The Brewing Network Presents | Brew Strong
Sports & Recreation Podcasts
Brew Strong, with hosts Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer, combines the two most prominent authors and figures in homebrewing today in a live beer radio format that allows listeners to pose beginning and advanced brewing questions to expert hosts and guests from the Craft Beer industry. Designed as a brewing geek's must-listen show, Brew Strong is your source for cutting edge beer and brewing information, answers to technical questions, as well as a guide to a greater appreciation of all things beer. Have questions or comments? Email us at brewstrong@thebrewingnetwork.com
Location:
United States
Genres:
Sports & Recreation Podcasts
Description:
Brew Strong, with hosts Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer, combines the two most prominent authors and figures in homebrewing today in a live beer radio format that allows listeners to pose beginning and advanced brewing questions to expert hosts and guests from the Craft Beer industry. Designed as a brewing geek's must-listen show, Brew Strong is your source for cutting edge beer and brewing information, answers to technical questions, as well as a guide to a greater appreciation of all things beer. Have questions or comments? Email us at brewstrong@thebrewingnetwork.com
Language:
English
Episodes
Brew Strong | Mail Sack December 2025
12/26/2025
The boys are back to answer your brewing questions with another Mailsack episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:09:36
Brew Strong | Yeast Plating With John Hughes
12/18/2025
In another edition of Brew Strong Quality Labs, the guys cover yeast plating John Hughes, former lab director at Heretic Brewing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:09:45
Brew Strong | Dipping into the Mailsack
10/29/2025
In this episode of Brew Strong, the guys dip into the mailsack to get your pressing questions answered! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:19:10
Brew Strong | Quality Labs for Small Brewers and Homebrewers
10/22/2025
Jamil is back with the crew to discuss how to set up a quality lab for small brewers and homebrewers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:09:01
Brew Strong | Q&A With Jamil
8/28/2025
Jamil Zainasheff is back on the mic this week and ready to Brew Strong! Tune in as the OG master answers all your brewing questions with the new crew, Travis and Big Mike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:07:30
Brew Strong | Mixed Fermentation Part 2
8/15/2025
In this episode, the Brew Strong team tackle the complex world of mixed fermentation (part 2). With so much information in the world of wild and sour beers, it took two episodes to cover this fascinating topic. Tune in to part two here and get ready to get wild! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:33:09
Brew Strong | Mixed Fermentation Part 1
7/23/2025
In this episode, the Brew Strong team tackle the complex world of mixed fermentation. With so much information in the world of wild and sour beers, it's gonna take at least two episodes to cover this fascinating topic. Tune in to part one here and get ready to get wild! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:30:52
Brew Strong | Package-gasm 2
7/2/2025
In this episode of Brew Strong, Travis and Big Mike welcome back Michael 'Mufasa' Ferguson for part II of the discussion on packaging in your brewing process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:21:55
Brew Strong | Package-gasm 1
6/17/2025
In this episode of Brew Strong, Travis and Big Mike welcome Michael 'Mufasa' Ferguson back to the show to discuss packaging in your brewing process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:11:55
Brew Strong | Question and Answer: Open Fermentation, Expanding Your Home Brewery, etc.
4/15/2025
Robert Bell, from Hogshead, and friend of the show Neil Spake join us for this episode of Brew Strong! Topics include open fermentation at home, how to expand your home brewery, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:23:31
Brew Strong | Robert Bell from Hogshead Brewery Talking Cask Ales
4/2/2025
Calling in all the way from beautiful Denver, Colorado is Robert Bell, brewer at Hogshead Brewery! The fellas are excited about this one, because Robert specializes in authentic Cask Ales - a style that really needs to see a resurgence in popularity. Robert breaks down just what a cask ale is, how you can brew them at home, and gets Mike reved up to brew one of his own! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:22:20
Brew Strong | Question and Answer with Travis and Michael
3/17/2025
It's homebrew Question and Answer time again, as Travis and Michael dig deep inside of the Brew Strong Mail Bag to extract only the highest quality queries to respond to. Topics of this week's show include best ways to age beer at home, how to keep your hazy beers hazy, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:19:00
Brew Strong | Question And Answer With Travis and Michael
3/7/2025
Travis and Michael take control as they root through the mail bag to answer all of your homebrewing questions! The boys cover sparging times and temperatures, the best way to infuse chocolate in beer, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:10:50
Brew Strong | Question and Answer (with Huggy from Flix Brewhouse)
2/17/2025
Huggy is back, for another round of brewing knowledge-dropping! Today's show is all about answering your homebrewing questions, and the boys have a lot to get through. Topics covered include proper cleaning chemicals, dry yeast usage, long questions, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:05:22
Brew Strong | Homebrew Finings
2/3/2025
Fining your homebrew is often considered one of the last stages of making beer, but it might also be the key to giving you a more stable product. On today's show, Justin and Travis chat with Huggy from Flix Brewhouse to get the rundown on finings - what they do, what they don't do, when to add them, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:16:01
Brew Strong | Question and Answer with Blue Lake Hops
1/22/2025
It's time once again, to enter the Mail Room and dig around for your homebrewing questions! This time, we have Adrian from Blue Lake Hops on with us to help tackle any and all hop-related questions from you. Topics include water chemistry, fermentation temperatures, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:04:30
Brew Strong | Preserving Fresh Hops with Blue Lake Hops
1/6/2025
Making a fresh hop, or wet hop, beer has always been on Mother Nature's timeline. The hops are ready when they are ready and you had better be ok with that. On today's show, the boys talk to Adrian from a company out of Michigan called Blue Lake Hops. These folks have developed a process for preserving fresh-off-the-bine whole cone hops without the standard degradation you might find in other preservation processes, creating a wider opportunity for craft brewers and homebrewers to experiment with the different flavor compounds available in whole cone fresh hops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:17:10
Brew Strong | Question And Answer With Travis and Michael
12/13/2024
Justin dips into Jamil's mail bag this week, as Michael and Travis guide homebrewers through some tough questions. The boys talk about stir plates for large batches, different ways to add extract to wort, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:02:10
Brew Strong | Drew Barnes, President of Blichmann Engineering
12/2/2024
Long-time sponsors and friends of the show, Blichmann Engineering, recently had a change in ownership. Drew Barnes worked his way up from the ground floor to becoming the President - and owner - of the entire company! On today's show, the boys chat with Drew and figure out what drove him to homebrewing in the first place, and what his plans are at Blichmann to steer them successfully into the future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:16:51
Brew Strong | Question and Answer
11/18/2024
Jamil and the crew invite Michael "Mufasa" Ferguson back for another round of Question and Answer! Topics include: High Gravity Brewing, Bottle Carbonation, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:14:30