A Nice Place To Brew: Recent Episodes
A Nice Place To Brew
Brewing a 2.5 barrel amber ale and talking about how it all came together. We also discuss our background and growth as homebrewers. As we say, it takes a lot of good beer to make great beer. Cheers!
A discussion about the Pabst Blue Ribbon "award" from the beer "competition" at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
Also tonight we got to sample a new commercial beer produced by Pauly. Cheers everyone, enjoy.
Breweries Reviewed: -Service Brewing: Savannah, GA -Hardywood Park Craft Brewery - Richmond, VA -Against The Grain Brewery and Smokehouse - Louisville, KY -Far Gohn Brewing Company - Culpeper, VA -The Friendly Fermentor Harrisonburg, VA -Alulu Brewery and Pub - Chicago, IL
A discussion about the recently announced merger between Samuel Adams and Dog Fish Head.
A mix of brewday stories, and ends with a trivia question about metal bands and craft beer.
Follow us on Instagram @aniceplacetobrew and on Facebook @niceplacetobrew. Cheers.
A discussion about things the 2 hosts want to experiment with in homebrewing.
Breweries discussed: Grainsmith Brewing - Location Unknown
A discussion about the best parts of homebrewing
Breweries mentioned: Mad Hatchet Brewing Company - Shorewood, IL Hop Butcher For the World - Darien, IL
Breweries Discussed: -Right Brain Brewers - Traverse City, MO -Will County Brewing Company - Shorewood, IL -Hubbard Cave - Niles, IL
Recipe Wizard: American Pale Ale BJCP Category 18B
Tips from the Semi-Pro's: Record Keeping
Other Brews Reviewed: -Revolution Brewing – Chicago, IL -Pollyanna Brewing Company – Lemont, IL -Smartmouth Brewing Company – Norfolk, VA
Recipe Wizard: German Pils - BJCP Category 5D
Tips from the Semi-Pros: Fermentation Vessels -Discussion of the Catalyst Fermentation System
Other Brews Reviewed: -Maplewood Brewing Company - Chicago, IL -Oskar Blues Brewery - Longmont, CO -New Belgium Brewing Company - Fort Collins, CO -New Holland Brewing Company - Holland, MI
Recipe Wizard: American Barleywine - Category 22C
Tips from the Semi-Pros: Cleaning and Sanitation
A discussion on Brut IPA while drinking Hopsecco, a Brut IPA made by Hailstorm Brewing Co.
Breweries Discussed: -Hailstorm Brewing Co - Tinley Park, IL -Great Raft Brewing - Shreveport, LA -Monday Night Brewing - Atlanta, GA -Founders Brewing - Grand Rapids, MI -3 Floyds Brewing - Munster, IN
Other Brews Reviewed: -Bourbon County - Goose Island Beer Company -Ginger Bread Stout - Hardywood Park Craft Brewery -Golden Pilsner - Yuengling Brewery -John Henry's Hammer -Highmark Brewery
Recipe Wizard - Imperial Stout BJCP Category 20C
Tips From the Semi-Pros - How to make a Yeast Starter
Other Brews Reviewed: -Skeleton Key Brewing -Pollyanna Brewing Company -Killarney Brewing Company (Ireland) Recipe Wizard -Marzen : BJCP Category 6A Tips from the Semi-Pros: -Making an Equipment Profile in BeerSmith
Jason and special guest Rich give an intro to winemaking, and also talk about a recent trip to Mitchell Vineyards in Wisconsin to pick grapes for 2 wine batches.
Other Brews Reviewed: -New Holland Brewing -Metal Monkey Brewing -Saugatuck Brewing -Fullstream Brewery -Bells Brewery
Recipe Wizard: A discussion about Kolsch beers
Tips from the Semi-Pros: a discussion about beer competitions, judging, and the BJCP certification process
Visiting the studio during a recent business trip, A Nice Place to Brew co-founder George sits down for a conversation about recent projects and Virginia breweries
We talk with Metal Monkey Brewing as their 2 Year Anniversary event approaches. Event details are shown here: Metal Monkey Brewing 2nd Year Anniversary Saturday, January 27th 12pm-11pm 515 Anderson Drive, Suite #900 Romeoville, IL 60446 Facebook @metalmonkeybrewing Instagram and Twitter @metalmonkeybrew
Segment #1: Other Brews Reviewed -Casper by James Page Brewing -Soundgrowler - Tinley Park, IL -Backwood Bastard by Founders Brewing Co -Black Butte 26th Birthday Reserve by Deschutes Brewing Co
Segment #2: Recipe Wizard Style: English Porter BJCP category 13C
Segment #3: Tips from the Semi-Pros -Brewing Safety in the Winter -Temperature Control in the Winter
with special guest Joel Rakoski, founder of the Joliet Brewers Guild www.jolietbrewersguild.org
3 recipes and brewdays discussed: -Pumpkin Pie flavored amber ale -Smoked Porter -Vanilla flavored imperial sweet stout
We explore 5 different breweries in Richmond, VA -7 Hills Brewery and Restaurant -Triple Crossing Brewery -Three Notch'd Brewery -The Veil Brewery -Hardywood Brewery
Details of our recent project making a Pomegranate flavored Hefeweizen ale. Plus a lesson on yeast and special discussion about the availability of dark beers in Other Brews Reviewed.....Cheers!
Brew Up Some Memories - A family friendly event dedicated to raising awareness of Alzheimer's disease and advocating for a cure. Come join us on June 25th for a day of homebrew demonstrations, great craft beer from Metal Monkey Brewing, raffles, and much more. Also, food available throughout the day from Alfredo's Taqueria. June 25th, 2016 Metal Monkey Brewing 515 Anderson Drive, Suite 900 Romeoville, IL 60446 2pm - 6pm
In a special edition of our first segment, we taste for the first time 2 of our beers brewed one year earlier and describe what elements appear to have changed.
We also talk about our recent 2 brews, which are a Scotch Ale and a Sweet Stout.
The episode concludes with an in depth conversation about hops: what forms they take and what function they serve.
In this Episode, after Other Brews Reviewed, we go into long form discussion about the beginnings of our homebrewing hobby, and some things to expect during one's first brew days.
In this post-Thanksgiving episode, we talk about our experiment in using our home-brewed brown ale as a turkey brine. The recipe comes from the November 2015 issue of BYO Magazine.
https://byo.com/stories/issue/item/3300-brine-a-turkey-with-homebrew
In this studio episode, we talk about 2 recently brewed beers: a smoked porter and a brown ale. In segment 3, we discuss books and other avenues to gain more knowledge on homebrewing.
In this episode, we visit Pollyanna Brewing Company in Lemont, IL and talk with Ed Malnar, their co-founder and VP of Operations.