Wny Brews

We're back and kicking off 2017 with an episode featuring Jonah Epstein from MyCityBrew.com He's spent a year polling Buffalo to come up with a representative Buffalo Beer! After over 8000 votes, they've finally settled on a style and are looking for help with the name. You can vote at MYCityBrew.com/vote   As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Twitter.com/WNYBrewsUntappd @WNYBrewsWNYBrews on Youtube (716) 391-CAST   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are you just getting started in homebrewing? I go on an 18 minute rant about what you should do while also rambling on about this upcoming year. What do you want from me? I'm drinking a Southern Tier IPA and listening to my beer gurgle in the background on a limited-edition solo episode of WNY Brews to kick off a great year. Join me! Pour a pint! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Drew Hardin fills up his apartment, bookshelf, fridges, and free-time with beer. He's a brewer at Community Beer Works, helping with My City Brew, consulting with Sato Brewpub, and will throw an ax from time to time at Hatchet's and Hops. On this episode, he walks me through a simple kettle sour for my first Berliner Weisse. It's full of good suggestions.  Want to sour a beer? Listen to this first!         See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Christopher and Jessica Budde opened Brewed and Bottled at 402 Center Street in Lewiston, NY back in August and have had a warm welcome from the community. With a great attitude and a great selection, it's easy to see why.  I talked to both of them seperatley and put the two interviews together (they took turns so they could run the store, they're doing it all themselves). I was amazed at how similar their answers were!  As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Twitter.com/WNYBrewsUntappd @WNYBrewsWNYBrews on Youtube   (716) 391-CAST   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

So Aaron and I didn't discuss how we would each name this episode, and I chose to go with a "showdown" type of title. In reality, it was a great evening of sampling beers from each others' regions. Aaron is the host of The Cascadian Beer Podcast, found at Cascadian.beer, it's a regional beer podcast from the Cascadia Region of The US and Canada. It's produced very well and is filled with interesting stories from the brewers in his region. I met Aaron online in a podcasting group on Facebook and we devised a plan to drink each other's beer and talk about them over Skype. For a full list of beers and more information, check out the show notes at WNYBrews.com/episode34 As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Twitter.com/WNYBrews Untappd @WNYBrews WNYBrews on Youtube (716) 391-CAST See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Buffalo Brewpub is the oldest brewpub in New York State and you don't get to claim that unless you have something special going on. In this episode I sat down with Chris Townsell, who's family has run the Buffalo Brewpub from the beginning. Go to BuffaloBrewpub.com and check out their menu and hours and then go a get some great food and drink. (None of this is a paid-endorsement. I just like it there). As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Twitter.com/WNYBrewsUntappd @WNYBrewsWNYBrews on Youtube (716) 391-CAST   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Homebrewers are fickle. You would think that AB-In Bev's recent acquisition of Northern Brewer and Midwest Supplies would mean massive drops in sales and an exodus of loyal customers, but time will tell. In this episode, I talk with Ethan Cox of CBW about the recent acquisition and about business in general.  You can find the full video on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl6IhvNIZpY Here is the link to the full show notes: Http://www.WNYBrews.com/episode32 Here is the link to Homebrewsupply.com's Belgian Lager https://www.homebrewsupply.com/budweiser-clone-extract-recipe-kit.html   As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Twitter.com/WNYBrewsUntappd @WNYBrewsWNYBrews on Youtube (716) 391-CAST See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Brian and Scott from the Buffalo Beer League join me to talk Buffalo Beer Week events. You can find the full show notes at WNYBrews.com/episode31 Quick Links: BuffaloBeerLeague.com (Facebook Page) http://www.BuffaloBeerWeek.com As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Twitter.com/WNYBrewsUntappd @WNYBrewsWNYBrews on Youtube (716) 391-CAST   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I want to start profiling all of the Western New York breweries in more of a formal fashion and just happened to be out at NYBP! I was there for their first annual homebrew competition and asked if head-brewer Jason Crossett and co-owner Kelly Krupski would sit down and discuss the current state and future direction of New York Beer Project. As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Twitter.com/WNYBrewsUntappd @WNYBrewsWNYBrews on Youtube (716) 391-CAST See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Josh Dziomba is spending 60 plus hours a week on top of a full time job trying to start Clarence's first  nano-brewery. West Shore Brewing get's it's name from the rail line his grandfather worked on when his family moved to the area. Despite the financial strain, the legal hurdles, and the lack of free time, Josh's excitement for the project is palpable in the interview. Help Josh out at his kickstater page! As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Twitter.com/WNYBrews Untappd @WNYBrews WNYBrews on Youtube (716) 391-CAST See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ted Hawley of New York Craft Malt and Bob Johnson of Niagara Malt join me to talk about one of the four major components of beer: Malt. We discuss the history of malting in Buffalo, their processes, and even the science behind brewers malt. You can find them at http://www.NiagaraMalt.com and http://www.NewYorkCraftMalt.com   As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Twitter.com/WNYBrews Untappd @WNYBrews WNYBrews on Youtube (716) 391-CAST See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Rudy "Rudybob" Watkins, formerlly of CBW, is now the head brewer at one of Buffalo's newest breweries: Thin Man. We talk about his expectations for Thin Man as well as his previous brewing experiences. Check them out at ThinManBrewing.com As always find us on Facebook, Twitter, and WNYBrews.com! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Four Mile Brewing: On the Bank of the Allegheny, is a beautiful building with great food and beer. Craig and Greg join me to discuss their history, process, reception, and future plans for the brewery. Next time you're out in Olean, you can't miss stopping by...or better yet, plan a trip just to sample so of their beers for yourself!   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Christopher universal is a manager over at Kegworks and joins me to talk about cleaning draft lines, setting up a kegerator for the first time, and common problems people run in to. For all the links, head over to WNYBrews.com/Episode25 As always, please check out:WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher:Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Twitter.com/WNYBrews Untappd @WNYBrews WNYBrews on Youtube (716) 391-CAST See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Ethan Cox is the owner and co-founder of Community Beer Works and author of the book Buffalo Beer: The History of Brewing in the Nickel City. You can buy it at local book stores like Talking Leaves or at CBW. Is Buffalo producing more beer now than ever? Just how significant is the current renaissance in the Buffalo beer scene? Listen to a quick overview and go read the book. Ethan is a wealth of information and a great time to talk to. Visit him at Community Beer Works and get your copy signed. As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Twitter.com/WNYBrews UnTappd.com/user/WNYBrews WNYBrews on Youtube (716) 391-CAST This episode is brought to you by FastBrewing.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

  What kind of beer should we be making base on our local water chemistry? Do we have similarities with waters from Burton on Trent? Pilsen? Dublin? John Palmer, the author of some of brewing's most revered books, joins us to talk about the water we have here in Buffalo. We break down the numbers and discuss why they're important. We discuss why certain beers made with our water end up beautiful and complex and others seem one-dimensional.  Clay and Scott talk to John via Skype while on location at 42 North Brewing in East Aurora with our water reports on hand.  John explains why we should care about water, how to test it, how we should interpret it, and what we can do to make our beers better. Check out John Palmer's website HowToBrew.com and his podcast on the Brewing Network: Brew Strong with John Palmer and Jamil Zainasheff Today's podcast is brought to you by FastBrewing.com. Makers of the FastRack (Love it), FastFerment (Want it), and FastLabel (Gonna buy it)  As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com

The Farm to Pint event is hosted by Hamburg Brewing Company and the Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association each year to show the many sides of local beer. Beer is famously made from 4 ingredients in it's "purest" form (I'm looking at you Bavaria): Water, Malted Barley, Hops, and Yeast. The Farm to Pint event is a way to showcase beers made with local malts, local hops, and in one case, local yeast. For a list of the beers at the 2016 event, and a video from inside the amazing train room at Hamburg Brewing Company, check out WNYBrews.com/episode21 WNYLinks  As always, please check out: WNYBrews.com Please review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate Please Please connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrews Twitter.com/WNYBrews UnTappd.com/user/WNYBrews WNYBrews on Youtube (716) 391-CAST See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Saturday, May 7th is THe Ameican Homebrew Association's National Homebrew Day. Are you brewing? Are you participating in a Big Brew event? Are you toasting at 12 CDT?  Are you a member of the AHA? In this special quick episode, I literally join the AHA "on air". I'm now an official member in good standing. I can't believe I haven't done it before now, but I feel better. Some of the homebrewing laws date back to prohibition. The AHA works to get homebrewing available to everyone.   Also, I talk about DrinkThisBuffalo.com  It's a new feature of the podcast. Call or email in your favorite beers and we'll mention them on the podcast! http://www.americanhomebrewersassociation.org   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The "Golden Dragon" that people often chase is a higher brewhouse efficiency. I understand that I may have made up a nonsensephrase just now, but the point is the same: higher efficiency isthe goal right?First, Clay and I talk quickly about how he checks his efficiencyat 42 North, then I talk to Bert Dyster of Niagara Traditions about homebrewing efficiency. To get the full show notes, go to WNYBrews.com/episode19As always, please check out: WNYBrews.comPlease review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Rate PleasePlease connect with us:Scott@WNYBrews.comFacebook.com/WNYBrewsTwitter.com/WNYBrewsUnTappd.com/user/WNYBrewsWNYBrews on Youtube(716) 391-CAST See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.