The Brewing Network Presents | Dr. Homebrew

We had this idea: what if we had a few adventurous homebrewers brew beers according to some old set of BJCP style guidelines? Could they do it? What would that judging be like? How much has beer changed over the last 20 years or so? Turns out, there were other people who wanted to know the answers to those questions, too! So on today's show, we have on three homebrewers who each brewed some throwback beers for us, according to the 1999 BJCP style guidelines. Fun! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's a double episode, with four hombrews up for judging! Well ok, three homebrews and a collab but like, who cares? In addition to the wealth of homebrew talk in this ep, we announce that Dr. Homebrew is going off our regular posting schedule (such as it was), and will now be doing shows on an irregular basis. Mainly whenever we feel like it. So in a sense this is our last official DRHB episode, anything else we do after will be special one-offs. Thank you for your years of support. We'll miss you. Cheers, The Dr. Homebrew Staff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Splitting the wine and beer worlds up was probably not the marketing plan craft beer should have gone with. So many flavors and descriptors cross those fermented boundaries that the two beverages are more alike than not. Sort of. On today's show, we bring on Jake from Bedrock Wine Co., a small winery in the heart of California's wine country. Jake manages the vineyards out there, and has a very solid knowledge on how grapes shape the final product, and how we can perhaps bring some of that vocabulary over to beer. Plus, he's very handsome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Travis from Brew Strong is back with us, as we judge his Rye Double IPA. Not a style we usually see anymore, there was a time Rye IPA was pretty much everywhere, so this was a good refresher for us. We then chat with Travis about how he prepares for his Double IPA recipes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's the Brew Strong x Dr. Homebrew event of Cooper's dreams! Travis from Brew Strong sent in not one, but two Double IPAs, shattering any expectation of sobriety on this episode. So what does a wet hop Double IPA taste like? We aim to find out! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sometimes the day just calls for a big bag of beer to dig through, and that's what this episode is all about! Getting three beer judges together to taste random craft beers is a good way to work on your vocabulary and on-the-fly tasting skills, too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homebrew, homebrew, everywhere, but not a brewer in sight! Today's show is back to homebrew, but our guest, Steve, was feeling under the weather so we had to plod along without him. Steve had given us an English Mild and an American Stout to get through, and he was even kind enough to include his recipes, which is always helpful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our friend Dave Teckam is back with us, as we dive into two Sierra Nevada Bigfoot vintages - one from 2024 and the other from way back in 2014. Most people consider 5 to 7 years as the "sweet spot" for this beer, so drinking a 10-year-old version was a lot of fun for us! Not to mention Dave's method of saving open bottles of beer for later ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homebrew is back, baby! Even if we had to drag it across the internet ourselves, we were hell bent on judging some homebrew on this show, and that's what we did. Cooper setn around one of his meads, made with Tupelo honey, and Jason bullied the Birans into trying some weird-assed Brown Ale he made. Plus, we have a surprise guest that dropped in early to hang with us ... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Browsing the shelves at our local big box beer stores, we realized there are so many winter beers on the market today, and many of them sort of go against what we consider to be true "Winter Warmers". So on today's show, we bring you several examples of beers (and two ciders) that will fit right in with the cold weather this year, while still providing you with a new drinking experience. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Homebrew competitions are thriving, and there's no competition quite like the World Cup of Beer here in the Bay Area! On today's show, Steve from the Bay Area Mashers homebrew club, joins us to talk about the upcoming comp, what we can expect from it as far as prizes goes, and more. Plus, we dive into perhaps the most seen Christmas beers on the shelves! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The holidays are among us, and so are the darker, sturdier beers. On today's show, we run through some classic Holiday beers as well as some new ones, and see how they would fall in the current BJCP guidelines. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Browsing the beer shelves at the grocery store can sometimes yield amazing stuff. On our last trip to the store, we found two beers that seemed equally interesting, for different reasons. The first is a non-alcoholic version of 805 from Firestone-Walker called ... 8Zero5. The other is a holiday beer from Clausthaler. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's wet hop season, and that means more than a few brewers are going to be packing their beers with tiny little flavor bombs of hoppy goodness this Fall. On today's show, we taste two local Fresh Hop beers to find the differences in flavor between the two, and we discuss what wet hopped beers are supposed to taste like, and how you can best make one at home. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oktoberfest season is here, and we like digging around for examples of the style we don't normally see. When Brian Schar found this NA Oktoberfest, we had to crack it open on the show and see what it was all about. Plus, our pal Dimitri lands back on the show, to talk about how his BJCP exam went, and to drop some tips on how to git gud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're in the first throws of Oktoberfest season, so we thought it would only be appropriate to compare what the Germans are doing versus what the Americans are up to. I mean, it's not that drastic, but I didn't know what else to say. We also have a homebrewed English Porter on the show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wandering around the liquor store, we realized that we had yet to approach the subject of the humble Radler, and where that fits in with the current BJCP guidelines. Plus, JP had never tried one before, so we had to pick some up. Meanwhile, in another isle, we stumbled across Chimay in cans! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Inland Empire Brewers are back, and they brought more California Common for us! Part two of our massive deep-dive into the style of Cal Common, the Inland Empire Brewers flooded our halls with their takes on this style, and we gave them all the feedback they could ever want. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of the oldest homebrewing clubs in the country floods us with one of the oldest styles in the state - California Common! are either of these claims true? Who can tell? On this show, we take down three Cal Common beers from three different brewers of the Inland Empire Brewers club! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Porters are one of those styles that represent many entry points for old school brewers, so it's nice to see them come across our desks - especially from someone new to the hobby. We're back with Dimitri as we discuss his Porter, then we talk about the latest entry into the non-alcoholic space from Sierra Nevada - Trail Pass! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices