All posts by BeerSmith

Quality Management for Beer Brewing with Mary Pellettieri – BeerSmith Podcast #120

Mary Pellettieri, the author of “Quality Management: Essential Planning for Breweries” joins me this week to discuss how to ensure quality in beer including planning, measurement, consistency and quality control.

You can find the full episode blog entry and show notes here.

Melomel – Meads and Fruit with Michael Fairbrother – BeerSmith Podcast #119

Michael Fairbrother, award winning mead maker and CEO of Moonlight Meadery joins me this week to discuss making fruit meads and melomels.  Michael uses fruit in many of his top selling meads and has a unique perspective on what fruits to use and how to get the best mead from fruit and honey!

You can find the full episode with show notes here.

Beer Water Testing with Christian Krzykwa – BeerSmith Podcast #118

Christian Krzykwa from Industrial Test Systems joins me to discuss how to measure your beer brewing water, understanding a water report and also managing your mash pH.  With the introduction of test kits and pH meters you can use at home you can get more control than ever over your brewing water and the beer brewing process.

You can find the full episode show notes here.

Brewing High Gravity Beers with John Blichmann – BeerSmith Podcast #117

John Blichmann from Blichmann Engineering joins me this week to discuss brewing “big” high gravity beers.  John covers some of the special challenges including reduced mash efficiency, split mashing, balancing your big beer and fermentation and aging.

You can find the full episode show notes here.

German Wheat Beer with John Palmer – BeerSmith Podcast #116

Author John Palmer joins me this week to discuss German Wheat Beer styles and beer brewing.  John just returned from a trip to Germany and he shares some of his tips for brewing the perfect Weizen or Weisse.

You can find the show notes for this episode here.

Historical Beer Myths with Randy Mosher – BeerSmith Podcast #115

Randy Mosher tells us why almost everything we’ve been told about the history of beer is wrong.  In a wide ranging interview, Randy shares why many of our beer stories are actually myths, and shares a history of beer that is much more varied and dynamic than previously thought.

You can find podcast show notes here.

Barley Varieties and Genetics with Dr Pat Hayes – BeerSmith Podcast #114

Dr Pat Hayes, Professor of Barley Breeding at Oregon State University, is my guest this week to discuss advances in barley breeding, genetics and what beer brewers can look forward to from future barley varieties.

The show notes for this episode can be found here.

Speed Brewing with Mary Izett – BeerSmith Podcast #111

Mary Izett, author of the new book “Speed Brewing” joins me this week to discuss rapid brewing of all grain beer as well as mead, cider, Buch and Kefir.  She provides some great tips on how to create a variety of fermented beverages on a short time scale.

You can find the full episode with show notes here.

Nano-Brewery Startup Tips with John Blichmann – BeerSmith Podcast #110

John Blichmann, President of Blichmann Engineering joins me this week to discuss starting a nano-brewery including equipment options as well as many of the business considerations that come into play with starting a beer brewery on a shoestring.

You can find the full episode with show notes here.

Electric Beer Brewing Systems with Adam Shake – BeerSmith Podcast #109

Adam Shake joins me this week to discuss making beer with electric brewing systems, and we cover a wide variety of equipment topics including heating elements, pumps and different types of controllers to automate your brewing system.

You can see the full episode with show notes here.

Brewing Sour Beers with Michael Dawson – BeerSmith Podcast #108

Michael Dawson, former host of Brewing TV joins me this week to discuss brewing the perfect sour beer.  Michael shares some amazing tips for quickly brewing a Berliner Weisse as well as Lambic in this special episode recorded at the National Homebrew Conference in San Diego.

You can find the full episode and show notes here.

Chilling Your Wort with Chris Graham – BeerSmith Podcast #107

Chris Graham, the President of MoreBeer joins me this week to discuss methods for rapidly chilling your wort when home brewing beer.  Chris discusses immersion chillers, counter-flow chillers and plate chillers and how rapidly cooling your wort can make better beer.

You can find the full episode with show notes here.

Beer Styles with Stan Hieronymus – BeerSmith Podcast #106

Stan Hieronymus, brewing author and most recent winner of the AHA Governing Committee award, joins me this week to discuss hops and emerging beer styles.  Stan is the author of “For the Love of Hops”, “Brew Like a Monk” and also “Brewing with Wheat”.

You can find the full episode with show notes here.