The Brewing Network
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[edit] Overview
The Brewing Network is a group of terrestrial radio and online live "radio" shows focusing on homebrewing and general beer interest. Known for their serious beer and brewing information they are also known for their sophomoric and "frat house" humor.
The Brewing Network (TheBN) also strives to obtain guest appearances from well known (and some would say respected) figures in both the homebrewing and Craft Brewing world. In each appearance, guests are subjected to The BN's style of humor, discussion as well as divulging their knowledge to brewers about technique, equipment and well as for non-beer realated brewing, such as Mead and Wine.
During the live format "The Sunday Session", live questions are submitted by either phone, live chat or email are fielded by the guests and the hosts. Sometimes answers also come from other listeners. But in the end, helpful information is gleaned from the several hour long show, as well as plenty of laughs. As always, the motto is to "Relax, Don't Worry, Have A Homebrew" Charlie Papazian.
Beyond the "Brewcast" (hosted by the BrewCasters), the Brewing Network also presents "The Jamil Show" and "Lunch Meet." All of which provide resources for brewers on styles of beers, techniques and of course beer in general.
[edit] History
The Brewing Network aired its first show June 5, 2005 via a live streaming broadcast on the internet. It featured Justin Crossley and Jon Plise. On January 16, 2006 "The Jamil Show" premiered featuring Jamil Zainasheff and Jon Plise. On February 3, 2006 "Lunch Meet" with Justin Crossley and Jason "JP" Petros. On May 21, 2006 The "Free FM Brewcast", on 106.9 Free FM in San Francisco as well as a live stream. The 106.9 show was the first "terrestrial" over the air broadcast for The Brewing Network. The first show was co-hosted by Justin and Shaun O'Sullivan from 21st Amendment Brewing, "Doc" also made an appearance.
[edit] Cast
Justin Crossley - Co-Founder, Host, Board operator
Jon Plise - Co-Founder, Host
Dr. Scott "Doc" Lothamer - Resident Homebrewing Expert
Daniela Perl - Chat Moderator, co-host, Call Screener (2005-2007)
Jamil Zainasheff - Host, style expert (Jamil Show)
Jason "JP" Petros - Co-Host (Lunch Meet)
Shaun O'Sullivan - Co-Host (FreeFM show), Co-founder and Head Brewer at the 21st Amendment Brewing Company
[edit] Characters
Oz Brewer - "Oz"
Bub - Loud-mouth
Krotchrott - Florida-dweller with a macabre sense of humor
Push Eject - Left half of the emerging gangsta-rap duo
Sven - Right half of the emerging gangsta-rap duo
MedTech - drunk of the year
[edit] Current Lineup
The Brewing Network currently broadcasts three live shows via the internet streaming audio and one terrestrial radio show per week. During non live shows old shows are re-broadcast on the internet stream. The shows in rotation currently (as of December 13, 2006) are listed below.
- The Session (formerly untitled but colloquially called the Sunday 5 O'Clock Brewcast) - Live show airs at 5pm Pacific time most Sundays
- Lunch Meet - Live show airs at noon Pacific most Fridays
- The Jamil Show™ - Also known as the "style show" airs every other Monday
- 106.9 FreeFM Brewcast - Airs every Saturday 1 hour before the A's Game on San Francisco, California's 106.9 FreeFM
- The Butchers - Listener produced Lunch Meet substitute which first aired on 9/22/06
[edit] 2005 Brewcast Shows
| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 06/12 | Lagunitas | First show ever. At this time "Doc" was technically a guest, not a co-host. |
| 06/19 | EJ Phair | Morgan from EJ Phair discussed mashing and mash temperatures. |
| 06/26 | First Hop Show | Hop discussion and lecture from Vinnie Cilurzo of Russian River Brewing Company. |
| 07/03 | Jamil Zainasheff 1 | First Sunday show featuring Jamil. Also the first beer jeopardy! |
| 07/17 | Wort Chilling | |
| 07/24 | Carbonation | Carbonation and. also a lecture from Phil Markowski about Farmhouse ales |
| 07/31 | First Hangover Show | Arnie from Marin Brewing. |
| 08/07 | Colin Kaminski | Colin Kaminski from Downtown Joe's discusses gravity readings and refractometers. Also including guest Chris Graham from Beer, Beer and More Beer. |
| 08/14 | Vinnie Cilurzo 1 | Vinnie from Russian River Brewing Company discusses Belgians and a bit of hop info. |
| 08/21 | Drunk Show 1 | Drunk show with officer X and Matt from Firestone Walker Brewing. |
| 08/28 | Chris Kazakoff | Christian from Tripple Rock discusses details on planning and running a brewpub. |
| 09/04 | Jamil Zainasheff 2 | Jamil's 2nd appearance on the Sunday show to discuss yeast starters. |
| 09/18 | Shaun O'Sullivan | Shaun from the 21st Amendment Brewing Company talks about opening a brewpub and his Watermellon Wheat beer. |
| 09/25 | Lager Show | Brewcaster Jon and Doc discuss lagering. |
| 10/02 | Octoberfest 1 | Morgan from E.J. Faire returns, the crew sings German drinking songs, and Daniela dons a dirndl! |
| 10/09 | Organic Brewing | Peter Hoey from Bison Brewing discusses brewing organic beers. |
| 10/16 | Commercial Extract Brewing | Brewer from Pacific Coast Brewing discusses comercial extract brewing. |
| 10/23 | Mini Mash | JP's first appearance and a discussion of mini-mashing. |
| 10/30 | Anti-Style | Brian Hunt from Moonlight Brewing mixes it up preaching the demise of "brewing to style". |
| 11/06 | Dan Gordon 1 | Dan Gordon from Gordon Biersch discusses all things related to Pure German style beer. |
| 11/13 | Pyramid | John Donehower of Pyramid discusses wheat malt as a base malt. |
| 11/20 | Jamil Zainasheff 3 | Jamil shows up again and distributes much brewing knowledge. |
| 12/04 | Eric Watson, Titletown | Eric Watson from Titletown Brewery phones in a great interview and discusses mash techniques and temps. |
| 12/11 | Charlie Papazian | Charlie talks about all things beer |
| 12/18 | Gadget Show | Gadget projects from Doc... and Crazy Jack |
[edit] 2006 Brewcast Shows
| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 01/15 | Vinnie Cilurzo 2 | Vinnie Cilurzo from Russian River Brewing. Discussing growing your own hops, hop placement in beer. |
| 01/22 | Chris White | Chris White from White Labs Yeast. Covers information from Propagation to re-pitching yeast. |
| 01/29 | Gary Glass | Gary Glass, Director of the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) joins the show to discuss the AHA, and the National Homebrew Competition. |
| 02/05 | Super Bowl Sunday | Give away show, rapping and Beer Jeapordy. |
| 02/12 | Jim Rossi | Jim Rossi talks about the switch from Extract to All Grain Brewing and his winning brewing processes. |
| 02/19 | Dave Mclean | Dave Mclean from Magnolia Pub and Brewery discuess Cask Conditioning. |
| 02/26 | "The Geno" | "The Geno" of El Toro Brewing Company discusses skunky bottled beer and starting a brewery. |
| 03/05 | Chris Graham 1 | Chris Graham of Beer Beer & More Beer co-hosts to discuss high gravity beers. |
| 03/12 | Brewcasters | Every kind of question under the sun is discussed, from Whirlpooling to Decoction. |
| 03/19 | Charlie Talley | Charlie Talley, co-founder of Five Star Chemical Company discusses the do's and don’t's of their chemicals. |
| 03/26 | Ralph Olson | Ralph Olson of Hopunion discusses commercial hop production as well as how to grow hops at home. |
| 04/02 | Peter Zein | Peter Zein of Alesmith Brewing Company discusses what it takes to start and own a craft brewery. |
| 04/09 | Professional Brewers | The guys from 21st Amendment, Drake's and Jamil gather for The Brewing Network Round Table. |
| 04/16 | Colin Kaminski | Water Chemistry Part II, discussion of PH and how to manipulate it for brewing. |
| 04/23 | Frank Commanday | Frank Commanday from Brewers Supply Group discusses grains from A to Z on the show. |
| 04/30 | Clarification Show | Finings and Filtration are the topic of the day, as well as the announcement of The BN Anniversary. |
| 05/14 | Ray Daniels | The Ray Daniels interview on how to design great beers, The BN Anniversary and announement of the new show on 106.9FREE FM. |
| 05/21 | The Cider Show! | Discussion of all things Cider. |
| 06/04 | Anniversary Show | Anniversary Show broadcast from the 21st Amendment Brewing to celebrate the first year of Brewcasting. |
| 06/11 | Dan Gordon 2 | Dan Gordon of Gordon Biersch Brewing Company joins the show for tastings, lagers, decoctions and stump the brewer. |
| 06/18 | Kevin Pratt | BJCP National Judge, Kevin Pratt joins to discuss BJCP history, certification and judging. |
| 06/23 | National Homebrew Conference Part 1 | First of two live broadcasts from the National Homebrewers Conference in Orlando, Florida. |
| 06/24 | National Homebrew Conference Part 2 | Second of the two live broadcasts from the National Homebrewers Conference in Orlando, Florida. |
| 07/09 | Dave Logsdon | Dave Logsdon of Wyeast Yeast Company discusses yeast, Wyeast products as well as warm vs. cold pitching. |
| 07/16 | Frugal Brewing Show | Frugal Brewing Show - Chris Graham and Jamil teach us how to start, advance and keep brewing on a shoestring budget. |
| 07/23 | Honesty & All Grain Show | Honesty & All Grain Show - The truth about All Grain brewing…honest! |
| 07/30 | Beer & BBQ | Jeremy Sowers of the Emergency BBQ Company teaches his secrets for grilling and marinating everything with Beer. |
| 08/06 | Vic Kralj | The How to Open and Run a Microbrew Pub Show with Vic Kralj from The Bistro. Push Eject in studio to unveil "5 O'Clock". |
| 08/13 | Denny Conn | The Pragmatic Brewer show with Denny Conn. Denny discusses Batch Sparging techniques as well as brewing on the cheap. |
| 08/20 | Yeast Show | Brothers Chris and Mike White join the show to discuss all things yeast. |
| 08/27 | Colin Kaminski | Colin Kaminski from Downtown Joe's joins the show to discuss preparing for, tasting and evaluating beers. |
| 09/10 | Not the Mead Show | Mead Show that never was, instead hilarity ensued. |
| 09/17 | Aeration Techniques | Another Cancelled guest turns into a discussion with Dr. Scott about aeration techniqes and general fermentation. |
| 09/24 | Queen of Beers Show | Beth Zangari discusses women in brewing as well as BJCP tips and advice. |
| 10/08 | Hungover Brewcaster | No-show guest and a hungover Brewcaster. |
| 10/15 | Doctoberfest! | Celebration of Dr. Scott's birthday and official announcement of TheBN's Conical Christmas Giveaway. Sven (of Push Eject and Sven fame) in the studio. |
| 10/22 | Decoction Mash Show | John Palmer joins the show to discuss the nuts and bolts of decoction mashing. |
| 10/29 | 1st Mead Show | Mike Faul from Rabbit's Foot Meadery, Vicky Rowe of Gotmead.com and Julia Herz of Honeywine.com discuss all aspects of mead making. |
| 11/05 | Stone Brewing Show | Mitch Steele, Head Brewer at Stone Brewing Company discusses Stone brews. |
| 11/12 | 2nd Food and Beer Show | Homebrew Chef Sean Paxton joins the show to discuss an incredible holiday menu and tons of great cooking with beer tips. |
| 11/19 | Holiday Brews | Chris Graham of Beer Beer & More Beer discusses Holiday Brews. |
| 12/03 | The Listener Talent Show | Show geared towards fun, conical giveaway registrants and plenty of laughs. |
| 12/10 | Sour Beer Show | Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own Magazine discusses how to brew sour beer at home. Also live performance from Cold Hot Crash. |
| 12/17 | Conical Christmas Giveaway Show | TheBN selects its winners for the two Stainless Steel Conicals donated by Beer, Beer & More Beer and HCA Industries. |
[edit] 2007 Brewcast Shows
| Date | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 01/07 | Jim Koch | Our first show of the year turned out to be so much fun that we just couldn't stop. And for the first time, it was so long we had to cut the archive in two! Part one includes comparison's of hand delivered German imports by Daniela with off the shelf imports to test what off flavors occur with travel and time. Part 2 includes a great interview with Jim Koch and several listener tastings and evaluations. |
| 01/14 | Hell Freezes Over - Sugar Chemistry | Justin gives us a lesson in brewing chemistry...I know...yikes! But taken from the writings of brewing experts such as John Palmer and Ray Daniels, Justin summarizes fermentable and non-fermentable sugars to help us decide on how to boost our gravity and/or impart flavors to our beer. |
| 01/21 | Chris Graham 2 | Chris Graham from B3 joins The Brewcasters to discuss equipment upgrades and ways to spend your homebrew budget wiseley. It's another long one to keep you going through the week and help you build your dream system. |
| 02/12 | Downtown Joe's | The gang meets at Downtown Joe's to discuss the major events of the day. During this
spellbinding dicussion, the topics of Bud TV, G@@gl3 Ads, condemnation of the French, men in bikinis, harsh words for the Germans, poor Japanese impersonations, Beer Jeopardy!, Biggety Doppelbock, Clang!, Drunken/erroneous Wiki entries, and Justin's "lost" night of experimentaion are all explored and properly catalogued for future reference. |
| 02/28 | Downtown Joe's | The great Lost Show. |
| 03/04 | (submit information, please) |
[edit] 2006 Jamil Shows
| Date | Style of Beer |
|---|---|
| 01/16 | Russian Imperial Stout |
| 01/30 | Ordinary Bitter |
| 02/13 | Maibock |
| 02/27 | Dry Stout |
| 03/13 | Witbier |
| 03/27 | Oktoberfest |
| 04/10 | American Pale Ale |
| 04/24 | Fruit Beer |
| 05/08 | Robust Porter |
| 05/22 | Classic American Pilsner |
| 06/05 | Bavarian Weizen |
| 06/19 | Kolsch and Dusseldorf Altbier |
| 07/17 | American Brown Ale |
| 07/31 | California Common |
| 08/14 | Mild |
| 08/28 | Belgian Pale Ale |
| 09/11 | Imperial IPA |
| 09/25 | Munich Helles |
| 10/09 | Scottish Ales |
| 10/23 | Spice Beers |
| 11/06 | Standard Cider |
| 11/20 | Schwarzbier |
| 12/04 | Other Smoked Beers |
[edit] 2006 Lunch Meet Shows
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 02/03 | The first Friday Show with JP and Justin. |
| 02/10 | They got a guy to smoke hops on the air. |
| 02/17 | A fun Friday with advice from Jamil. |
| 02/24 | The debut of the very first Lunch Meet LIMPics. |
| 03/03 | The one month anniversary show. |
| 03/10 | No-Pants Friday show! The you dish it out, so take a little back show. |
| 03/17 | St. Patty’s day tribute! |
| 03/24 | More Lunch Meet |
| 03/31 | More and more Lunch Meet! |
| 04/07 | Celebration of the repealing of Prohibition and listeners drinking yeast for prizes. |
| 04/28 | Return of Lunch Meet to The Brewing Network. JP wraps up his trip to the World Cup of Beer. |
| 05/05 | JP and Justin celebrate Cinco de Mayo. |
| 05/19 | Lunch Meet at its best. Morgan gives tips on how to fix a malt bomb and JP isn’t stumped. |
| 05/26 | Uhh…it’s Lunch Meet! |
| 06/02 | Lunch Meet with Oz! |
| 06/09 | Yet another Lunch Meet with Oz…California brings it weak! |
| 06/16 | More meat for your lunch pleasure… |
| 06/30 | Tons of abnormal news and some sever ranting. |
| 07/07 | Good Noon, with Morgan from EJ Phair. |
| 07/14 | Part 1 of the lost episodes series. |
| 07/21 | Part 2 of the lost episodes series. |
| 08/04 | Part 3 of the lost episodes series…exciting isn’t it? |
| 08/11 | The not lost episode. Good Noon. |
| 08/18 | Good Noon, Lunch Meet for everyone… |
| 09/01 | This one rocks! That is all! |
| 09/08 | Moldy and way out of date Lunch meet. |
| 09/22 | Lunch Meet Substitute- “The Butchers”. Lunch Meet loyalists Push & Sven get fed up with a lack of Lunch Meet and take matters into their own hands! This is the Butchers! |
| 10/06 | News on the Hop Fire. |
| 10/13 | Plight of the poor man. |
| 10/20 | A lot more Lunch that Meat. |
| 11/03 | A lot of talk about human waste… |
| 11/10 | The Final Word on the Final Word. |
| 11/17 | Rich Norgrove Sr. of Bear Republic Brewing Company checks in to fill us in about a water crisis in Healdsburg. |
| 12/08 | Lunch Meet…more meat, less lunch. Congratulations to Chris Graham at B3. |
| 12/15 | JP and Justin rule the airwaves with another edition of Lunch meet. Also announce the last podcast registrant! |
[edit] Butchers Shows
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 09/22 | The first Butchers show with Push Eject and Sven. Outraged by missed Lunch Meet shows, loyalists take matters into their own hands. |
| 12/22 | A Very Butchered Christmas - Infectious holiday infections for your enjoyment. |
