Jamil Zainasheff, founder of Heretic Brewing joins me this week for a beer brewing question and answer session. I apologize for the audio quality – we had some echo coming through from Jamil’s audio feed.
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Topics in This Week’s Episode (42:49)
- This week I welcome back Jamil Zainasheff. Jamil is the founder and owner of Heretic Brewing. Jamil joins us this week for another home brewing question and answer session.
- We talk a bit about Heretic brewing and some of the adjustments he’s made due to the pandemic.
- Jamil shares his thoughts on adjusting mash pH for different beer styles.
- We talk about processes and how important the brewing lab is to Heretic brewing.
- Jamil shares his thoughts on the balance between technical brewing and the artistic side of brewing.
- We discuss how important the knowledge of flavors is to a brewer when developing new recipes.
- Jamil talks about adding depth to a malt bill and some considerations of how to do it best.
- We discuss aroma oils and whirlpool hopping vs dry hopping as a technique.
- Jamil shares his experience with hopping during active fermentation and recent research into dry hopping to get fruity IPA and hazy IPA flavors.
- Jamil talks about how to best adjust water profiles for a given style of beer.
- We discuss the rise of very high gravity beers vs more drinkable session beers.
- Jamil shares his thoughts on judging beer.
- He closes with his take on how a brewer can rapidly improve their beer brewing overall.
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Thanks to Jamil Zainasheff for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!
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