Pale Ale and Pinter with Danny Monnot – BeerSmith Podcast #311

Professional brewer Danny Monnot joins me this week to discuss Pale Ales and his new project to make home brewing more accessible with the Pinter brewing system.

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Topics in This Week’s Episode (49:40)

Today I welcome Danny Monnot. Danny started in Craft Brewing in 2013, and was the head brewer at Platform Beer Co in Cleveland. After being acquired by Anheuser-Bush, the brewery merged but was eventually shuttered due to recent downsizing. Danny has now joined Pinter creating small easy to use brewing kits for home brewers. Links: Pinter.com | Pinter on Facebook | Instagram: @pinterusa | Youtube
NOTE: Pinter has offered their Pinter kit/package for $100 off to BeerSmith listeners: Use discount code “BEERSMITH49” or this direct link to order.
We start with a bit about Danny’s brewing history including his experience being acquired and eventually shuttered by a large brewing company. We talk about how many breweries were acquired but then later shed by the larger brewers as craft brewing has entered a slowdown.
We discuss the “New Cleveland” Pale Ale, brewed by Platform brewing which won a GABF silver medal. We start with a discussion of Pale Ales which were arguably the breakout beer for many craft breweries before the IPA revolution took over.
Danny explains what makes American Pale Ales unique including their American hops and clean finish California yeast strains.
We talk about how “New Cleveland” was a Pale Pilsner Hybrid which means it did not fit neatly into the American Pale Ale tradition, but instead used pilsner malt and noble hops.
Danny details some other work he’s done on whirlpool and dry hopping and some of the things he’s found about dry hopping.
He provides his tips to make a great Pale Ale
Next we discuss his new job as operations manager at Pinter. Pinter is a new single vessel no-boil brewing system that lets you easily brew beer at home with minimal effort.
Danny shows us the Pinter brewing vessel which lets you mix, ferment and serve from a single vessel and includes an attachment to help remove the fermented yeast and trub from the vessel.
The entire process basically is to sanitize the vessel, add the ingredients and let it ferment for several days. Later you move it into your fridge when you can directly server beer from the unit. The entire process takes roughly 2-3 weeks, and requires no boil or mash.
We talk about how Pinter can help attract new brewers to home brewing and make homebrewing easier for the casual brewer.
Danny shares his closing thoughts.

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