Podcast appearances and mentions of benjamin stutz

This week on a brand new Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett are talkin’ home brewing for fall and early winter with the owners of Brooklyn Homebrew, Danielle Cefaro and Benjamin Stutz. Opening the show chatting about Brooklyn Wort, the home brew competition that Danielle and Benjamin are behind, they share that 30 homebrewers are expected to compete in Gowanus on October 12th for $1000 prize money and that ticket holders are in for some great brews and food. Also talking about happenings at Brooklyn Homebrew, after the break the duo shares a peanutbutter and jelly as well as a ‘sweet potato fly’ brew with the hosts. Discussing the complexities and costs of certain ingredients, Danielle and Benjamin go into the detail of their brewing process and what’s on the horizon for Brooklyn Homebrew. Tune in to hear all about great beer and beer events to accompany the fall weather! This program was brought to you by GreatBrewers.com. “If you’re thinking about brewing your own sake at home, it’s much easier to make a gallon than it is to make five gallons [due to the] sheer amount of rice you need to be able to steam cook and cool.” [9:19] —Benjamin Stutz on Fuhmentaboudit! “A graf is a fictional beverage created by Stephen King… is essentially a cider that is where you add malt to the cider to add body and a little bit of residual sweetness. I’m going to switch it up a little bit!” [26:40] —Danielle Cefaro on Fuhmentaboudit!

Brew some awesome beers at home with the help of Brooklyn Homebrew and Wyeast Laboratories, Inc. This week on Fuhmentaboudit!, Mary Izett and Chris Cuzme are joined in the studio by Danielle Cefaro and Benjamin Stutz of Brooklyn Homebrew to talk about the founding of their supply store, and how the homebrew scene has expanded in New York City since its inception. Find out what new varieties of hops are in stock at Brooklyn Homebrew! Later, hear an interview with Greg Doss and Jess Caudill of Wyeast Laboratories, Inc. What new yeast strains and blends are being released by Wyeast for the spring, and find out how did Greg and Jess harvest some of these strains. What beers should people try to brew with the new Wyeast blends? Find out on this week’s episode of Fuhmentaboudit! Thanks to our sponsor, S. Wallace Edwards & Sons. “If you do use hops when making a Berliner Weisse, make sure you use a wort with an IBU below eight because you’ll inhibit your Lactobacillus.” [22:50] — Jess Caudill on Fuhmentaboudit!

This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy Carbone and Dave Brodrick of Blind Tiger sit down with a bunch of awesome beer guests. Christian DeBennedetti, author of the book The Great American Ale Trail and editor-in-chief of the Weekly Pint discusses some of his favorite brews and his love of “beer traveling”. Justin Israelson from Sycamore joins Jimmy to talk about his unique flower shop/beer heaven, Sycamore. Also in the studio are Danielle Cefaro and Benjamin Stutz of Brooklyn Homebrew. Tune in to hear about their homebrewing roots in their apartment, and the upcoming Brooklyn Wort beer festival. This program was sponsored by GreatBrewers.com. “We’re covering everything in beer culture…from homebrew culture on up to craft beer and all its iterations. It’s an incredibly diverse world- it’s beer travels and beer dinners.” —Christian DeBennedetti on Beer Sessions Radio

This week on Beer Sessions, Jimmy and Ray explore the oft-overlooked item that is absolutely necessary for yeast to create alcohol: malt. Jay Steinhauer of American Beer Distributing and Benjamin Stutz of Brooklyn Homebrew talk about base yeast, specialty yeast, and making beer, plus Sam Barbieri of Waterfront Ale House talks about his career in the bar (and ice cream) biz. Christan and Andrea of Valley Malts discuss their exceedingly rare project to create their own, local version of a Malt House. Finally the guys discuss aged beers, barley wine, and this years pumpkin shortage (yes, there was a pumpkin shortage). This episode was sponsored by Great Brewers.com: a favorite source for beer information and education and one of the internet’s most popular beer destinations. Photo: Sam Barbieri, owner of Waterfront Ale House and organizer of Fuhgetaboutit BBQ

This week on Beer Sessions Radio, Jimmy and Ray sat down with Dave Brodrick, Brian Ewing, Danielle Cafaro, Benjamin Stutz & Spencer Niebhur.