The Brewing Network Presents | The Jamil Show

In this live episode from the 2012 National Homebrewers Conference in Seattle, WA., Can You Brew It welcomes Stone Brewmaster Mitch Steel back to the show for another attempt at homebrewing a clone of Arrogant Bastard. This elusive beer finds Mitch tight lipped once again about the recipe, leaving Tasty to keep experimenting with the grain bill to get it right. Tune in and see what Mitch has to say about this version!

In this episode of Can You Brew It, live from the 2012 National Homebrewers Conference in Seattle, WA., the crew welcomes Lagunitas Brewmaster Jeremy Marshal to the show. For this challenge, Tasty tries to homebrew a clone of Lagunitas Hop Stoopid and has Jeremy try it in front of the live audience to decide if the beer is cloned. Tune in and hear Jeremy talk about the beer and find out if Tasty got it right!

In this episode of Can You Brew It Kim Wood is enlisted to homebrew a clone of Ladyface Porter from Ladyface Ale Companie in Agoura Hills California. This craft beer is a brewcaster favorite and even if you can;t try the commercial version, the recipe is awesome. Tune in and see if Kim was able to clone it!

In this episode of Can You Brew It, the crew enlists JP to attempt a clone of Ska Brewing's Mexican Logger. JP is a big fan of this beer and was definitely up for the challenge. Tune in and find out if he was able to hombrew this great craft beer from Colorado.

In this episode of Can You Brew It, Jamil and Tasty attempt to clone Citra Double IPA from Kern River Brewing Company in Kernville, CA. This wonderful craft beer took gold at the Great American Beer Festival in 2011 and has racked up many other awards as one of the best double IPA's on earth. Tune in and find out if Tasty was able to homebrew this hop monster of a beer.

In this episode of Can You Brew It, Jamil and Tasty discuss repeat-ability in your homebrewing. In order to make clones of great craft beer, you need to be able to repeat your own brews. Jamil and Tasty give you their top tips to cloning your own hombrew in order to improve you ability to clone others.

In this episode of Can You Brew It, Tasty and Jamil talk about homebrewing your favorite craft beer without knowing the recipe. It's hard enough to brew these great beers when we have the recipe, but what do the guys do when they don't? Tune in and learn tasting and brewing techniques to help you clone all your favorites.

In this episode of Can You Brew It Jamil and Tasty talk about cloning commercial craft beer by using extract instead of all grain. So many homebrewers, beginning and advanced, like to use extract as their malt bill and that shouldn't keep you from trying to clone your favorite commercial beers. Jamil and Tasty guide you through techniques to do just that on this CYBI!

The Can You Brew It crew enlists listener favorite Kim Wood for another crack at craft beer cloning. This time Kim is challenged to homebrew Belgian style IPA, Raging Bitch, from Flying Dog Brewery. This is a great example of a hybrid style of beer that is difficult to master with hop bitterness fitting in with Belgian yeast flavors, but Flying Dog has done it well. Tune in and see if Kim can do the same.

Homebrewer Mike Mraz is back on Can You Brew It to attempt to homebrew Ommegang's Rare Vos. Rare Vos is a Belgian Amber Ale of sorts that is bold, complex and challenging to brew just right. Like many Belgian styles the yeast choice is important, as is the malt bill on this great craft beer. Tune in and find out if Mraz was able to nail another clone for CYBI.

On this episode of Can You Brew It the crew attempts to homebrew Uinta Dubhe, Imperial Black Ale. To get the job done the crew brings back our complex beer all star, Mike Mraz. Tune in and find out if Mike was able to brew this craft beer right at home.

On this episode of Can You Brew It the team attempts to homberew Los Angeles favorite. Solidarity Black Mild, from Eagle Rock Brewing. Jamil and Tasty enlist Matt Staley (of Taffelbully fame) to brew this one. Tune in and see if Matt was able to make this great craft beer.

This week's Can You Brew It challenge is Uinta Brewing's Wyld Organic Extra Pale Ale. Wyld is a lighter bodied pale ale that is aggressively hopped to showcase fresh hop flavors. It's a delicate beer to get right, but worth it for an easy drinking hop flavor forward pale. Tune in and see if the CYBI crew was able to get it right.

Chris Kennedy from Heretic Brewing Co. joins another reverse Can You Brew It and talks about his pro-am beer with homebrewer Matt Staley. Tune in and find out about Tefelbully and if Chris and Jamil were able to clone it on a professional scale.

Christian Kazakoff from Iron Springs Pub and Brewery joins another reverse Can You Brew It and talks about his pro-am beer with homebrewer Alan Atha from the Sonoma Beerocrats. Tune in and find out about the beer and if Christian was able to clone it on a professional scale.

In another twist for Can You Brew It, Jamil and Tasty bring back Brewing Network co-founder Jon Plise to talk about the history of the show and what Jon has been doing since the original Jamil Show ended. Tune in and find out about our old friend Jon and the Plise winery.

In a twist for Can You Brew It, the crew talks to Brewmaster Roger Davis from Triple Rock about cloning a homebrew recipe on a pro scale. This time Roger worked with homebrewer turned pro, Julian Shrago on his Laurel IPA for Triple Rock. Find out the secrets to up-scaling a homebrew and learn all about Laurel IPA!

In a twist for Can You Brew It, the crew talks to Brewmaster Roger Davis from Triple Rock about cloning a homebrew recipe on a pro scale. Roger worked with homebrewer Nathan Smith on his uber hoppy IPA called The Dankness for Triple Rock and also to enter as a pro-am entry into the Great American Beer Festival. Find out the secrets to up-scaling a homebrew and learn all about The Dankness!

On this episode of Can You Brew It the team reverses the process and talks about professional craft brewers making homebrew recipes in their breweries. Following the growing trend of pro-am beers in America, Tasty McDole and Jamil Zainasheff talk about what it takes to scale a homebrew recipe up to pro size and still clone the original beer.

On this episode of Can You Brew It, the team attempts to homebrew Back in Black from the 21st Amendment Brewery in San Francisco. This rich, robust and hoppy craft beer is a wonderful example of a black IPA and is available fresh in many locations due to the use of cans as 21A's preferred form of packaging. Kim Wood joins the team once again to attempt this clone. Tune in and find out if she is able to brew it!

On this episode of Can You Brew It, Tasty and Jamil take a shot at homebrewing Pizza Port Shark Bite Red. Over the past several years Pizza Port has dominated the Great American Beer Festival, and the California beer scene, proving to be one of the best small craft breweries in America. Tasty accepts the challenge of brewing this beer at home. Tune in and hear Director of Brewing Operations Jeff Bagby talk about this wonderful beer and find out if Tasty McDole was able to brew it!

In this episode of Can You Brew It the crew attempts to homebrew an international favorite from Wychwood Brewing in the UK. Guest brewer Kim Wood is challenged to clone Hobgoblin and joins the show once again to test her brewing skills. Tune in and find out if Kim was able to brew this rich, dark, toffee and chocolaty English ale.

On this episode of Can You Brew It Jamil and Tasty welcome homebrewer Matt Staley to the show to try and clone Rugbrod from The Bruery in Placentia, CA. This craft beer is bold and very tasty and is s true challenge to homebrew. Tune in and see if Matt and the crew are able to brew it!

Jamil and Tasty take you down memory lane in this episode of Can You Brew It, as they polish the gems of info they have learned over the years of doing CYBI. They talk about recipe formulation, yeast selection, and even water chemistry.

In this episode of Can You Brew It, Jamil and Tasty talk about how to select the right yeast for your craft beer clones. They also explain the best methods of culturing yeast from craft beer bottles, and how to use that in your homebrew. Jamil and Tasty review methods of choosing and selecting the right yeast for the right home brewed beer.

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Brew Strong, live from the 2011 National Homebrewers Conference, Mitch Steele from Stone Brewing Co. in San Diego joins tasty and Jamil to officially taste and judge if Tasty's Arrogant Bastard clone attempt is cloned or not. We also let the live audience taste the beers and vote if they think it is cloned or not. Tune in and find out if Tasty got this great craft beer right this time!

Homebrewing beer. In the second part of the Can You Brew It, How to Clone series, Jamil and Tasty discuss the brewing process and techniques when trying to clone commercial beers. Tune in and get all the steps they take to hombrew craft beer right.

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Can You Brew It? the team enlists Chad Moshier to attempt a homebrew clone of craft beer fan favorite, Avery Maharaja. This huge Imperial IPA from Avery Brewing Company in Colorado is bold, hoppy, malty and seriously high octane. It's a great beer and a challenging brew. Tune in and see if Chad was able to make it!

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Can You Brew It, Jamil and Tasty take a step back and describe how recipes are derived, adjusted, calculated and executed when attempting to homebrew craft beer. They discuss how even when a brewer gives a recipe, adjustments must be made to brew at home, and why. Tune in and hear how the team goes through a beer, from tasting to recipe, and figures out how to brew it at home.

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Can You Brew It, the crew attempts to clone Boont Amber from Anderson Valley Brewing Company. This bay area staple craft beer has helped define the amber category and has recently been updated by new Brewmaster, Fal Allen. Listen in to Fal describe the beer and find out if the crew was able to clone this in a homebrew.

Homebrewing beer. After a failed clone attempt the first time around, new Brewcaster Nathan Smith tries once more to brew Shakespeare Stout from Rogue. This wonderful craft beer stout is a challenge for any brewer to clone, but getting it right is a sweet reward. Listen and see what changes were made to the recipe and to hear if Nathan got his himebrew right this time around.

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Can You Brew It? the team attempts to brew Meantime IPA from London England. And by the team, we mean Justin. And by Justin we mean, great...can't wait to hear what he screwed up this time. Tune in and find out if Justin was able to break the cycle and brew this English IPA with a rich traditional background and great British appeal.

Homebrewing beer. In her first appearance on Can You Brew It, Brewing Network favorite Kim Wood joins the ranks to try and clone Meantime London Porter. This beer is based on a recipe from the 1750's and is a true historical London Porter that is heavy on the toffee, roasty coffee notes and chocolate, and provides a nice challenge for our first time cloner, Kim Wood. Tune in and see if she was able to homebrew this great English craft beer.

Homebrewing beer. The Can You Brew It? crew attempts to homebrew the very popular Celebration Ale from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company. Craft beer legend Steve Dresler, brewmaster at Sierra, tells us how to make the beer, but is that enough? Tune in and see if Tasty was able to craft this Brewcaster favorite.

Homebrewing beer. Back with another from one of our west coast favorites, the CYBI crew attempts to brew Lagunitas Maximus. This is not a beer to be taken lightly with its bold flavor, huge hops and malt, and incredible finish. You will want this on your kegerator while the winter chill is still with us. Tune in and find out if the crew was able to clone it!

Homebrewing beer. The Can You Brew It team enlists Doc to attempt to homebrew this huge Russian Imperial Stout brimming with coffee and chocolate malt flavors. 8 Wired, a New Zealand Craft beer company, is responsible for this great winter warmer and does a great job crafting a rich and complex RIS. Tune in and see of Doc was able to clone this great brew.

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Can You Brew It? Tasty is challenged to clone Little Sumpin Sumpin Ale from Lagunitas Brewing Company. This wheaty ale is hopped with several different hops to make a dry, hoppy summer style ale that is rich and complex, yet easy drinking and silky smooth. Listen in and see if Tasty was able to re-create this wonderful craft beer on his homebrew system.

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Can You Brew It team attempts to homebrew a clone of Terrapin Wake N' Bake Coffee Oatmeal Imperial Stout. JP takes on the challenge of this popular, big, roasty and coffee filled stout. Tune in and hear Brewmaster Brian "Spike" Buckowski talk about his complex recipe and brew process and see if JP was able to clone this wonderful craft beer.

Homebrewing beer. The Can You Brew It crew tries once again to brew Stone Arrogant Bastard. This complex and illusive brew seems to come so close, yet so far every time, and the bar is set high. Listen in and find out if Tasty was able to homebrew this popular craft beer this time around..

Homebrewing beer. After their first failed attempts, the Can You Brew It crew tries again to brew Fuller's London Pride and ESB. These two wonderful English beers are subtle in flavor, yet unique and specific in their brewing process and ingredients. Justin delivers fresh beer directly from the brewery after his trip to England to compare with the new clones. Tune in and see if Chad was able to get it right this time around.

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Can You Brew It, the team attempts to clone Cardinal Pale Ale from Nebraska Brewing Company. Jamil found this beer on his travels across the country and fell in love with it. He then brought the beer to Tasty and challenged him to homebrew this wonderful craft beer. Tune in and find out if Tasty cloned it!

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Can You Brew It the crew attempts to homebrew Fullers 1845. This 150 year commemorative ale is the epitome of English cask conditioned ale, with complex floral, spicy and nutty notes that make it one of the very best English exports we have found. Tune in and see if Nathan Smith was able to complete the challenge of brewing this wonderful beer.

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Can You Brew It we bring you back to Australia to visit with head brewer Ian Morgan from Holgate Brewery in Victoria, Australia. After Jamil's travels there earlier this year, he decided the beer was so good that he wanted to try and have it cloned for CYBI. Tune in and hear our friend Peter Symons interview Ian and see if the crew is able to homebrew this Australian craft beer.

Homebrewing beer. The Can You Brew It crew attempts to brew their first craft beer from New Zealand. After travelling in Australia and New Zealand, Jamil returns with a fond memory of the best pale ale he had on his journey, and a fine example of the style in general. Tune in and see if the crew was able to recreate this wonderful pale ale

Homebrewing beer. The Can You Brew It crew attempts to brew their first craft beer from New Zealand. After travelling in Australia and New Zealand, Jamil returns with a fond memory of the best pale ale he had on his journey, and a fine example of the style in general. Tune in and see if the crew was able to recreate this wonderful pale ale

Homebrewing beer. This episode of Can You Brew It was recorded live at the 2010 National Homebrewers Conference in St. Paul Minnesota. Tasty and Jamil discuss things they have learned over the past year of clone brewing attempts that have helped them brew better beer and make more accurate clones. They also take questions from conference attendees on all things brewing.

Homebrewing beer. After one failed clone attempt, the Can You Brew It crew gives their clone of Firestone Walker's Double Barrel Ale another shot. This complex craft beer is difficult to nail down exactly due to it's delicate barrel flavor and aging process, but Tasty never shy's away from a challenge. Tune in and find out if the homebrew came out right the second time!

Homebrewing beer. Continuing the Firestone Walker series of brews, Can You Brew It attempts to homebrew Union Jack IPA in this episode. Our hop king, Tasty, is chosen as the brewer for this clone of one of our favorite west coast IPA's. This craft beer has won Gold at GABF two years in a row, and it is well deserved. Tune in and see of the crew was able to clone this beer. For the original interview with brewmaster Matt Brynildson about Union Jack, listen to the 6-7-10 episode.

Homebrewing beer. In this episode of Can You Brew It the team attempts to brew Firestone Walker's Pale 31. This west coast Pale Ale is a great example of the beer style and a favorite of all the Brewcasters. The team recruits Shat The Producer to homebrew this craft beer. Tune in and see if he is able to clone it. For the original interview with brewmaster Matt Brynildson, tune in to the 6-7-10 episode of CYBI.

Homebrewing beer. In this second episode of our Firestone series, the Can You Brew It crew attempts to clone Walkers Reserve from Firestone Walker. This is one of the best, and most complex stouts brewed on the west coast, and a favorite of The Brewing Network. CYBI enlists Jason "JP" Petros on this one. Tune in and find out if he cloned it.