{"id":5262,"date":"2015-03-23T12:25:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T16:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=5262"},"modified":"2015-04-29T17:09:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-29T21:09:53","slug":"beer-brewing-qa-with-john-palmer-and-randy-mosher-beersmith-podcast-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/23\/beer-brewing-qa-with-john-palmer-and-randy-mosher-beersmith-podcast-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer Brewing Q&#038;A with John Palmer and Randy Mosher &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast #100"},"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\/03\/23\/beer-brewing-qa-with-john-palmer-and-randy-mosher-beersmith-podcast-100\/\">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>Top beer brewing authors John Palmer and Randy Mosher join me for a special episode #100 to answer some of your questions about brewing better beer. John is the author of the popular &#8220;How to Brew&#8221; book and video series and Randy Mosher has made a splash with his new book &#8220;Mastering Homebrew&#8221;.<\/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-100.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-100.mp3]<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WMQwuujgFhk\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (50:08)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Randy Mosher and John Palmer join me for a special episode #100. John is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/19J4TqK\">How to Brew<\/a> (Amazon affiliate link) as well as the <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/dvd\">How to Brew video<\/a> series. Randy Mosher is author of the great new book <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1IgpRbZ\">Mastering Homebrew<\/a> as well as <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1IgpX3b\">Radical Brewing <\/a>(Amazon Affiliate links).<\/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 software<\/a> 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>We start with a discussion of where the cidery taste comes from in some extract beers &#8211; and whether it really comes from using too much sugar in your beer.<\/li>\n<li>Randy and John share their thoughts on liquid yeast versus using dry yeast for brewing.<\/li>\n<li>Brew-in-a-bag (BIAB) has become very popular, so we discuss some of the advantages of BIAB versus traditional all grain methods.<\/li>\n<li>John and Randy share their thoughts on mashing at high water to grain ratios as is done with BIAB, no sparge and some decoctions.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about mash pH and both why it is important and also how you can measure and adjust it.<\/li>\n<li>Randy and John discuss the use of a single bitterness addition versus a bunch of small boil additions (continuous hopping if taken to the extreme). We discuss simple hop schedules as well as aroma\/whirlpool hops.<\/li>\n<li>We share some advantages of using whirlpool\/steeped hops instead of short boils to preserve delicate hop aromas.<\/li>\n<li>John and Randy tackle the need for a secondary versus using a single (unitank or just primary) fermentation.<\/li>\n<li>They both provide some tips on beer clarity and how you can improve the clarity of your beer.<\/li>\n<li>John and Randy share their approach to simplifying recipe design and using only what is absolutely needed in a beer.<\/li>\n<li>They each share their closing thoughts on beer brewing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to John Palmer and 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! 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\" 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