Fermentation Nation

After a bit of a break, and fresh off our trip to Baltimore for the National Homebrew Conference, we are back!. Join us from our new temporary studio in the Daan’s office, where we are getting down and nerdy with water testing. This week we will also cover our NHC 2016 experience, where we actually […]

Episode #36 Finds us talking to Jennifer Indicott who will be presenting on One Gallon Brewing at this years HomeBrew Con in Baltimore. She joins us to discuss the benefits and setup involved with small batch brewing, particularly 1 gallon batches. Jennifer explains to us that:  “One gallon batches are perfect for those with limited […]

Road Show #2 is under our belt and boy did we have a good time! This episode has us visiting Carolina Bauernhaus Ales and SouthYeast Labs. We sit down with Head Brewer/Co-Owner Keston to discuss the wonderful beers they are brewing, all with locally sourced yeast. We also discuss some of their brewing and blending practices. […]

This week Fermentation Nation went on a small road trip to Sierra Nevada to speak with Ken and Brian Grossman about the Past, Present, and Future of Sierra Nevada. We are very appreciative to sit down with both of them for almost 90 minutes to cover a vast variety of information, recipes, yeast modifications, engineering […]

This week we have a very exciting guest Skyping in to discuss session beers.  Jason Oliver; founding Brewmaster at Devil’s Backbone located in southern Virginia. Jason celebrates 20 years in brewing profession working in a variety of breweries before answering the call of the wild at a startup brewery in 2009.  His Germanic training and […]

This episode finds us on location at Salud beer shop with the first installment of a project Joe and Daan have been working on behind the scenes…The 1st annual NC Pro Brewer’s Draft!! We contacted brewer’s across the state and landed a diverse dozen that were eager to be a part of this fantastic event. […]

Episode #34 catches us a bit unprepared as we ready for the First Annual Pro Brewers Fantasy Draft. None the less the guys are back together dropping the knowledge about a few homebrew topics including; beers to brew for spring, chilling challenges in the hotter months, aeration setups, and a few other equipment upgrades that […]

Welcome to Molecular Biology Class. We feel like a kid in science class this episode as we have Christopher Wood, PhD in studio to explore yeast. Chris has a PhD in Pharmacology from Wayne State and Postdoctoral Fellowship on yeast cell biology and is a passionate home brewer. He is also a regular blogger for […]

After a mini hiatus we are back in action and immediately we go BIG. Big ABV I mean, as this episode we focus our attention towards Barley Wines. We drink a few of them and learn a bit more on how to brew the two main varieties, English and the more aggressive American style. Listen […]

Take a trip to the farm this weekend as we cover Farmhouse ales and Saisons! Andrew Addkinson, from The Farmhouse Obsession blog, joins us via Skype to discuss his obsession with these historical styles.   We also welcome back into the studio, this time as a guest host, Eric Mitchell, Head Brewer at Heist Brewing […]

Back from the Holidays and starting off the New Year with good ol’ style show.  This week, we welcome into the House of Brews Studio two special guests to join the conversation on American Pale Ales. House of Brews Specials for January: HOPS $12/lbs or $6 for half lbs or $1/oz on select hops. Joining […]

Were closing out 2015 with our first ever (and now annual!) Holiday Shit Show! This was recorded at House of Brews during one of their monthly bottle shares (If you are looking to order some homebrew stuff please check them out!) To kick things up for the holidays we raffled off a few commercial bottles […]

Episode #29 finds us talking to the Founder, CEO, and Head Brewer of Mystery Brewing; Erik Lars Myers. Erik launched his brewery after a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2012. Erik not only runs the popular blog called Top Fermented, but is also quite involved with the North Carolina Brewers Guild as its current President. Join […]

Welcome back! We all hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday! We are back with a new episode that focuses on the Blood. Sweat and Tears in the Beer industry. Skyping in with us today are the co-directors of the documentary Blood, Sweat, and Beer, Chip Hiden and Alexis Irvin. “Blood, Sweat, and Beer is […]

The crew gets very funky this week at Salud Beer Shop’s 3rd annual sourfest Funkonia with multiple highlights in the sour industry including Salud’s very own brew! We chat with NC/ATL breweries; Burial Brewery, NoDa Brewery, Fonta Flora, Green Man, Wrecking Bar, Salud, Unknown Brewery, Heist Brewery, Appalachian Mountain Brewery,Shawn McBride & Denny Deaton from […]

Episode 26 catches us once again talking to Joey DiApice of Craft Beer Traders announcing his beta launch. If you are keeping a cellar of commercial or homebrew beer you have got to come check it out! Online trading is coming in the future and Joey discusses some of the things he has learned from […]

D9 Brewing Company A craft microbrewery with the purpose of brewing and sharing outstanding beer that unites people. First envisioned in July 2009 over a pot of boiling wort, our founders believed every person – and beer – has a story and decided to start a brewery where both could be shared. At the D9 […]

This mini episode breaks free from the norm that we see here at Fermentation Nation. Daan traveled to New Orleans to learn more about the man behind this 3 bbl gem in the heart of New Orleans. This is not your normal interview, but 2 guys chatting about beer, distribution, dreams and how Scott Wood […]

Welcome back as the Fermentation Nation discusses equipment with one of the best Stainless Engineering firms focused on Brewing equipment,  We highlight the stainless behind the beer with Cameron of Deutsche Beverage Technology. Cameron joins us in studio dropping the knowledge of how he got started and where he expects the market to go. From 3bbl […]

This episode we forage with some of the best in the craft beer industry… Scratch Brewing out of Ava, IL, a small town 90 minutes east of St. Louis. Marika Josephson joins us to discuss what to look for while foraging ingredients and how to utilize them in your craft beer and soda. A huge […]