Saying The Brülosophy Present! | Brülosophy

Writer: Marshall Schott

Over the previous few years, we’ve made some extent to publish an article the place we go over some fascinating Brülosophy associated data, which we’ll completely be doing right here, however first issues first– we’re past excited to announce that Brülosophy is lastly beginning a YouTube channel!

Quickly after I started publishing content material on this web site, followers and early contributors began pressuring me to start out a podcast, which occurred in 2017, and it didn’t take lengthy after that for those self same folks to encourage me to maneuver into video. Totally understanding my very own limitations, by way of each video manufacturing and time, I knew I didn’t have the chops to persistently produce the standard of video I’d need, particularly in comparison with the variety of glorious brewing associated YouTube channels which might be at the moment on the market.

Fortunate for us, Martin Eager of The Homebrew Problem channel made the choice to halt what he was doing in order that he might put all of his effort into The Brülosophy Present, which can be much like what he was already doing, simply with a Brülosophy spin. We’re extremely excited for this new journey and hope you all are as nicely. In that case, head over to The Brülosophy Present YouTube channel now then subscribe and click on the bell so that you’re positive to be notified once we drop new episodes!

Earlier than we get to our annual “better of” checklist, there are a couple of different issues I need to concentrate on first. For a couple of causes, we’ll be publishing episodes of The Brülosophy Present each Thursday, which suggests we’ll be shifting the content material we’ve been publishing on Thursdays (The Hop Chronicles, Brief & Shoddy, Brü It Your self, and stuff like this) to Fridays. With The Brülosophy Podcast and The Brü Lab, this implies we’ll be pushing out some kind of latest brewing content material each weekday!

The one approach we’re ready to do that is thru the dedication of the Brülosophy contributors, and we’re stoked to announce a couple of new members to the crew– Will Lovell and Jordan Of us. Along with being glorious brewers, each Will and Jordan have performed some position with Brülosophy over the past couple of years, and we’re fortunate they agreed to tackle the customarily painstaking job of brewing for xBmts and different tasks.

Alright, with out additional adieu…

The Brülosophy Podcast

During the last yr, we revealed 49 episodes of The Brülosophy Podcast, that means we solely took 3 weeks off; whereas we decide to a minimal of 46 episodes per yr, we all the time do what we will to surpass that objective. Whereas nearly all of our listeners reside in the US, good parts additionally come from Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and Sweden. Probably the most downloaded episodes that have been launched in 2022 are as follows:

1. Episode 224 | exBEERience: Carbonation Strategies
2. Episode 219 | exBEERience: Talking The Language Of Brewing & Beer
3. Episode 233 | AvgBrü Evaluations #1: American Pale Ale
4. Episode 229 | Brief & Shoddy: Czech Premium Pale Lager
5. Episode 220 | Brü & A #21

When trying on the most downloaded episodes since we began The Brülosophy Podcast in 2017, the highest 3 are from our exBEERience sequence– Lager Fermentation (#124), Designing Beer Recipes (#205), and Water Chemistry Changes (#197). That is fascinating as a result of in a latest survey of our listeners, most endorsed the xBmt sequence as being their most most well-liked.

The Brü Lab

Regardless of having to take break day to are likely to a brand new kiddo early within the yr, Cade launched 49 episodes of The Brü Lab, which much like The Brülosophy Podcast, is greater than we allot for. Giving a voice to the hard-working professionals who’re actively serving to us to higher perceive brewing and beer, The Brü Lab has coated some fascinating subjects this yr, and whereas a few of it could go fairly deep, Cade has a approach of creating it easy sufficient for any brewer to digest.

These are the episodes launched in 2022 that have been downloaded most this yr:

1. Episode 050 | The Trigger Of Haze In Hazy IPA w/ Scott Janish
2. Episode 051 | Taste Chemistry: Sensory Analysis & Human Notion w/ Jeff Dailey
3. Episode 044 | Yeast Dependent Haze w/ Dr. Laura Burns
4. Episode 055 | Hop Bitterness And Polyphenols w/ Dr. Martin Biendl
5. Episode 056 | Making use of The Science: Excessive Hop Hundreds w/ Jordan Of us

Hops and haze have been seemingly the secret! If you happen to haven’t subscribed but, go do it now wherever you take heed to podcasts so that you’re notified when new episodes are launched!

exBEERiment Articles

The exBEERiment (aka xBmt) sequence is what Brülosophy is most recognized for and continues to be our hottest internet content material based mostly on the stats. Listed here are the 5 xBmt articles that have been seen probably the most in 2022.

1. The Gelatin Impact: Influence Fining With Gelatin Has On An American Pale Ale | 1/5/2015
2. Mash Temperature: Low vs. Excessive In A German Pils | 1/10/2022
3. Hop Stand vs. Dry Hop In An American IPA | 9/12/2022
4. Grain Comparability: Maris Otter vs. Golden Promise In A British Golden Ale | 1/17/2022
5. Fermentation Temperature: Saflager W-34/70 In A German Helles Exportbier | 2/8/2016

For the 7th yr straight, our unique xBmt on fining a hoppy American Pale Ale with gelatin, which was revealed practically 8 years in the past, bought extra views than another article on the positioning. This, regardless of how common non-clear beer types are nowadays.

The Hop Chronicles Articles

The Hop Chronicles sequence is meant to offer brewers with data on particular person hop varieties based mostly on the perceptions of standard craft beer drinkers.

1. Idaho 7 (2020) Pale Ale | 6/23/2022
2. Citra LUPOMAX (2021) Pale Ale | 6/9/2022
3. HBC 586 LUPOMAX (2021) Pale Ale | 5/19/2022
4. Amarillo (2021) Pale Lager | 11/3/2022
5. McKenzie (2021) Pale Ale | 4/7/2022

After taking a little bit of break from this sequence as a result of Covid lockdowns, we have been excited not solely to get again to publishing 1-2 Hop Chronicles articles per thirty days, however we additionally launched a model the place we’ve tasters consider a pale lager that was extra modestly hopped.

Brief & Shoddy Articles

Initially meant to be an intermittent experimental side-project, the Brief & Shoddy sequence has turn out to be a Brülosophy staple, with brewers all over the world utilizing the time period to explain their very own abbreviated brewing processes. These are the 5 Brief & Shoddy articles most seen in 2022:

1. American Lager | 7/28/2022
2. Czech Amber Lager | 9/22/2022
3. Rye IPA | 6/2/2022
4. Kentucky Widespread | 5/12/2022
5. American Wheat Beer | 7/23/2020

All however one among our most seen Brief & Shoddy articles have been revealed this yr, the one holdout being American Wheat Beer, which was was revealed over 2 years in the past.

Brü It Your self

The Brü It Your self sequence was began as our technique to share fascinating stuff we’re as much as that doesn’t contain knowledge assortment. Comparable in some ways to the content material put out by a few of our favourite homebrew blogs, that is our outlet for being bit extra inventive.

1. H-brü-O Hop Water | 2/11/2021
2. Japanese Rice Lager | 5/13/2021
3. Double Bother Raspberry Hibiscus Saison | 1/6/2022
4. Double Dry Hopped Tiny Backside Pale Ale | 7/14/2022
5. BrüClaw Berry Arduous Seltzer | 5/14/2020

Our articles on making non-alcoholic hop water and Japanese Rice Lager maintained their positions this yr, regardless of being revealed over a yr prior. A pair newer articles made their approach on the checklist, although our preliminary try at an excellent straightforward exhausting seltzer continues to be fairly common.

Product Evaluations

We don’t are likely to publish to many product overview articles, for quite a lot of causes, and once we do, it’s all the time for stuff we truly use ourselves and assume others might profit from. These have been probably the most generally learn Brülosophy product critiques in 2022:

1. Tilt Wi-fi Hydrometer & Thermometer | 1/13/2022
2. BrewZilla/Robobrew 120v Electrical Brewing System | 6/11/20
3. Clawhammer Provide 240v Electrical Brewing System | 8/20/20
4. Ss Brewtech Unitank | 4/25/19
5. Penguin Chillers Glycol Chiller | 10/15/2020

Curiosity in trendy brewing tech together with electrical brewing techniques continues to stay excessive, which is comprehensible contemplating how a lot it could simplify the brewing course of.

The Brü Membership xBmt Collection

A couple of years in the past, we provided members of The Brü Membership a novel alternative– in the event you put the hassle into designing, brewing, and accumulating knowledge for an xBmt, we’ll publish it on the positioning for all to see. These have been probably the most seen articles from that sequence in 2022:

1. Yeast Comparability: Omega Yeast OYL-071 vs. Saflager W-34/70 In A German Pils | 3/3/2022
2. Influence Utilizing Powerade Zero As a substitute Of Water Has On A Witbier | 8/25/2022
3. Influence Of Pressurized Heat Fermentation On A German Helles Exportbier | 7/21/2022
4. Yeast Comparability: LalBrew New England vs. Safale S-04 English Ale In A Hazy IPA | 9/24/2020
5. Influence Of Pressurized Heat Fermentation On A Munich Dunkel | 8/30/2018

It appears there’s some curiosity pressurized heat fermentation of lager types, in addition to the way in which various kinds of yeast strains impression beer.

Informational Articles

In between xBmts, The Hop Chronicles, Brief & Shoddy, and Product Evaluations, we sometimes publish different articles of an informational nature.

1. The Brewing Of Non-Alcoholic and Ultralow Alcohol Beer: Strategies Made Easy | 11/11/21
2. Sparkle & Fizz: Carbonation Strategies | 5/12/16
3. Utilizing A Corny Keg As A Fermentation Vessel | 5/7/20
4. 7 Strategies For Decreasing Chilly-Facet Oxidation | 5/10/18
5. A 12 months Of No-Chill: Classes From A Secret xBmt | 2/9/2015

Whereas the highest 4 articles have been all on the checklist final yr, it’s fascinating that our outdated article on one brewer’s expertise utilizing the no-chill methodology for a yr bought a lot consideration this yr.

Recipe Pages

Whereas we reserve our non-public recipes as rewards for Patrons of Brülosophy nowadays, we shared quite a lot of recipes prior to now.

1. Finest Blonde Ale
2. Munich Helles
3. Might The Schwarzbier With You
4. (m)Oktoberfest
5. Tiny Backside Pale Ale

For the primary time in years, my unconventional Munich Helles recipe was overtaken by my extremely easy and scrumptious Blonde Ale recipe, the title of which was in reference to my private makes an attempt… not a comparability to different Blonde Ale.

Static Pages

We don’t have too many static internet pages on the positioning, however of those who do exist, these have been probably the most seen of the yr:

1. exBEERiments
2. Fast Lager Technique
3. The Hop Chronicles
4. The Brülosophy Podcast
5. Brief & Shoddy

This checklist didn’t change in any respect from 2021 to 2022, and the actual fact our web page on harvesting yeast from starters failed to interrupt the highest 5 but once more appears to point maybe waning curiosity on this cost-saving measure.

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