Strike Mash Boil

It is just a few short weeks before one of our favorite Beer Festivals of the year kicks off. The New England Real Ale Exhibition, or NERAX, is a celebration of Real Ale or Cask Ale. With 110+ casks and half of those sourced directly from the UK, this is the largest Cask Ale festival in the USA. We sit down with Mark and Gary from NERAX to ask a few questions and talk about Cask Ale. Cheers!For information and tickets : https://www.nerax.org/

It's been a minute since we've recorded, so we decided to come back in style by blind tasting Nitro Dry Irish Stouts. We've got 8 to go through : Guinness, Sullivans, O'Hara's, Murphy's, Forged, Guinness Zero, Zero Gravity and Lawson's. Does Guinness hold the top spot? Or do the American craft brewers make a better beer than the Irish? And, which of these bunch do you try to emulate if you want to submit your home brew to a competition? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/strikemashboil/message

1 Year Ago : Switzer, the Doc, Marco and Phil got together to make some predictions about craft beer in 2022. Now that it's 2023 we get back together to chat about each of our predictions and look at some industry data to see who was right and who was wrong and maybe who was kinda also right but also kinda wrong... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

We brought together 18 Non-Alcoholic craft beers and 1 hop tea to see which is worthy of your time and money. Switzer, the Doc, Marco and Phil score each one and then we tell you what to stay away from, what to maybe give a try and what to definitely buy - if you choose to have a Non-Alcoholic beer. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

MVHBC heads into the big city for a Friday Brew Day at Dorchester Brewing Company. Head Brewer Andy Johnson and Brewer Mandi Paine join us to discuss their careers in brewing and the beer we brewed. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

We set up the mobile recording rig in the middle of our pouring tent at the New England Homebrewers Jamboree to bring you all the action. Scott from the Knights of the Mashing Forks sits with us to talk about his homebrew club and his first experience at Jamboree. The Doc jumps in to go through some of the unique and imaginative offerings from the 16 homebrew clubs and 150+ beverages on draft/cask. Lastly, 7 hours after first recording we jump back on the microphone with Doug, Mr Lactose, Switzer and the Doc to celebrate some pretty awesome awards we received. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

We revisit a topic that Triggered Marco in Season 1... Cold IPA. This time, Switzer is here with the background and a homebrewed version. Maybe we can get on board with this style? Maybe not? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

We comment on the news from Night Shift Brewing about CO2 Shortages and Production Changes. The Doc judges another Irish Red. And, Switzer is back to deep dive another classic lager style - the Vienna Lager. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

When our Club Meetings end, it kind of turns to a free-for-all of commercial beer. New and interesting things, whales from the other side of the country, some old beer collecting dust in the cellar that still tastes amazing... you get the idea. We thought we'd bring a little bit of that part of our meeting to the show. Marco, the Doc and Phil each brought 3 beers and kept them a secret from the others. We dig in and taste them, chat about what makes the beer and that brewery special and generally have a good time. Enjoy! Cheers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

We get together for a roundtable discussion of the latest beer and brewing headlines --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

One of our favorite shows to record is back with its third installment. A series all about the lesser brewed but equally amazing beer styles. We dig into the history and discuss recipe formation. Then, we'll drink some home brewed examples and a few commercial examples - and tell you who did it well and who didn't. This week it's all about Belgian Wit! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

Marco and Phil sit down to discuss this year's Big Brew Day and the club's unique plans. The Doc judges an Imperial Stout with 40 (!) ingredients. Lastly we talk through some common issues in home brewing and how to troubleshoot them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

We kick off the show discussing our favorite Ready to Drink Canned Cocktails, because it can't be beer all the time, can it?(See what I did there?) Then we judge a Mixed Fermentation Ale with the Doc. Lastly, club member Sean Dooley joins us to talk about his cider making process and how he makes multiple variants to perfection. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

Mr Lactose, Karl and Phil walk Marco through their path from stove top brewing to Electric and how they built out their own DIY systems. The Doc joins the show to judge a classic and favorite style of the show, Oatmeal Stout. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

Tim, Switzer, Marco and Phil walk through many of the base malt options out there and talk through some tips and tricks for picking the right one to maximize flavor for your brew. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

Marco and Phil are back in the secret lair of Amongst the Whiskey. From the famed Whiskey Study and with their Host, Nick, they have an epic tasting of barrel aged beers. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

Marco and Phil travelled to a double secret location in central MA to visit the famous Whiskey Study at Amongst the Whiskey. They sip on a few drams and chat with founder Nick Anderson about his collection, how he got started and the best way to jump into the intimidating world of Bourbons, Ryes, Irish, Scotch, Japanese... everything Whiskey. Instagram @amongstthewhiskey https://www.amongstthewhiskey.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

Switzer and the Doc are Back! First up, we make some predictions for 2022's Trends in Beer. Then the Doc judges an English Barleywine. Lastly, we dive into the basics of Low Dissolved Oxygen (LODO) Brewing and how with a few simple changes to your process you can gain some benefits from LODO Brewing. For more info on LODO and the how/why - check out who we are always referencing : https://www.themodernbrewhouse.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

Mr Lactose and Tim are in the Virtual Studio for this week's show. Up first, we've got a conversation about how to get the best results when using Coffee in Beer. Then the Doc Judges an Irish Red. Lastly, we get into the basics around Hop Extracts and the various options. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

We bring back Aron and TJ to talk our Favorite things in Beer & Brewing in 2021. And, we've got the Doc judging a Czech Amber Lager. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

We bring in TJ and Aron to help us with a few Rants about Beer & Brewing in 2021. Don't worry though, we give our counter Rave's next week! . Did you know you can leave us a voice message and tell us how you really feel.... anchor.fm/strike-mash-boil ... don't let Marco have all the fun, leave us a message! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

Our crew kicks things off with a Round Table discussion of the Pros & Cons of Multiple Location Tap Rooms The Doc judges a Festbier And, we premiere our new series of segments called "A Long Cold Switzer", all about lager. This week we focus on Helles. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

Michael Oxton of Night Shift Brewing joins the crew to talk about their home brewing beginnings. And, we'll walk through how we cloned a classic OG Night Shift beer - Bee Tea. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

Strike Mash Boil is BACK! We kick Season 2 off with the crew asking Santa for some Homebrew Gifts. Then the Doc judges a Milkshake Fruited Sour. Finally, Mike and Shawn join us to run through our brew day best practices. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/strikemashboil/message

It's time for the MVHBC Homebrew Competition. Hear all of the details and a throwback to making the most of your competition entries. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joe and Phil take a break from a brew day to quickly talk through how they developed a clone recipe for Night Shift Brewing's Bee Tea and give you some tips on how to clone your favorite beer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Marco & Phil get together to talk about how things went in Season 1, what worked and didn't work, which beer scored the highest in Judging and what's next in Season 2. AND - We have a SMB version of Mean Tweets! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Matt and Erika, hosts of the Brew Roots Podcast join us for the second edition of BrewRequisites - A Show Dedicated to lesser brewed classic styles - And this week, it's all things Hefeweizen. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Switzer, Karl join Marco and Phil in talking about how you can Barrel Age clean or sour beers at home. Mr Matt Savage Judges our FIRST Double IPA. How'd our submitter do?Lastly, PJ of Navigation Brewing is back in the virtual studio to tell us what is next for them. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Part 3 on the perfect NEPA, Czech Pale Lager & Navigation Brewing See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week's Hop It To Me is Part 2 of our deep dive into building the perfect New England Pale Ale recipe. Mr Matt Savage is back to judge a Czech Amber Lager. And, Justin from Channel Marker Brewing joins us to talk about their Gummy Fish Sour Beer and what is next for Channel Marker Brewing. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We kick off the show with our first edition of "Hop it to Me" - our new segment all about Hops and IPAs. For this first round, we dig into the humble New England Pale Ale.Nick joins us to Judge a Spiced American Porter and we talk the importance of nailing the base style before adding spices. And, Justin Negrotti of Channel Marker Brewing tells us how he went from a Home Brewer in our club to founding one of the hottest new breweries in MA. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nick, Tim, Marco and Phil run through their favorite 3 brewing books give you a list of 12 books!And, Nick judges one of the harder styles to nail, a Kölsch. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Switzer and Karl give the history of Smoked Beer and talk through how you can get started smoking your own malt. Matt judges an Imperial Stout. And, we finish the conversation with Matt about how he went about starting our Home Brew Club. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We decide to see how much we can trigger Marco.... First we talk about this bizarre new "style" from the Pacific Northwest called "Cold IPA".... which we learn is really just an IPL and we put some breweries on Notice. Next we judge a Rice Krispie Treat Lager. Will Marco make it through? Will he like it? Or will he bail and quit the segment on us while throwing a chair?Lastly we are joined by the Founder of our club Mr Matt Savage. He tells us how he went about starting our club and give some good tidbits for you if you want to start a club. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 13 - Mr Lactose Strikes BackTurmoil has engulfed the Beer galaxy. Thousands of Brewers have declared their intentions to leave the behind brewing traditional beers. Under the leadership of Mr Lactose, this separatist movement brewing fruited kettle sours threatens to challenge the peace and order of the Galaxy. General Marco, leader of the Resistance, has secretly dispatched his brewer knights, the guardians of peace and justice in the Galaxy to settle the conflict. Nick & Joe join us to discuss Beer Road trips, the do's, the don'ts, and our favorite trips. Nick judges a Vienna Lager and we dig deep into the history of the style. Lastly, Mr Lactose walks us through his go-to process for making killer Kettle Sours. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Phil gets to the bottom of how Marco brews 6 beers at once. The Doc judges our first listener submission, a Wild Specialty Beer. Lastly, Brett Bauer is back to finish the conversation into his journey as a brewer. Brett was previously the lead brewer at one of our favorite local breweries here in MA, Idle Hands. Idle Hands is a well known for it's Belgian beers, German lagers and now more and more for it's NEIPAs. Brett then moved down to Tennessee to Heaven and Ales and recently left professional brewing to return to the bio-tech industry. But, while he has left the professional brewing world, he has joined us as home brewers. We're going to dig into Brett's background, learn about his experiences as a professional brewer and dig into his plans as a home brewer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We have our first ever Beer-Off episode and we've picked the classic style of English Bitter, which is BJCP Category 11. In this show we'll talk about the style, taste 3 Commercial Examples and Nick and Phil put up their Home Brewed versions to compare. We'll talk about what works and doesn't work, but mostly explain you why it is so satisfying to get out of your beer brewing/drinking comfort zone and give these often over looked classic styles another chance. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Marco and Phil talk about Real Ale, Casks and Beer Engines for the Home Brewer and Hopefully don’t piss off any Real Ale Purists. The Doc judges a Gruit, and tells us what exactly a Gruit is. Lastly, Brett Bauer joins us to talk his journey as a brewer. Brett was previously the lead brewer at one of our favorite local breweries here in MA, Idle Hands. Idle Hands is a well known for it's Belgian beers, German lagers and more and more for it's NEIPAs. Brett then moved down to Tennessee to Heaven and Ales and recently left professional brewing to return to the bio-tech industry. But, while he has left the professional brewing world, he has joined us as home brewers. We're going to dig into Brett's background, learn about his experiences as a professional brewer and dig into his plans as a home brewer. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

EPISODE 9 - The Rise of Mr LactoseBeer for People who Don’t Like the Taste of Beer Reigns. Having decimated the scores of traditional beers, Hipster Breweries now deploy their merciless legions of copycat Adjunct Pastry Stouts, Milkshake IPAs and Fruited Sours to seize control of the Brewing Galaxy.Only General Marco's band of RESISTANCE Brewers stand against the rising adjunct tyranny, certain that Krispie Bois will return and restore a spark of hope to the fight. But the RESISTANCE has been exposed. The Hipster Breweries sinister agent MR LACTOSE rages in the search for General Marco, determined to end the threat to his growing power…. Also, The Doc is back to help out a listener who doesn't know which category to submit his Beer into. Lastly, Joe AKA Mr Lactose, joins us to talk about where you can get started with using lactose in your beers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dana, Shawn and Phil give us their thoughts on their new single vessel brewing systems. Dana Judges a Munich Helles but doesn't know we've given him one from the oldest brewery on earth, how will he score it?Lastly we'll dig into the benefits of Collaborating with other brewers and give some tips on how to make your next brewing collab successful. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Club's Board (and Phil who isn't a board member) get together for a 2020 Year in Review and how we turned a generally trash year into a pretty solid one. Then we talk goals for 2021 - what are our plans and how will we resurrect the Pre-COVID home brewing social world when all this freakin' finally blows over. And The Doc is here to Judge an American Porter and we talk the differences (or lack thereof?) between Porters and Stouts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick and Stephen join us to talk the benefits of joining a Homebrew Club. The Doctor judges a German Pils that is suffering from Acetaldehyde. We'll walk through how to identify it and what to do to avoid it. Lastly, Stephen is still torqued on cider... we finish last week's intro discussion into home brewing cider. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Patrick and Stephen join us in a Rant Session about good breweries making shit beer. The Doctor is back to judge a Festbier and we'll talk some techniques to brew a lager without all the fancy gadgets. Lastly, Stephen is going to talk some basics of brewing hard cider from juice/cider sourcing to yeast selections. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dana is back and joined by Shawn. We talk all the good and bad of Christmas Beers and what we like to brew. Dana Judges a Belgian Wit.... but there's a twist - It isn't a Homebrew...Lastly, We walk you through our Club's Annual Homebrew Advent Calendar giving you the details on how to set one up for yourself - along with a few things we've learned not to do to save you the trouble. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

TJ & the Doctor join Marco and Phil to give their recommendations on Christmas Gifts for the Home Brewer.We go through our lists of top 3 gifts under $100 and top splurge gift over $100. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

TJ, The Doctor & Switzer are back. We talk about our club's quarterly Dry Week. The Doctor & TJ judge a Berry Mead and talk about what you should expect when submitting meads to competitions. Lastly, Switzer finishes the story of Viking Luau - Homebrew Con 2019, brewing a commercial batch at Melvin, and the public release of Viking Luau. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

TJ leads a roundtable rant on Yuengling's recent news. The Doctor is back and judges a Belgian Tripel and tells us about Garbage Fruit Salad. Lastly, Switzer joins us to talk about Viking Luau, a Kveik IPA from back before Kveik IPAs were a thing. He'll walk through how he came up with the concept in 2018, the recipe development and then discuss the submission to the Boil Rumble Competition at Homebrew Con 2019. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In our Pilot Episode, the crew gets together for the first time to record a Podcast. We kick the show off with Dana judging a home brew Czech Premium Pale Lager. Then we have a bit of a rant about Stone Brewing. Lastly, the club's resident BJCP National Judge, Nick (The Doctor), joins us to give a few pointers about how to maximize your success in a home brew competition. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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