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The livestream is now also a podcast! Join Jason, Jordan, and Brian as they talk homebrewing with professionals across the Michigan craft beer industry (and sometimes a little out of state!) The show has a heavy emphasis on homebrewing and brewing beer/mead/cider/seltzer in general. We're passionate about the hobby of homebrewing and want everyone to be as successful as they can be. We started this show during quarantine in attempt to satiate our desire to talk about brewing with people while club meetings all went to virtual or were cancelled all together. Sometimes we stray off topic, sometimes the audio isn't great, sometimes we drink a little too much... But it's what we like to do in real life and so we decided to just do it live instead and see if anyone wanted to join in, which people have! Podcasts will appear within 48 hours of our live show ending. Catch our live shows most Mondays at 7:30pm EST. We stream to Youtube, Facebook, and Twitch! Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MichiganBrews Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MIBrews Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/michiganbrews Contact us at: michigan.brews.show@gmail.com
Episodes
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
Wednesday Feb 07, 2024
From fruits, to spices, to whole pies, there's no end of what you can use to add interesting and innovative flavors to beer. Come have a beer while we talk about all of our favorite ways to flavor beers, talk about do's (and dont's), and banter a bit in between.
Cheers!
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Happy New Year!
Come hang out and have a beer while we talk about some of the "fun" homebrew competitions we have participated in the past like cookie beer, cereal beer, or fantasy beer draft comp.
We are also going to be playing with the "Beer Generator" which is an app that Brian created to help generate fun / weird beer recipe ideas. We are getting ready to launch the second Beer Generator Comp for Keepers of Craft next week, so we will be having it create a few recipes for us so we can see how we would handle the different challenges it could throw at us.
Cheers!
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Its finally time for Episode 100! And what better way to commemorate the milestone than to get together with friends online, remanence about the year, share stories, and slam seltzers!
In past Friendsgiving shows, we have invited anyone that has participated in past shows to drop in, hang out for a few, and enjoy a beverage or two. So if you have ever been on the show, or you just enjoy watching / listening to it, and what to stop by virtually for a drink or six then shoot us a message, we will get you a link.
Cheers!
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
Thursday Nov 23, 2023
So....It's been a while. And we still want to make episode 100 special...
So we're going to do something slightly different in the meantime!
We have a plan for Episode 100, but we're still trying to find a good date to do it. In the interim, we're doing this!
Some of our studying-to-be BJCP judges expressed interest in wanting to practice scoresheets so we thought it would be fun to discuss some sheets live!
This show will be extremely biased. We gave every judge 2 bottles each of 2 different beers. They knew what the beers were, both brewer and style. This should be taken as a calibration only, and even then as an intermediate guideline.
That said, we think this will be a lot of fun! Everyone judged a bottle ahead of the show and has another done to drink while talking about their sheets. We hope to learn something from each other and hope you do too!
Cheers!
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
Tuesday Sep 12, 2023
As our show regularly devolves into talk about competitions, it's only natural that we have a guest whose entire YouTube channel is centered around the same.
We welcome Bryan Fischer to episode 99 to discuss his channel "Let's Get Judgey", and talk about the BJCP and judge certification in general.
Cheers!
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
FIXED - Previous episode 98 was blank. Sorry!
Better Nate than Lever! (IYKYK)
It's been a while! Join us for a post MHF show where we'll dig into our thoughts about the 2023 Michigan Homebrew Festival, or as we like to call it, "Beer Camp".
Spoilers: it was awesome!
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Tuesday Sep 05, 2023
Have you ever licked a Lichtenhainer? Can you even pronounce Piwo Grodziskie? Is Gose even historical anymore? Have you ever even had a good Sahti?
We literally rolled a die for our topic this week and historical beer is it! Join us as we talk about tasting, brewing, and maybe even a little history on some of the beer styles of yore.
Cheers!
Thursday May 25, 2023
Thursday May 25, 2023
Sneaking in a last minute episode as a few of us suddenly had some time available!
Join us as we talk about our experiences behind the scenes at GLINTCAP, some notes about the Michigan Beer Cup (which is coming up fast!), and future plans for the show.
Cheers!
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
But really!
Though not talked about nearly as much as yeast strains, fermentation temps, hop varieties, the packaging of your beer (and mead and wine and cider) is arguably one of the most important steps in ensuring you have a drinkable end product. Join us as we talk about kegging, bottling, oxygen, filtering, and more!
Cheers!
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
Sunday Apr 23, 2023
It's been a while to say the least! Sorry it's been so long, but we've missed everyone and the stream so it's time to get back at it!
Join us as we discuss Brian's recent experiences taking the BJCP tasting exam as well as what's been going on in Michigan homebrewing this last month, and some info about events happening here in the state a few more months going forward!
Looking forward to the stream!