The Brewing Network Presents | Brew Strong

Jamil has been saving up your homebrewing questions until such time as they can be released into the wild, fully answered. Well, that time is now! John and Jamil take your brewing questions on this episode of "Brew Strong", as well as bringing back "Jamil's Medical Corner". So ... you've been warned.

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Jamil and John are joined by Dr. Jonathan Hughes, of UC Davis, to discuss the best ways to develop a quality control lab on a budget. For the homebrewer or the craft brewer, staying on budget is important, and Dr. Hughes gives us some great information on how to do just that!

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Jamil and John talked Fal Allen to stick around and help answer some burning homebrewing questions! The boys cover draft system tubing, mash tun cleanliness, and pitching rates - plus a lot more.

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Gose is one of those styles that is hard to do well, and that many brewers disagree on how to achieve a well-brewed version of. On today's show, Jamil and John sit down with Fal Allen, head brewer at Anderson Valley Brewing Company and author of "Gose: Brewing a Classic German Beer For The Modern Era" (all about brewing Gose, duh), to get at the bottom of just what makes a great Gose and how to get there.

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Jamil and John were lucky enough to convince beer historian Greg Casey to sit in for another trip into the history books, uncovering even more fascinating facts about the American brewing scene of long ago. From the proposed "American Reinheitsgebot", to the reception of adjuncts in beer, Greg shares it all!

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Greg Casey has worked for several large breweries in his long brewing history, but it wasn't until retirement that he started to really focus on the long road that lager beer has traveled over the course of American history. Jamil and John sat down with Greg to get his take on not only how lager beer changed, but why. From adjuncts to lobbyists, the story of American brewing is, of course, complex and rich!

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Nick Galton-Fenzi who went from homebrewer, to brewery owner, to brewery consultant in a variety of countries. We hear his story about beer that has spanned 25 years, starting in Australia and taking him all over the world!

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It's time to dig back into our spam filter and fish out more listener questions on Brew Strong! Jamil and John tackle only the hardest of homebrewing questions on this show, as you all know, and this episode is no different. The boys talk about factors that can alter your SRM in your beers, post-fermentation oxygen reduction, and more!

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Homebrew knowledge knows no bounds on Brew Strong, and to that end, John and Jamil sit down to answer more listener questions! Topics include spruce tips, mash tun decorations, and more!

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Jamil and John talk a lot about brewing beer on this show, but not too much about mead. So they invited Michael Fairbrother from Moonlight Meadery to come on the show and school them both on the art of mead making. Michael is a former homebrewer turned pro-meadmaker, and has been active in the judging community for many years. On today's show, he shares his passion for meads, how he got started, and drops some tips along the way.

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