We get a lot of questions about how to brew quality beers with a higher gravity. Sometimes the questions are simple, and other times they can be kind of complex. Today, we put our heads together and lay out everything you need to know about how

Heretic Barrel Program - Brewing With Style 01-24-17

Jan 24th, 2017 1h

This week on Brewing With Style, we have a special guest join the show - the head of the Heretic Brewing Barrel Program, Chris! He came into the studio to talk about how he made his transition from homebrewer all the way to his current positio

Mashing Dark Malts - Brewing With Style 01-10-17

Jan 10th, 2017 58m 37s

Today's show is full of a few things, but mainly beer. We talk today about the practice of adding your dark malts at the end of the mash versus keeping them in there for the entire thing. It's a much-debated topic, with many people on either

Listener Questions - Brewing With Style 12-27-16

Dec 27th, 2016 1h

Jamil and Tasty take listener questions on this episode of Brewing With Style. Listen in as they answer all things beer from your emails.

Pete Slosberg - Brewing With Style 12-13-16

Dec 13th, 2016 58m 29s

Jamil and Tasty get a surprise visit from Pete Slosberg, formerly of Pete's Wicked Ales, and his friend Ari. Ari makes some of the best homemade bread we've ever had and shared some bread making tips with us. Pete brought us his homemade malt b

Secret Beers Part 2 - Brewing With Style 11-15-16

Nov 15th, 2016 1h 7m

We had so much fun with the last Secret Beers show that we had to come back with a Part Two. Beevo brings Jamil, Tasty, and JP two mystery beers during the show, and it's up to our brave hosts to guess the style. Which is much harder than it

Collaboration Beers - Brewing With Style 11-01-16

Nov 1st, 2016 1h 8m

Jamil, Tasty, and JP have been lucky enough to have done several collaboration beers over the years with friends and colleagues alike. With more and more breweries reaching out into the homebrewing world for ProAm collaborations, and various "

Secret Beers - Brewing With Style 10-24-16

Oct 24th, 2016 50m 40s

Jamil starts this episode of Brewing With Style by talking about Beevo's love for Brad at Brewer's Hardware. Needless to say she's uncomfortable with it, which is always funny. Then we jump right into the topic for today - Secret Beers! We h

GABF 2016 Recap - Brewing With Style 10-04-16

Oct 4th, 2016 1h 11m

Jamil, Tasty, and JP talk about the recent happenings at the Great American Beer Festival, including beers, judging, and all the work that goes into putting on a giant beer fest. Well, Jamil and Tasty talk about it, since JP didn't go.We talk

Foreign Extra Stout - Brewing With Style 09-26-16

Sep 26th, 2016 1h 5m

Coming off of Jamil's recent trip to Asia, we decided to revisit the Foreign Extra Stout category. Notoriously hard to find in the U.S. Jamil was able to track down some pretty neat beer and mule them back for us - including Guinness's version!

Trappist Single Ale - Brewing With Style 09-06-16

Sep 6th, 2016 59m 42s

We open the show today waxing poetic about how old Jamil is getting and how he has forgotten so much stuff that he has to refer to his own books to remind him of certain things. Then we jump into today's style, Trappist Single Ale (category 26

Czech Amber Lager - Brewing With Style 08-16-16

Aug 16th, 2016 1h 9m

We had a listener email into the show asking for us to cover something called Czech Amber Lager (category 3c in the new BJCP guidelines). Having never had a commercial example of this beer, it was a challenge we quickly accepted! First off, t

Black IPA- Brewing With Style 08-09-16

Aug 9th, 2016 57m 31s

In this episode of Brewing With Style, Jamil, JP and Tasty revisit Category 5 - Bock Beer, from the 2008 BJCP Style Guidelines. Based on listener submissions of homebrew and commercial beer, the team goes through what makes a great bock beer an

Bock Beer Revisited- Brewing With Style 07-25-16

Jul 25th, 2016 1h 3m

Dry Yeast vs. Liquid - Brewing With Style 07-19-16

Jul 19th, 2016 1h 4m

Prompted from listener questions, in this episode of Brewing With Style, Jamil, JP, and Tasty discuss the use of dry yeast to ferment your beer, vs. liquid yeast. They talk about the presence of diacetyl and how to properly use dry yeast to get

Altbier - Brewing With Style 06-28-16

Jun 28th, 2016 56m 55s

In this episode of Brewing With Style, Jamil and Tasty discuss Northern German Altbier, Category 7A in the 2008 BJCP Style Guidelines. This is one of Jamil's favorite German styles, and sometimes it's hard to find a great example in the U.S. Tu

NHC 2016 - Brewing With Style 06-24-16

Jun 24th, 2016 1h 5m

In this special episode of Brewing With Style, Jamil, Tasty, JP and Beevo recap the 2016 National Homebrewers Conference in Baltimore, MD. Now known as Homebrew Con, this annual event draws thousands of homebrewers for an epic week of parties,

Maibock/Helles Bock - Brewing With Style 05-17-16

May 17th, 2016 58m 35s

In this episode of Brewing With Style, Jamil and Tasty discuss Maibock/Helles Bock, Category 5A in the 2008 BJCP Style Guidelines. This awesome German style of beer is slightly toasty while remaining clean and easy to drink, even as its alcohol

Northern English Brown - Brewing With Style 05-03-16

May 3rd, 2016 1h 10m

In this episode of Brewing With Style, Jamil and Tasty discuss Northern English Brown Ale, Category 11C of the 2008 BJCP Style Guidelines. This wonderful English ale has subtle complexities to challenge the brewer, and is such a classic style,

Pyment - Brewing With Style 04-19-16

Apr 19th, 2016 45m 53s

In this episode of Brewing With Style, Jamil and Tasty discuss Pyment, Category 25B from the 2008 BJCP Guidelines. Pyment is a melomel type of mead, generally made from grapes (juice). These can be very difficult to find commercially, but are s

Specialty Beers - Brewing With Style 04-05-16

Apr 5th, 2016 1h 8m

In this episode of Brewing With Style, Jamil and Tasty discuss Category 23 from the 2008 BJCP Style Guidelines; Specialty Beers. This category was created to give judges guidelines to evaluate beers that don't fit into any traditional categorie

Straight Lambic - Brewing With Style 03-22-16

Mar 22nd, 2016 1h 10m

In this episode of Brewing With Style, Jamil and Tasty discuss the often misunderstood style, Straight Lambic, category 17D in the BJCP Guidelines. As the sour beer craze races on, straight lambic remains the foundation and staple of the sour b

American IPA - Brewing With Style 03-08-16

Mar 8th, 2016 1h 3m

In this episode of Brewing With Style, Jamil and Tasty discuss American IPA, Category 14B in the 2008 BJCP Style Guidelines. This style has obviously become the darling of the craft beer world and typically outsells any other offering from Amer

American Amber Ale - Brewing With Style 02-23-16

Feb 23rd, 2016 59m 4s

In this episode of Brewing With Style, Jamil and Tasty discuss American Amber Ale, BJCP Category 10B (in the 2008 guidelines). While beer geeks are often hard on this style today as too bland, this was one of the pioneers of the craft beer move

Premium American Lager - Brewing With Style 02-09-16

Feb 9th, 2016 1h 5m

In this episode of Brewing With Style, Jamil and Tasty welcome special guest Mitch Steele, Brewmaster at Stone Brewing Company, to the show to help evaluate Premium American Lager (BJCP Category 1C in 2013 Guidelines). Mitch worked for Anheuser