Hop & Brew School Podcast

Denny Conn, author of Expiremental Brewing and Simple Brewing, and John Palmer, author of How To Brew, join us on this episode of the Hop & Brew School® Podcast to discuss their favorite legacy hops. These are those wonderful hops we still use today in so many craft beers and homebrews, that are less talked about but never forgotten. We are also joined by homebrewer extraordinaire, Nathan Smith, as the entire crew discuss Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, and a few surprised too. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Hop & Brew School® Podcast we are joined by Chief Supply Chain Officer, Co-Founder, and Grower-Owner, Steve Carpenter, as well as one of the founding members of Hopunion LLC and former Director of Craft Sales, Ralph Woodall. They take us on a trip down memory lane to discover how Yakima Chief Hops came to be. Both have been in the industry for decades (generations for Steve) and have a unique perspective on how the hop industry became what we know it to be today. Tune in and learn from two of the legends in the hop industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Hop & Brew School® Podcast, live from HomebrewCon 2019, Corporate Alex joins Justin and Nick to discuss some exciting new ways to explore hops at Yakima Chief. With the recent launch of their all new online store and accompanying smart phone app, Alex explains how searching, researching and ordering hops is easier than ever! We also learn about organic hops at Yakima Chief and the intricate processing required to ensure organic purity. Nick tells us about what hops are available as organic and how you can get them in your craft beer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Hop & Brew School® Podcast, Justin Crossley and Nick Zeigler take the show on the road to HomebrewCon in Providence, RI. They are joined by Yakima Chief Hops Chief Executive Officer, Mike Goettl, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Steve Carpenter, and Grower-Owner, Rick Sauve, of Sauve & Son Farms Inc. The guys discuss the very exciting Fresh Hops Program at YCH and the challenges they endure to make sure that only the freshest, just off the vine, hops get into the hands of craft brewers. It's an impressive feat, to say the least. They also discuss what it's like to be a hop farmer producing some of the worlds finest, and most popular hops. Rick even reveals some of the good-natured competition among Yakima Chief's hop farmers to produce the absolute best hops possible. We round out the conversation with a good dose of baseball talk, as Steve and Mike are also hosts of the popular Beer, Baseball & Bines podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Hop & Brew School® Podcast, Nick Zeigler walks us through the process of hop contracting. For years now, the need for brewers to better plan for their craft beer creations to come to life, has included contracting hops well in advance. This not only ensures brewers have what they need on-hand to brew, but also allows farmers and wholesalers to plan through the entire supply chain. With the knowledge he has gained as both a commercial brewer and now at Yakima Chief Hops, Nick describes each step of the process for us and offers a step by step guide to getting the most out of your hop contracts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special episode of the Hop And Brew School® Podcast, Vinnie Cilurzo from Russian River Brewing, Jay Goodwin from The Rare Barrel and Charlie Johnson from the Ronin Fermentation Project join us to talk about hops and sour beer! The three great brewing minds mix it up with hosts Nick Zeigler and Justin Crossley and cover the gamut of hop usage in sour and spontaneous fermentation craft beer. They even dive into some some experimental topics, such as whether or not hop creep is enough to bottle condition beer without adding priming sugar. Tune in and learn from the best in this star studded episode of Hop And Brew School! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Hop and Brew School® Podcast, Nick Zeigler and Justin Crossley discuss how water chemistry affects hop utilization, bitterness and aroma with our good friend John Palmer, author of How To Brew and Water: A Comprehensive Guide For Brewers. We dive into how pH affects flavor expression on the palette as well as how sulfates and chlorides hale express different flavors in beer. We also cover many of the factors that affect bitterness, including isohumulones, humulinones, hulupones and hop polyphenols. John helps us put it altogether with a discussion on how time and temperature play a heavy role in getting the characters we are looking for in our beers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s episode is on understanding how the various fractions of flavor-active components in hops work together and how you can use different varieties and brands to achieve desired results. Looking at the newest research and what we know about these compounds in a beer matrix, we extrapolate some winning combinations, teach you how to think about and create your own combinations, and dive deep into the science behind the synergistic properties of hops. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hop And Brew School Podcast is back, and this time with some good ol' fashioned science! Join us as Yakima Chief Hops Technical Manager, Pat Jensen, as well as Technical Brewer at Yakima Chief Hops, Tommy Yankon, walk us through the basic chemistry behind hops and hop compounds. Learn about how different compounds isomerize in your wort and beer, as well as how different concentrations of those compounds can affect your finished product. The team walks us through the basic chemistry underlying hop use and gives us a foundation of the science behind hop use in beer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Hop And Brew School Podcast, Nick Zeigler walks us through the different types of hop formats that are available to brewers. There are many different formats and each hold their place in the brewing process, depending on what you are looking to get out of them.We cover Fresh Hops, Whole Leaf Hops, T-90 Hop Pellets, Cryo Hops®, American Noble Hops™, CO2 Hop Extract, Advanced Products and hop blends. You'll learn about how your intended use can determine which format you choose, as well as about determining the quality of each product. Yakima Chief Hops is a global leader in every type of format available, and Nick gets right to the heart of each one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the inaugural episode of Hop And Brew School ®, we introduce you to our hosts and walk you through some of the basics of what hops are and how they are used. You'll meet Nick Zeigler, Technical Solutions Director at Yakima Chief Hops, Alex Rumbolz, Communications and Outreach Manager at Yakima Chief Hops, and Justin Crossley, Founder and President of The Brewing Network. We then take you through exactly what hops are, including a brief modern history of the plant and its impact on society. Diving even deeper, we discuss plant structure, terroir, agronomy, and even how genetics are related to environment. In addition, we walk you through a brief discussion of how Yakima Chief processes hops. Tune in and get started down an epic journey of discovery about everyone's favorite beer ingredient...hops! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices