In a sense, bird, you are correct. He is not an egomaniac, and if that's how my post was interpreted, I'm sorry. I think he is actually quite humble about his success.
I don't think he ever says anything directly about badmouthing other ways to complete a process, but he does have his characteristic "Weellllllllll....," which to me implies a tone of, "that's ok...but this seems to be better."
The one reference I was making (about brewing anti-style) is when he made a quip that was later turned into a soundbyte about one of the brewers that had guested on one of the shows. The brewer said "I don't brew to style" but Jamil insisted he did, then on another show made the "Black lager/Schwarzbier" comment in reference to that brewer.
And I was listening to another program recently that had a guest brewer talk about some things and when a question was posed and answered by that brewer, a comment from Justin or so was, "I wonder how Jamil would answer that." That's just showing that people are taking his word over anything else every time. I thought it was mildly disrespectful somewhat discrediting the guest like that.
My other point, that I don't think I expressed clearly is that I think, (and I know it's a double-edged sword type of deal), but his "brewing to style" mentality may be holding some people back. He gives straight recipes and tells people that's the epitome of style. Well, in my opinion, I think there should be an evolution of the brewer...go out and create your own recipes...don't just copy something that's already been done time and time again. I think he somewhat slows that down. I would hate to see a brewer who brews strictly recipe after recipe. On the other hand (the double edged sword deal), I'd hate to see someone stop brewing because their designed recipes don't turn out the way they have.
Now I know that you (bird) design your own recipes and consider yourself a disciple, so maybe I'm just looking too far past the whole argument.