Today on Fuhmentaboudit, Chris Cuzme gives a thespian delivery of a poem on the creation of pruno, or prison wine. Then we learn how to make it. Flint Whistler of the Rockaway Brewing Company joins us in the studio to tell us all about how pruno is resourcefully made.

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Today on Fuhmentaboudit!, Mary and Chris are joined in the studio by Stephen Valand, a long-time fermenter.

"We just wanted to kind of do what we did with beer with the rest of food", Valand says of Farm Steady, a company which like Brooklyn Brew Shop helps customers make their own ingredients at home with special kits.

All you need for "the best ricotta I've ever tasted", for instance, is milk, citric acid, salt, and less than an hour.

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Today on Fuhmentaboudit!, Mary and Chris are away at the Westchester Homebrewers Organization. But, hustlers as they are, they put together a few in-the-field interviews with beer-makers all over New York, from Astoria Distilling Company and KCBC Beer to Rockaway Brew Co. and Strong Rope Brewery.

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This week on Fuhmentaboudit, Mary Izett brings us more clips from Homebrew Con in Baltimore. Topics include how to brew beer in the middle of a heat wave, banana-flavored disasters, and great brewing accessories you might want to put on your wishlist.

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Today on Fuhmentaboudit!, Sean Z. Paxton of homebrewchef.com joins us (again!) to talk about cooking with beer. We cover everything from smoked garbanzo bean couscous with witbier to beer jams and sorbets (and don't forget about the chocolate stout pastry cream). We also bring you a special investigation into what the "Z" in Sean Z. Paxton stands for.

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An interview with Olivier Dedeycker of Brasserie Dupont and Tomme Arthur of Lost Abbey Brewery, on their collaboration beer Deux Amis. Plus, a seasonal check-in with Rob Handel of Bee's Knees about what summer ferments you can make.

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After a whirlwind of a time at Homebrew Con in Baltimore last week, Mary and Chris are back in the studio to bring you bits of wisdom from some of the seminar organizers! Topics include mapping a beer-brewing yeast's genome, home-brewed kombucha, and bringing consistency to the sudsy stuff you make at home.

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Chris and Mary brought their listeners a souvenir from Iceland: cool info about the craft beer scene! Valgeir Valgeirsson of Borg Brugghús (brew house), and Steinn Stefánsson & the crew from the Icelandic Beer Academy talk Icelandic hops, sap, skyr, and cool collaborations. Emphasis on the cool.

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Mead pioneer Sergio Moutela calls in to talk to us about the challenges and rewards of opening a meadery in New Jersey. The Garden State makes it tricky to ferment honey on a large scale; unlike other states, it doesn't count meaderies as a type of winery for registration purposes and has some acreage requirements.

Along the way, we talk about "apple pie in a glass" and the basics of making a delicious mead. Pro tip: go for the quality honey.

Melovino Meadery's award-winning products are available in New York State starting today (and they're coming to NYC soon). Budding mead brewers can find useful resources at meadmaderight.com and mead-makers.org.

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On this week's episode of Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Mary, Chris, and Rachel are joined in the studio by Lana Guggenheim of Noah's Vice Meadery.

Mead is essentially wine made with honey, and Lana has been brewing her own for about three years now. She is one half of Noah's Vice Meadery in New Jersey, the name of which refers to certain events depicted in the Book of Genesis. Tune in for this "official unofficial" Mead Week edition of...Fuhmentaboudit!

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