{"id":3579,"date":"2013-02-16T11:04:30","date_gmt":"2013-02-16T16:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=3579"},"modified":"2014-02-06T11:35:40","modified_gmt":"2014-02-06T16:35:40","slug":"designing-beer-with-denny-conn-beersmith-podcast-55","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/16\/designing-beer-with-denny-conn-beersmith-podcast-55\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Beer with Denny Conn &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast #55"},"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\/2013\/02\/16\/designing-beer-with-denny-conn-beersmith-podcast-55\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"blog-mic\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/blog-mic-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>This week I discuss how to design a beer recipe with Denny Conn. Denny shares some of his tips on creating a home brewing recipe from scratch including imagining the beer, selecting ingredients, applying techniques and iterating to perfect the beer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-55-Design-Conn.mp3\">Download the MP3 File <\/a>\u2013 Right Click and &#8220;Save As&#8221; to download this mp3 file<\/p>\n<p>[audio:http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-55-Design-Conn.mp3]<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xFSmjUtz1vk\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (37:36)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Denny Conn is this week&#8217;s guest. Denny is a member of the American Homebrewer&#8217;s Association governing committee and a member of the Cascade Brewer&#8217;s Society. He has a web site on batch sparging at <a href=\"http:\/\/DennyBrew.com\">DennyBrew.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Denny wrote an article on beer recipe design for the May\/June 2012 edition of Zymurgy magazine. We discuss many of his main points here on this episode.<\/li>\n<li>We start by discussing how one starts with a blank sheet of paper and begins imagining a beer.<\/li>\n<li>Denny shares his philosophy on researching beer styles and also ingredients.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about the next step which is developing the grain bill and selecting ingredients<\/li>\n<li>Denny shares some tips for &#8220;knowing your ingredients&#8221; well<\/li>\n<li>We talk about sugars and some unique flavors you can get from sugars<\/li>\n<li>Denny shares his thoughts on misc ingredients such as spices and flavorings (including mushrooms and vanilla beans)<\/li>\n<li>We discuss process issues like selecting mash temperatures, and applying hop techniques<\/li>\n<li>Denny shares a few tips for brewers just starting to design their first beer<\/li>\n<li>The American <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ahaconference.org\/\">Homebrewers Association Conference<\/a> which we discussed is June 27-29th in Philadelphia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to Denny Conn 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 I discuss how to design a beer recipe with Denny Conn. 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