Homebrewer Ben Starr, finalist on Tv's Master Chef season 2

[IrregularPulse]

That's awesome! Me and the wife watched the episode (1st or 2nd) where you had to peel the apples for hours. I wondered if you were a forum member. Cool beans.

 

[dataz722]

But he's actually an incredibly bright, friendly, sensitive guy. That's just his camera act.

shhh, don't let him know you are saying that about him online. Can't let the whole world know.

 

[humann_brewing]

very nice, we know someone famous

 

[Burgs]

Haha, how funny. We've been watching this on hulu plus - I wondered if Ben was on here...

 

[jonmohno]

What about Marimoto aka Rouge marimoto soba, etc... Just happend to notice a refernece to him/ rouge beer.Sorry to go off topic and whatnot.Just a thought.

 

[headbanger]

Indeed I am! Not nearly the masters that most of you are, still learning, but I've been brewing for 4 years and I'm a full fledged addict. Just upgraded to kegging last year and built a nice 4-tap kegerator in my garage. Thanks for watching, everyone! It will be a wild season.

Best of luck Ben!

 

[benthegrate]

Thanks, folks! I figured this thread would have fizzled but it's still going! And so am I.

With so many people in the competition, there's just not screen time for everyone. They don't want it to be "The Ben Starr Show" so you'll see me come and go here and there.

I won the catfish challenge last night, and this coming Monday will be UTTERLY insane, so tune in if you're looking for a wild ride.

Agreed to the general sentiment that it would be a more interesting show if the focus was more on cooking than drama. However, this is a major public network and they are targeting a broad audience. Us food and beer geeks make up only a fraction of the people who watch the show, and the majority of "fans" who get in touch with me confess that they can't cook to save their life. They tune in for the drama and suspense, which is exactly what Fox gives them!

Ultimately it's a fun show, and the more eliminations occur and the core group dwindles, the more the time slot will be filled with cooking technique and less name calling.

So grateful for the support here on homebrewtalk! If I get my ultimate dream of a guest farm/cafe/brewery on the Big Island of Hawaii, I'll need lots of conceptual help for great new never-before-conceived-of brews!!!

 

[Revvy]

I was going to post a congrats on the catfish challenge, and that you're going to be team captain next week. Hopefully everything will work out, and you don't have a big "I was team leader" target on you.

 

[NightTrainLayne]

Wow! I was intrigued by Ben from the selection episode when he used his Pumpkin IPA in the recipe. . .that was probably right before I joined the forum.

I was already rooting for him due to this, but this is pretty cool.

Good luck. . .that catfish episode last night made me hungry.

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

If I get my ultimate dream of a guest farm/cafe/brewery on the Big Island of Hawaii, I'll need lots of conceptual help for great new never-before-conceived-of brews!!!

Pineapple-butt Beer!! It's a bit like beer-butt chicken, but much more painful for the brewer!

 

[thataintchicken]

Just watched the episode on fox.com ( no cableTV for me ) -- Congratulations on the win Ben. Reverse engineering a recipe is tough. Great Job!

The promo for next week is interesting.
Ben has the something went pear-shaped and WTF is going to happen next look.

Plus it's the July book, so Gordon will have to go ballistic.

 

[headbanger]

Plus it's the July book, so Gordon will have to go ballistic.

Seemingly what he lives to do, lol. Seriously though, great job Ben!!! Keep on keepin' on brother!

 

[Revvy]

I'm watching the latest episode on hulu now. Damn, Ben, that cake looks insane. I really hope you'll share THAT recipe with us.

Great job!

 

[dataz722]

Congrats dude! We watched it last night.

 

[benthegrate]

Thanks everyone! The cake recipe is on my website, benstarr.com

Cheers!

BEn

 

[bucfanmike]

ben, how about your pumpkin ipa recipe?

 

[Revvy]

ben, how about your pumpkin ipa recipe?

Um, try looking at post 15 of this very thread.

 

[bucfanmike]

thanks revvy, i thought i had been watching this thread but i missed it.

 

[SporkD2]

Love this show! Good luck Ben!!!

 

[Revvy]

I just printed out the cake recipe. He's got a lot of interesting looking ones on there.

 

[EdWort]

ben, how about your pumpkin ipa recipe?

Yeah! Time to add the Beer Recipe section to your website Ben.

Keep up the great work! The HBT community and Texas are rootin for ya!

 

[Scruffy1207]

Ben me and my mom are rooting for you. Soon as I heard homebrewer my ears perked up and I got so excited! I'm glad to see you're still in the competition. Keep up the fight. I've put your pumpkin IPA at the top of my list and we're going to make your cake too! Keep up the fight ben!

 

[MeatyPortion]

Hey, cool thread. I'll root for Ben, although from the couple episodes I saw he seemed to be cool anyway. Gotta say: the drama on that show bugs me after awhile; I just watch to see what kind of recipes they'll be making. And to watch Gordon Ramsay flip out (although he's pretty mellow on this show).

Go Ben!

 

[MeatyPortion]

lol, I'm watching the latest episode and as soon as I heard Ben say "creme fraiche" I thought of South Park.

 

[benthegrate]

Yeah! Time to add the Beer Recipe section to your website Ben.

Keep up the great work! The HBT community and Texas are rootin for ya!

Wow, Edwort messaged me!!! I feel like you're a celebrity, I've been making your apfelwein since I started brewing, and it has made me LEGENDARY at parties. Ha ha ha...

Thanks so much!!!

 

[EdWort]

Wow, Edwort messaged me!!! I feel like you're a celebrity, I've been making your apfelwein since I started brewing, and it has made me LEGENDARY at parties. Ha ha ha...

Thanks so much!!!

Wow! Now I've got Celebrities making Apfelwein!

Too bad it's too late for you to give HBT a plug on TV.

I'm glad you like it. It's helped many folks get started in this wonderful hobby.

 

[BrewForMe]

Gosh, dont I feel silly, just found this thread. My wife and I are MC fans and hae been following it all this season (and last) I didn't realize Ben was "one of us". Keep up the good work Ben and take the prize!

 

[benthegrate]

Actually, I did several interviews about brewing, and I talked about HBT and how it was critical in the learning process. (After getting started by reading John Palmer.)

But...less than 1% of what gets filmed ever makes it onto the show. For each challenge, we spend about 2 hours in post-interviews. And I rarely see more than a sentence or two make it into the final edit.

I kept trying to mention my brewing throughout the competition, in hopes that someone would try to hire me as a brewer somewhere, or get me hooked up to start my brewery in Hawaii! Unfortunately, very little of it made it to the screen. *sigh*

 

[MeatyPortion]

Enh, at least you tried. The producers probably were just telling the editors "make sure you edit out whatever that guy's talking about, the distilling or whatever it is; we need more footage of Gordon yelling".

 

[Laughing_Gnome_Invisible]

Ben, you are doing it wrong. Try to fit in the homebrewing aspect in a rant and pool of tears.
eg: Gordon Ramsey is a moronic half (By the way, I like to brew my own beer and would like to work in that field) wit with a baboon's arse for a brain!!! Oh Grrrr!