{"id":6236,"date":"2016-07-07T18:41:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-07T22:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/?p=6236"},"modified":"2016-08-30T23:50:38","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T03:50:38","slug":"the-zerogravity-beer-project-beersmith-podcast-129","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/07\/the-zerogravity-beer-project-beersmith-podcast-129\/","title":{"rendered":"The zerogravity Beer Project &#8211; BeerSmith Podcast #129"},"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\/2016\/07\/07\/the-zerogravity-beer-project-beersmith-podcast-129\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><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\" \/>William Brennand and Stefan Occhi from the University of Nottingham in the UK join me this week to discuss their Master&#8217;s level brewing project called &#8220;zerogravity&#8221;. They are part of a team brewing at a commercial level as a capstone project for their degrees.<\/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> or on <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/app\/playmusic?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;link=https:\/\/play.google.com\/music\/m\/Iphebe3merhgcijzboixy7t27ky?t%3DBeerSmith_Home_and_Beer_Brewing_Podcast\">Google Play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/beersmith\/BSHB-129-Zero-Gravity.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-129-Zero-Gravity.mp3]<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1OrWhPp4oww\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Topics in This Week&#8217;s Episode (40:23)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Today on the show I welcome William Brennand and Stefano Occhi, students at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nottingham.ac.uk\/brewingscience\/index.aspx\">University of Nottingham<\/a> Brewing Sciences School working on a Master&#8217;s level project called <a href=\"https:\/\/zerogravitybrewing.wordpress.com\/\">&#8220;zerogravity&#8221;<\/a> to brew and market their own commercial beer. You can follow their progress on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zerogravitybrewing\/?view_public_for=604618373020041\">Facebook <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zerogravitybrew\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>We start with a discussion of the project and how it got started at the University of Nottingham.<\/li>\n<li>Stefano explains some of the educational goals and how it fits into their Master degree theses.<\/li>\n<li>William talks about how they have teamed up with a commercial brewery to design and brew the beer at a commercial scale.<\/li>\n<li>We talk about the team and the roles of each team member.<\/li>\n<li>William explains why they spent quite a bit of time developing their project brand name and logo.<\/li>\n<li>Stefano talks about funding for the project which includes brewing on a 3000 liter scale.<\/li>\n<li>William shares his selection of style &#8211; the brewing of a traditional English cask ale with a few twists.<\/li>\n<li>Stefano walks us through the experiments and pilot brews that led to their final selection of recipe.<\/li>\n<li>We discuss some of the considerations in designing the beer recipe itself.<\/li>\n<li>Stefano explains their ingredient choices and rationale for them.<\/li>\n<li>William talks about the challenges of scaling a recipe up to a 3000 liter size<\/li>\n<li>We talk about differentiating the beer from comparable commercial beers in the area.<\/li>\n<li>William explains what&#8217;s involved in producing and serving a cask ale.<\/li>\n<li>Stefano covers distribution of the beer which will primarily be via Castle&#8217;s pubs.<\/li>\n<li>They both tie the project back to their educational goals &#8211; as a capstone project for their Master&#8217;s theses.<\/li>\n<li>They share their closing thoughts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Sponsors<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Thank you to our sponsor <a href=\"http:\/\/beerandbrewing.com\">Craft Beer and Brewing Magazine<\/a> for sponsoring this episode. I encourage you to subscribe to their great magazine!<\/li>\n<li>And also <a href=\"http:\/\/anvilbrewing.com\">Anvil Brewing Equipment<\/a>. Anvil is a new line of kettles, burners and accessories from John Blichmann at Blichmann Engineering. They make top quality brewing equipment built to last a lifetime.<\/li>\n<li>Also check out <a href=\"http:\/\/beersmith.com\">BeerSmith<\/a>, <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. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/beersmith.com\/blog\/subscribe\/\">subscribe to the BeerSmith newsletter<\/a> for free to get some great articles on home brewing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Thanks to William Brennand and Stefano Occhi 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 of my <a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/podcast\/beersmith-home-brewing-blog\/id398500515\">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! 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