The Brewing Network Presents | Dr. Homebrew

A Cream Ale hits the studio tonight, along with a Marzen - two styles that we would love to see more of! They aren't hard to brew, it's just that they aren't as popular as, say ... IPAs are. Homebrewing is about stretching your styles a bit, folks! Let's see some more Cream Ales!

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It's Commercial Calibration time again! Today, we tackle the famous Pliny the Elder and see how it stacks up against the current meta of the BJCP guidelines. Then to get really dorky, we compare the bottled version of Pliny with the draft version - and then all of that with a homebrew clone version! Dan joins us in studio to share his Pliny clone with us and to get some tips on how to bring it more in line with what's commercially available.

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Two in-studio guests tonight, both with very different homebrews. Jonathan hung out and brought us something called an International Pale Lager, but with no hops in it! Then Dan joins us with a Cucumber Bohemian Pilsner that he canned in his home canning system. How cool is that?

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Aaron is our only non-host guest on the show today, as we get into his American Pale Ale and how to improve it. Then our very own Keith whips out two beers he made with the same wort - one was a Helles and the other a Pilsner. Chatting about his method for saving time and making two great beers as well was pretty fun!

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We love talking to homebrewers on this show, especially when they try to push their own brewing boundaries. Jesse sent us an Imperial Stout, which is a style that he would never normally have done before, and it turned out pretty good for a first shot at it. Then we talk with Jim who sent in DIPA, one that he has been tweaking out over the years.

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We switch things up a bit on today's episode of Dr. Homebrew - instead of JP entering a beer for judging, we turn the tables on Brian and Keith and have JP judge both of their beers! Keith brought in an American Barleywine, and Brian brought in his sour project. Any longtime listeners will recall this as the same sour beer project that Brian has been working on for a number of years now, where he pours any and all leftover beer into the carboys. We had a blast and hope you do, too!

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Back from HomebrewCon and reunited with Keith, Dr. Homebrew is ready to hit the judging table running! We speak with Jon Birdsong about his Coffee Coco Porter, and then we interview Nick Corona, who was the 2016 Homebrewer of the Year at HomebrewCon. Since this is a judging show, and since JP has issues with his recent scoresheets, we wanted to learn from Nick about how he was able to elevate his game, what he focused on to improve his brewing, and what he thinks about judging in general.

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Our 100th show comes to you live from the expo floor at HomebrewCon 2017! Today, we talk with Todd Fulton from our fine sponsor GrogTag who has a Brown Ale for us, and then Brian's brother Jimi Cooper is back with an American Strong Ale. Since we are broadcasting sans Keith, JP sits in and give his very amature take on beer judging - and it goes about as well as you'd expect. To close us out, Brian and Jimi play a live version of "The Hoppy Beer Song", which they wrote several years ago!

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Live from HomebrewCon 2017, Brian and JP are joined by Mead judge Al Joyce, who was dressed as some sort of Game of Thrones mead drinker. Trust us, it was oddly cool. Al is a GrandMaster Level 6 Beer Judge, which blew our minds a bit, but he is also an official Mead Judge! Which it turns out is a good thing, since we had a melomel on the show from Brian's brother Jimi Cooper. For our second beer, we had a Brown Ale made with Minnesota Wild Rice from Walt Pittack. Some good homebrew at a great event - what could be better?

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We start the show talking about JP's NHC score sheets and how they are less-than-stellar. Then we get into the two beers - a mixed sour fermentation from Ricky, which was his first attempt at this style and for a n00b, he did a good job! Phillip is our next guest, and he sent in a Doppelbock, which was also his first attempt at such a beer. Pretty cool when that stuff happens!

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