The Brewing Network Presents | Brew Strong
Cutting edge beer and craft brewing and homebrewing information from Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer. A presentation of The Brewing Network www.thebrewingnetwork.com.
Justin Crossley · Jamil Zainasheff
Show overview
The Brewing Network Presents | Brew Strong has been publishing since 2008, and across the 18 years since has built a catalogue of 361 episodes. That works out to roughly 420 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 3m and 1h 16m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Arts show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 4 weeks ago, with 4 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2021, with 29 episodes published. Published by Jamil Zainasheff.
From the publisher
Brew Strong, with hosts Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer, combines the two most prominent authors and figures in homebrewing today in a live beer radio format that allows listeners to pose beginning and advanced brewing questions to expert hosts and guests from the Craft Beer industry. Designed as a brewing geek's must-listen show, Brew Strong is your source for cutting edge beer and brewing information, answers to technical questions, as well as a guide to a greater appreciation of all things beer. Have questions or comments? Email us at [email protected]
Latest Episodes
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Brew Strong | Quality Lab: Yeast Propagation
In this episode of Brew Strong the crew talks you through the specifics of yeast propagation in you brewery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | The Mail Sack Continues
Keeping up with Jamil's promise to get through every question ever sent into Brew Strong, the boys are back with another mail sack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Mail Sack December 2025
The boys are back to answer your brewing questions with another Mailsack episode! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Yeast Plating With John Hughes
In another edition of Brew Strong Quality Labs, the guys cover yeast plating John Hughes, former lab director at Heretic Brewing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Dipping into the Mailsack
In this episode of Brew Strong, the guys dip into the mailsack to get your pressing questions answered! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Quality Labs for Small Brewers and Homebrewers
Jamil is back with the crew to discuss how to set up a quality lab for small brewers and homebrewers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Q&A With Jamil
Jamil Zainasheff is back on the mic this week and ready to Brew Strong! Tune in as the OG master answers all your brewing questions with the new crew, Travis and Big Mike. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Mixed Fermentation Part 2
In this episode, the Brew Strong team tackle the complex world of mixed fermentation (part 2). With so much information in the world of wild and sour beers, it took two episodes to cover this fascinating topic. Tune in to part two here and get ready to get wild! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Mixed Fermentation Part 1
In this episode, the Brew Strong team tackle the complex world of mixed fermentation. With so much information in the world of wild and sour beers, it's gonna take at least two episodes to cover this fascinating topic. Tune in to part one here and get ready to get wild! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Package-gasm 2
In this episode of Brew Strong, Travis and Big Mike welcome back Michael 'Mufasa' Ferguson for part II of the discussion on packaging in your brewing process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Package-gasm 1
In this episode of Brew Strong, Travis and Big Mike welcome Michael 'Mufasa' Ferguson back to the show to discuss packaging in your brewing process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Question and Answer: Open Fermentation, Expanding Your Home Brewery, etc.
Robert Bell, from Hogshead, and friend of the show Neil Spake join us for this episode of Brew Strong! Topics include open fermentation at home, how to expand your home brewery, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Robert Bell from Hogshead Brewery Talking Cask Ales
Calling in all the way from beautiful Denver, Colorado is Robert Bell, brewer at Hogshead Brewery! The fellas are excited about this one, because Robert specializes in authentic Cask Ales - a style that really needs to see a resurgence in popularity. Robert breaks down just what a cask ale is, how you can brew them at home, and gets Mike reved up to brew one of his own! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Question and Answer with Travis and Michael
It's homebrew Question and Answer time again, as Travis and Michael dig deep inside of the Brew Strong Mail Bag to extract only the highest quality queries to respond to. Topics of this week's show include best ways to age beer at home, how to keep your hazy beers hazy, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Question And Answer With Travis and Michael
Travis and Michael take control as they root through the mail bag to answer all of your homebrewing questions! The boys cover sparging times and temperatures, the best way to infuse chocolate in beer, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Question and Answer (with Huggy from Flix Brewhouse)
Huggy is back, for another round of brewing knowledge-dropping! Today's show is all about answering your homebrewing questions, and the boys have a lot to get through. Topics covered include proper cleaning chemicals, dry yeast usage, long questions, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Homebrew Finings
Fining your homebrew is often considered one of the last stages of making beer, but it might also be the key to giving you a more stable product. On today's show, Justin and Travis chat with Huggy from Flix Brewhouse to get the rundown on finings - what they do, what they don't do, when to add them, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Brew Strong | Question and Answer with Blue Lake Hops
It's time once again, to enter the Mail Room and dig around for your homebrewing questions! This time, we have Adrian from Blue Lake Hops on with us to help tackle any and all hop-related questions from you. Topics include water chemistry, fermentation temperatures, and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices