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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.

This was fun!The Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association presented the first annual  Brewers Invitational at Pettibones Grill in Coca-Cola Field on Saturday, April 2nd. They had over two dozen breweries showing off some experimental flavors!It seemed to be the "year of the sour" with something like 8 or 9 examples.Trust me when I say you should listen to the end. The Buffalo Beer League stopped by the WNY Brews table and talked to any brewer who walked by.Check out the Buffalo Bear League and The BNBA at their webpage:http://www.buffaloniagarabrewersassociation.orgAs always, please check out at: WNYBrews.comPlease review the podcast on iTunes and Stitcher: Learn How to Rate UsPlease connect with us: Scott@WNYBrews.com Facebook.com/WNYBrewsTwitter.com/WNYBrews WNY Brews on UntappdWNYBrews on Youtube (716) 391-CAST See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Happy Dyngus Day!Since this is a regional podcast, I asume you're all aware of Dyngus Day. It's the day after Easter, and Dyngus Day is a Polish tradition culminating in a post-lenton festival and parade. That's at least what it looks like in Buffalo: The Official Dyngus Day Capital of the World. To go back and figure out the history of any holiday, religious or otherwise, gets complicated and difficult. What concerns me more is the celebration of Polish culture. Being Polish and Irish guarantees some spring-time activities and in Buffalo that translates to beer. I've tried to stray away from the Killians, Guiness, and colored German or Canadian lagers in favor of local examples of similar beers. Aviator Red is my go-to beer while at Schwabls and Hamburg's Irish Red was a nice change, which hit me more bitter than other examples. In this episode, Clay and I try a Pivo Grodziske from Jopen in Haarlem, Netherlands. It's an historic style from Grodzisk, Poland featuring a 100% smoked-wheat grain bill. The people

Do you want to become a certified BJCP judge? What about a steward? Do you want to enter a beer into one of the nations largest regional homebrew competitions? Well we have Alex Placito of The Niagara Association of Homebrewers on to talk about the Amber Waves of Grain competition in April. It's about time to get your entries in, and I wanted to get the full breakdown of becoming a judge (btw, there's a lot of free homebrew in it if you do).Alex takes us through the judging process, the AWOG particulars, the stewarding process, and the step by step to becoming a judge.If you want in with the BJCP, check them out at BJCP.orgfor info on Amber Waves of Grain, check out AWOG.niagarabrewers.orgAs always, go to WNYBrews.com/episode16 for more information.Please rate and review us on iTunes! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Have you been to 42 North yet?They're in East Aurora and have only been open for a handful of months, but they're already putting out some really impressive beers. You can check out their core beers here.When the 42 North team needed a brewer, they brought in Clay Keel; a Florida native,  Army Reservist, Husband, Father, and expert beer-maker. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Have you heard of DIY Dog yet?BrewDog (www.BrewDog.com) is a brewery in The Unighted Kingdom you may have heard about; they have a popular TV show on Esquire called Brew Dogs, on which they travel the United States trying local beers, and their beers can be found around here every so often. (The consumers I went to yesterday didn't have any in stock, but I've gotten them there before).Read more about DIY Dog and BrewDog by clicking on this post.The Most Taps in HamburgIn this episode, we also talk to the owner of The Burg in The Village of Hamburg. Only open for a few short months now, The Burg boasts Hamburg's largest tap list. When I was there, I had a Dogfish Head Higher Math (bottled), and tried a few Sam Adams beers I didn't even know existed.Jeremy and his staff are looking to bring a little bit of the city scene into The Village wih clean, modern bar featuring drinks, food, and music. See more about The Burg by clicking on this post.You can even buy homebrewing kits to make some of their Punk IPA, the

Willard Brooks is the president of The Buffalo Niagara Brewers Association. They're a group of brewers and bar owners dedicated to raising the bar (bad pun) in the Buffalo beer scene. Join them at any of their many beer events during the year, the next coming up on April 2nd! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Jared Gilbert is the head cider-maker and Mazer (mead-maker) at Cigar City Cider and Mead in Ybor City, Florida. I've been interested in cider recently, and Jared was a fountain of cider and mead knowledge! I think I need to plan a trip to Tampa.You can find them at CigarCityCider.comYou may notice another voice on this episode as well...Clay Keel, the Chief Brewer at 42 North in East Aurora pulls most of the weight during the interview as I was losing my voice and felt like I'd been hit by a truck. You'll be hearing much more of Clay moving forward in this podcast!As we reboot this things faster than a Spiderman franchise, please rate and review us on iTunes by going to WNYBrews.com/rate See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.