The Brewing Network Presents - The Session

This Monday, the grand return of Chris White and the White Labs team is upon us! Chris and Mike White, along with Analytical Manager, Kara Taylor, will be in the studio for The Session to discuss yeast, fermentation and all the new developments at White Labs since we saw them last. Tune in and learn from the best name in fermentation!

The Session welcomes Craft Beer marketing expert, and author of Craft Beer Marketing and Distribution - Brace for SKUMeggedon, Mark Colburn to the show to discuss how you can take your homebrew to the next level by becoming a successful professional brewer. Mark will guide us through the steps it takes to successfully brand, market and bring your beer to the marketplace.

Hops are still one of the most important ways to add a unique signature and complexity to a beer. Unfortunately hops are also one of the most variable ingredients, especially in the homebrew supply channels. Unlike craft brewers, the homebrewer is not going to Yakima to do selection! The homebrewer has less control. In this episode of The Session, Nathan Smith helps us discuss how to stay on target and find quality knowing that hops are highly variable. We investigate and discuss what we can do to identify the variables when it comes to deciding how to select and use hops, how to limit those variables, and how to adapt and be flexible when you cannot have ideal control over the variables. We're also joined by The Homebrew Chef, Sean Z. Paxton, to help us learn about ways to beer up our Thanksgiving menus.

This week, fresh off a GABF silver for his Dry Stout, Moylan's Brewing Company brewmaster Derek Smith joins The Session to cover the Strong Pale Ale he made in collaboration with Brewcaster Nate.

The Session welcomes old friend Chris Graham of MoreBeer back to the studio to discuss techniques and equipment that will help your brew day become more efficient and help you brew better beer faster.

This week The Session welcomes Central Coast Brewing Company in San Luis Obispo, CA. They won a gold medal for their Pale Ale in one of the most crowded categories at this year's Great American Beer Festival, so you know this brewery is really at the top of its game. Tune in and find out how they are doing it!

The Session welcomes Scratchtown Brewing Company founders Caleb Pollard and Mike Kilmek to the show. Tune in to find out how this two year old craft brewery is surviving and thriving making great beer for the tiny town of Ord, Nebraska.

This week the Brewcasters are joined by the crew from Creature Comforts Brewing Company. When this gem of a brewery from Athens, Georgia isn't making some of the best beer in the south, they're working to change some of their home state's restrictive beer laws. Tune in and catch their story, along with this week's beer news, a new BN game, and much more.

The Brewcasters return from Denver and The Session is back on the air! Tune in as some of the 2015 Great American Beer Festival's biggest medal winners join the show to spill some of the secrets of their success. This episode also features this week's beer news, which includes exclusive interviews with Green Flash's Chuck Silva and Meg Gill from Golden Road.

This week, it's the best of The Session! Tune in for the most memorable, informative, and funny moments from the first nine months of what has been a great 2015 thus far. You'll hear Brewcaster near-death experiences, in-depth conversations with contemporary professional brewing luminaries, cutting edge homebrew tips and tricks, some good old fashioned BN radio games, and much more.

El Segundo Brewing Company was created out of a love for beer. Well, hoppy beer at least. Rob Croxall, proprietor and brewer, was a longtime aerospace finance guy who left a cushy corporate job to risk it all on craft beer. Why? Tune in and find out as this Southern California gem joins The Session tonight!

Galmegi Brewing Company was the first craft brewery to open in Busan, South Korea. Galmegi also happens to brew some of the best craft beer on the Korean Peninsula. Tune in to The Session and catch their story, along with an introduction to the next phase of The Brewcaster Challenge, another round of Beer Or Not Beer, and much more.

The Session returns this week as the crew from The Libertine Pub and Brewery heads up the California coast to join the Brewcasters in-studio. Tune in and hear all about the old-world brewing methods, along with a few new proprietary ones, that they employ to brew their awesome wild ales. From hot rocks to their traditional coolship to their extensive use of wine and bourbon oak barrels, find out what creates the extremely complex and unique flavors found in their beers.

This week, The Session covers sustainable brewing practices for both home and professional brewers. Tune in as old friend Morgan Cox from Concord's Ale Industries, along with new friend John Niedermaier from Michigan's Brewery Terra Firma, lead a crash-course in the sustainable methods they employ for the resource-intensive process that is brewing. From water reclamation to harvesting waste BTU's, these guys will help you be a "greener" brewer.

This week, The Session is stoked to welcome the crew from Cellarmaker Brewing Company to the studio. Cellarmaker has been an awesome addition to San Francisco's brewing scene, producing small batches of experimental beers. They've made the choice to abandon a set production schedule and flagship beers in favor of a continuous rotation of different styles, constantly experimenting with different hops, grains, barrels, and yeasts. This episode also features coverage of the Utah beer scene, some surprise cameos, and much more.