Hosted by Jay Goodwin, co-founder of The Rare Barrel in Berkeley, California, The Sour Hour is an in-depth look into the process of making wild ales. With the help of some of the best mixed-fermentation brewers in the world, Jay discusses the techniques required to make world class sour beer. Have a question or comment? Email us at sourhour@thebrewingnetwork.com.
Almanac Beer Company's Phil Emerson and David Zuskov are in-studio on this episode of The Sour Hour! Tune in as the guys discuss wood versus stainless steel fermentation, the wonderful world of foeders, how not to screw up a strawberry addition, and much more.
Kevin Osborne, founder of Cellador Ales in Los Angeles, joins Jay and Moscow in-studio! Kevin is making some of the best sour beer on the planet using some intriguing processes - tune in as the guys discuss his unique approach to bottle conditioning, his careful fruit selection process, and much more.
Fresh off a smashing of the competition at the Great American Beer Festival, John Rowley of Rowley Farmhouse Ales joins Jay and Moscow in-studio after making the trip out from his brewery's home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Tune in as the guys discuss Gose, smoked sour beer, taste listener homebrew, and much more.
All the way from Sydney, Australia, the guys from Wildflower Brewing and Blending join Jay and Moscow in-studio on this episode of The Sour Hour. Wildflower balances the tart, funky characteristics of their house culture using bacteria foraged from New South Wales to deliver beers with length, nuance and subtlety. Tune in and get all the inside info!
Brewmaster Jason Perkins of Allagash Brewing Company returns to The Sour Hour! This legendary Maine brewery continues to push the craft beer envelope and create stellar mixed-fermentation beers. Tune in for some hints from Jason and find out how he's doing it!
The discussion with Jay's crew from The Rare Barrel continues. This episode contains only beer information, there is not the least bit of horsing around. Trust us.
The Rare Barrel crew pays another visit to the studio, with some new voices joining the familiar voices of Jay's cronies. Topics include unusual fruits used in mixed-fermentation brewing, barrel size comparisons, wet-hopping, and much more.
In 2011, Anderson Valley Brewing Company brewmaster Fal Allen guested on The BN. He had never heard of Gose. Now, Fal returns to the Network on this episode of The Sour Hour having literally written the book. Tune in as Fal shares some history of this classic style, along with some insights into how the best contemporary examples are being produced.
In this special episode of The Sour Hour, Jay and Moscow sit down with the man, the myth, the living legend himself Vinnie Cilurzo at his famed Russian River Brewing Company's new location in Windsor, California for some live pod. And not just anywhere in the brewery, but in the wood-lined Koelschip room. Vinnie had just hours earlier filled the Koelschip with wort in honor of The Brewing Network's first visit and broadcast from the brewery. Be still, our beating hearts.
Nearly four years after his first appearance, The Sour Hour welcomes de Garde Brewing‘s Trevor Rogers back to the show, and this time he’s in-studio! Tune in and hear all about what’s gone down at this killer Oregon brewery over the past few years.
The conversation with Adam Robbings from Seattle's Reuben's Brews and Chris Hodge from Oregon Fruit Products continues on this episode of The Sour Hour.
The Sour Hour celebrates its 100th episode with a loaded show featuring Adam Robbings from Seattle's Reuben's Brews, Chris Hodge from Oregon Fruit Products, mixed-fermentation wisdom from Jay, and much more.
After many recent episodes showcasing West Coast breweries, The Sour Hour shows some love to the East with Everett, Massachusetts ninjas Night Shift Brewing Company. Tune in as Joe Mashburn and Matt Eshelman talk shop, from balancing acidity with bitterness, to fruit additions, to blending and beyond.
Dr. Lambic makes his triumphant return to The Sour Hour, this time as a professional brewer! Tune is as he discusses the long-awaited opening of Mellow Mink Brewing Company, his new digs in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.
The Sour Hour continues its broadcast live from The Rare Barrel! More brewing wisdom abounds, this time from the likes of San Francisco\'s Cellarmaker Brewing Company and Alameda\'s Almanac Beer Company.
It’s a special episode of The Sour Hour as Jay and Moscow broadcast live from The Rare Barrel! The great brewing minds behind Northern California’s Sante Adairius Rustic Ales and Russian River Brewing Company join the roundtable to share stories, swap ideas, and drink some terrific beers.
It\'s a special episode of The Sour Hour as Jay and Moscow broadcast live from The Rare Barrel! The great brewing minds behind Northern California\'s Sante Adairius Rustic Ales and Russian River Brewing Company join the roundtable to share stories, swap ideas, and drink some terrific beers.
It\'s another show with The Rare Barrel crew! Tune in as both new and familiar faces from the production staff join Jay and Moscow in-studio for some sour beer Q and A.
The Sour Hour continues its live broadcast from Fort Collins with an all-star lineup of guests including Mitch Ermatinger, James Howat, Jim Crooks and more.
The Sour Hour broadcasts live from Fort Collins! Tune in as an all-star lineup of guests including Peter Bouckaert, James Howat, Jim Crooks and more join Jay and Moscow for a brewers roundtable.
On this episode of The Sour Hour, Ryan Fields and Harrison McCabe from Beachwood Blendery join Jay and Moscow in-studio. Tune in as the guys describe their undoubtedly geeky quest to recreate the Lambic-style beers of Belgium at their barrel room in Southern California.
Blake Tyers of Creature Comforts Brewing Company joins Jay and Moscow on the episode of The Sour Hour. Tune in as Blake drops knowledge on all types of funkifying, from kettle-souring techniques, to long-term aging, to bottle-conditioning and beyond.
On this episode of The Sour Hour, J.C. Hill and Andrew Rose from Yeast of Eden join Jay and Moscow in-studio at The Hop Grenade. Tune in as the men behind Monterey\'s Alvarado Street Brewery discuss the wild and sour side of their program, which is producing some unique and delicious beers out of their Salinas, California barrel room.
We\'ve got mail! On this episode of The Sour Hour, Jay, Moscow, and newly minted co-host Beevo Moore dip into the mailbag and answer questions on a wide range of funky topics, from fermentation vessel selection to bottle bombs and beyond.
Bootleg Biology is an open source yeast and wild bug project whose goal is to create the world’s most diverse library of microbes for the creation of fermented foods and beverages. How are they accomplishing that goal? Tune in as they join this episode of The Sour Hour and find out!
JC Tetreault, the man behind Boston\'s Trillium Brewing Company, joins Jay and Moscow on this episode of The Sour Hour. Trillium is flirting with legendary status, brewing highly sought-after beers and expanding rapidly only a few years after its founding. Tune in and find out why as JC reveals some of his tried and true mixed-fermentation techniques and philosophies.
The bad beer show continues on this episode of The Sour Hour as Jay, Moscow, and The Rare Barrel production team taste and dissect more mixed-fermentation failures.
It\'s the bad beer show! Bust out your dump bucket for this episode of The Sour Hour as Jay, Moscow, and The Rare Barrel production team attempts to explore the world of mixed fermentations gone wrong.
This episode of The Sour Hour is all about kombucha! Duane and Shelby Kroencke, creators and proprietors of Booty Booch, join the show to discuss their home garage-based brewing and fermentation program. Tune in and learn all about how to make your own batches of this mildly acidic, lightly effervescent, deliciously caffeinated beverage.
The conversation with Breakside Brewery brewmaster Ben Edmunds continues on this episode of The Sour Hour. Homebrewer Roger Gardenhire also joins the show as the crew breaks down his first attempt at a Duchesse De Bourgogne-inspired sour beer.
Breakside Brewery brewmaster Ben Edmunds joins Jay and Moscow live from Portland, Oregon on this episode of The Sour Hour! Tune in as the crew covers alternate dimensions, quantum physics, and oh yeah, some sour beer stuff too.
The Sour Hour continues its live broadcast from The Hop Grenade Taproom in Fort Collins, Colorado! New Belgium wood cellar gurus Ted Peterson and Eric Salazar join the show to impart their brewing and blending wisdom, along with longtime BN favorite Gordon Shuck of Funkwerks.
The Sour Hour broadcasts live from The Hop Grenade Taproom in Fort Collins, Colorado! Tune in as Jay and Moscow are joined by perennial favorites Lauren Limbach from New Belgium and Andy Parker from Avery to discuss their latest mixed-fermentation adventures.
Deschutes Brewery's mixed-fermentation gurus Veronica Vega and Ben Kehs join Jay and Moscow on this episode of The Sour Hour. Tune in as the crew explores the techniques Veronica and Ben employ at their wood cellar in Bend, Oregon, while enjoying vintages of The Abyss, The Dissident, and more.
Michigan's Speciation Artisan Ales is a production brewery that is open one day each month for bottle releases of small-batch sour and farmhouse beers. Luckily, founder and brewer Mitch Ermatinger is an open book as he joins Jay and Moscow on this episode of The Sour Hour. From his roots in a homebrew shop to working with Black Project Spontaneous and Wild Ales, Mitch has continued to hone his mixed-culture fermentation skills. Tune in and get the inside scoop on some of the many things he has learned over the years.
The conversation with Jay's crew from The Rare Barrel continues on this episode of The Sour Hour. Tune in and decide for yourself if the meltdown is avoided, partially experienced, or fully embraced.
The crew from The Rare Barrel returns on this episode of The Sour Hour! Tune in as Jay's team covers their latest discoveries from the Rare Barrel experiment, from their current barrel treatment techniques to managing their acidity levels and much more.
The Sour Hour dedicates this, its 60th episode, to the exploration of funky beers created by you! Yes, it's another listener homebrew show, as Jay and Moscow taste and dissect sour submissions from coast to coast with the help of both callers and in-studio guests.
Oxford, Connecticut's OEC Brewing joins Jay and Moscow on this episode of The Sour Hour. Tune in as one of the most creative and innovative forces in contemporary American sour beer production dives into its many wild practices, from freezing barrels to beekeeping and beyond.
Part II of Jay and Moscow's conversation with Michael Tonsmeire, The Sour Hour's first-ever guest and the man who literally wrote the book on American sour beer.
The Sour Hour's first-ever guest is back, and this time he is in-studio! Tune in as Michael Tonsmeire, the man who literally wrote the book on American sour beer, returns to the show to cover a myriad of sour beer brewing and blending topics.
Jester King Brewery returns to The Sour Hour and this time they are in-studio all the way from Austin, Texas! Head brewer Averie Swanson joins Jay, Moscow, and Mike "Tasty" McDole live from The Hop Grenade. Founder Jeffrey Stuffings is on the line as well as the crew tastes unreleased Jester King sours, discusses Averie's brewing philosophies, and much more.
The conversation with Bruery Terreux's production supervisor Jeremy Grinkey continues on this episode of The Sour Hour, with further beer tastings accompanying a deep dive into his program's fundamentals.
Jeremy Grinkey, production supervisor at Bruery Terreux, is in-studio for this episode of The Sour Hour. Tune in and find out how things are different from Jay's time brewing there before The Rare Barrel, how Jeremy's background in wine has informed his beer fermentation and blending techniques, and much more.
The Sour Hour continues its probe into the minds of the production staff from The Rare Barrel. Tune in as the crew continues answering listener questions, dissects a highly awarded sour homebrew, and much more.
The Sour Hour celebrates its 50th episode by welcoming back to the studio the production staff from The Rare Barrel! Tune in and enjoy Jay getting schooled by his own lackeys as the crew tackles listener questions covering all facets of sour beer brewing, blending, packaging, and more.
More questions and answers await you in this episode of The Sour Hour, as Jay and Moscow dip into the backlog of listener queries and cover many different aspects of both the business and brewing of sour beer.
In this episode of The Sour Hour, Brandon Jones of Yazoo Brewing Company joins the show to discuss his and Jay's upcoming crowd-sourced sour collaboration! From brew day, to fermentation and aging, and all the way through packaging, you'll be able to not only follow the process with unprecedented access, but actually be able to influence the final outcome of the beer. How? Tune in and find out!
Kevin Martin (aka Funkmaster Flex) of legendary sour beer pioneer Cascade joins Jay and Moscow live from Portland, Oregon on this episode of The Sour Hour. This episode also contains highlights from the Search for The Rare Barrel 2016.
On this episode of The Sour Hour, Sour Beer Blog author Matt "Dr. Lambic" Miller returns! Tune in as the Doc joins Jay and Moscow to discuss his latest indispensable article covering the fundamentals of sour beer brewing.
On this episode of The Sour Hour, Oregon Fruit Products CEO Chris Sarles joins Jay and Moscow in-studio! Get ready to experience intense cravings for peaches, raspberries, black currants and more as the crew covers the many different dimensions of fruit additions in sour beer.
The tasting and dissection of listener-submitted sour and funky homebrew continues! Tune in and find out what went right and what went wrong in the processes and procedures of the many talented brewers featured in this episode of The Sour Hour.
The Sour Hour celebrates its 40th episode with a barrage of listener-submitted homebrew! Tune in as Jay and Moscow, along with Mike "Tasty" McDole, taste and dissect offerings sent in from around the country by some of the BN Army's most dedicated sour beer brewers.
Chase Healey joins Jay and Moscow on this episode of The Sour Hour to discuss American Solera, his latest brewery project. Tune in as the man behind Prairie Artisan Ales breaks down his processes and philosophies on sour beer.
On this episode of The Sour Hour, the conversation continues with Walt Dickinson, keeper of the funk at Asheville, North Carolina's Wicked Weed Brewing.
On this episode of The Sour Hour, Jay and Moscow (kind of) answer audience questions, do another round of listener beer dissection with homebrewer Andy Brillinger, and much more.
Jay and Moscow continue their discussion on terminal acidic shock with Dr. Matt Bochman, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at Indiana University.
Want to learn more about yeast and bottle conditioning sour beers? The professor is here for office hours on this episode of The Sour Hour. Tune in as Jay and Moscow discuss terminal acidic shock with Dr. Matt Bochman, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry at Indiana University.
In this episode of The Sour Hour, Jay and Moscow continue their conversation with head barrel herder Andy Parker from Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado.
Interested in what’s going on with the sour program at Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado? Of course you are. Tune in as Jay and Moscow get the scoop from head barrel herder Andy Parker about Avery’s practices on producing sour beer in this episode of The Sour Hour.
Ever wonder who (besides Jay) is behind making sour beer at The Rare Barrel? In this episode, the discussion with Jay's production team continues. Or devolves. You be the judge.
Ever wonder who (besides Jay) is behind making sour beer at The Rare Barrel? In this episode, Jay's production team is in-studio to answer your questions!
Jay and Moscow continue their discussion with James Howat of Black Project Spontaneous and Wild Ales, cover more listener questions, and do another round of sour homebrew tasting in this episode of The Sour Hour