{"id":5216,"date":"2015-02-17T14:49:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-17T19:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=5216"},"modified":"2015-04-29T17:14:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T21:14:08","slug":"mastering-homebrew-with-randy-mosher-beersmith-podcast-98","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/17\/mastering-homebrew-with-randy-mosher-beersmith-podcast-98\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastering Homebrew with Randy Mosher &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast #98"},"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\/2015\/02\/17\/mastering-homebrew-with-randy-mosher-beersmith-podcast-98\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PodNew200.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4522\" src=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PodNew200.png\" alt=\"PodNew200\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PodNew200.png 200w, https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/PodNew200-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Randy Mosher just published his new book <em>Mastering Homebrew<\/em> which I believe will soon become a home brewing classic. This week I join Randy to talk about his new book which covers a huge number of beer brewing techniques, ingredients, and focuses on the flavor of beer instead of just the technical aspects.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Subscribe on iTunes to <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id398500515?mt=2\">Audio version <\/a>or <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\">Video version<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-98-Mastering-Homebrew.mp3\">Download the MP3 File<\/a> &#8211; Right Click and <strong>Save As<\/strong> to download this mp3 file<\/p>\n<p>[audio:http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-98-Mastering-Homebrew.mp3]<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xTdJ2HuUbTk\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (51:19)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>My guest this week is Randy Mosher, who just published his new book <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1A17jKM\">Mastering Homebrew<\/a> (Amazon affiliate link). <em>Mastering Homebrew<\/em> is an comprehensive book on beer brewing that focuses on not only the technical aspects of brewing but also the creative and flavor aspects of brewing great beer. I&#8217;m a big fan of this book, and believe it is one of the most important brewing books to come out in the last few years. Randy is also the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1A17lSM\">Radical Brewing<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1Ag14S0\">Tasting Beer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Thank you to our sponsor <a href=\"http:\/\/beerandbrewing.com\">Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine<\/a> who is still offering a 15% discount with your subscription or other items when you use the new offer code <strong>beersmith2015<\/strong> when you purchase.<\/li>\n<li>Also thanks to our new sponsor <a href=\"http:\/\/brewhaequipment.com\/\">BREWHA brewing equipment<\/a>. Please check out their new innovative brewing setups that let you make better beer quickly.<\/li>\n<li>Also check out <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/mobile\">BeerSmith Mobile softwar<\/a>e and , the <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/dvd\">new DVDs John Palmer and I filmed<\/a> &#8211; How to Brew with Malt Extract and How to Brew All Grain are available now.<\/li>\n<li>Randy starts with an overview of his new book &#8211; which is really comprehensive in scope and useful for everyone from beginner to expert.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss the concept of &#8220;using both sides of your brain to brew beer&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Randy explains why both measurables and intangibles are important to making beer, as well as his &#8220;flavor&#8221; approach to building beer recipes.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about ingredients &#8211; with a heavy focus on understanding the flavor of various malts and other ingredients.<\/li>\n<li>Randy also covers many technical aspects of brewing in the book &#8211; we discuss a few.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about brewing equipment and Randy shares a few examples.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about the Art and Science of achieving a particular flavor for your finished beer<\/li>\n<li>Randy shares some of the tools of the brewers art.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss his chapters on beer styles and recipes including examples for both extract and all grain brewers<\/li>\n<li>Randy provides some tips on troubleshooting your beer<\/li>\n<li>We finish with a discussion about what&#8217;s different about this book.<\/li>\n<li>I strongly recommend this book &#8211; you can buy it from Amazon (and support BeerSmith a bit) by using this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1CC8Vuj\">Mastering Homebrew<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to Randy Mosher for appearing on the show and also to you for listening!<\/p>\n<p><strong>iTunes Announcements<\/strong>: I launched a new <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\">video channel for the BeerSmith podcast on iTunes<\/a>, so subscribe now! At the moment it will only feature the new widescreen episodes (#75 and up). Older episodes are available on my revamped <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/mrbeersmith\">Youtube channel<\/a>. Also all <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\">81 audio episodes are on iTunes<\/a> now &#8211; so grab the older episodes if you missed any.<\/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 on iTunes or BeerSmith Radio<\/h3>\n<p>You can listen to all of my podcast episodes streaming live around the clock on our <a href=\"http:\/\/BeerSmith.com\/Radio\">BeerSmith Radio<\/a> online radio station!<strong> <\/strong>You can also subscribe to the audio or video using the iTunes links below, or the feed address<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Audio feed on iTunes &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/images\/web\/linkmaker\/badge_itunes-lrg.gif\" alt=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" width=\"82\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a> (direct: <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/content\/feed\/podcast\"><strong>http:\/\/beersmith.com\/content\/feed\/podcast<\/strong><\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Video feed on iTunes &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/beersmith-home-beer-brewing\/id824963861\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" src=\"http:\/\/ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net\/images\/web\/linkmaker\/badge_itunes-lrg.gif\" alt=\"Subscribe on iTunes\" width=\"82\" height=\"30\" \/><\/a><\/strong> (direct: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/tv\/category\/podcast\/feed\/\">http:\/\/beersmith.com\/tv\/category\/podcast\/feed\/<\/a><\/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> (or use the links in the sidebar) \u2013 to get free weekly articles on home brewing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Randy Mosher just published his new book Mastering Homebrew which I believe will soon become a home brewing classic. 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