This week I invite a panel of three of the top home brewers together to talk about beer brewing myths for an extended holiday edition of the BeerSmith podcast. My panel includes John Palmer, Gordon Strong and Denny Conn in a wide-ranging discussion of beer brewing techniques and myths. NOTE: The full episode with video … Continue reading Beer Brewing Myths – Holiday Episode – BeerSmith Podcast #29 →

John Blichmann of Blichmann Engineering makes some of the highest quality equipment for homebrewing including pots, three-tier systems, high end RIMS and HERMS systems and also his very popular Beer Gun. This week I interview John about everything from simple stainless pots to high end pump and temperature control systems. NOTE: The full episode video … Continue reading Beer Brewing Equipment with John Blichmann – BeerSmith Podcast #28 →

Batch sparging has become a popular technique for all grain home brewers to save time and money. This week I invite Denny Conn who is an expert in batch sparging to provide his advice on the best way to batch sparge your home brewed beer. NOTE: The full episode with video and show notes can … Continue reading Batch Sparging with Denny Conn – BeerSmith Podcast #27 →

Porter beer recipes and brewing Porter is the subject of this week’s interview with Grandmaster Beer Judge Gordon Strong. Beer author and BJCP President Gordon shares some of his top tips for brewing an award winning Porter beer at home. NOTE: The full episode with show notes and video can be found here.

This week my guest is Jamil Zainasheff from Heretic Brewing. Jamil is an icon in the homebrewing community – author of two books, a podcast of his own and very active in the AHA and other home brewing organizations. Last year Jamil quit his day job in software to found his own brewery called Heretic … Continue reading Heretic Brewing with Jamil Zainasheff – BeerSmith Podcast #25 →

This week I interview Dan Morey and we talk about how to brew Abbey and Trappist Ales.Trappist (or Abbey Ales) are a popular Belgian style that has become very popular and is widely duplicated by microbreweries here in the United States. Dan walks us through the variations of the Trappist styles, their character and how … Continue reading Trappist Beer and Abbey Ales – BeerSmith Podcast #24 →

Beer foam and head retention are the topics for this week’s podcast with Dr Charles Bamforth, the Anheuser-Busch endowed Professor of Brewing Science at the University of California, Davis. Known as “the Pope of Foam”, Charlie has been studying beer foam since 1979. He provides a complete overview of carbonation, how foam forms in a … Continue reading Head Retention with The Pope of Foam – BeerSmith Podcast #23 →

This week my guest is Mike Tonsmeire, aka “The Mad Fermentationist”. Mike walks us through the fine art of designing and brewing very low gravity beers called “Session Beers”. Session beers are eminently drinkable beers that are still full bodied and enjoyable, without weighing you down. NOTE: The full version of the episode with show … Continue reading Session Beer with The Mad Fermentationist – BeerSmith Podcast #22 →

This week my guest is “The Homebrew Chef” Sean Z. Paxton.  Sean is arguably the most famous beer chef in the world – and has been the chef for the last several National Homebrew Conference banquets. He is also an active author, has a new podcast on cooking with beer and cooks for major beer … Continue reading The Homebrew Chef – Sean Z. Paxton – BeerSmith Podcast #21 →

This week Curt Stock is my guest and we talk about mead making.  The leap from making beer to making mead is not a large one, and most brewers have the equipment they need already on hand. Curt was the 2005 AHA mead maker of the year and serving in his second term on the … Continue reading Making Mead with Curt Stock – BeerSmith Podcast #20 →