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September 26, 2020 Episode 13 – Threesome.
This episode is a long one, and discusses Pale Ales and IPAs, the blurred lines between them and explains the guidelines. We deliberately didn’t talk about water profiles because as you can appreciate, there are so many which can be …
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2 hr 42 min
September 12, 2020 Episode 12 – Wheat Beers with The Blue Trouser Brewer
Episode 12 is a rambling convoluted run through the world of wheat beers, my guest co-host on this one was Owen Puckett; The Blue Trouser Brewer. We covered just about everything we could think of to do with wheat beers …
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1 hr 58 min
August 31, 2020 Episode 11 – The one with the Scottish Tricky.
Since my brother from another mother Tricky currently has a crotchfruit and house moving issue to resolve, I’ve recruited a guest cohost for this episode in Andy Lynch of The High Road Brewery channel on YouTube to come on and …
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1 hr 38 min
July 26, 2020 Episode 10 – Packaging Beer
I guess podcasts are like buses sometimes, you wait an age for one and two arrive close together 😉 this episode wraps up the all grain series by looking at packaging options bottles, barrels, kegs and everything in between. We …
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1 hr 47 min
June 26, 2020 Episode 9 – Fermentation
The 3rd edition in our all grain series looks at where the magic really happens, in the fermenter! We discuss yeasts and how to keep them happy fermentation gear and gadgets , do’s and don’ts and then go off on …
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2 hr 1 min
May 18, 2020 Episode 8 – The Boil
The next stage in our all grain process series takes us to the boil, we cover all the aspects related to sterilising, hop utilisation, hot and cold break, off flavours and more but you will probably remember this one more …
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1 hr 48 min
May 01, 2020 Episode 7 – All Grain Process Series – Mashing
I slightly meandering journey through the process of mashing, we were both quite well oiled for this one so a few naughty words might have slipped out and the occasional rant but hopefully you will still enjoy it! In this …
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2 hr 8 min
April 08, 2020 Episode 6 – Methods for homebrewing beer
A run through of the different ways you can brew beer at home from kits through to the different types of all grain brewing. A good one for beginners but some general info and discussion for more experienced brewers too. …
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1 hr 35 min
March 25, 2020 Episode 5 – Water Chemistry
Strap in folks this is a long one! This episode we try and break down water chemistry to its key elements. We also review our first beermail from a listener and take another commercial break! P.s we have given up …
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2 hr 19 min
March 17, 2020 Episode 4.5 – Wash Your F*cking Hands
If you are feeling a bit overwhelmed by all the information on Covid 19 in the news then maybe don’t listen to this one but we felt we had to have a chat about whats going on as its such …
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43 min