Yeast Cultures are Like Nuclear Weapons
Back in the bad old days, a home brewer was happy just to have a reliable yeast culture to pitch into his/her wort. The average home brewer today is no longer content with having access to yeast...
View ArticleTour the Grainfather G70
I've been fortunate to have a loaner Grainfather G70 to brew on the last couple months.Although I had some initial misgiving about using a system that can brew 15 gal. batches, I've found that the...
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Shaken, not Stirred: The Stir Plate Myth Buster
IntroductionWhen I started to brew in early 1993, no one I knew used a stir plate. That count included all of the hardcore amateur brewers I knew at that point in time and throughout my first pass...
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On The Bond Between Brewer & Feline & Vermin
Prepare yourself for a tale of waste... and cats.Brewers love to talk about ancient history, mostly in the form of the classic anthropological debate - bread or brew. But what about brewers and their...
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The Difficulty of Triangle Testings - A Practical Example
Let's talk the triangle test. You know that simple thing we try and do to prove that changes in brewing do or don't make a difference. We put a lot of stock in the conclusions of that test. What does...
View ArticleThe Saison Files - Tasting Yeast Bay, Fermentis and the Loral Canyon...
Time for another tasting! This time I'm going through two more Yeast Bay strains and Fermentis new dried Saison yeast - BE-134. And then, we get to taste the real humdinger - my Loral Canyon Saison...
View ArticleDenny's Seafood Recipes
Beer Poached Salmon with Tarragon Mayo4 salmon steaks, 1-inch thick12 ounces beer (nothing too hoppy…I prefer Bitburger)2 tablespoons lemon juice1 medium onion, chopped1 celery stalk, chopped1 teaspoon...
View ArticleDrew's Favorite Gin Recipes
Here you my fellow Gin heads! A few simple recipes to make the Gin flow...The Martini3 oz Gin (I like a 50/50 blend of Plymouth and Hendricks or 100% St. George's Terroir)0.25 oz Dolin Dry...
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Something Other Than Beer - Toasted Cream
Listeners of the podcast will know that I'm terribly fond of cooking and doing silly things in the kitchen. Well thanks to a recent SeriousEats.com article (If You Like Brown Butter, You'll Love...
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Pocket Randall Instructions - or How to Build Your Own Randall F*cker
Drew, Marshall and Josh talk about the Randall F*ckerThe Setup (aka Drew Talks)If you listened to Episode 42 of the podcast, you know that Marhsall Schott (Brülosophy) and I wandered around the...
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What to See At HomeBrew Con - The Experimental Brewing Edition
Come Join Us at the Party of the Year!By this time next week, we'll be deep, deep in the midst of the AHA's annual homebrew party - HomebrewCon. This year's edition is a return to the Minneapolis/St....
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Look Ma, I'm in the Library!
A few months back, I was contacted by Tiah Edmunson-Morton of Oregon State University and the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives. In an interesting turn of events, they wanted to talk to me about Oregon,...
View ArticleGrist & Mash Interview
My friend Jeremy Jalabert interviewed me the other day for his show Grist and Mash . If you're interested, here are the videos...Part 1Grist & Mash 007: Part One- Interview with Denny Conn from...
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A Small Matter of Weight
Left: December 26th, 2014 - I dug this picture. First one of me in a long while. (over 270 lbs). Right: September 2016 - Tasting my Saisons Also, how do I always forget to shave? - (~170lbs) WARNING:...
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Quick and Dirty Science - Steel Cut Oats
TLDR - Lord You Talk Too Much Drew - Executive SummaryIt looks like no, Steel cut oats don't necessarily need to be pre-cooked to use in a mash, but judging by the results I saw - it still helps.For...
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Where All This Began In A Photo
This is the magic secret photo - I'm not quite certain but I believe this index card is from around 2008. Back then I was working with fellow brewer, now turned Motor Trend star, Jonny Lieberman on a...
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The Pegu Club Cocktail
After Van Havig of Gigantic Brewing mentioned his love of Gin, we talked about some favorite preparations. You can hear him describe in Episode 29 the Pegu Club Cocktail - the house cocktail of the...
View ArticleThe Saison Files - Tasting the Saison Strains of the Yeast Bay
Less Talk - More Yeast WritingsSo you know I'm a Saison Nut, right? It's the style I'm known for more than anything else. It's the style I brew more than anything else. It's playful, expansive, complex...
View Article6 Common Homebrew Myths
Here's an article I wrote for the AHA website....https://www.homebrewersassociation.org/how-to-brew/6-common-homebrew-myt...
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