Do You REALLY Need Rice Hulls? | SRM, Growler Fills, & Draft Sparkling Water | Episode 479

About this episode

In this episode, Joshua Steubing and guest Lorena Evans discuss the necessity of rice hulls in brewing, along with other brewing topics.

Better late than never, amirite? Apologies for the delay in publishing this but I’m thrilled to have my favorite homebrewer on the planet, Ms Lorena Evans, back on the show (via last minute request ) to help take your questions and, mostly, to participate in a variety of shenanigans with me. I always have the best time when she’s around! Thank you so much for tuning into the Homebrew Happy Hour podcast! … THE home brew # podcast where we answer all of your home brewing questions and discuss anything related to craft beer! A NOT SO SUBTLE REMINDER: If you appreciate the things we do here at Homebrew Happy Hour, consider joining our Trub Club! —  https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=21132635 On Today’s Show: Do You REALLY Need Rice Hulls? | SRM, Growler Fills, & Draft Sparkling Water Links for this episode: CellarScience Instant Water: https://morebeer.com/collections/cellarscience%C2%AE-instant-water%E2%84%A2?a_aid=HomebrewHappyHour CellarScience Premium Dry Yeast: https://morebeer.com/collections/cellarscience/index?a_aid=HomebrewHappyHour FLOTit 2.0: https://amzn.to/3NhMRnC We want to hear from you! If you have a question that you’d like us…

People in this episode

Host: Joshua Steubing

Guest: Lorena Evans

Topics covered

• homebrewing
• craft beer
• rice hulls
• SRM
• growler fills
• draft sparkling water

Keywords

• homebrew
• craft beer
• rice hulls
• SRM
• growler fills
• draft sparkling water
• CellarScience
• Hops Direct

Sponsors

Hops Direct

Mentioned in this episode

Products: CellarScience Instant Water, CellarScience Premium Dry Yeast, FLOTit 2.0

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