See What You Can Brew Returns! We check in with a homebrew star of yesteryear (the one and only Robert Sherrill) who decamped from NYC to join Angel City Brewery in LA. Robert is one of the founding members of the Brewminaries, NYC’s largest homebrew club and chats with Doug and John about his brewing […]

This week’s podcast is brought to you by the letters H, O, and the number 2. We’re featuring an intimate chat between John & Doug about all things water (plus, the state of John’s laughter, ha . . ha . . ha). Do you know the difference between Chlorine, Chloramine, and Cholera? Phenols? Metabisulfites? Listen […]

In our latest episode we talk with our friend Shinobu Kato about making home brew Sake, and why he’s starting a Sake Brewery in Brooklyn NY. John Hagen brings you his latest Style Corner and discusses what makes a great Barley Wine. Finally, we talk with Bitter & Esters employee Toby Benjamin about the Pros […]

Josh Bernstein is a Brooklyn-based beer, spirits, food & travel journalist, hazebro zombie-slayer, and all-around beer expert. John & Doug sat down with Mr. Bernstein to chat about his latest book (Drink Better Beer), the state of the craft industry, and the hottest topic in the beer world today – beer slushies. If you can’t […]

With a focus on food pairing and experimental brewing, Randolph Beer is unique in the Brooklyn brewing community. Their impressive beer lists feature quality beers from other breweries alongside their own in-house offerings. In this interview we sat down with Kyle Kensrue (Randolph COO), along with our friend Flint Whistler (head brewer at the Williamsburg […]

In this episode John and Douglas speak with Stan Hieronymus about his latest projects, hop creep, bio transformation, the best ways to dry hop and why a 10 minute hop addition is unnecessary. Stan is the author of several homebrew books including Brewing Local, For the love of Hops, Brewing with Wheat and the beloved […]

In our fifth episode we speak with our good friends Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett about their long and fascinating path to brewery ownership. From saxophones and basement breweries to fast fermentation and Foeders, they’ve done it all. Visit their brewery in Long island City Queens. Also on this episode we’d like to introduce our […]

On this week’s episode we talk with Carrie Soom. Carrie is the current Dictator of Brooklyn NY’s largest homebrewing club The Brewminaries, and a talented, prolific brewer. In this episode we talk with her about her series of Marvel character themed beers, her involvement with the Brewminaries and her passion (obsession?) with the movie Magic […]

In this episode John & Doug sit down with Michael Tonsmeire, AKA The Mad Fermentationist. Michael has been dispensing solid advice about brewing techniques for a few years now (he wrote a hit book!), and recently opened a brewery, Sapwood Cellars. John & Doug also cover some basics on sour beers (and quick sours in […]

The sun is out and summer is in full swing, but that doesn’t mean you can’t brew.  During this show John and Douglas speak with Lance Shaner about fermenting “hot” with the new Kveik Strains from Omega Yeast that are capable of fermenting IPA’s and Pale ales well into the 80 to 90˚F range.   […]