minerals to my Brewing Water, & Best Practices for Dry Hopping & Cold Crashing a Batch – Ep. 381

117

Pressure Fermentation: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly with Trong Nguyen from HomebrewerLab.com – Ep. 380

118

Is it Ever a Bad Idea to Make a Yeast Starter, Making Cold Brew Coffee in an All-in-One, & Getting the Most out of Liquid Yeast – Ep. 379

119

Is This The Ultimate All-in-One Extract Brewing System? An Interview with Alex Dixon from Pinter – Ep. 378

120

Using a Water Reservoir for Wort Chilling, Replacing Keg Posts After Carbonating Your Beer, & What to do if I Mashed Way Higher than Intended – Ep. 377

121

Water Profile for Sparging, Keg to Keg Transferring for Clearer Beer, & Shelf Life of Rice Hulls – Ep. 376

122

Spundit! Flotit! Picnic Taps & More! An Interview with Trong Nguyen from HomebrewerLab.com – Ep. 375

123

Do Mash Times Really Matter, Using T’s Instead of Air Distributors, & Adding Minerals to My Brewing Water – Ep. 374

124

Proper PSI for Pressure Fermentation, What Causes Regulators to Creep, & Brewing 5 Gallon Batches on a Brautag HERMS – Ep. 373

125

Hot Side Aeration Myth, To Sparge or Not to Sparge, & Preventing Suck Back While Cold Crashing My Beer – Ep. 372

126

Does Carbonation Affect Gravity Readings, Which Grains to Stock in Bulk, & Tips for Using the Quick Carb Lid – Ep. 371

127

Tips for Scaling Up Your Homebrewing, Adding Bitterness to My Beer After It’s Been Kegged, & What to Look for When Buying Used Brewing Equipment – Ep. 370

128

Preventing Cold Side Oxidation, Shelf Life of Kegged Beer, & Making a Hard Seltzer Using the new Topo Clone Minerals Kit – Ep. 369

129

Discussing All Things About Yeast for Homebrewing with Owen Lingley from Imperial Yeast – Ep. 368

130

Differences Between Various Keg Brands & Their Posts, How Much Does Alpha Acid Percentages Matter, & Best Practices When Using a Spunding Valve – Ep. 367

131

How to do a Closed Transfer, Buying a Grain Mill for Home, & Spunding Valve Maintenance – Ep. 366

132

An Interview with Hubertus Biere – Ep. 365

133

Inline Check-Valve on Your Gas Line, Milling Grains for All-in-One Electric Systems, & Preventing My Beer from Tasting like a Band Aid – Ep. 364

134

Hop Tea Instead of Pitching Hops in an Extract Batch, How Long to Carbonate a 5 Gallon Keg, Maintaining an RO System, and a Brief Recap of our 2023 – Ep. 363

135

Adding Water Post-Fermentation to Increase Batch Size, Bottling Beer in Plastic Soda Bottles, & Various Ways to Bottle from a Keg – Ep. 362

136

Extending Dry Yeast Shelf Life, Do Gravity Readings Matter, Full Flow Control vs Limited Flow Control, & Which Direction Do I Whirlpool? – Ep. 361

137

From Homebrewer to Pro Brewer: An Interview with Ryan Hansen – Ep. 360

138

An interview with Alt-Pokal 2023 Grand Champion, Brian Geraghty – Ep. 359

139

Problems with Picnic Taps, Dry Hopping without Oxidizing my Beer, & Dealing with Moldy Equipment – Ep. 358

140

Carbonating in the Same Keg I Fermented in, Troubleshooting Regulator Creep, & 2023 Holiday Gift Ideas – Ep. 357

141

Converting Propane Burners to Natural Gas, Required Wrench Sizes for Keg Posts, & Do I Need to Remove Muslin Bags when Cooling my Wort? – Ep. 356

142

Proper Carbonation for Style & Serving, Best Practices for Beer Lines, & When to Replace Gaskets in Your Faucets – Ep. 355

143

Homebrewer Showcase: An Interview with Trent Musho – Ep. 354

144

Figuring out Sparge Water Ratios, Pilsner Recipe but Ale Yeast, Does Time Heal All Off Flavors, & Using Gas Side Ball Lock Disconnects on the Liquid Side Post – Ep. 353

145

Troubleshooting a Gas Manifold, How to Make a Drier Kolsch, & Brewing with Unusual Ingredients – Ep. 352

146

Fermenting in a Homebrew Keg, How to Use a Quick Carbonation Lid, & Brewing a Coffee Stout – Ep. 351

147

Repairing Homebrew Kegs, Storing Equipment in Hot Garages, & Canning Homemade Yeast Starters – Ep. 350

148

Pros and Cons of Glass Carboys, Forgetting to Take Gravity Readings, & Using DME to Make Yeast Starters – Ep. 349

149

Converting a Fridge into a Fermentation Chamber, Using an Immersion Chiller as a Jockey Box Coil, & Should I Be Using RO Water for My Sanitizer – Ep. 348

150

Filtering Trub From My Fermentation Vessel, Pin Lock Keg Pressure Relief Valves, Our Pressure Fermentation Process, & Will Brewing At a Higher Temperature Affect My Beer’s Clarity – Ep. 347

151

Pressure Fermentation on Lagers versus Ales, Is Pressure Fermentation Appropriate for Every Style, & Other Stuff About Pressure Fermentation – Ep. 346

152

Ways to Prevent Suckback, What is Beer Gas and How to Use It, & What Would Happen if I Did Open Fermentation? – Ep. 345

153

Pressure Fermenting a Lager at Room Temps, Building a Jockey Box, & Preparing Strike Water for an Early Morning Brewday – Ep. 344

154

Shank Size Selection, Calculating Necessary Yeast Pitch Rate, & Sparging with Under Temp Water – Ep. 343

155

Can I Brew with Sparkling Water, Growing & Brewing with Fresh Hops, & Converting Regulators for Nitrogen or into Secondaries – Ep. 342

156

The Pros of Recirculating Your Mash, Keeping a Fermentation Vessel Warm Enough, & Serving Soda On Your Draught Beer System – Ep. 341

157

Best Ways to Add Flavors After Primary Fermentation, The Effectiveness of Brew Clean in Cold Water, & How to Use a Soda Carbonating Cap on 2 Liter Bottles – Ep. 340

158

Catching Up with Kenny Highman, AKA The Brewer of Seville – Ep. 339

159

An Interview with Kolsch Cup 2023 Grand Champion, George Kolcun – Ep. 338

160

Our HomebrewCon 2023 Experience & Recap – Ep. 337

161

An Interview with Nick Piper from Muntons Malt – Ep. 336

162

Transporting Homebrew Long Distances, and a Preview of The Beer We’re Bringing to HomebrewCon – Episode 335

163

Do I Need Separate Equipment for Cider & Kombucha, Transferring Between Kegs, & Saving Bloated Pouches of Liquid Yeast – Ep. 334

164

Dealing with Rust Inside a Homebrew Keg, The Differences Between Golden Ales Blonde Ales and Kolsch, & a Pre-Game Taste Test of Commercial Kolsch – Ep. 333

165

Moisture Concerns with Indoor Electric Brewing, Balancing a Home Draft Beer System, & Refurbishing a Homebrew Keg – Ep. 332

166

Keeping My Beer Away from UV Rays, Inline Flow Control vs Flow Control Faucets, & The Ideal Timeline for the Perfect Kolsch – Ep. 331

167

How to Get Better Head, Servicing a Standard Single Column Beer Tower, & Utilizing a Trunk Line for My Draft Beer System at Home – Ep. 330

168

Using a Flow Control Event Faucet, Does Yeast Strain Selection Actually Matter, & Ideal Ambient Temperature for a CO2 Cylinder – Ep. 329

169

New vs Used Kegs, Quickest Grain to Glass Beer, Foaming Issues with a Beer Gun, & The Noticeable Differences When Substituting Hops – Ep. 328

170

Wort Chiller Configurations, Ideal Features in Electric Brewing Systems, Is HERMs Brewing Worth It, & Fermenting and Serving from the Same Keg – Ep. 327

171

Sanitary Concerns When Taking Gravity Readings from a Fermenter, Is it OK to Crush My Hop Pellets, Troubleshooting a Secondhand Kegerator, & Why Are My Bottles Under Carbonated – Ep. 326

172

Understanding Flow Control Faucets, Ideal Kettle Size for 5 Gallon Batches, & Best Practices for Storing Kegs – Ep. 325

173

Leftover Moisture in My Transfer Tubing, Pressure Testing Plastic Fermenters, Is Decoction Mashing Worth It, and Beer Gas vs CO2 – Ep. 324

174

Storing Premixed Sanitizer, Yeast and Clear Beer, Putting a Faucet Together, & Cleaning Your Beer Lines – Ep. 323

175

Primary vs Secondary Regulators, Keg Kit Fittings, & Using a Spunding Valve for Pressure Fermentation – Ep. 322

176

Is Yeast Dumping Necessary, Measuring Carbonation Levels, & Using Electric All-in-Ones for Brewing and Fermenting In – Ep. 321

177

Yeast Pitch Rate for Pressure Pilsners, Gravity Readings During Active Fermentation, Temperature Control for Storing Grains, & Sanitation Procedure on a Brew Day – Ep. 320

178

Cold Storing Bulk Hops, Flow Rate when Using Wort Chillers, & Bourbon Barrel Oak Chips Affecting Bottle Carbonation – Ep. 319

179

Measuring How Much Beer is Still in My Kegs, Where Do I Keep My Sanitized Stuff, Handling Varying Mash Temps, & 2 Kegs, 1 Tap – Ep. 318

180

Lingering Metallic Taste in my Keg, 120v vs 240v Electric Brewing, Finding Leaks in Your Draft System, & Brewing Authentic Styles – Ep. 317

181

Draft Beer Systems for Events, Making Non-Alcholic Beer and/or Hop water, & Do I Really Need a Water Profile for my Beer – Ep. 316

182

Closed Transferring from Brew Buckets, Rinsing Your Glass Between Every New Beer, & Splitting Up Your Brew Day – Ep. 315

183

Kombucha Q&A with Lorena Evans

184

Using Whirlfloc in Wheat Beers, Should Stored Kegs be Under Pressure, & Getting Hard Water Deposits off Your Electric Heating Element – Ep. 314

185

How Much Yeast to Pitch for Small Batch Brewing, Filling CO2 Cylinders at Home, Longevity of High Tech Brewing Equipment, & Prior Proper Preparation for your Brew Day – Ep. 313

186

Adding Volume Markings to Your Brewing Equipment, Yeast Trub Affecting Your Gravity Readings, Delayed Fermentation Due to Low Temps, & New Year New Beer Resolutions – Ep. 312

187

How to use Brew Clean, Why Don’t More Homebrewers Use Sanke Kegs, Do Sours Affect Your Dispensing Equipment, & Brewing a More Festive Kolsch – Ep. 311

188

Dealing with Keezer Condensation, How to Stop Fermentation from Continuing, & Force Carbing with Lots of Headspace in the Keg – Ep. 310

189

Replacing Regulator Washers, Closed Transferring Thru the Gas Post, & Maximizing My Brew Day – Ep. 309

190

Forgetting Flameout Additions, Rubber Handled Kegs Causing a Mess, Cleaning Plastic Draft Faucets, & Carbonating a Nitrogen Beer – Ep. 308

191

What is Parti-Gyle Brewing, Which Commercial Beer Best Represents America, & Some General Keezer Questions – Ep. 307

192

Determining Your Brewhouse Efficiency, How to Change SRM with SMaSH Beers, & What Brew Pairs Best with Thanksgiving Dinner – Ep. 306

193

Jockey Box Coils vs Cold Plates, Correcting Under Carbonated Bottles, How Much Top Clearance Do My Kegs Need in a Kegerator, & Signs that Liquid Backflowed into Your Regulator – Ep. 305

194

Calculating IBUs, What Needs Sanitizing Post-Boil, & Tap Water Leaking into Wort From an Immersion Chiller – Ep. 304

195

Choosing Commercial Couplers, Dumping Trub from a Conical, 15 Minute Hops Follow Up, & Do I Need to Pressure Test My Kegs – Ep. 303

196

Explaining Why Kolsch is Delicious, Do Brands Matter when Buying Malt, & Recipes without 60 Minute Hop Additions – Ep. 302

197

How to Find a CO2 Leak, CO2 Cylinder & Pressure Fermentation, Brewing Multiple Batches of the Same Style in One Day, & Tethering Your Regulator to a CO2 Cylinder – Ep. 301

198

Fixing Regulator Bleed, Brewing with Cannabis, Brewing for the Year in 1 Season, & a Question About Breakfast Stout – Ep. 300

199

Achieving Proper Carbonation, Keeping Kegged Beer at Room Temps, Bottle Carbonation vs Kegged Force Carbonation, & Filtering Beer After it’s Been Kegged – Ep. 299

200

First Wort Hopping, Thoughts on Open Fermentation, & Mashing on top of Existing Protein and Spent Grain – Ep. 298

201

Thoroughly Cleaning Filthy Kegs, Necessary Head Space in the Fermenter, & Buying/Storing Bulk Liquid Malt Extract – Ep. 297

202

Fixing Scratched Stainless Steel, How to Tell if my Beer is Infected, Final Gravity Issues, & Temperature Range Expectations with Common Yeast Strains – Ep. 296

203

Experimental Brewing, Different Ways to Use Hops in the Boil, and Taste Testing American Alts with Dusseldorf Alts – Ep. 295

204

Flow Control Comparison: CMB V10 vs Nukatap, Dealing with Fruit Flies, Brewing a Pastry Stout, & Oversized Tap Handle Damaging My Faucet’s Lever – Ep. 294

205

How to Pressure Transfer, Backsweetening my Beer, Explaining Rice Hulls and their Purpose, & a Kegerator Buildout Question – Ep. 293

206

Repitching Yeast, Differentiating Similar Yeast Options, What’s the Deal with Sparging and Mashing Out, & What to Do With 50lbs of DME – Ep.292

207

Best Way to Clean Kegs, How to Clean my Wort Chiller, & Tons of Foam When Transferring from Fermenter to Keg – Ep. 291

208

Conditioning a Kolsch, How Often Do You Calibrate Your Hydrometer, & Storing Faucets + Beer Lines When They’re Not in Use – Ep. 290

209

Pressure Fermentation Follow up, Brewing with Kveik, & Taste Testing Our Pilsners & IPA – Ep. 289

210

When to Use Decoction, Smoking Malt at Home, Choosing an Electric All-in-One, & How Long Should I Wait to Serve After Force Carbing in a Keg – Ep. 288

211

Using CMB Faucets with the TapCooler, Explaining Alpha & Beta Amylase, How Long Are Hops Good For, & Shipping Craft Beer – Ep. 287

212

Closed Transfer Tips, Brewing Fermenting & Serving from a Keg, & Using Glycol to Cool Your Wort Down to Yeast Pitching Temps – Ep. 286

213

Saving Undercarbonated Bottles, Opening a Brewery, Kettle Size for 5 gal Batches, & a Question about CO2 Tank Recertification – Ep. 285

214

Properly Configuring PSI on a 3 Keg Kit, Accidentally Using Hops at the Wrong Time, & Transferring Beer to Combine Two Homebrew Kegs – Ep. 284

215

Using a Hop Back, Sulfur Smell in My Lagers, & Brewing Batches that Push Your Equipment’s Limits – Ep. 283

216

Carbonating a Kölsch, Our Worst Brew Day Injuries, Adding Secondary Regulators to Existing Systems, & How ‘No Rinse’ are ‘No Rinse’ Sanitizers – Ep. 282

217

Keezer Temperature Control Tips, Adding Whirlfloc After the Boil, & Fermenting and Serving at the Same Temps – Ep. 281

218

Sycamore brewing vs Stone lawsuit update, Homebrewers Opening Prodigy Brewing in Utah, & Latin American Brewers Go Direct #BNW

219

Catching Up and Talking Mead with Corrie Purser – Ep. 280

220

Tips for transporting kegs, brewing good beer on a budget, Calculating gravity after adding DME, & buying used vs new when it comes to kegerators – Ep. 279

221

The Brewers Association Announces Industry Award Winners, World Beer Cup Winners, and More News from the Craft Brewers Conference – #BNW Ep. 11

222

How the Ukraine war is affecting wheat and grain exports in Europe, How climate change is affecting global barley and hop yields, & catching up with Horst Dornbusch – Ep. 278

223

Frozen yeast viability, Serving from a conical fermenter, Lagering tips, & Ambient odors affecting fermentation – Ep. 277

224

Homebrewer Showcase: An Interview with Jonathan Marut – Ep. 276

225

Serving temps for different styles of beer, different solutions for bottling from the keg, cleaning a jockey box plate chiller, & do I need to let the krausen fall before transferring my beer – Ep. 275

226

Scenarios for a jockey box, self closing faucets, splitting a brew day between indoors and outdoors, brewing a rauchbier, and calibrating a hydrometer – Ep. 274

227

Modelo releases canned ranch water, & Molson Coors owes Stone Brewing $56 million – #BNW Ep. 10

228

How long will milled grains last, keeping DME on hand, avoiding oxidation when using an auto-siphon, & keeping beer from light when using clear glass carboys – Ep. 273

229

Dogfish head and Patagonia collaborate, US Liquor Laws are Evolving, & Women are leading Barcelona’s Craft Beer Revolution – #BNW Ep. 09

230

Leaving sanitizer in your beer lines, kegging for beginners, resolving stuck disconnects, & a question about using and reusing hop bags – Ep. 272

231

Heineken Halts Beer Sales in Russia, Athletic Brewing Introduces Athletic Lite, & the trial between Stone Brewing and Moulson Coors Begins – #BNW Ep. 08

232

Determining how much beer line you need, How long does mixed sanitizer last in a bottle, Managing your airlock, & is a diacetyl rest necessary when brewing a lager – Ep. 271

233

Preventing suck back when cold crashing, comparing metal vs plastic faucets, pressure fermentation and temperature control, & what to do for when you feel burned out – Ep. 270

234

Founders of Squatters Brewery Buyback Restaurants & Brew Pubs, Kona Brewery Opens New Facility, & the Brewer’s Association Updates Style Guidelines – #BNW Ep. 07

235

Will carbonation levels increase from your serving PSI, RO water vs distilled water, & creative ways to deal with acidity after you keg – Ep. 269

236

Oskar Blues Closes their Boulder Taproom, Monster & Constellation Merge Looks Likely, Modern Times Closing 4 Taprooms, & Draft Sales Increase Nationwide – BNW Ep. 06

237

Best ways to store bulk grains, American malt vs Continental malt, Is it safe to use expired malt extract, & Catching up with Jason from Muntons – Ep. 268

238

Dick Leinenkugel stepping down as head of brewery, Counterfeiting in the wine industry, & Results from the inaugural Texas Craft Brewers Cup – BNW Ep. 05

239

When to dump trub when using a conical, when to use gelatin in a lager, when to clean your keezer’s gas lines, & how long should a CO2 cylinder last – Ep. 267

240

Taco Bell & Mountain Dew’s Baja Blast gets Boozey, Shiner announces new IPA, New Belgium and Imperfect Foods Pair Up, & Sonic Hard Seltzer expands across the country – BNW Ep. 04

241

Building a DIY electric all in one, simple ways to lager, does my keg need to be cold when using a jockey box, & taste differences after splitting a 5 gallon batch into two kegs – Ep. 266

242

Brewdog flouted US laws over beer imports, Founders Brewing is getting a new CEO, Coca-Cola & Coors to make spiked lemonade, & Oskar Blues celebrates 20 years of Dale’s Pale Ale – BNW Ep. 03

243

Sanitizer suck-back,filtering carbonated beer, oxidation from sloshing in a carboy, & how long is too long when cold conditioning – Ep. 265

244

Russian River postpones their in-person Pliny the Younger release, Katy Perry gets into the non-alcoholic biz, Boston Beer is down on their earnings projections & the Braubeviale show is suspended til 2023 – BNW Ep. 02

245

What all changes when you scale a recipe, pitching the ‘wrong’ yeast, ball lock disconnect stuck on the post, & grains and hops to always have on hand – Ep. 264

246

Alcohol E-Commerce Sales Boom, Monster Buys CANarchy, & Sierra Nevada Launches Hop Splash Water – BNW Ep. 01

247

Lagging fermentation, whole cone dry hopping, repairing a valve on a gas manifold, & using sanke kegs for your homebrewed beer – Ep. 263

248

Fixing flat beer, cold conditioning outside, forgetting to add aroma hops, & our 2022 new year resolutions – Ep. 262

249

Transferring back to the fermenter, sealing keg lids, leaky keg posts, & our 2021 year in review – Ep. 261

250

An Interview with Founders Brewing Company brewmaster, Jeremy Kosmicki – Ep. 260

251

An Interview with Lorena Evans from BrewersFriend.com – Ep. 259

252

Discussing all about the new G40 Grainfather and lots more with Matt Bolling from Bevie – Ep. 258

253

Kegging during active fermentation, buying grains at a garage sale, gift ideas for brewers, & go-to Thanksgiving beers – Ep. 257

254

Homebrewer Showcase: An Interview with Joe Whiting – Ep. 256

255

Transferring from Sanke to corny kegs, expanding a draft beer system, overfilling fermentation buckets, & uncarbonated beer in a keg – Ep. 255

256

An interview with Ryan Hansen from HomebrewerPro.com – Ep. 254

257

How long can beer stay in primary fermentation, our favorite yeast strains, preventing fruit flies, & what to do if beer shoots into my airlock – Ep. 253

258

When to add puree, how long to cool wort, barrel aging beer in a keg, & we welcome Olin and Chris from MoreBeer on the show – Ep. 252

259

Using two immersion chillers and an ice bath, to sparge or not to sparge on a mash & boil, harvesting yeast from trub, & upping the ABV after primary fermentation – EP. 251

260

#BREWDAY LIVE and more to celebrate our 250th episode – Ep. 250

261

CMBecker vs Perlick flow control, what is a diacetyl rest, compensating for evaporation, & brewing better pils – Ep. 249

262

Getting better head retention, upgrading from buckets, kettle insulation, & fixing a stout that’s too dry – Ep. 248

263

How long should secondary fermentation last, do I need a wort chiller, help I think my keg is infected, & rehydrating yeast versus sprinkling it in – Ep. 247

264

Forgetting specialty malt, crushing grains for an all-in-one, filtering wort before it goes into primary fermentation, & dispensing from a keg that’s on its side – Ep. 246

265

Transporting a fermenting batch, does trub affect your hydrometer reading, calibrating an electric system, & using a clean but unsanitized keg – Ep. 245

266

Sparkling water secrets, easy kolsch recipes, beer pairings advice, & getting your partner into brewing with you – Ep. 244

267

An interview with Scott Mast from Hang’em High Hops & Chris Vogel from Great Lake Hops – Ep. 243

268

Choosing your hops for a SMaSH recipe, head space when filling bottles, duplicate brew days but different results, & what to do with swollen packs of liquid yeast – Ep. 242

269

Dip tube dilemma, liquid line length in a draft system, tips for travelling with kegs, & some of our brew day mistakes – Ep. 241

270

CMBecker disconnect maintenance, keg quality differences, weevils in my grains, & scaling recipes from small to bigger batches – Ep. 240

271

DIY false bottom, fruity notes in my kölsch, deodorizing brew day smells, & insulating beer lines in a tower installation – Ep. 239

272

LHBS closing, brewing with mystery hops, would you rather have good water or fermentation temp control, & using commercial kegs for my homebrewed beer – Ep. 238

273

Airlock activity, when to use gelatin, immersion vs counterflow chillers, & dry vs liquid yeast when making a starter – Ep. 237

274

How long does kegged homebrew last, kettle size requirements, replacing heating elements annually, & filling growlers with a counter pressure bottle filler – Ep. 236

275

Advice for new brewers, party faucet maintenance, adding a hand pumped keg to my keezer, & what is a diacetyl rest – Ep. 235

276

Cleaning a HERMS set up, blending beers, how long should I wait to serve after force carbonating, & do I have to clean my conical fermenter between every batch – Ep.234

277

Getting citrus flavors in your beer, using the same gear for various types of brewing, lactose vs maltodextrin, & dumping everything from the boil kettle into the fermenter – Ep. 233

278

Building enclosures around your keezer, avoiding refrigerant lines, where’s the krausen, & milling your own grains – Ep. 232

279

Hanging out with Tyler & Laurie from the Brew’d Up Podcast – Ep. 231

280

How should the water flow during your sparge, brew day music choices, preventing dirty glassware, & should you worry about pre-boil contaminants – Ep. 230

281

Adding taps to a kegerator system, what’s a vorlauf, MFL vs barbed disconnects, & when to recirculate – Ep. 229

282

Pouring test wort back in the batch, airlock differences, forgetting to measure gravity, & choosing which way to sparge – Ep. 228

283

Choosing coffee for stouts, keeping your keezer in a hot garage, harvesting SCOBYs from commercial kombucha, & pitching expired liquid yeast – Ep. 227

284

An interview with Fred Coleman, aka, “Blind Brew Guy” – Ep. 226

285

Recipe Recap & Review | Ep. 08: Low Tide Session IPA

286

Beer at room temps, giving away homebrew, to filter or not to filter, & did I brew with expired oats? – Ep. 225

287

Plastic faucets vs stainless steel faucets, methods for conical temperature control, regulator creeping, & immersion vs plate chillers – Ep. 224

288

Whirlpool hop additions, kegerator configurations, & choosing a freezer for a keezer – Ep. 223

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An Interview with Kölsch Cup 2021 Grand Champion, Brian Geraghty – Ep. 222

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Recruiting new brewers, choosing wood for custom mash paddles, repurposing ingredients from mini mash kits for all grain brew days, & is it necessary to air dry when using Iodaphor – Ep. 221

291

Kolsch additives, dry hopping essentials, forgetting to sanitize, & indoors vs outdoors brewing – Ep. 220

292

Outside fermentation, pressure fermenting, grain brands, & harvesting yeast from glass carboys – Ep 219

293

Recipe Recap & Review | Ep. 07: Sierra Nevada Celebration Clone

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An interview with Jeremy McGranahan from CuS.S. Brewing – Ep. 218

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Recipe Recap & Review | Ep. 06: Dunkel

296

Dealing with frozen beer, bottling nitro stouts with a beer gun, dislodged airlocks, and placing propane burners on wood platforms – Ep 217

297

Making extract beer dryer, dry hop sterilization, upgrading to PVC free beer lines, & a question about creamer faucet functionality – Ep 216

298

Kolsch conditioning, choosing proper glassware, buying used kegerators, & brewing a retail recipe kit for competitions – Ep. 215

299

An interview with cider homebrewer Corrie Purser – Ep. 214

300

Landraces in hops & barley, Festbier vs Marzen, & Horst Dornbusch returns! – Ep. 213

301

Our 2020 year-end show! – Ep. 212

302

Color SRM on New England IPAs, step mashing, when to measure your grains, & using a Foundry for primary fermentation – Ep. 211

303

Keeping sour gear separate, finding a leak in your draft system, the importance of water profiles, & figuring out which parts will work with your keg – Ep. 210

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Filling growlers, how to lower your abv, fluctuating mash temperatures, & what is base beer – Ep. 209

305

Brewing beer for Christmas, what to gift, conical comparisons, & double milling for BIAB – Ep. 208

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Using 20oz CO2 cylinders, stouts & nitrogen, crafting clone recipes, & Black Friday / Cyber Monday deals – Ep. 207

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An interview with Yoni Medhin of Grain4Grain – Ep. 206

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Getting gravity readings from a bucket, how long will beer last in a growler, upgrading fermentation gear, & a question about keg infections — Ep. 205

309

Cleaning brew systems, storing uncarbed kegs of beer, missing post boil gravity, & a question about routine keg maintenance – Ep. 204

310

What makes a lager a lager, gear for partial mash brewing, suck back oxidation, & I get to talk about kolsch – Ep. 203

311

Growing your own hops, what is food grade gas, fast fermentation activity, and a question about kombucha – Ep. 202

312

Cooling down your wort, solving foam, beer left in your liquid lines, & stained gear — Ep. 201

313

All in ones versus three tier brewing systems, how to get best mouthfeel and head retention, & our 200th episode extravaganza! — Ep. 200

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An Interview with Horst Dornbusch — Ep. 199

315

Diacetyl rest, filtering your beer, flow control disconnects, and best force carbonation practices — Ep. 198

316

Using yeast nutrients, how to get clearer IPAs, a starting gravity question, & should you follow recipe or equipment guidelines? — Ep. 197

317

Converting pin lock keg posts to ball lock, do you have to sparge, large conical fermenters for small batches, & fermenting in the keg — Ep. 196

318

Carbonating while lagering, carbonating and serving nitro stout, aging beers, & using ale yeast in an Oktoberfest batch — Ep. 195

319

Hops at flameout vs whirlpool, making a single vessel BIAB, & prepping yeast for a lager — Ep. 194

320

110v vs 220v all in ones, sour apple off flavor, & when to add adjuncts to your beer — Ep. 193

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Electric vs gas brewing systems, replacing keg gaskets, and properly aerating your wort — Ep. 192

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How warm can my beer get, when to use a blow off tube, & shipping liquid yeast during the Summer — Ep. 191

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5 Reasons to Switch from Extract Brewing to All-Grain Brewing — Ep. 190

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Thoughts on Irish Moss, what is a yeast starter, and making seltzer water in plastic bottles — Ep 189

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Different fermenters for each beer style, preventing mold, & beer line length in a keezer — Ep. 188

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Stuck disconnects, natural carbonation in your keg, and our favorite non-beer beverages to brew — Ep. 187

327

HomebrewCon Reminder!

328

Water volume for steeping grains, open vs closed transferring, and adding a carb stone to your keg — Ep. 186

329

Under carbonated bottling, pitching dry yeast for stuck fermentation, and collar size on a keezer — Ep. 185

330

Hydrometers, Thermometers, and more with Kessler USA — Ep. 184

331

HOMEBREWER SHOWCASE with Colter Wilson from the Homebrewing DIY Podcast — Ep. 183

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Drilling thru a fridge door, fixing foamy pours, and how to dry hop — Ep. 182

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HomebrewCon 2020 update and more with Gary Glass, Director of the AHA — Ep. 181

334

Oxidation indicators, banana esters, and does Guinness clone need nitro? — Ep. 180

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When to use secondary fermentation, double milling steeping grains, and substituting hops in recipes — Ep. 179

336

Talking homebrew sanitizers, cleaners, and beer line cleaning with Jonathan Ettlie from National Chemicals — Ep. 178

337

Cleaning beer glassware, kegerator liquid line maintenance, & storing bulk ingredients — Ep. 177

338

Why do we boil for 1 hour, calculating when to add hops, & storing a jockey box — Ep. 176

339

Recipe Recap & Review | Ep. 05: My First Pale Ale

340

Comparing RIMS vs HERMS and a question on brewhouse and mash efficiency — Ep. 175

341

Recipe Recap & Review | Ep. 04: Founders Breakfast Stout

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Brewing in quarantine, choosing a grain mill, and milling specialty grains — Ep. 174

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Recipe Recap & Review | Ep. 03: True to Style Dusseldorf Altbier

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Brewing with the Brewer of Seville — Ep. 173

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Recipe Recap & Review | Ep. 02: Dos Equis Ambar Clone Kit

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Temp ranges for fermentation, pH levels in your mash, & cleaning the Grainfather — Ep. 172

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Recipe Recap & Review | Ep. 01: Fat Tire Amber Ale Clone Kit

348

Using one faucet for different beverages, upgrading from bucket to conical, & adding things to a kölsch recipe — Ep. 171

349

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

350

Flavoring sparkling water, ‘fixing’ a hoppy brown ale, & a keezer faucet question — Ep. 169

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CO2 Cylinder Storage, Nitro Faucet Question, & Fermentation Activity — Ep. 168

352

Brewing with brett and is it better to add water volume pre or post boil? — Ep. 167

353

Interview with Ryan Oxton from Spike Brewing Equipment — Ep. 166

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Downscaling 5 Gallon Recipes for Smaller Batches of Beer — Ep. 165

355

Temperature Ranges with Various Yeast Strains — Ep. 164

356

Is the Pressure Gauge on my CO2 Regulator Accurate? — Ep. 163

357

Our Favorite Beers of the Year and a Question on Carbonation — Ep. 162

358

Yeast Nutrients and Can You Save an Oxidized Beer? — Ep. 161

359

Keg Conditioning and Naturally Carbonating in the Keg — Ep. 160

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Using CO2 to prevent oxidation during fermentation — Ep. 159

361

Upgrading the faucets on your draft beer system — Ep. 158

362

How often do you clean or replace your beer lines? — Ep. 157

363

Homebrewer Showcase: Talking Canning and Label Design w/ Rob Partin, Pixel Perfect Brewing — Ep. 156

364

Tips for making better beer from extract recipes — Ep. 155

365

Learn to Homebrew Day and More with the AHA’s Matt Bolling — Ep. 154

366

Upgrading your fermentation equipment — Ep. 153

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Converting Extract Recipes into All Grain Recipes — Ep. 152

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Which is more precise to use taking gravity readings: a hydrometer or refractometer? — Ep. 151

369

Homebrewer Showcase: Tyler Sadler from the SoCal Cerveceros — Ep. 150

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When to use nitro and a question on utilizing two wort chillers — Ep. 149

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Which part of the brewing process is flavor most affected by? — Ep. 148

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Affordable ways to control fermentation temperatures — Ep. 147

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Should my sparge water and strike water have the same pH levels? — Ep. 146

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How do I know if my beer is ready to drink? — Ep. 145

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Talking Malts with Special Co-Host Jason Chalifour from Muntons — Ep. 144

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Future proofing your brewing set up and is it necessary to take gravity readings with extract brewing? — Ep. 143

377

What to do with stuck fermentation and does dry hopping affect reusing yeast — Ep. 142

378

Lagering a Kölsch and making a yeast starter directly in the bucket — Ep. 141

379

Switching from gas to electric brewing and cold fermentation equipment recommendations — Ep. 140

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Homebrewer Showcase: Hanging out with my Pop! — Ep. 139

381

HomebrewCon 2019 RECAP EPISODE — Ep. 138

382

Catching up with The Brewer of Seville — Ep. 137

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Brewing a style that you’ve never tasted before and bottling from a keg — Ep. 136

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Discussing the German Reinheitsgebot and a question on modding the Mash & Boil — Ep. 135

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Saving yeast and when should you use a starter — Ep. 134

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Using hops to achieve various results and a question on cereal mashing — Ep. 133

387

Happy National Homebrew Day! — Ep. 132

388

How mash times and temps affect your beer and selection hops for recipes — Ep. 131

389

Yeast temperature ranges and tips for selecting yeast in a recipe kit — Ep. 130

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Managing foam on your home draft beer system — Ep. 129

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Craft Brewers Conference 2019 recap, keg shelf life, and substituting ingredients — Ep. 128

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Transporting your homebrew to an event and building out your first kegerator — Ep. 127

393

SPECIAL EPISODE: Behind the scenes sneak peek of our podcast!

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Recap of our beer tasting night and a question on clone recipes — Ep. 126

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Losing your boil halfway thru and brews that are ready in 2 weeks — Ep. 125

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Brewing more frequently and a question on sanitation — Ep. 124

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Brewing in small batches and fresh hops vs pellets — Ep. 123

398

Fixing a flat beer and a question on achieving clarity — HHH Ep.122

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Homebrewer Showcase: A Conversation with Kenny Highman — HHH Ep. 121

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Tips for avoiding stuck sparges and a question on keezer builds — HHH Ep. 120

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How to increase the ABV of your brew and making an Electric Jellyfish IPA clone — HHH Ep. 119

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Do extended mash times result in off flavors and a question on using DME in cool water — HHH Ep. 118

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Lagering in a keg and a discussion on the differences between base malts — HHH Ep. 117

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Best shank size when building a keezer and our “unpopular opinions” about craft beer — HHH Ep. 116

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Our Favorite Homebrewing Moments of 2018 PLUS our Brewing Resolutions for 2019 — HHH Ep. 115

406

Chit Chat about Cider with Heidi from West Coast Witches Brewing — HHH Ep. 114

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Homebrewer Showcase: A Conversation with Brandon Allen — HHH Ep. 113

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Doing extended boils on extract brew days and a question on carbonation issues when serving — HHH Ep. 112

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Can yeast help make my IPA hazy and a question on cooling the wort — HHH Ep. 111

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Should you tell the bar or brewery when you taste an off-flavor plus a question on using over-sized kettles when extract brewing — HHH Ep. 110

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Tips for moving up to all-grain from extract brewing and advice for the new homebrewer — HHH Ep. 109

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A Discussion on All-in-One All-Grain Brewing: Mash & Boil vs Robobrew vs The Grainfather — HHH Ep. 108

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Limiting moisture in your kegerator to prevent mold and brewing a marshmallow milk stout — HHH Ep. 107

414

Upgrading Kettles and a DIY Jockey Box Question — HHH Ep.106

415

Grinding vs Crushing Grains and What Aspects of Homebrewing we are Currently Focused on! — HHH Ep. 105

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Homebrewer Showcase: A Conversation with Andrew Stutzman — HHH Ep. 104

417

Getting clarity with lagers and discussing what “Brew in a Bag” even means! — HHH Ep. 103

418

Difference between base grains and specialty grains fermentable sugars and brewing with blueberries! — HHH Ep. 102

419

A conversation about cider with Heidi from West Coast Witches Brewing! — HHH Ep. 101

420

Celebrating our 100th episode! — HHH Ep. 100

421

An interview with Phil and Jason from Muntons Malt — HHH Ep. 099

422

An interview with Lorena Evans from BrewersFriend.com — HHH Ep. 098

423

Discussions on being set up for cooler fermentation and lagering plus a question on kegerator faucets — HHH Ep. 097

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Fermenters: Plastic vs Glass vs Stainless Steel and a question on cleaning & sanitizing practices — HHH Ep. 096

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Tasting homebrew from a listener and discussing running long liquid lines from cooler to faucets — HHH Ep. 095

426

An Interview with John Blichmann from Blichmann Engineering — HHH Ep. 094

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An Interview with Owen Lingley from Imperial Yeast — HHH Ep. 093

428

It’s our Homebrew Con 2018 Recap Show! — HHH Ep. 092

429

LAST EPISODE before #HomebrewCon 2018! Chit chat and a question on commercial Altbier — HHH Ep. 091

430

How to deal with keezer/kegerator condensation and a question on HERMS and RIMS brewing systems — HHH Ep. 090

431

What to do about an unintentional hazy beer and how much time do I have to brew before my grains go stale? — HHH Ep. 089

432

When to replace liquid lines on your draft system and a conversation on sanitation — HHH Ep. 088

433

Ambient temperatures and mash efficiency and a question about stalled fermentation — HHH Ep. 087

434

A question about glassware, building a custom refrigerated cabinet, and how you can get a free shirt from us at #HomebrewCon — HHH Ep. 086

435

Recap of Craft Brewer’s Conference, previewing HomebrewCon, and a conversation on diacetyl — HHH Ep. 085

436

Aerating wort using bernzomatic oxygen cylinders PLUS a question on using a bucket without a sealed lid or an airlock for fermentation — HHH Ep. 084

437

Jumpstarting stuck fermentation and mixing yeast strains — HHH Ep. 083

438

Talking homebrew live from Oskar Blues for the Austin leg of the 2018 AHA National Homebrew Competition! — HHH Ep. 082

439

Tips on entering homebrew competitions and a discussion on RIMS brewing systems — HHH Ep. 081

440

CoolBot GIVEAWAY reminder PLUS a question on using refractometers — HHH Ep. 080

441

An Interview w/ CoolBot’s John Bergher PLUS a CoolBot GIVEAWAY — HHH Ep. 079

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False bottoms in Igloo coolers, batch vs fly sparging, and ‘automated’ brewing setups — HHH Ep. 078

443

An Interview w/ CMB’s Stephen Becker — HHH Ep. 077

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When to add water volume when brewing mini-mash recipe kits and how to create your own mini mash recipes! — HHH Ep. 076

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Starting equipment recommendations and a question regarding faucets — HHH Ep. 075

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What’s the point of secondary fermentation and how much does temperature affect your beer? — HHH Ep. 074

447

Valentine’s Day! What YOU love about brewing, what WE love about brewing, and James is entering the National Homebrew Competition! — HHH Ep. 073

448

GIFT CARD GIVEAWAY! Listen for details!

449

Todd & James trip recap, European beer culture, and spotting infections in your beer — HHH Ep. 072

450

Yeast starters, an influx of micro-breweries, and what we’re currently drinking — HHH Ep. 071

451

A fun discussion on faucets and flow control! — HHH Ep. 070

452

Our 2017 Year-End Recap Show! — HHH Ep. 069

453

Explaining step mashing and a conversation on calculating yeast pitching rates — HHH Ep. 068

454

Starting a homebrew club, preventing boil overs, and aluminum vs. stainless steel kettles — HHH Ep. 067

455

A message from your favorite co-host, Joshua

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Comparing All-Grain Systems, Setting up for Sparkling water, and Thoughts on “Skipping” Traditional Steps for Homebrewers — HHH Ep. 066

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What to do with excess yeast and fermenting in plastic buckets — HHH Ep. 065

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Aging and Conditioning in a Keg, Adding Frozen Fruit during Primary, and Best Practices to Monitor your ABV during Fermentation — HHH Ep. 064

459

Brew Day Live Show! — HHH Ep. 063

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REMINDER – We are doing a LIVE show on Nov. 4th and Giving Away Lots of Prizes!

461

Interview with Michael Ferguson of Taprite and Beer Geeks! — HHH Ep. 062

462

Force carbonation tactics and the differences between regulators and their functions! — HHH Ep. 061

463

Why won’t brewmasters share what yeast they use PLUS… are you a “real” brewer? — HHH Ep. 060

464

YEAST: an overview — HHH Ep. 059

465

Questions on running beer lines and setting up home brewing and draft dispensing systems at home! — HHH Ep. 058

466

Which is more likely to scorch: electric elements or high btu gas set ups AND a discussion on the Picobrew Zymatic — HHH Ep. 057

467

An interview with Hops & Grain Brewing’s Founder, Josh Hare — HHH Ep. 056

468

New Recipes, Using Base Grains, & Moving Up to Bigger Batches! — HHH Ep. 055

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Questions on Beer Styles, BJCP Guidelines, and Experiences w/ Homebrew Competitions! HHH — Ep. 054

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HUGE NEWS & an Interview with Ladik Joe Ermis from HomebrewSupply.com! — HHH Ep. 053

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An interview with UFC fighter and avid homebrewer, Jim Miller! — HHH Ep. 052

472

A Q&A episode on dry hopping — HHH Ep. 51

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It’s our 50th episode celebration! Also, Joshua shaves… — HHH Ep. 50

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Questions on dry hopping, best natural carbing methods, and hitting your desired gravity — HHH Ep. 49

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Questions about homebrewing and keg temperatures PLUS Joshua’s great idea to get around river floating can bans! — HHH Ep. 48

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Foamy pours, beginner kits, and Todd is growing a beard?! — HHH EP. 47

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How does flow control work? Also, James is back to discuss his brew planning & methods! — HHH EP. 46

478

Todd Returns! Replacing Liquid Lines, Purging Pin Lock Kegs, and Other Softball Q’s for Todd to Ease Back Into – HHH EP. 45

479

#HomebrewCon2017 Recap Show w/ James Carlson of CMBecker International – HHH EP. 44

480

We’re BACK! Q&A Episode, “Is My Beer Causing My Gas?” and a Question on Sours – HHH EP. 42

481

AB InBev Getting into Homebrew, Time for Holiday Brews, and Choosing Keg Kit Upgrades – HHH Ep. 41

482

Special #PodcastDay 2016 LIVE Episode! — HHH Ep. 040

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#HOMEBREWCON SPECIAL INTERVIEW W/ Mike Amat of HbrewO! – HHH EP. 039

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#HOMEBREWCON SPECIAL INTERVIEW W/ Bart Watson from the Brewer’s Association! – HHH EP. 038

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#HOMEBREWCON SPECIAL INTERVIEW W/ Annie Johnson from PicoBrew! – HHH EP. 037

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#HOMEBREWCON SPECIAL INTERVIEW W/ Mike “Tasty” McDole from the Brewing Network – HHH EP. 036

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#HOMEBREWCON SPECIAL INTERVIEW W/ Rick of LOGIC, Inc – HHH EP. 035

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#HOMEBREWCON SPECIAL INTERVIEW W/ Andrés Álvarez of the Asociación de Cerveceros Independientes de Querétaro – HHH EP. 034

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#HomebrewCon Special Interview w/ Vessi™ Fermentor reps Noel & Ryan – HHH Ep. 033

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Equipment Standards, Father’s Day Kegerator, and New Kegs vs. Used Kegs – HHH EP. 32

491

Todd Returns from Philly, Hand Pumps at for Kegs, & PVC Free Hose Necessary for Gas side? – HHH Ep. 31

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Restoring Older Keg Kits, Clamp Questions, & Sending us Homebrew – HHH Ep. 30

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Keg Compatability, Connecting Secondary Regulators, & Beer Line Distances — HHH Ep. 029

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Bringing Your Homebrew with You, Seasonal Styles, & CO2 Cylinder Sizes — HHH Ep. 028

495

We’re Taking your Jockey Box Q’s & Our Opinions on Craft Breweries Getting Bought Out— HHH Ep. 027

496

An Interview with the President of Fittings Inc, Mark Gannon — HHH Ep. 023

497

An Interview with CMBecker International’s Michael Korkisch — HHH Ep. 022

498

Does Homebrew Beer Have a Higher ABV & Getting Your Loved One Into Homebrewing and Kegging — HHH Ep. 021

499

HHH Tour of Colorado: An Interview w/ Steve Parr of the American Homebrewers Association! — HHH Ep. 020

500

HHH Tour of Colorado: An Interview w/ Greg Kinney of EJ Beverage! — HHH Ep. 019

501

HHH Tour of Colorado: An Interview w/ Matt Meadows of New Belgium Brewing Company! — HHH Ep. 018

502

An Interview with Real Ale Brewing Company’s Brewmaster, Erik Ogershok! — HHH Ep.017

503

Upgrading Your Regulator and a Trip to the Taprite HQ! — HHH Ep.015

504

“Green” Tasting Homebrew, Pin Lock vs Ball Lock Kegs, & Butter-Off Tastes — HHH Ep.014

505

Various faucets, Another Bottling to Kegging Q, & CO2 outside of the Fridge — HHH Ep. 013

506

Proper Keg Storing, Cleaning Mass Quantities of Kegs, and We’re in iTunes & Stitcher Radio Now — HHH Ep.012

507

More Fun with the Duster Brew House Guys! — HHH Ep. 011

508

Leaving Kegs Outside the Fridge, Correcting Over-Carbonated Kegs, & Homebrew Shelf Life — HHH Ep. 010

509

Talking Dry Hopping & More w/ James & Clay of the Duster Brew House — HHH Ep. 009

510

Todd Reports From Portland, OR @ The Craft Brewers Conference! – HHH Ep. 008

511

Keg Cleaning Frequency, Beer Line Cleaner in a Keg, & Helping Prevent Corny Keg Streaking – HHH Ep. 007

512

Brew Kettle Cleaning, Sealing Keg Lids, & 1 Piece of Homebrewing Advice – HHH Ep. 006

513

Chudnow Regulators vs. Taprite Regulators & an Interview w/ Josh Brown – HHH Ep. 005

514

Clone Kits, Distilled vs Tap Water for Homebrewing, & Brew Spaces – HHH Ep. 004

515

Not So Super Commercial From Budweiser, Nitro Setup, & Hose Questions – HHH Ep. 003

516

Ball Lock vs Pin Lock Kegs, New Keg Discussion & Book Recommendations – HHH Ep.002

517

Bottling vs Kegging PLUS Tips for New Homebrewers – HHH Ep.001