Home Brewing Beer with Comstock Brewing

Robby and Shae talk about an essential part of the brew day, a check list.  They cover the check list and some of the pit falls they have ran into and how the list has helped them.  The check list is available for download from the resources tab at www.comstockbrewing.beer

Robby and Shae have fellow home brewer Sean on the show for a second time.  Sean shares his experience by going to school to learn about making beer and his work he did at Southern Tier Brewing.

Robby and Shae have fellow home brewer Sean on the show.  Sean is now an all grain brewer and has had many years of experience with home brewing.  Sean has been to school on brewing beer and has worked for Southern Tier Brewing.  Sean shares what he has learned at school and working for a commercial brewer.

Robby and Shae have a special guest on this episode.  Greg is a fellow home brewer from Pittsburgh, PA.  Greg has brewed several batches of beer and is getting ready to upgrade to brewing all grain.  You can find him on social media as Fletchy Dog Brewing.

Robby and Shae talk about the importance of water in your beer.  Yes you can use tap water, but what is in that tap water?  Knowing what is in the water and how to compensate for it can dramatically improve the quality of your beer. 

Robby and Shae venture off into an intermediate topic on this episode about making a yeast starter.  Yeast starters will make sure you have the right number of yeast cells to fully ferment out your beer, reduce lag time, prevent off flavors and prevent infections to your beer.  

Robby and Shae have a special guest on this episode.  Zach is a fellow home brewer from Eugene, Oregon and works for Hop Valley Brewing Company.  Zach has his equipment for brewing his first batch of beer but has not done so yet.  They talk about what he has learned by working at a brewery and some favorite types of beer. 

Robby and Shae have a special guest on this episode.  Tim is a fellow home brewer from Toledo, Ohio who is just getting started with home brewing.  They talk about what equipment is needed for home brewing, favorite beers and some of the challenges with getting started making beer.

Snagsy joins Robby and Shae for an episode about the craft beer in America compared to craft beer in the UK.  Snagsy gives his perspective on how he thought he was getting Miller, Bud or Bud Light when he came to the states but was pleasantly surprised with the number of breweries and the beer selection.  Robby, Shae and Snagsy also talk about what beer they would be if they were a beer.

Robby and Shae have special guest Alyssa Comstock on the show talking about making dog treats from left over grain from brewing beer.  Alyssa covers the equipment, ingredients and baking instructions to make yummy treats for mans best friend.

Robby and Shae talk about the equipment, ingredients and steps needed to bottle your beer. They go into detail on cleaning and sanitizing bottles, adding priming sugar or dry malt extract to produce carbonation in your beer and how long the beer needs to stay in the bottle before it is ready to drink.  

Robby and Shae talk about racking your beer from the primary fermente to the secondary fermenter.  They also talk about some of their favorite local breweries and beer they like in Colorado Springs.

Robby and Shae discuss Shae's first time brewing an extract kit.  They cover the process of the brew day from beginning to end.  

Robby and Shae talk about the equipment you will need to get started home brewing beer. 

Robby and Shae talk about getting started with home brewing.  They recomend to start with 5 gallon extract kits, even though 1 gallon kits are popular.  They also cover your first visit to the home brew store.

Robby and Shae discuss the simple ingredients that beer is made of.  Water, malt, hops and yeast.  Also do not forget to start saving your beer bottles so you can bottle that first batch of beer you make.

Robby and Shae Comstock welcome the audience, talk about some of their brewing background and cover who the podcast is for.