E07 Radical Brewing w/Cory Ellis, Pig Minds, 3 Floyds

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05/29/17 • 84 min

Podcast features "outside-the-box" approach to brewing, the craziest beer ingredients ever, Pig Minds and Three Floyds tastings ... and a listen to Name the Moon Cory Ellis (Forest City Brewers) takes center stage as Brent, Mike and Kent explore the mind of a forward thinking home brewer, while sampling Cory's well-aged Olive Ale and his all-Oats brew. Tasty stuff, indeed! The show spins around the book from beer science guru Randy Mosher, Radical Brewing, and that process to brewing beer beyond BJCP styles. The gang also digs into a segment of Real or Fake: Craziest Beer Ingredients. Tastings the episode include Royal Bitch Slap (a big Elijah Craig bourbon barrel-aged 5th Anniversary offering from Pig Minds) and the "world-class" Dreadnaught Imperial IPA from Three Floyds Brewing. All while taking in the new album from Name the Moon. Please SHARE this post with your friends (buttons below)! Or better yet... [mc4wp_form]

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E06 National HomeBrew Day - Big Brew 2017

Big Brew 2017 – Forest City Brewers gather to brew some big beers HomeBrewRockStars hits the road for a May Brewers Guild at Steve Anthony's with the Forest City Brewers for National Home Brew Day...aka #BIGBREW2017. This podcast episode follows Steve on his awesome all grain system, Jerry Machula brewing a 5 gallon brew-in-a-bag (w/high-tech setup) and Mike Coisman & Tim Lundquist pushing the Brew Master system to the max while cloning Pliny the Younger. What a day for brewing beer and hanging with your peeps!!! We also dabble into a group tasting of Holy City's Bourbon-barreled Pilsner called "Smells Like Rick" (or was that a horse in the Derby?) as well as a mother group tasting of Founders Redankulous, and an assortment of home brews and special reserve craft beer. You gotta hang on for a hilarious skit for "is that a race horse or a beer name" and killer interviews from the days rockstar brewers! It's Big Brew 2017 ... DRINK it UP.

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E08 Tappin Craft Beer w/Zak Rotello + Anchor, Revolution and Miles Nielsen

Special #FathersDay Podcast featuring Zak Rotello, resident craft beer authority at the Olympic Tavern, who shares his generational tract in this 72 year old family restaurant business. Plus we take on an Anchor/Revolution Collaboration called Fist of Liberty and listen to trap from the latest Miles Nielsen offering, Heavy Metal. HomeBrew RockStars dive into the craft beer industry, brewery rankings , its survival vs. larger breweries and what it all means to beer drinkers. We also talk 72 years in the family restaurant business, gardening for the menu, traveling to other breweries and other things that make Zak's grundle quiver. This episode also zeros in the Anchor Brewing history, their Liberty IPA, Revolution Brewing's Fist City and the story how a Chicago Cubs - SF Giants bet brought us an advance tasting of the Fist of Liberty collaboration. We gave it 4.5 drones! All this above accompanied by Pig Minds Brewing Vanilla Royal Bitch Slap on the pool table and a "Rusted Hearts" serenade.