Fuhmentaboudit!
255 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★ - 14 ratingsFerment About It! (Fuhmentaboudit!), aims to demystify the art of home fermentation with a primary focus on home brewing beer. Chris and Mary take listeners on a journey through fermentation, sharing history, practical methods, recipes and anecdotes from personal experience as well as from those of guest fermenters both amateur and pro.
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Episodes
Episode 155: Tis the Saison
March 14, 2016 23:29 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBOn this week’s episode of Fuhmentaboudit!, Mary and Rachel get out of the studio to observe some fermentation right at the source. In the first half of the show, they catch up with Brian Kulbacki at Departed Soles Brewing Company in New Jersey. After the break, they make a stop at Allagash’s Saison Day at Three’s Brewing in Brooklyn.
Episode 154: Jump-Starting Sourdough Starters with Tony Limuaco
March 08, 2016 01:10 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBOn this week’s episode of Fuhmentaboudit!, Mary, and Rachel chat with Tony Limuaco about starters and sourdough bread. Tony is also the brains behind Kimcheelicious, a project that explores innovative ways of combining traditional Asian fermented foods with the way we Americans cook and eat.
Episode 153: The Yeast Whisperer with Shea Comfort
March 01, 2016 01:06 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBOn this week’s edition of Fuhmentaboudit!, our hosts welcome Shea Comfort (aka “The Yeast Whisperer”), head winemaker for Olin Wines and prolific home brewer. Tune in for a crash course in all things yeast! “All these different bacterias and things that are available, you have to try all [of them] because they’re not the same.” [48:00] – Shea Comfort
Episode 152: Beer Is People with Strong Rope Brewery
February 23, 2016 01:08 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit!, Jason Sahler joins Chris and guest host Rachel Jacobs in the studio to chat about Strong Rope Brewery in Gowanus, Brooklyn, New York City Beer Week, and how it takes a village to make a brewery. “I am the face that most people see when they drink Strong Rope beer, but I am the end product of a long line of people working to make unique ingredients that go into it.” [15:00] – Jason Sahler
Episode 151: Winter Ferments with Cheryl Paswater
February 16, 2016 00:56 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBOn today’s episode of Fuhmentaboudit!, guest Cheryl Paswater talks about some cozy winter ferments that are perfect for the season. Paswater is a certified fermentationist and gut ecologist, who has fermented everything from kombucha to cookies. “That’s one of the beautiful things about fermentation: preservation to get us through these winter months.” [11:20] – Cheryl Paswater
Episode 150: Beer Distilled, Essentially with Arcane Distillery
February 09, 2016 00:56 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBFuhmentaboudit! is celebrating its 150th episode with none other than Dave Kyrejko, talking his newest project: Arcane Distilling. Arcane is a bizarrely experimental micro distillery based in Brooklyn, specializing in vacuum distilled whiskeys and spirits, including beer whisky. According to Dave, “There be no copper pot ‘stilling, old-timey marketing schtick, or apple pie moonshine here.” Tune in for a great show featuring an in studio tasting! “Arcane is all about the weird, the unusual...
Episode 149: Stats What I’m Talkin’ About! With Beer Economist Bart Watson
February 02, 2016 00:39 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBTune in to a brand new episode of Fuhmentaboudit! as hosts Mary Izett and Chris Cuzme are on the line with Bart Watson, Chief Economist for the Brewers Association. As a stats geek, beer lover, and Certified Cicerone®, he holds a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, where in addition to his dissertation, he completed a comprehensive survey of Bay Area brewpubs one pint at a time. What are the influences that home brewers are having on professional brewers? Which styles of beer ar...
Episode 148: A Japan Meander with Nancy Singleton Hachisu
January 26, 2016 01:00 - 50 minutes - 45.9 MBTune in for a brand new episode of Fuhmentaboudit! as Mary Izett and guest co-host Rachel Jacobs talk to Nancy Singleton Hachisu. Author, cook, and farmer, Nancy left California for Japan in the late 1980’s, fully intending to learn Japanese in one year and return to the States for graduate school, and instead fell in love with a Japanese organic farmer. Now living with her husband and three sons in their eighty-five-year-old traditional farmhouse, Nancy has taught home cooking to Japanese ...
Episode 147: PicoBrew! We See You, Annie Johnson
January 19, 2016 00:47 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBFuhmentaboudit! is on the line with Annie Johnson, Master Brewer at PicoBrew talking all things automatic beer brewing appliances. The first woman recipient (since 1983) of the American Homebrewer Association’s prestigious Homebrewer of the Year award, Annie serves as PicoBrew’s Master Brewer-in-residence. A National Beer Judge herself, Annie has won awards for her beers across all of the major BJCP styles. She has contributed dozens of award-winning recipes to the PicoBrew recipe library a...
Episode 146: The Episode of Drinking Adventurously with Jeff Cioletti
January 12, 2016 00:59 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBYou want a little adventure in your life. And why not? With thousands of breweries and distilleries in the United States, there are more choices than ever on tap and behind the bar. So many, that you’re a little bit intimidated. That’s where this week’s Fuhmentaboudit! guest comes into play – Jeff Cioletti, author of “The Year of Drinking Adventurously: 52 Ways to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone.” He shares that the book serves as a guide to getting out of your beverage comfort zone once a wee...
Episode 145: AcetoBacter The Future: Vinegar with Harry Rosenblum
January 05, 2016 01:00 - 45 minutes - 41.7 MB_ Fuhmentaboudit! _ is back for the 2016 season! Hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett sit down with fellow Heritage Radio Network host, Harry Rosenblum of Feast Yr Ears, for a thorough discussion on vinegars. In the throws of writing his own book on vinegar, Harry explains that vinegar is a traditionally fermented liquid that can basically be made of any liquid containing alcohol, and goes on to highlight the steps for anyone looking to make vinegars at home. More than just your mother’s white...
Episode 144: Rev Nat Preaches the Gospel of Hopped Ciders & Tepache
December 15, 2015 00:41 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBKicking off the final episode of the season, Fuhmentaboudit! is featuring a sit down with craft cider revolutionary Nat West. Starting Reverend Nat’s Hard Cider in his basement in 2011, and known for his unusual American ciders and love of experimentation, Nat shares that he’s dedicated to bringing good cider to the craft beer lovers of the world. Notably, he really is a reverend who calls Portland, Oregon home.
Episode 143: Great Gruits! Tree Beers and More with Scratch Brewing Company
December 08, 2015 00:30 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBThis week _ Fuhmentaboudit! _ is back with a brand new episode featuring the team from Scratch Brewing Company: Marika Josephson and Aaron Kleidon. As co-owners (along with Ryan Tockstein) of the brewery, they explain their backgrounds as well as how they met up and eventually waded through mounds of paperwork and legislation to stat their own brewpub, which at the time, was the only brewery south of Springfield, Illinois. The duo explain that they focus on beers brewed with ingredients in...
Episode 142: Getting Fresh with Cheese Grotto
December 01, 2015 00:35 - 34 minutes - 32.1 MB_ Fuhmentaboudit! _ is getting cheesy this week as Chris and Mary welcome Jessica Sennett to the studio chatting about her invention, Cheese Grotto. Cheese Grotto is the optimal cheese storage unit for your fridge, your cupboard, or your cellar. It is an eco-friendly, durable, and aesthetically pleasing preservation method that mimics the benefits of cheese caves. Also employing humidity and air flow technology to keep cut and whole pieces of cheese fresher for longer, it requires no extr...
Episode 141: Sourdough with Sarah Owens
November 24, 2015 00:50 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MB_ Fuhmentaboudit _ takes on bread! This week Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett are joined by Sarah Owens, author of _Sourdough: Recipes for Rustic Fermented Breads, Sweets, Savories, and More _and proprietor of BK17 Bakery. Sarah Owens spent years baking conventional baked goods, only to slowly realize she had developed a crippling inability to digest or tolerate their ingredients. Unable to enjoy many of her most favorite foods, she knew she must find a health-sustaining alternative. Thus Sarah st...
Episode 140: Cider Week NYC is Whole Lot of “All Right!”
November 17, 2015 00:43 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBCider Week NYC makes everything a whole lot of “Alright!” In this episode, Mary and Chris recap their jolly 10 days of everything cider in NYC and play a few interviews taken along the way featuring Jahil Maplestone of Descendent Cider, Leif Sundstrom of Sundstrom Cider, David Biun of Eden Ice Cider, and Kyle Sherrer of Millstone Cider. Hear about their company history, products, and of their varying cider production philosophies and processes in this info saturated 30 minutes of fun and ins...
Episode 139: Bringing Sexy Back to Cider
November 10, 2015 00:38 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit, get ready for some real cider insight from cidermaking heavyweights Steve Woods & Louisa Spencer of Poverty Lane Orchards & Farnum Hill Cider. They explain how the US wine industry helped cider makers, why almost all the good cider apples still lack something, and what most people get wrong when it comes to cider. This is an incredible behind the curtains look at a blossoming agricultural and beverage revolution! “Variety is a noun and the cider people should n...
Episode 138: End’s Meats NYC
November 03, 2015 00:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBTune in for the meatiest Fuhmentaboudit yet, featuring John Ratliff, founder of End’s Meats NYC. Chris and Mary hear how Ends Meats uses whole animals from responsible, pasture-raised farms in New York and New Jersey, along with imported spices to produce the tastiest cured meats possible. John goes on to explain that while fermenting meat is a complicated process that involves culturing the right type of bacteria “flora” that live in the process facility, or by adding carefully made starte...
Episode 137: Whey of The White Moustache
October 26, 2015 23:52 - 38 minutes - 35 MBTune in for the married edition of _ Fuhmentaboudit! _ Welcoming guest Jennifer Anderson, Head Yogurt Maker at The White Moustache, Chris and Mary get the scoop on this handmade yogurt using high-quality, meticulously sourced ingredients in an unfathomably time and labor-intensive process. Discussing all things whey (the natural by-product after straining yogurt), the group discusses the many delicious uses for the liquid that is chocked full of probiotics and calcium, including The White M...
Episode 136: Fullsteam, Ahead! with Brian Mandeville
October 19, 2015 23:41 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBThis week on _ Fuhmentaboudit _, Chris and Mary share an interview recorded via the World Beer Festival in Durham, NC on October 9th, with Brian Mandeville, head brewer at Fullsteam Brewery. First talking about their Carver Lager, a tribute to a true Southern visionary, Dr. George Washington Carver who was also passionate about the sweet potato, Brian shares how Fullstream Brewery implements the sweet potato into the brew’s mash, giving a unique flavor that doesn’t include brown sugar or cin...
Episode 135: Natural Cheesemaking with David Asher
October 12, 2015 23:45 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBFuhmentaboudit is getting cheesy this week as author and natural cheesemaker David Asher is on the line with Chris and Mary. Talking about what constitutes natural cheesemaking as well as other items that David regularly ferments, he explains that a popular item he produces is kefir: a traditional yogurt culture from Central Asia. Conversation delves into rennet and the various types that are available to the aspiring cheesemakers today and many more details from David’s new book, “The Art...
Episode 134: Beer Are They Now? with KCBC (& more GABF with Mary)
October 05, 2015 23:40 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBChris and Mary catch up with Pete, Zack and Tony of Kings County Brewers Collective ( See episode 87) in their new location, 381 Troutman in Bushwick Brooklyn. They discuss the trials and excitement of then and now in starting a brewery in New York City. At one time Bushwick produced 10% of all the beer made in the United States and we’re excited to see production brewing return to the neigborhood! Delicious times abound.
Episode 133: GABF: Oh, The People You Will Meet
September 29, 2015 03:09 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBTune in to this special recap episode of Fuhmentaboudit as hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett (now happily engaged!) share recordings from the scene at the Great American Beer Festival held in Denver, Colorado last week. First, Chris shares a few local, beer-tastic events before introducing clips with Alexander Liberati, Taylor Rees (Spangalang Brewery), Birrificio Argo, Colin Ferguson (Live Oak Brewing Company), M.I.A. Brewing, and Baere Brewing Company.
Episode 132: Planning for GABF 2015 with Chris O’Leary
September 21, 2015 23:49 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBFuhmentaboudit! This week Chris and Mary welcome back Chris O’Leary of Brew York, New York for another show on the Great American Beer Festival taking place in Denver, CO. Sharing some beertastic stories and previewing GABF highlights to come, tune in for Chris, Chris, and Mary waxing poetic on one of the best brew events of the year! “Colorado is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to craft beer.” [39:00] –Chris O’Leary on Fuhmentaboudit!
Episode 131: Back to School… YCH Hop School That Is
September 15, 2015 00:15 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBFuhmentaboudit is back for a new season of hoptastic radio! On the line with Melody Meyer of Yakima Chief Hop Union, hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett reveal that they recently participated in the hop and brew school with the organization and loved it! YCH Hops was originally founded by hop growing families, some of them growing hops in the Yakima Valley for more than 130 years. These family farms joined together to build an organization which would market their hop products direct to brewers...
Episode 130: Rockaway Brewing Goes to BCTC (and a cucumber recipe!)
August 11, 2015 03:45 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit! hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett are ending the summer season with a BCTC 2015 Round Up plus Ethan Long, head brewer of Rockaway Brewing Co. in studio. Talking about what’s on tap, highlights from the Rockaway tasting room, upcoming brewery events, and thoughts on the brews they took to the ‘Belgium Comes to Cooperstown’ festival, the group rehashes tasty memories from the event. Tune in for some impromptu recipes from Mary and more! This program was brought to y...
Episode 129: The Path to Departed Soles Brewing Company
July 27, 2015 23:53 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett share a ton of brewtastic events and goings-on before welcoming Brian Kulbacki to the show. Brian shares how he and his late best friend Chris Ward initially thought up Departed Soles Brewing Company by conducting “mad science experiments” to brew gluten-free beer for Ward, who suffered from celiac disease. Notably, Brian became the first brewer specializing in gluten-free beer to graduate from the American Brewers Guild in Decem...
Episode 128: Brett on Brett with Brett Taylor
July 21, 2015 00:00 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit, hosts Mary Izett and Chris Cuzme welcome Brett Taylor to the studio, recalling his experiences in homebrewing and his recent completion of courses at the American Brewers Guild. Brett shares what about homebrewing initally appealed to him as well as the details surrounding his first successful brews. Talking why he loves working with the brettanomyces yeast strain, Brett dishes helpful hints for those looking to use the strain plus talks his hopping technique and...
Episode 127: Beer Freaks & Beer Geeks with Michael Ferguson (Mufasa)
July 13, 2015 23:40 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit, solo host Chris Cuzme welcomes Jeff Lord and Dave Scharfstein to the studio catching up on recent beertastic events as well as Jeff’s experiences at the National Homebrewers Conference. Talking up the good times had by all, Jeff relays cool things he took away and tasted from the conference as well as the hard work that goes into the successful event. In the second half of the show, Chris introduces a pre-recorded interview he and Mary did with Michael Ferguson o...
Episode 126: The Granger Way
July 06, 2015 23:53 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBWhen did the fermentation bug bite you? Tune in to this week’s episode of Fuhmentaboudit! as Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett reflect on their brewing journeys with guest Ben Granger. Ben talks about how he started brewing, what it was like opening the now-closed but still legendary Bierkraft, and what he’s up to these days. This program was brought to you by Union Beer Distributors. “Most of my fermentation studies in college were through a natty ice can!” [10:00] “Carbonation is often times th...
Episode 125: Catching Up With Chris & Mary
June 29, 2015 23:45 - 33 minutes - 31 MBWhat are Chris and Mary up to lately? Talking their latest brews, homebrewing cask beer, mobile canning, and more frothy tidbits, tune in as this dynamic duo catch up listeners on their own ventures and projects as of late on this episode of Fuhmentaboudit. This program was brought to you by Union Beer Distributors. “If anybody is listening, please make a 2.5 gallon cask!” [16:10] —Chris Cuzme on Fuhmentaboudit “If you’re looking to brew something different and has just been added to the ...
Episode 124: A Kiwi in NYC: Ben Middlemiss
June 22, 2015 23:44 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Mary Izett and Chris Cuzme welcome Ben Middlemiss to the studio in from Ben Middlemiss Brewing located in New Zealand! Talking about the homebrewing scene in New Zealand back when he started in the late 1960’s, he shares the disarray of the hobby before quality ingredients and widespread techniques were readily available. Ben goes on to share how he went from homebrewer to running a brewery to eventually distributing his own brew. After the break, Mary sha...
Episode 123: Pro
June 15, 2015 23:27 - 41 minutes - 38 MBWith summer temperatures on the rise, hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett are talking the NYC Brewers Pro-Am and hot-weather fermentations and with friend and owner of Bitter & Esters, John La Polla. The NYC Brewers Pro-Am is a friendly collaboration/competition pairing local homebrewers with some of the five boroughs’ best professional breweries and John shares highlights from last year’s event as well as things to come this year, including details of the fabulous grand prize. With no shortage...
Episode 122: Chicago Homebrew Hang
June 08, 2015 22:52 - 40 minutes - 37 MBThis week Fuhmentaboudit! host Mary Izett takes listeners along to the Windy City for a bottle share gathering that went down at Brew & Grow in Chicago’s West Loop in partnership with the C.H.A.O.S. Brew Club. Chatting up a plethora of homebrewers including Jim Vondracek, Chuck Mac, Kristina Wallig, Paul Thompson, Jeff Whelpley, and Brian Dombrowski, Mary gets the scoop on what each is fermenting these days and what’s to come from the Midwest’s brew barons! This program was brought to you by...
Episode 121: Orchard to Glass: Cider with Kevin of E.Z. Orchards
June 01, 2015 22:52 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBThis week on a brand new episode of Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Mary Izett and Chris Cuzme kick off the show revealing details surrounding Mary’s soon to be released book “Speed Brewing: Techniques and Recipes for Fast-Fermenting Beers, Ciders, Meads, and More.” The duo then welcomes Alex Forbes of Artisanal Imports and Kevin Zielinski of E.Z. Orchards to the show. Kevin shares the origins of E.Z. Orchards and how he got started in the cider business while providing some samples in studio and tal...
Episode 120: Planetary Elixirs are Out of This World!
May 18, 2015 23:01 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett go on location to chat with Scott Meyer, owner of Planetary Elixirs. Talking about his start in the fermentation and brewing realm, Scott shares the inspiration behind starting the Outer Banks Brewing Station and how he concocted unique flavors to make his own marketable beverages. Tune in for a great show! This program was brought to you by Union Beer Distributors.
Episode 119: Digging the Dosa Kitchen Food Truck
May 11, 2015 23:30 - 32 minutes - 30 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett kick off the show with some upcoming events before introducing guests Leda Scheintaub and husband Nash Patel to talk about their venture, Dosa Kitchen. Dosa Kitchen is Vermont’s only South Indian eatery, a food truck turned outdoor restaurant overlooking the Connecticut River in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont. Nash, who grew up eating dosas in Hyderabad, India, and Leda Scheintaub, cookbook author and lover of dosas and other ferm...
Episode 118: Urban Farm Fermentory Fun with Eli Cayer
May 04, 2015 23:39 - 32 minutes - 29.7 MBOn a brand new season of Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett kick off the show with some upcoming events happening in the brew world before getting guest Eli Cayer, owner of Urban Farm Fermentory, on the line. Located in Portland, Maine, Eli shares how he got started fermenting which ultimately ended up with opening his own business where his notable fresh pressed Maine apple cider is spontaneously (or wild) fermented in a Farmhouse style until it’s bone dry and tart. Urban Far...
Episode 117: Fermenter’s Guide to Portandia (CBC 2015)
April 27, 2015 23:45 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBThis week on a brand new episode of Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Mary Izett and Chris Cuzme jump start the show with a great recap of the Pride of Brooklyn Homebrew Festival and talk details regarding upcoming brewtastic events. Catching up with listeners after an amazing trip to Portland, Oregon for the Craft Brewers Conference, Chris and Mary discuss the state of the brewing industry via the conference’s keynote speaker. Mary also recently attended the New York State Brewers Association meeting ...
Episode 116: G’Day from Batch Brewing Co in Australia!
April 13, 2015 22:55 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit!, solo host Chris Cuzme takes listeners across the world to Batch Brewing Company located in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia. The brewery opened last year, the passion project of two American expats Christopher Sidwa and Andrew Finneran who gave up on failed home brewing projects came together via lacross to join Sydney’s quickly growing craft scene. Giving Chris the details surrounding the trials and tribulations brewing their unique craft selection in a...
Episode 115: Dosa
April 06, 2015 23:33 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett kick off the show with some beertastic events, Kickstarter projects, and a reminder that tomorrow is National Beer Day! Guest Cheryl Paswater joins the show talking about how she became interested in fermentation via a personal health scare in her early 30’s and how she started down the road to eventually founding Contraband Ferments. Contraband Ferments is her small start-up fermentation company in Brooklyn, New York with the go...
Episode 114: Comp. Organizing & Fermentation News
March 30, 2015 23:24 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett kick off the show talking about some great, upcoming brewing events to look forward to. With the first round of the National Homebrew Competition going on around the country, Chris and Mary dedicate the first half of the episode to their thoughts and experiences in running homebrew competitions. Listen in as the hosts dish out worthwhile tips and tricks to putting on a successful event and after the break chat about the new book,...
Episode 113: World of Weezy with Louise Leonard
March 23, 2015 23:24 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBCheers! This week on Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Mary Izett and Chris Cuzme open up the show with a great recap of fermentastic events before introducing Louise Leonard to the program. Louise is a chef, food personality, stylist, and booze lover who was recently crowned the winner of Season 2 of ABC’s primetime hit, The Taste, where she was chosen from a nation-wide search to compete with professional chefs and home cooks. She shares how she fell in love with not only cooking but cooking with bee...
Episode 112: Ferment! Ferment! with Zack Schulman
March 16, 2015 23:56 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit!, solo host Mary Izett kicks off the show with a plethora of brew-tastic events coming up before welcoming guest co-host Bahiyyih Comeau and Zack Schulman, the founder of Ferment! Ferment! which is taking place this year on Sunday, March 22 at The Brooklyn Free School. His goal hosting Ferment! Ferment! is to encourage people to ferment foods, come together to enjoy them while sharing the experiences making them. In a world of the fetishization of the food profess...
Episode 111: Spring Ahead (with Beer!)
March 09, 2015 23:32 - 40 minutes - 37 MBCelebrate Spring on a brand new episode of Fuhmentaboudit!. Mary Izett is chatting with Certified Cicerone Anne Becerra about spring beers and then she’ll check in with beer sommelier Hayley Jensen on designing beer and cider cocktails. She caps the episode by talking with Hayley and her brewer/chef hubby, Stephen Durley, on their big move to North Caroline to fulfill their dreams of opening their own craft beer joint. This program was brought to you by Union Beer.
Episode 110: 2 Brewers 1 Rupert’s Cup: Big Alice
March 03, 2015 00:56 - 41 minutes - 38 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett are fresh off NY Beer Week and are also fresh with announcements including Mary’s book update and her new segment, “Will it Ferment?” Big Alice Brewing is in the house with Co-Founder/Brewer Kyle Hurst and Assistant Brewer Jon Kielty explaining how they came into brewing and discovered their love for craft beer. Kyle takes Chris and Mary through Big Alice Brewing’s upgraded brewing system and how the brewery has evolved in the pa...
Episode 109: NY Beer & Cheer: Paul Leone, PJ Allen, Chris Prout, & Mr. Moxey
February 24, 2015 01:06 - 44 minutes - 40.3 MBHappy New York Beer Week! Fuhmentaboudit! hosts Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett are making the rounds of the momentous occasion talking to notable beer entities: Paul Leone, Executive Director of the NY State Brewers Association, Danielle Willett of BBDO, PJ Allen, brewer at Keg & Lantern, Jonathan Moxey, brewer at Perennial Artisan Ales, Chris Prout, brewer at Greenpoint Beer & Ale and Dirck The Norseman. Chatting about NY Beer Week 2015, what they’re all looking forward to, and what each has co...
Episode 108: SuperDrewN’Dennylistic Experimentalicious with Drew Beechum & Denny Conn
February 17, 2015 00:26 - 38 minutes - 35 MBWhen most brewers think of an experimental beer, odd creations come to mind. This week on Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Mary Izett and Chris Cuzme are delving into the topic with Drew Beechum and Denny Conn, authors of the book “Experimental Homebrewing: Mad Science in the Pursuit of Great Beer.” Denny and Drew explain that experimental homebrewing is about making good beer–the best beer, in fact. It’s about the tweaking process, designing solid recipes, and blind evaluations. After the break, Drew...
Episode 107: Sweep ‘N Sour with Oskar Norlander & Peter Salmond
February 10, 2015 00:32 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit!, hosts Mary Izett and Chris Cuzme kick off the show with some upcoming beertastic events (and announce plans for their own brew!) before welcoming guests Peter Salmond and Oskar Norlander. Peter and Oskar are the recent winners of Homebrew Alley Sour Category, and actually swept first, second, and third places out of 35 entrees! Their Gueuze, American Stout, and Fruit Lambics were hits at Homebrew Alley and share with Chris and Mary that their recipes remain pret...
Episode 106: Braven the Path to a Bushwick Brewery
February 03, 2015 00:31 - 31 minutes - 28.5 MBThis week on Fuhmentaboudit, solo host Chris Cuzme is talking to the founders of Braven Brewing Company – Eric Feldman and Marshall Thompson. Located around the corner from Heritage Radio Network in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Braven Brewing Company came about in 2013. Focused on creating crisp, perfectly balanced ales and lagers, Eric and Marshall take Chris through how they came together to establish their own brewery from the bottom up. After the break, the guys share their plans for a future tap...