Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

Founder of Notch, Chris Lohring, shares strong opinions on brewing distinctive lagers, focusing on manipulating mash schedules, malt bills, and yeast selection. He discusses Czech pale lager as a category, not a style, the impact of decoctions on lagers, and using American hops in Czech-style lagers to achieve uniqueness.

Brothers behind The Big Friendly brewery share their unique approach to brewing award-winning saisons and barrel-aged stouts. Topics include mixed fermentation cultures, New Zealand hops in saison, sourdough yeast for fermentation, and editing malts in stouts.

Kelly McKnight of New Belgium discusses R&D in craft beer, from reinventing Fat Tire to using offbeat fruits. She explores bench testing, chemical analysis of hops, and process engineering. The episode dives into flavor experimentation, exacting dry-hop automation, and natural flavors in IPA.

Explore the success of Parish Brewing's Ghost in the Machine hazy IPA and their silver-winning wheat beer. Head brewer Ryan Speyrer discusses brewing techniques, use of classic hops like Cascade, and the importance of cold-conditioning for flavor perfection.

Learn from industry leaders about maximizing yeast health and fermentation efficiency without excessive nutrient use. Explore the evolution of White Labs and their commitment to innovation in fermentation. Discover the importance of zinc dosing, enzyme use, and hop varieties in optimizing beer fermentation for superior quality. Gain key insights on achieving healthy fermentations and drawing inspiration for brewing success.

Brewmaster Preston Theony of Wren House discusses flavor-focused brewing, from dark porter to hazy IPA experimentation. Topics include lager fermentation, grain bill layering, pH manipulation, hop varieties like Galaxy, and dry hopping techniques for drinkability.

With taprooms in Mesa and Gilbert, Arizona, 12 West may boast one of the coolest “home breweries” in the United States. Its production space is in the 6,000-square-foot luxury garage behind one of the founders’ homes, with roll-up doors that open to a patio with a swimming pool, skate ramps, and a moto track in the distance. Meanwhile, the beer that head brewer and co-owner Justin “Gully” Gullickson and assistant brewer Andrew Cooper are making to feed the two taprooms is as compelling as it is consistent. In this episode, they discuss their West Coast–style pils, Radial Spines—one of our Best 20 Beers in 2023—as well as their high-scoring IPAs. Along the way, they touch on: blending West Coast IPA and pilsner grists for their West Coast pils setting up successful lager fermentations with a single-infusion mash whirlpooling with Cryo hops dry hopping cold for extended periods with Cryo hops staggering hop-blend percentages between the hot and cold sides, based on individual hop characteristics grounding new-school hop flavors with old-school classics brewing IPA with gummi sharks And more. This episode is brought to you by: G&D Chillers (https://gdchillers.com): At G&D Chillers they always strive to Build Great Chillers. Partner with them as you Build Great Beer. Choose G&D Chillers on your next Expansion or Brewery start up and receive 1 free year of Remote control and Monitoring of your new G&D Chiller! ProBrew (https://www.probrew.com) Turnkey brewery systems. Production line design services. Retro-fitting processing systems. ProBrew™ can do all this and more with any brewery, old or new, small or large. For more information, fill out our contact form on www.probrew.com or email contactus@probrew.com. Old Orchard (https://www.oldorchard.com/brewer): Old Orchard has supplied flavored craft juice concentrate blends to over 46 states for the production of fruit-forward beer, cider, seltzer, wine, spirits, and more. To learn more and request your free samples, head over to oldorchard.com/brewer Omega Yeast (https://omegayeast.com): Streamline efficiency with Omega Yeast’s Diacetyl Knock Out series. The DKO series is comprised of 8 familiar yeast strains engineered to knock out the formation of diacetyl before it starts. The strains you know, now better. Contact Omega Yeast today at omegayeast.com. ABS Commercial (https://abs-commercial.com). ABS Commercial are proud to offer brewhouses, tanks, keg washers, and preventative maintenance parts to brewers across the country as well as equipment for distilling, cider-making, wine-making, and more! Contact them today at sales@abs-commercial.com to discuss your customized brewery needs. Ss Brewtech (https://SsBrewtech.com). Ss Brewtech was founded by a group of home and craft beer brewers, dedicated to bringing an engineering-first approach to brewery equipment. Ss brewhouses are used to formulate new beer recipes at some of the world's greatest breweries. To learn more, head over to SsBrewtech.com US Water Systems (https://uswatersystems.com): Depending upon the city and day, water quality can vary 40% to 50%. The best method is to start with the same water every time and Reverse Osmosis gives you that power. Visit USWaterSystems.com for a free expert analysis.Support Craft Beer & Brewing Magazine Podcast

Arizona Wilderness brewery's top-rated Jitterbug Perfume dissected, using mobile coolships for spontaneous brewing in the desert, regenerative local grains like Kernza, and unique ingredients like beets. Discussing sustainability, partnering with local growers, and building a base with wood-aged saisons for strong flavors.

Josh Trujillo, 16 years at Marble, top brewing role, shares their approach to brewing lager, managing runoff to avoid astringency, extending boils to manage DMS production, designing subtle yet characterful hop blends for dry-hopped Pilsner, moving hot side hops to the whirpool for more hop expression, marrying the classic with the contemporary in West Coast pils, and brewing hoppy beers with new twists on classic hops.

Natalie Rose Baldwin, Brewmaster at Wayfinder, talks about IPA and West Coast pils, fresh hop West Coast keller pils, flavor as color, yeast strategies, French pils with spelt, healthy fermentations in gose, and more.