{"id":2424,"date":"2011-09-15T09:33:29","date_gmt":"2011-09-15T13:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=2424"},"modified":"2014-02-06T11:21:11","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T16:21:11","slug":"session-beer-with-the-mad-fermentationist-beersmith-podcast-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/15\/session-beer-with-the-mad-fermentationist-beersmith-podcast-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Session Beer with The Mad Fermentationist &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"beersmith\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/15\/session-beer-with-the-mad-fermentationist-beersmith-podcast-22\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>This week my guest is Mike Tonsmeire, aka &#8220;The Mad Fermentationist&#8221;. Mike walks us through the fine art of designing and brewing very low gravity beers called &#8220;Session Beers&#8221;. Session beers are eminently drinkable beers that are still full bodied and enjoyable, without weighing you down.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-22-Session-Beers.mp3\">Download the MP3 File <\/a>\u2013 Right Click and &#8220;Save As&#8221; to download this mp3 file<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1636\" title=\"blog-mic\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic.jpg 283w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>[audio:http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-22-Session-Beers.mp3]<\/p>\n<h3>This Episode Sponsored by MoreBeer!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/morebeer\">MoreBeer <\/a>is the sponsor of this week&#8217;s episode. You can show your appreciation to them on your next order by using the special order links here at <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/morebeer\">BeerSmith.com\/MoreBeer<\/a> &#8211; a portion of each order will go to support the BeerSmith sites, podcast, and newsletters.<\/p>\n<p>Also &#8211; BeerSmith 2 is out &#8211; You can grab your <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\">free 21 day trial copy of BeerSmith 2 here<\/a> &#8211; and brew better beer the first time!<\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (43:40)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>This week&#8217;s guest is Michael Tonsmeire, aka &#8220;The Mad Fermentationist&#8221; who runs a brewing blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/themadfermentationist.com\">TheMadFermentationist.com<\/a> Mike will walk us through how to design and brew low gravity session beers that you can enjoy year round.<\/li>\n<li>I introduce this week&#8217;s sponsor at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/morebeer\">MoreBeer <\/a>&#8211; you can support the BeerSmith sites by placing your next order with MoreBeer through our special <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/morebeer\">order page here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mike tells us why you might want to brew a low gravity beer<\/li>\n<li>He talks about the origin of the term &#8220;Session Beers&#8221; which is believed to have originated during the breaks that armament workers took during World War I.<\/li>\n<li>We talk through how to design a low gravity beer and how it is different from normal beers.<\/li>\n<li>Mike explains how light beer is slightly different than Session beer<\/li>\n<li>We talk about creating a grain bill for a session beer, and concerns with balancing hop bitterness<\/li>\n<li>Mike tells us why a higher temperature mash schedule might be better to preserve the body of a session beer<\/li>\n<li>We explore parti-gyle brewing which is a technique for getting more than one beer out of a single mash<\/li>\n<li>Mike talks about &#8220;out of style&#8221; session beers<\/li>\n<li>We finish with a discussion of low calorie beers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks again to Mike Tonsmeire who was kind enough to take time from his very busy schedule to appear on the show!<\/p>\n<h3>Thoughts on the Podcast?<\/h3>\n<p>Leave me a comment below or visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/forum\">discussion forum<\/a> to leave a comment in the podcast section there.<\/p>\n<h3>Subscribe to the Podcast<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Great News!<\/strong> We&#8217;ve been featured in the New and Notable podcasts on iTunes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" alt=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/images\/web\/linkmaker\/badge_itunes-lrg.gif\" width=\"82\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are not using iTunes, you can subscribe using this feed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong> http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/BeersmithcomHomeBrewingBlog<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And finally, don&#8217;t forget to subscribe to the blog and <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\">my newsletter<\/a> (use the links in the sidebar) \u2013 to get free weekly articles on home brewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet This week my guest is Mike Tonsmeire, aka &#8220;The Mad Fermentationist&#8221;. 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