Experimental Brewing

[https://www.experimentalbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Dan_Chisolm-225x300.jpeg] The Brew Is Out There! Summer may be blazing away out there right now, but it’s the perfect time to setup a barleywine for the inevitable heat death of the year (aka winter)! Dan Chisolm gives us the rundown on his award winning Bigfoot style Barleywine – Big Boy Barleywine! Links Big Boy Barleywine: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2025/06/02/dan-chisolms-big-boy-barleywine-2023/ [https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2025/06/02/dan-chisolms-big-boy-barleywine-2023/] This episode is brought to you by: [https://www.experimentalbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AirStillPro-150x150.png] Grainfather and The Air Still Pro Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassments, etc, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@experimentalbrew.com. Follow us on Facebook (ExperimentalBrew), Twitter (@ExpBrewing) or Instagram (ExperimentalBrewing). Don’t forget you can support the podcast on Patreon by going to http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing Podcast RSS Url: http://www.experimentalbrew.com/podcast.rss Share Post Share

[https://www.experimentalbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/fonio_fs-240x300.jpg] The hot new brewing grain is actually thousands of years old. Fonio, a staple hardy crop from West Africa is now available for brewing purposes where it can yield interesting results including grain derived tropical fruit flavors. Ashton Lewis walks us through what to expect and how to use it! Episode Links: * How To Brew Online Relaunches: http://howtobrew.com/ [http://howtobrew.com/] * Beervana’s Coronavirus Diaries Revisited: https://www.beervanablog.com/beervana/2025/3/21/coronavirus-diaries-at-five-gigantic [https://www.beervanablog.com/beervana/2025/3/21/coronavirus-diaries-at-five-gigantic] * Fonio BSG Site: https://rahrbsg.com/fonio-50-lb/ [https://rahrbsg.com/fonio-50-lb/] * Fonio Gold Recipe: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2025/04/14/fonio-gold/ [https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2025/04/14/fonio-gold/] * Nebula Award Nominee “The Witch Trap”: https://www.jenniferhudakwrites.com/no-title/ [https://www.jenniferhudakwrites.com/no-title/] * Grand Designs “The Streets” * World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/ [https://wck.org/] * Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing [http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing] Episode Contents: 00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors 00:02:13 Announcements 00:09:00 The Pub 00:21:01 The Brewery 00:27:30 The Lounge – Ashton Lewis – Fonio 01:05:16 Quick Tip and Something Other This episode is brought to you by: [https://experimentalbrewing.blubrry.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/JaDeD_300.jpg]http://jadedbrewing.com/ Jaded Brewing [http://jadedbrewing.com/] [https://experimentalbrewing.blubrry.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/WyeastLogo_2017_300.png]http://www.wyeastlab.com Wyeast Labs [http://www.wyeastlab.com] [https://experimentalbrewing.blubrry.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/YakimaChief_Stacked_300.jpeg]https://www.yakimachief.com/ YCH Hops [https://www.yakimachief.com/] Interested in helping Denny and Drew with the IGOR program (aka help us run experiments!) – contact them at igor@experimentalbrew.com. We want more Citizen Science! In the meanwhile, subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassments, etc, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@experimentalbrew.com. Follow us on Facebook (ExperimentalHomebrewing) or Twitter (@ExpBrewing). If you have questions you’d like answered in our Q&A segment, send an email to questions@experimntalbrew.com! Don’t forget you can support the podcast on Patreon by going to http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing [http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing] Podcast RSS Url: http://www.experimentalbrew.com/podcast.rss Share Post Share

[https://www.experimentalbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/kyle_ernsberger-225x300.jpg] The Brew Is Out There! For the second competition in a row, a Rauchbier has won Best of Show at a Maltose Falcons competition. This time Kyle Ernsberger won the 2025 Doug King Memorial Competition with his version of a classic Rauchbier! Why does he love smoked beer so? Find out! Links Kyle’s Rauchbier: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2025/04/01/kyle-ernsbergers-rauchbier/ [https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2025/04/01/kyle-ernsbergers-rauchbier/] This episode is brought to you by: [https://www.experimentalbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AirStillPro-150x150.png] Grainfather and The Air Still Pro Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassments, etc, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@experimentalbrew.com. Follow us on Facebook (ExperimentalBrew), Twitter (@ExpBrewing) or Instagram (ExperimentalBrewing). Don’t forget you can support the podcast on Patreon by going to http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing Podcast RSS Url: http://www.experimentalbrew.com/podcast.rss Share Post Share

[https://www.experimentalbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/cha_2025.png] Southern California Homebrewers Festival is right around the corner and Drew sits down with Andy Carter to discuss the Fest and this year’s Bragging Rights Only Competition. In the brewery, Drew gets a bit abstract with a class about Abstrax hop extracts. Episode Links: * Ask The AHA Board Anything! – March 18th – 5PM PT – https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/zymurgy-live/town-hall-what-an-independent-aha-means-for-you/ [https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/zymurgy-live/town-hall-what-an-independent-aha-means-for-you/] * Abstrax Hops – https://abstraxhops.com/ [https://abstraxhops.com/] * California Homebrewers Association – https://www.calhomebrewers.org/ [https://www.calhomebrewers.org/] * Volunteer for the Fest – https://www.calhomebrewers.org/volunteer/ [https://www.calhomebrewers.org/volunteer/] * World Central Kitchen: https://wck.org/ [https://wck.org/] * Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing [http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing] Episode Contents: 00:00:00 Opening & Our Sponsors 00:02:14 Announcements 00:05:36 The Pub 00:23:46 The Brewery 00:40:17 The Lounge – Andy Carter – “What’s Local Mean?” 01:10:21 Quick Tip and Something Other This episode is brought to you by: [https://experimentalbrewing.blubrry.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/JaDeD_300.jpg]http://jadedbrewing.com/ Jaded Brewing [http://jadedbrewing.com/] [https://experimentalbrewing.blubrry.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/WyeastLogo_2017_300.png]http://www.wyeastlab.com Wyeast Labs [http://www.wyeastlab.com] [https://experimentalbrewing.blubrry.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/YakimaChief_Stacked_300.jpeg]https://www.yakimachief.com/ YCH Hops [https://www.yakimachief.com/] Interested in helping Denny and Drew with the IGOR program (aka help us run experiments!) – contact them at igor@experimentalbrew.com. We want more Citizen Science! In the meanwhile, subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassments, etc, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@experimentalbrew.com. Follow us on Facebook (ExperimentalHomebrewing) or Twitter (@ExpBrewing). If you have questions you’d like answered in our Q&A segment, send an email to questions@experimntalbrew.com! Don’t forget you can support the podcast on Patreon by going to http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing [http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing] Podcast RSS Url: http://www.experimentalbrew.com/podcast.rss Share Post Share

[https://www.experimentalbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Bruce_Brode-300x281.jpg] The Brew Is Out There! Way back in 2015 for an early episode of the main show, Drew sat down with one of his mentors – Bruce Brode. Bruce was a past club president, Grand Hydrometer (education officer), Brews Band Keyboardist, a BJCP Master Judge and helped write many of the early style guidelines. This past week, Bruce passed away just shy of his 71st birthday and so let’s remember his wit and wisdom and enjoy a beverage in his honor. (And if you have a mentor you’d like to get on “tape”, email us! podcast@experimentalbrew.com [podcast@experimentalbrew.com]) Links This episode is brought to you by: [https://www.experimentalbrew.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/AirStillPro-150x150.png] Grainfather and The Air Still Pro Don’t forget to subscribe via your favorite podcasting service (iTunes, etc). Like our podcast, review it – talk it up! If you have comments, feedbacks, harassments, etc, feel free to drop us a line at podcast@experimentalbrew.com. Follow us on Facebook (ExperimentalBrew), Twitter (@ExpBrewing) or Instagram (ExperimentalBrewing). Don’t forget you can support the podcast on Patreon by going to http://patreon.com/experimentalbrewing Podcast RSS Url: http://www.experimentalbrew.com/podcast.rss Share Post Share