{"id":2681,"date":"2012-01-11T22:25:34","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T03:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=2681"},"modified":"2014-02-06T11:35:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T16:35:48","slug":"designing-beer-with-randy-mosher-beersmith-podcast-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/11\/designing-beer-with-randy-mosher-beersmith-podcast-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Beer with Randy Mosher &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast 30"},"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\/2012\/01\/11\/designing-beer-with-randy-mosher-beersmith-podcast-30\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>This week, we discuss designing beer with brewing author Randy Mosher. Randy shares with us the process he uses for designing beer and also gives us a sneak peek into the new book he&#8217;s working on.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/microphone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"microphone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/microphone-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-30-Design-Mosher.mp3\">Download the MP3 File <\/a>\u2013 Right Click and &#8220;Save As&#8221; to download this mp3 file<\/p>\n[audio:http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-30-Design-Mosher.mp3]\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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hd-BNECOj1s\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (45:20)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Randy Mosher is a graphical designer and beer brewing author who has a web site at <a href=\"http:\/\/radicalbrewing.com\">RadicalBrewing.com<\/a> and has written the books <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0937381837\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=beehombreblo-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0937381837\">Radical Brewing<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/xeNI9E\">Tasting Beer<\/a> (Amazon Aff Links). He is working on a new book for publication in the Fall of 2012 titled &#8220;The Handy Book of Homebrewing&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>We start with the inspiration or &#8220;Big Idea&#8221; which Randy uses to drive his recipe design<\/li>\n<li>Randy walks through the basic process he uses to take his idea from concept to a completed recipe<\/li>\n<li>We talk about base malts and his preference of using base malts for color and flavor<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Randy explains how many specialty malt flavors are tied closely to the caramel, toast, roast and other flavors we perceive in the finished beer<\/li>\n<li>We talk about the role of hops and how Randy groups hops to help determine which ones are best for a given recipe<\/li>\n<li>Randy discusses his simple approach to finishing and dry hops<\/li>\n<li>We talk about yeast strain selection and how it affects things<\/li>\n<li>In &#8220;Radical Brewing&#8221;, Randy explores a wide variety of unusual ingredients and he talks a bit about when to bring these flavors into the beer<\/li>\n<li>We talk about keeping mash schedules simple, where possible, to create good beer<\/li>\n<li>Randy talks for a minute about other techniques that might come into play for recipe design<\/li>\n<li>Tasting beer is also important &#8211; and most award winning brewers also are beer judges or experts in tasting beer<\/li>\n<li>Randy spends a minute talking about his new book which will be out in the fall of 2012 called &#8220;The Handy Book of Homebrewing&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to Randy Mosher for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!<\/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, we discuss designing beer with brewing author Randy Mosher. 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