Experimental Brewing

Experimental Brewing


Latest Episodes

Episode 207 – Fonio, Fonio, What The Heck Are You, Fonio?
April 14, 2025

The hot new brewing grain is actually thousands of years old. Fonio, a staple hardy crop from West Africa is now available for brewing purposes where it can yield interesting results including grain derived tropical fruit flavors. Ashton Lewis walks Con

Brew Files – Episode 173 – Kyle’s Rauchbier
April 01, 2025

The Brew Is Out There! For the second competition in a row, a Rauchbier has won Best of Show at a Maltose Falcons competition. This time Kyle Ernsberger won the 2025 Doug King Memorial Competition with his version of a Continue reading

Episode 206 – Abstract Localism
March 17, 2025

Southern California Homebrewers Festival is right around the corner and Drew sits down with Andy Carter to discuss the Fest and this years Bragging Rights Only Competition. In the brewery, Drew gets a bit abstract with a class about Abstrax Continue re

Brew Files – Episode 172 – Season of the Bruce
February 15, 2025

The Brew Is Out There! Way back in 2015 for an early episode of the main show, Drew sat down with one of his mentors Bruce Brode. Bruce was a past club president, Grand Hydrometer (education officer), Brews Band Continue reading

Episode 205 – We Love LA
February 14, 2025

Drew sits down in this episode with Brett Knapp of Common Space Brewery to talk their fundraising project We LA. Weve included a homebrew recipe for you to use. Denny and Drew also talk through the recent AHA Continue reading

Brew Files – Episode 171 – Cordially Invitied
February 08, 2025

The Brew Is Out There! For the Falcons Advent Calendar, Drew decided to do something other than beer and made a cordial inspired by the idea of a boiled/steamed Persimmon Pudding. Links Persimmon Pudding Cordial Recipe: https://www.experimentalbrew.com/20

Episode 204 – The Hills Are On Fire
February 04, 2025

You may have heard the hills around Drew caught on fire well hes back after that and a laptop collapse! Catch up with us. We have a few episodes waiting to go! (Picture of Mt. Wilson, which should be Continue reading

Episode 203 – 27 Years Of Experience In NorCal
December 16, 2024

Dennys road trip continues as he hit the Northern California Homebrewers Festival and spoke about the things hes learned in 27 years of homebrewing. Episode Links: Patreon Remember even a buck is good for charity: http://www.patreon.com/experimentalbre

Brew Files – Episode 170 – Colorado Homebrew with the Brew Hut
November 21, 2024

The Brew Is Out There! Its not secret that a lot of people missed the AHAs HomeBrewCon experience this year and a lot of folks shouted that we should do something! So Mark Hurley of The Brew Hut (attached to Continue reading

Episode 202 – Hop and Brew 2024
October 24, 2024

Denny went on the road to his favorite excuse to buy Top and Bottom Cutter Yakima Chief Hops Hop & Brew School. Sit back and listen to his conversations around the current state of of American hops! Episode Links: Continue reading