September 14, 2016

Episode 23 – The Great Hop Whirlpool of Bainbridge

2 hours 7 minutes

Busy Episode this time! Crammed with like – additional feedback to last episode's Staling results. Seems like some of you have been using scary old grain! In the pub we stop and talk a while about Denny's Hop School experiences (more on those later), the law in California and the crushing “loss” of Bosteels Brewery to ABI. (Maybe they should be Boo-steels now?) and one brewery's response to the recent PR campaign to try and make everyone feel better about the buyouts.

We swing by the brewery to talk about Drew's recent Saison yeast tasting – which you can find online. In the library we visit a couple of papers on yeast genetics.

In the lab, we're happy to announce our next great experiment – brought to you by our sponsors, the American Homebrewer's Association and NikoBrew.com. We're going to get a whole squad of homebrewers making up some hoppy beers and having them analyzed and tasted! See the recipe and experiment writeup for details. We're super stoked for this!

Then Denny goes and talks to the folks out of Whirlpool's W Labs about their soon to launch all in one fermenter, fridge, kegerator – the Vessi. Then he heads off to the posh environs of Bainbridge Island WA to talk with Russell Everett of Bainbridge Brewing. Listen and find out what stout and noodles have to do with each other.

Then in Something Other Than Beer – we lament 2016's continuing losses – this time with Gene Wilder. Then Drew shares Sia's new video for “The Greatest” which is a bit of a gut punch. Lastly, to leave on a happy note – Drew also mentions Comixology for all your comic enjoyment.

Finally Denny drops a tip about how best to dry your hops. The key – a little bit of heat, but not too much if you want to preserve all the good oils!

Episode Links:

Staling Experiment – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/experiments/impact-crushed-malt-age-bee…

YCH Hop School – https://ychhops.com/connect/events/home-brewing/hop-and-brew-school

AB-2172 – http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201…

Bosteels buyout – http://www.brewbound.com/news/b-inbev-acquire-belgiums-brouwerij-bosteels

Modern Times Response to Selling Out – http://moderntimesbeer.com/blog/what-selling-out?cc

Drew's Saison Yeast Tasting – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/blogs/drew/saison-files-tasting-saison-…

Lar Blogs – Yeast Genetcs – http://www.garshol.priv.no/blog/349.html

Cell – Domestication and Divergence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Beer Yeasts – http://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(16)31071-6

The Great Hop Experiment – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/experiments/great-ibu-test

Vessi – https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/vessi-beer-fermentor-and-dispenser–4

Bainbridge Island Brewing – http://www.bainbridgebeer.com/

Something Other Than Beer – Gene Wilder – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tE1T2ys7qo

Something Other Than Beer – Sia – The Greatest – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKSRyLdjsPA

Something Other Than Beer – Comixology – https://www.comixology.com/

Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing

Experimental Brew Store – https://www.experimentalbrew.com/store

Episode Contents:

00:00:00 Our Sponsors

00:04:13 Support Us

00:05:19 Listener Feedback

00:13:44 The Pub – Hop School, California Law, Sellouts

00:28:00 The Library – Yeast Genetics

00:42:00 The Lab – The Great IBU Experiment Announcement

00:52:48 The Lounge – W Labs – Vessi

01:12:24 The Lounge – Russel Everett – Bainbridge Island Brewing

01:54:01 Something Other Than Beer – Gene Wilder, Sia, Comixology

02:00:43 Quick Tip – Hop Drying

This episode is brought to you:

American Homebrewers Association

BrewCraft USA Craftmeister NikoBrew PicoBrew

Wyeast Labs

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