This week's Hop It To Me is Part 2 of our deep dive into building the perfect New England Pale Ale recipe.

Mr Matt Savage is back to judge a Czech Amber Lager.

And, Justin from Channel Marker Brewing joins us to talk about their Gummy Fish Sour Beer and what is next for Channel Marker Brewing.

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We kick off the show with our first edition of "Hop it to Me" - our new segment all about Hops and IPAs. For this first round, we dig into the humble New England Pale Ale.

Nick joins us to Judge a Spiced American Porter and we talk the importance of nailing the base style before adding spices.

And, Justin Negrotti of Channel Marker Brewing tells us how he went from a Home Brewer in our club to founding one of the hottest new breweries in MA.

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Nick, Tim, Marco and Phil run through their favorite 3 brewing books give you a list of 12 books!

And, Nick judges one of the harder styles to nail, a Kölsch.

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Switzer and Karl give the history of Smoked Beer and talk through how you can get started smoking your own malt.

Matt judges an Imperial Stout.

And, we finish the conversation with Matt about how he went about starting our Home Brew Club.

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We decide to see how much we can trigger Marco....

First we talk about this bizarre new "style" from the Pacific Northwest called "Cold IPA".... which we learn is really just an IPL and we put some breweries on Notice.

Next we judge a Rice Krispie Treat Lager. Will Marco make it through? Will he like it? Or will he bail and quit the segment on us while throwing a chair?

Lastly we are joined by the Founder of our club Mr Matt Savage. He tells us how he went about starting our club and give some good tidbits for you if you want to start a club.

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Episode 13 - Mr Lactose Strikes Back

Turmoil has engulfed the Beer galaxy. Thousands of Brewers have declared their intentions to leave the behind brewing traditional beers. 

Under the leadership of Mr Lactose, this separatist movement brewing fruited kettle sours threatens to challenge the peace and order of the Galaxy. 

General Marco, leader of the Resistance, has secretly dispatched his brewer knights, the guardians of peace and justice in the Galaxy to settle the conflict. 

Nick & Joe join us to discuss Beer Road trips, the do's, the don'ts, and our favorite trips.

Nick judges a Vienna Lager and we dig deep into the history of the style.

Lastly, Mr Lactose walks us through his go-to process for making killer Kettle Sours.

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Phil gets to the bottom of how Marco brews 6 beers at once.

The Doc judges our first listener submission, a Wild Specialty Beer.

Lastly, Brett Bauer is back to finish the conversation into his journey as a brewer.

Brett was previously the lead brewer at one of our favorite local breweries here in MA, Idle Hands. Idle Hands is a well known for it's Belgian beers, German lagers and now more and more for it's NEIPAs. Brett then moved down to Tennessee to Heaven and Ales and recently left professional brewing to return to the bio-tech industry. But, while he has left the professional brewing world, he has joined us as home brewers. We're going to dig into Brett's background, learn about his experiences as a professional brewer and dig into his plans as a home brewer. 

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We have our first ever Beer-Off episode and we've picked the classic style of English Bitter, which is BJCP Category 11.

In this show we'll talk about the style, taste 3 Commercial Examples and Nick and Phil put up their Home Brewed versions to compare.

We'll talk about what works and doesn't work, but mostly explain you why it is so satisfying to get out of your beer brewing/drinking comfort zone and give these often over looked classic styles another chance.

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Marco and Phil talk about Real Ale, Casks and Beer Engines for the Home Brewer and Hopefully don’t piss off any Real Ale Purists. 

The Doc judges a Gruit, and tells us what exactly a Gruit is. 

Lastly, Brett Bauer joins us to talk his journey as a brewer. Brett was previously the lead brewer at one of our favorite local breweries here in MA, Idle Hands. Idle Hands is a well known for it's Belgian beers, German lagers and more and more for it's NEIPAs. Brett then moved down to Tennessee to Heaven and Ales and recently left professional brewing to return to the bio-tech industry. But, while he has left the professional brewing world, he has joined us as home brewers. We're going to dig into Brett's background, learn about his experiences as a professional brewer and dig into his plans as a home brewer. 

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EPISODE 9 - The Rise of Mr Lactose

Beer for People who Don’t Like the Taste of Beer Reigns. Having decimated the scores of traditional beers, Hipster Breweries now deploy their merciless legions of copycat Adjunct Pastry Stouts, Milkshake IPAs and Fruited Sours to seize control of the Brewing Galaxy.

Only General Marco's band of RESISTANCE Brewers stand against the rising adjunct tyranny, certain that Krispie Bois will return and restore a spark of hope to the fight. 

But the RESISTANCE has been exposed. The Hipster Breweries sinister agent MR LACTOSE rages in the search for General Marco, determined to end the threat to his growing power…. 

Also, The Doc is back to help out a listener who doesn't know which category to submit his Beer into.

Lastly, Joe AKA Mr Lactose, joins us to talk about where you can get started with using lactose in your beers.

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