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Brew Files – Episode 175 – Get Your Pints On Route 66
The Brew Is Out There! Route 66 – America’s Mother Road – turns 100 this year! To celebrate Garage Band Brewing (Plainfield, IL) and Wild Parrot Brewing (Pasadena, CA) teamed up and brewed an American classic beer. Listeners may already … Continue reading →
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Episode 210 – Bob and Denny Take Belgium, Part 2
Time for part 2 of the Denny and Bob travelogue as they leave Bruges and head to Wallonia for more adventures! Episode Links: Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing This episode is brought to you by: … Continue reading →
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Episode 208 – Bob and Denny Take Belgium
Hey where did you go? Here, there and everywhere – particularly Belgium! We’re catching you up with what’s been going on with life and the podcast before we sit down with Bob Sylvester to take the mega awesome epic trip … Continue reading →
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The Dixie Cup and Why Homebrewing Matters – Message and Travelogue
Speaking at the Dixie Cup Last week at the time this gets published, I (Drew) was flying to Houston for the 40th iteration of the Foam Rangers‘ Dixie Cup. As one of America’s oldest homebrew competitions, they’ve had beer luminaries … Continue reading →
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Brew Files – Episode 174 – Big Boy Barleywine
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 … Continue reading →
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Dan Chisolm’s Big Boy Barleywine (2023)
Dan Chisolm’s Big Boy Barleywine is not only a beloved personal recipe, but it’s an award winning project that he continues to brew and sip on. It’s a throwback to a more Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Barleywine with a ton of … Continue reading →
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Episode 207 – Fonio, Fonio, What The Heck Are You, Fonio?
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 … Continue reading →
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Fonio Gold
Drew’s first brew that he used to explore the new hotness that is Fonio Recipe Author: Drew Beechum Beer Style: Blond Ale Batch Size: 6.6 Boil Time: 60 minutes Original Gravity: 1.054 Est Final Gravity: 1.011 IBUs: 32 SRM: 4 … Continue reading →
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Brew Files – Episode 173 – Kyle’s Rauchbier
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 … Continue reading →
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Kyle Ernsberger’s Rauchbier
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. You can listen … Continue reading →
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Episode 206 – Abstract Localism
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 … Continue reading →
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2025 – Go to Belgium with Denny and Bob!
Come join Denny and Bob as they tour through Belgium! Reserve a seat fast – the trip is selling fast! https://vetterbrew.com/bbb-tour-2025/
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Brew Files – Episode 172 – Season of the Bruce
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 … Continue reading →
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Episode 205 – We Love LA
Drew sits down in this episode with Brett Knapp of Common Space Brewery to talk their fundraising project – “We ❤️ LA”. We’ve included a homebrew recipe for you to use. Denny and Drew also talk through the recent AHA … Continue reading →
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We ❤️ LA Homebrew Version
This is a homebrewed sized version of We ❤️ LA from Common Space Brewery in their donation drive to help alleviate the suffering caused by the massive January 2025 wildfires in LA County. Recipe Author: Common Space Brewery / We … Continue reading →
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Brew Files – Episode 171 – Cordially Invitied
The Brew Is Out There! For the Falcons Advent Calendar, Drew decided to do something other than beer and made a cordial inspired by the idea of a boiled/steamed Persimmon Pudding. Links Persimmon Pudding Cordial Recipe: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/2025/02/08/persimmon-pudding/ Drew’s Cordial Calculator: … Continue reading →
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Persimmon Pudding
Drew’s Persimmon Pudding inspired cordial – a 30% sipper full of spices and fruit that’s just about the esiest thing to put together! Recipe Author: Drew Beechum Style: Cordial Batch Size: 1 gallon Boil Time: 0 minutes ABV: 31% Ingredients: … Continue reading →
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Episode 204 – The Hills Are On Fire
You may have heard the hills around Drew caught on fire – well he’s back after that and a laptop collapse! Catch up with us. We have a few episodes waiting to go! (Picture of Mt. Wilson, which should be … Continue reading →
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Episode 203 – 27 Years Of Experience In NorCal
Denny’s road trip continues as he hit the Northern California Homebrewer’s Festival and spoke about the things he’s learned in 27 years of homebrewing. Episode Links: Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbrewing Episode Contents: 00:00:00 Opening … Continue reading →
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Brew Files – Episode 170 – Colorado Homebrew with the Brew Hut
The Brew Is Out There! It’s not secret that a lot of people missed the AHA’s HomeBrewCon experience this year and a lot of folks shouted that we should do something! So Mark Hurley of The Brew Hut (attached to … Continue reading →
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Episode 202 – Hop and Brew 2024
Denny went on the road to his favorite excuse to buy Top and Bottom Cutter – Yakima Chief Hops Hop & Brew School. Sit back and listen to his conversations around the current state of of American hops! Episode Links: … Continue reading →
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Brew Files – Episode 169 – Stupid Times With Drew
The Brew Is Out There! Drew’s been hard at work on a new recipe book celebrating 50 years of the Maltose Falcons and it’s been a trip down memory lane. In this episode he and Denny talk about one of … Continue reading →
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Damn Heavy
In an exploration of some of the stupidest things we’ve ever done – we present Drew’s “Damn Heavy” with a 19 hour boil! Recipe Author: Drew Beechum, Mick Deering Beer Style: Wee Heavy Batch Size: 16 Boil Time: 19 hours Original … Continue reading →
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Episode 201 – You Can Go Home Again
Denny went back home to Newtown Iowa for the first time in decades and wouldn’t you know it, there was a brewery there! Denny sat down with Joe Kesteloot, head brewer of Gezellig Brewing. Denny even found a hazy that … Continue reading →