Popular Podcasts for Homebrewers

[Mike Newman]

Happy Saturday Everyone!!!

I have been looking for a homebrewing podcast that isn’t so regional. There are lots of podcasts out there but I have found that they talk about their local brewing scene as opposed to general homebrewing. Which leads me to my question...

What podcasts do you listen to???

 

[Boomer]

Basic Brewing Radio has been a good one.

 

[mashinary]

I listen to these podcasts:
Experimental Brewing
Basic Brewing
Brulosophy
BeerSmith

 

[Carolina_Matt]

Homebrew Happy Hour is my favorite.

 

[kevin58]

I prefer video podcasts that I can watch on my phone while on the treadmill at the gym. They are far and few between but Basic Brewing Video and Beersmith are pretty good.

 

[treacheroustexan]

I prefer the Basic Brewing youtube videos, but listen to the podcast every now and then.

 

[mj1angier]

Well I listen to Beer 911 but it is a local to North Carolina podcast
Brulosophy is a goodish for brewers
The Beerists from Austin , Tx...because they are funny when dunk!

 

[SlanginDueces]

The Brewing Network has several that are good.

Dr. Homebrew
The Session
Brew Strong

 

[radwizard]

Experimental Brewing, The Sour Hour, and Milk the Funk Podcast are my favs

 

[BoomGoestheTNT]

+1 for Brulosphy and Dr Homebrew

 

[aprichman]

I can't stand a lot of the brewing podcasts especially on the Brewing Network. The hosts typically act like 13 year old boys making dick jokes and talking about the need for strippers, "****s", etc. These podcasts highlight a lot of what's wrong in the brewing industry TBH.

Brulosophy is a good podcast from this respect but the content gets a little dull.

 

[Carolina_Matt]

I can't stand a lot of the brewing podcasts especially on the Brewing Network. The hosts typically act like 13 year old boys making dick jokes and talking about the need for strippers, "****s", etc. These podcasts highlight a lot of what's wrong in the brewing industry TBH.

Brulosophy is a good podcast from this respect but the content gets a little dull.

Agreed. I added a bunch of podcasts to my phone over the last few weeks, and I wound up unsubscribing to most of them. In a lot of cases, I would be 5 minutes into the podcast and they'd still be joking around about their weekend, their last vacation, etc, with no mention of homebrewing.

 

[kevin58]

Forgot about this one. Anything with Denny Conn in it is worth a listen.

https://www.experimentalbrew.com/

 

[Kent88]

Vidcasts (I know, you said podcasts, but I like vidcasts more) are hit and miss for me. When I started homebrewing BrewingTV's first run with Mike, Jake, and Chip had wrapped up, but I think Chop&Brew hadn't really got going yet. Those were/are some good videos.

I've been watching the BeerSmith vidcasts for a while and most of those that I end up watching are good, but sometimes those topics seem odd to me. I think there is a whole episode about chilling wort. I know chilling wort quickly is important for getting proteins to settle out and allow the brewer to get the wort in the fermenter quickly so that it can be inoculated ASAP before any other microbe becomes dominant. There are several devices that are intended to help chill beer quickly that anyone who has thumbed through a homebrew shop catalog is familiar with. I can't imagine that a couple people talking about chilling wort for an hour would be entertaining.

Lately I've found the basicbrewing youtube channel has some interesting videos. Lots of odd ingredients being used. I've seen several videos where they're using too much sugar for my liking, and I don't think I've seen them drink a beer and go "Oh, we messed this up, this is awful". I know that this is mostly because if a beer is bad that it wont become a subject of a video, but when they experiment with ingredients as much as they do eventually I would think they'd have something go wrong. But I do like their videos because they try some wacky stuff that I just don't get around to. They even made a sour ale in the insta-pot recently.

I'm not a huge fan of CraigTube. He has made a few videos I've liked, but it feels like he decided a long time ago that his target audience was new brewers, and so he explains everything like he is talking to someone who doesn't know the first thing about homebrewing. Or at least, that is how it appeared to me when I was watching them several months ago. Maybe his recent stuff is getting better?

 

[treacheroustexan]

Vidcasts (I know, you said podcasts, but I like vidcasts more) are hit and miss for me. When I started homebrewing BrewingTV's first run with Mike, Jake, and Chip had wrapped up, but I think Chop&Brew hadn't really got going yet. Those were/are some good videos.

I've been watching the BeerSmith vidcasts for a while and most of those that I end up watching are good, but sometimes those topics seem odd to me. I think there is a whole episode about chilling wort. I know chilling wort quickly is important for getting proteins to settle out and allow the brewer to get the wort in the fermenter quickly so that it can be inoculated ASAP before any other microbe becomes dominant. There are several devices that are intended to help chill beer quickly that anyone who has thumbed through a homebrew shop catalog is familiar with. I can't imagine that a couple people talking about chilling wort for an hour would be entertaining.

Lately I've found the basicbrewing youtube channel has some interesting videos. Lots of odd ingredients being used. I've seen several videos where they're using too much sugar for my liking, and I don't think I've seen them drink a beer and go "Oh, we messed this up, this is awful". I know that this is mostly because if a beer is bad that it wont become a subject of a video, but when they experiment with ingredients as much as they do eventually I would think they'd have something go wrong. But I do like their videos because they try some wacky stuff that I just don't get around to. They even made a sour ale in the insta-pot recently.

I'm not a huge fan of CraigTube. He has made a few videos I've liked, but it feels like he decided a long time ago that his target audience was new brewers, and so he explains everything like he is talking to someone who doesn't know the first thing about homebrewing. Or at least, that is how it appeared to me when I was watching them several months ago. Maybe his recent stuff is getting better?

I used to watch Craig a lot. Then all of his videos turned in to "see this can of Cooper's? It can make good beer too and I'm tired of people saying it can't". Which is fine, but it's definitely made me lose interest. There's nothing exciting about it anymore. His target audience is new brewers like you said and people exclusively trying to make their own alcohol to save money.

Also on your basic brewing comment, I agree. It also seems like all of their beers finish extremely sweet. I don't remember what beer it was, but it had a fg in the 1.020's and was only 2.7% abv. I remember seeing this a couple times in their videos. But I enjoy watching the videos a lot.

 

[jturman35]

Dr. Home brew and Brulosophy

 

[Kent88]

I can't stand a lot of the brewing podcasts especially on the Brewing Network. The hosts typically act like 13 year old boys making dick jokes and talking about the need for strippers, "****s", etc.

I typically skip the first 5-10 minutes of TBN episodes. Some of them are just too handy for me to ignore. Like the episodes in my signature, those are darn helpful. Worth overlooking the opening, off-topic chit-chat.

I kind of want to ask what you have against ****s, but I feel like that is just asking to derail the conversation and bring in a mod to close it down.

Hi mods! Hope you're having a nice day

 

[Mike Newman]

Vidcasts (I know, you said podcasts, but I like vidcasts more) are hit and miss for me. When I started homebrewing BrewingTV's first run with Mike, Jake, and Chip had wrapped up, but I think Chop&Brew hadn't really got going yet. Those were/are some good videos.

I've been watching the BeerSmith vidcasts for a while and most of those that I end up watching are good, but sometimes those topics seem odd to me. I think there is a whole episode about chilling wort. I know chilling wort quickly is important for getting proteins to settle out and allow the brewer to get the wort in the fermenter quickly so that it can be inoculated ASAP before any other microbe becomes dominant. There are several devices that are intended to help chill beer quickly that anyone who has thumbed through a homebrew shop catalog is familiar with. I can't imagine that a couple people talking about chilling wort for an hour would be entertaining.

Lately I've found the basicbrewing youtube channel has some interesting videos. Lots of odd ingredients being used. I've seen several videos where they're using too much sugar for my liking, and I don't think I've seen them drink a beer and go "Oh, we messed this up, this is awful". I know that this is mostly because if a beer is bad that it wont become a subject of a video, but when they experiment with ingredients as much as they do eventually I would think they'd have something go wrong. But I do like their videos because they try some wacky stuff that I just don't get around to. They even made a sour ale in the insta-pot recently.

I'm not a huge fan of CraigTube. He has made a few videos I've liked, but it feels like he decided a long time ago that his target audience was new brewers, and so he explains everything like he is talking to someone who doesn't know the first thing about homebrewing. Or at least, that is how it appeared to me when I was watching them several months ago. Maybe his recent stuff is getting better?

I dove down a deep rabbit hole on YouTube and kept coming back to basic brewing. Craigtube was kinda lame

 

[jalc6927]

Come and brew it, they are in ft worth

Brulosophy for sure

 

[Kent88]

Craigtube was kinda lame

I wouldn't say he is lame, I just don't think I am in his target audience. I'd have a beer with the guy. If nothing else it sounds like I'd get a chance to see if hopped malt extract kits have progressed any over the past few years. If I had anything on hand that I was particularly proud of, I'd bring some with, just in case hopped malt extracts haven't improved.

 

[madscientist451]

My commute is more than an hour, and over the years I've gone through most of the Brewing Network, Beersmith, Basic Brewing and Experimental Brewing Podcasts. That's a lot of material, and some of it it better than others, but I feel I've learned a lot by doing this. So what podcasts are for you depends on what you are looking for. Jamil's podcasts on the Brewing network contain lots of nuggets of useful information.
With Basic Brewing you can pick and choose more closely what you are interested in.
Your best bet is to go to the archives of the various podcasts and pick out topics that seem valuable and go from there.

 

[myndflyte]

The only one I listen to is Basic Brewing radio. James and Steve work well together (as long as you don't mind "dad" jokes) and their interviews are usually pretty informative. I've tried other podcasts but Basic Brewing was the only one from which I didn't unsubscribe.

 

[Javaslinger]

I've listened to all of them periodically... these are my opinions only.

Dr. Homebrew - fun to hear judges review homebrew. Would love to send them a bottle. Entertaining and good info.
Homebrew Bound - I wouldn't call these guys pro's, but they are fun to listen to and it's enjoyable to hear them work through the entire catalog of beer styles. They sample a commercial variety, make up a recipe, brew it, and then samples their's for style. If it misses, they make it again.
Brulosophy - Too damn many commercials. Overrated. And I don't enjoy the guy they have doing 'chemistry'. I truly hate his neighbor buds who he has do reviews occasionally. Not funny. Course, I never really like Beavis and Butthead either. If it was trimmed down to just the experiments (and edited) I would listen to it a lot more.
Experimental Homebrewing - Good solid show. Lot's of commercials but they are consistent so you can skip them without too much trouble.
Basic Brewing - Great show. Short, concise, informative, and none of the high school humor some of these shows have.
Beersmith Radio - as above. Good, short, concise, informative and professionally done. Sometimes their experts seems lacking - eg water chemistry.
Homebrew Happy Hour - targeted toward beginners. I enjoyed it more in the past.
Come and Brew It - It can be a chore to listen to at times. Too many people. Too many bad jokes.

 

[domdom]

I can't stand a lot of the brewing podcasts especially on the Brewing Network. The hosts typically act like 13 year old boys making dick jokes and talking about the need for strippers, "****s", etc. These podcasts highlight a lot of what's wrong in the brewing industry TBH.

glad i'm not the only one that feels that way. total bro down and not my thing.

love denny and drew's experimental brew podcast. also like brulosophy.

 

[Lefou]

When I was a rank noob, I'd slum various CraigTube videos. Not much for video or audio podcasting, though. I'd rather read.

 

[Kent88]

a rank noob, I'd slum

umm... what?

Are you using all the new slang that youth culture today are coming up with?

 

[LostHopper]

I've listened to all of them periodically... these are my opinions only.

Dr. Homebrew - fun to hear judges review homebrew. Would love to send them a bottle. Entertaining and good info.
Homebrew Bound - I wouldn't call these guys pro's, but they are fun to listen to and it's enjoyable to hear them work through the entire catalog of beer styles. They sample a commercial variety, make up a recipe, brew it, and then samples their's for style. If it misses, they make it again.
Brulosophy - Too damn many commercials. Overrated. And I don't enjoy the guy they have doing 'chemistry'. I truly hate his neighbor buds who he has do reviews occasionally. Not funny. Course, I never really like Beavis and Butthead either. If it was trimmed down to just the experiments (and edited) I would listen to it a lot more.
Experimental Homebrewing - Good solid show. Lot's of commercials but they are consistent so you can skip them without too much trouble.
Basic Brewing - Great show. Short, concise, informative, and none of the high school humor some of these shows have.
Beersmith Radio - as above. Good, short, concise, informative and professionally done. Sometimes their experts seems lacking - eg water chemistry.
Homebrew Happy Hour - targeted toward beginners. I enjoyed it more in the past.
Come and Brew It - It can be a chore to listen to at times. Too many people. Too many bad jokes.

Good summary. Thanks.

 

[JohnK93]

I can't stand a lot of the brewing podcasts especially on the Brewing Network. The hosts typically act like 13 year old boys making dick jokes and talking about the need for strippers, "****s", etc. These podcasts highlight a lot of what's wrong in the brewing industry TBH.

Agreed, but if you go back into the archives, the shows used to be much more beer-focused and a lot less banter and 13-year old BS. For the new episodes, I always skip at least the first 10-15 minutes before they get to the content, but they still provide a lot of good info. I learned an awful lot about brewing from these shows.

 

[Javaslinger]

Started listening to Brew Strong with Jamil and John Palmer. Pretty good content, but good lord it's at least 50% commercials... Not too hard to skip it all though.

 

[Lefou]

umm... what?

Are you using all the new slang that youth culture today are coming up with?

Yup. I still have kids in my house .... kek.