Home Brew Rock Stars Podcast

Trick or Treat? That's what we're finding out in this show about Fall Beers, what to drink, brew, why and when. The dead rock stars of recent memory (Rick Ocasek, Eddie Money, Robert Hunter...) lead us into the temptation of Halloween 2019, and a fun revision ofThe Official Halloween Night Handing-out-Candy Drinking Game (revised for beer drinkers from the original from SheKnows). For example, kids that complain about candy selection...drink a "sour"!

Remember our home-brewing commercial pilot pal, Jeremy Krieger, from episode 55? He rejoins Mike, Kent and Brent for an appropriate discussion of Fall Beers of 2019 and they talk about their favorite beers to brew, and/or have brewed, during the fall season. Featuring a tasty one-year aged Brown Sugar Porter (clocking in at 8%) and wood aged with whiskey soaked staves from Bardstown Bourbon "makers" that set the "mark"...tasty shit!

We also drink some commercial beers, including:

• Pig Minds - Oktoberfest
• 3 Floyds - Zombie Dust
• Burnt City - Two Headed Boy
• Goose Island- Bourbon County Stout 2014

Our sponsors atArtale & Co.have also announced upcoming tastings for the fall season, as well as Pig Minds will soon be releasingFall for Revenge and Joe Daddy! #drinkitup

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This podcast episode features a commercial pilot that homebrews, Mr. Jeremy Kreiger. We explore the history of beer flights (who's got the good ones around the world), flying with beer (how to pack it in your luggage) and talk to Jeremy about being a pilot and a home brewer...how traveling influences that hobby and where to find cool beers and breweries. Jeremy tells all about some of the best destinations to go drink beer, order beer flights and eat chicken sandwiches.

We also drink beer (of course) featuring beer from our great sponsors and Jeremy's personal stash of Goose Island Bourbon County Stout, including:

• Pig Minds - Down with the 815 (Hazy IPA)
• Goose Island - Bourbon County Stout (2013)
• Prairie Kraft Brewing - Paper Wings (NEIPA)
• Lanikai Brewing (Hawaii) - Pillbox Porter

Our sponsors at Artale & Co. have also announced upcoming tastings for the fall season, as well as Pig Minds will soon be releasingFall for Revenge and Joe Daddy! #drinkitup

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It's was another year at the Screw City Beer Fest in Rockford, IL with the Forest City Brewers serving home brew. This year the home brewing club served up a whopping 30+ home brews (see list below). Home Brew Rock Stars created a home brew lounge, complete with a couch pit, mustache rides ("stache your glass") and 18 interviews with some of the home brewers that served their beer.

We were hoping to get all the home brewers on the mic, but we ran out of time (and we may have gotten a little drunk, in mostly a good way), so apologies to those we missed - we'll look forward to featuring some of those that didn't make it on this podcast in future shows. Regardless, all the the home brewers brought their best as you con see in this list of yummy treats below...#drinkitup

Beer Festivals are rampant in the US and we preview one of the hottest tickets in the Midwest, Screw City Beer Fest 2019, which sells out each year in under an hour. Co-founder Aaron Sleger fills us in on what's new for their 9th annual festival, with a fun look back on the early days of this in-demand beer tasting event and a bit of forecasting for the 10 year anniversary coming in 2020.

While Screw City won't change too much from 2018, last year's move to the new location along the Rock River in Rockford, IL was a popular move for the festival and will again be the site for some 50+ breweries from the biggest craft brewers and up-and-comers in the Chicago and surrounding region, with several other nationally known brands. The beer line-up at post time included more than 270 styles, including an unprecedented 30 home brews that will be on tap (about 150 gallons) from the Forest City Brewers Home Brew Club - that's not a misprint!

We also do some beer tastings from some of the breweries that will be at the festival this year, including:

Madagaskar(Imperial Stout w/coconut and cacao) - 4 Hands Brewing

Beady Eyes (Blood Orange and Hibiscus Pale Ale) - Marz/Collective Arts/Donut Monster Collaboration

Lieu Et Heure (Saison) - White Rooster Farmhouse Brewing

Raspberry Turtar(Fruit Beer) - Hairy Cow Brewing

Clockwork (Blood Orange Pale Ale) - Pig Minds Brewing

Stay tuned for our next podcast at the Screw City Beer Fest where we'll be broadcasting at the Home Brew Rock Star Lounge, interviewing home brewers, craft brewers, the hosts, and we'll be doing the popular mustache rides again this year!

Go to your favorite podcast streaming services right now and give us a big rating! #drinkitup

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Welcome to HomeBrewRockStars episode #52 and where we’re talking Beer Brewed in CHI-Town, good ole Chicago, the windy city on the big lake, and one of, if not the most booming major craft brewing metropolitans in the world, definitely in the US. Chicago now ranks #1 in the country for craft breweries and it's not slowing down anytime soon. The crew, along with ourChicago beer expert, Mr.Aaron Sleger ofArtele & Co. dive into what's under construction and what's trending big in the Midwest's capital city.

We also do some beer tastings, of course, from a few Chicago area breweries such as Hubbard's Cave, Fresh One Hop (Mosaic) IPA, Pollyanna Pils (German Style Pilsner), Buffalo Creek Brewing's Xerxes Chocolate Bacon Stout and MARZ Chela Negra, a black Mexican lager with awesome black on black artwork (see pic below).

We also listen to some samples ofmusic from Larry Carlton/Robben Ford, Live in Tokyo, featuringjazz, blues, rock, and funk from two of the most prolific session guitarists in history. The two have played with a who's who list of celebrity musicians, bands and other projects.

Special thanks to Pig Minds Brewing and Artele & Co. for their extreme support. Stay tuned for a special "Prefest review" of the upcoming 2019 Screw City Beer Festivalwhere the HomeBrewrockStars will be featuring the Home Brew Lounge, hundreds of free moustaches and interviews from the festival brewers. Rock On! and #drinkitup

As we often do on this podcast, this episode explores the connection of music and beer, the great songs about beer, beer names inspired by thee music world, and we do our best to pair summer music tours with beer styles. Our beer tastings are personal picks of craft beer names that would make a great name for a band, including Pig Minds Brewing's "Southy Bitch Slap", Crystal Lake Brewing's "Too Much Cologne" Founders Brewing's "Green Zebra", and a fabulous Pipeworks/Amager Collaboration called "Electric Rattlesnake"...all taste as great as they sound;)

10 Music-Inspired Beers (c/o Anita George–PASTE)

North Coast Brewing - Brother Thelonious Belgian Style Abbey Ale9.3% -Inspired by the legendary jazz pianist, the brewer donated a portion of the proceeds to theThelonious MonkInstitute of Jazz. Known to be sweet with a spicy kick, raisins, bananas and apples are among some of its tasting notes.

21st Amendment Brewery’s Back in Black IPA 6.8% -Actually inspired by Paul Revere and his historic midnight ride. ButAC/DCis emblazoned on their label, hence named “Back in Black” after the band’s hit song in 1980, and Brewed with Centennial and Columbus flavor hops and four different malts.

Heavy Seas - Smoke on the Water Porter 8.0% -Inspired by Deep Purple’s 1973 hit actually features a partial printing of the song’s sheet music on its label, Heavy Seas’ Smoke on the Water Porter is mostly known for its chocolate, soy sauce and mildly smoky tasting notes from its smoked malts.

Suntory Liquors - Stones Bar Rolling Hop 4% -As part of a series of Rolling Stones-inspired alcoholic products,this beer was released in Japan in June. Flashing the famous “Lips & Tongue” icon monogrammed on the front, the beer has a citrus aroma with a clean yet bubbly finish.

Purple Moose Brewery - Dark Side of the Moose 4.6% -One of the greatest albums of all time slyly names this Pink Floyd-inspired dark ale fromWelsh-brewer Purple Moose Brewerydid not disappoint. Its won 25 International Beer awards - Brewed with roasted barley and Bramling Cross hops.

Abita Brewery’s Purple Haze 4.2% -The lager is a nod to the brewery’s post-filtration use of berries in the brewing, the beer’s slight purple color and haze, and the 1967 song byJimi Hendrixof the same name. Brewed with raspberries, Vanguard hops and pilsner and wheat malts.

Terrapin Brewery’s So Fresh and So Green, Green Ale6.6% - The Athens, Ga.-based brewery’s ode Atlanta rap duoOutkast, So Fresh and So Green, Green is a reference to Outkast’s 2001 song “So Fresh, So Clean.” The use of fresh, green “wet hops” in the brewing of this ale is different every year.

Cambridge Brewing Company- Sgt. Pepper Farmhouse Ale. 6.0% -This beer is both a reference to the brewer’s use of peppercorns in the brewing of Sgt. Pepper and the iconic 1967 Beatles’ albumSgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The beer includes fourdifferent kinds of peppercorns with Magnum and Spalter hops and three kinds of malts.

Iron Maiden and Robinsons Brewery - The Trooper 4.7% -Named after Iron Maiden’s 1983 single “The Trooper”, this collaboration beer is brewed with Cascade, Bobec, and Goldings hops, is known to feature citrus tasting notes

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery - Faithfull Ale -The Delaware brewery has released a whole music series, paying tribute to the likes of Miles Davis,The Grateful Dead, Deltron 3030, Robert Johnson and, this Belgian-style golden ale brewed with black currants called Faithfull to salute Pearl Jam’s 20-year success.

if you like UFO’s, Astronauts, Space Travel, Black Holes and beer, the theme for our 50th episode is music and beer in space as the US celebrates the 50th anniversary of the day a we put a man on the moon. We drink from a list of space themed beers, chat remote with "unsilent" Jay" and listen to samples from the new album from Name the Moon called Space Force.That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."

MIXTAPES: We talk abouta record producer namedMickey Kapp, who after forging a somewhat improbable connection with several Mercury 7 astronauts, went on to provide later space explorers with customized mixtapes to listen to during their historic flightsthanks to José Jiménez, a fictional comic character with a thick south-of-the-border accent who was created by the comedian Bill Dana.Mickey died at 88 on June 11 at his home in Carmel, Calif.

SPACE DRINKIN?: Two of its astronauts had flown three sheets to the ozone in 2007, NASA formally banned crews from imbibing in orbit.It’s equally sobering to note that carbonated beverages are outlawed on the International Space Station. Gas bubbles in a carbonated drink don’t act the same as on gravity-rich Earth. Instead of floating to the top, the bubbles lie there, evenly distributed in the liquid. To rework the lyrics of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity,” the head on a brewski poured from a tin can far above the world would float in a most peculiar way.

SPACE BEER: 2014,Ninkasi Brewing Company, an independent craft brewery based in Eugene, Oregon, set its sights on a beer launch like no other and in July 2014, theNinkasi Space Program(NSP) took flight. The mission: send brewer’s yeast to space and return it to Earth to brew a deliciously out-of-this-world beer. Ninkasi Brewing released the first edition of Ground Control April 2015.

BEER TASTINGS:

• Pig Minds - Always the Hardway IPA
• Boulevard - Space Camper Cosmic IPA
• New Glarus - Moon Man
• Half Acre- Beer Hates Astronauts
• Toppling Goliath - Twisted Galaxy

#drinkitup #manonthemoon #namethemoon

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It's been almost 50 years since we put a man on the moon, and it's almost time for our 50th episode on Home Brew Rock Stars ... hmmm, I wonder what that will be about?!

To celebrate, we thought an episode with some of our favorite moments from the first 48 episodes seemed appropriate. There have been so many that we'll probably do another favorite moments again, but the clips in episode 49 were a lot of fun.

To start, we share a clip from one of our first "Real or Fake" segments with guest Eric Johnson. Then we explore the meaning of "Grundrel" with Zak Rotello and some tunes from Miles Nielsen and the rusted Hearts. Then we revisit our "holiday hangover' episode with some silly stories, followed by a couple of memorable segments with resident home brew/mead maker/tie-dye artist, Mike Bohn.

About the halfway point we replay a hilarious Real or Fake band names segment with guestsBrian Mastrangeli and Cory Wicklund fromTUNDRAS... which was no doubt one of the funnest shows we ever recoroded! And speaking of rock stars, the next clip reviews some a deep psychoblab moments with our on site interview with Carson Suoza, now former head brewer at Pig Minds Brewing ... you'll crack up, for sure.

We wrap with a short clip at Kent's during a brewers guild that explored some New Zealand hops, then some clips from our palate fatigue chat with guest Jim Goecks head brewer and found of Off Kilter Brewing. And we wrap this favorite moments with some clips from our tribute to Mr. Charlie Papazian, the grandfather of home brewing.

A bottle rocket for your thoughts?! For our 48th episode as we approach another 4th of July, the crew discusses why 'Merica likes their freedom, and their beer. We dip our toes into some facts about the 4th of July, how our forefathers started our celebration of independence (of who many were home brewers themselves), feature and taste a few beers for Independence Day and continue our 'Merica theme with some new music and do a fun quiz game called Patriot Beer God (how red, white and blue is you're beer intellect?).

Did you know congress didn't actually vote for independence on July 4, and the Fourth of July didn't become an official holiday until over a century after America declared its independence? Listen . close and you'll find out a lot of fun facts about how and why we celebrate our freedom. Plus, we'll do a few beer tastings like Yankee USA IPA from Wisconsin Brewing Co, Revolution's Freedom of Speach, Buckledown's Miles Nielsen and the Rusted Hearts Lager and Liberty IPA from Anchor Brewing (which we also share a clone recipe for all you patriotic home brewers).

Speaking of Miles Nielsen and the Rusted Hearts, we listen to samples from their latest effort called "In the Meantime", a sassy 'mericana digital 4-song EP, with song titles of Start it Up, Gangrene, Revolution Day and High Street, and just $4.00 to own it. A full length album called OhBAHOY will be out after in the Fall 2019.

Make sure to revisit later in July for our 50th episode, sure to take you back in time to the beer world of 1969. #drinkitup

It's officially summer when the BBQ grills get used (and abused) and the beers go down quick in the heat of the moment. The team tackles some grilling tips on how to make the summer cookout a little better (and safer), plus some tips on the best craft beers to sip on when your grilling up some chow. And we review a story of a homebrewer that connects his beers with Net Neutrality (from Andrea Wyrich at DailyDot)

We also do some tasting of a few summer craft beers that tend to go down well when you're flipping your meat and veggies over the hot coals (...watch it!). For example, those burgers and brats will taste even better with a Southy Bitch Slap Red Ale from Pig Minds Brewing, or just as soothing would be the the Berliner Weisse from New Glarus. We also taste a sumptuous summer raspberry ale called Summerly from Pollyanna. And of course when possible, top the experience off with a homebrew - for this we had the pleasure of trying Jason Sears' Smash IPA, a smooth easy drinker and well done for a rookie brewer, we might add. SEE Session IPA recipe below.

We also sample some tunes from Nashville (by way of Spokane) bluesy rock band, Too Slim and the Taildrggers, including a couple of sound clips from their newest offering called High Desert Heat. This music is sure sure to help all those grilled treats you're preparing this summer to "slide" down easy!

Here's the Session IPA recipe we discussed:

• Malt: 5lb of Maris Otter,1lb of Vienna, 1lb of Munich
  1lb of Crystal 20, .5lb of flaked oats
• Hops: 1oz of Simcoe at the top of the boil () and 1oz at 5 min, then at flame out/whirlpool, 4oz Simcoe and 2oz Amarllo - no dry hop!
• Yeast - London Ale III (Wyeast 1318)
• Mash, lauter, sparge, and boil, wait to add your Amarillo in the whirlpool after the temperature has dropped below 180F (82C), and let them steep for a solid 15 minutes to really boost the hops aromatics. Chill, and ferment at 68F (20C).
• 1.044 /35 IBUs / 4.3% ABV