Episode 25: The Big Little

Published: May 13, 2013, 11:34 p.m.

The Big Little - big flavor, little alcohol! This week on Fuhmentaboudit!, Chris Cuzme and Mary Izett are talking about sessionable table beers with homebrewers Kyler Serfass and Jamie Stafford-Hill. Hear how Jamie enhances flavors in low-alcohol beers, despite scaling down hops and malt. Kyler talks about brewing a Scotch ale with a low ABV, and what ingredients he used to brew his beer. Learn some techniques to get more flavor out of session beers! Mary shares her one-gallon, sixty-hour table beer, and shares how ingredients like aniseed can help increase a beers bitterness without adding more hops. Are table beers safe for mothers who are lactating? Find out on this weeks episode of Fuhmentaboudit! Thanks to our sponsor, Cain Vineyard and Winery. Because youre using less malt, you have to be careful of your temperatures because you dont have a big thermal mass. [8:45] -- Kyler Serfass on Fuhmentaboudit! You want to mash high so you dont get a lot of sugars that leave a wort-y taste. [20:00] -- Jamie Stafford-Hill on Fumentaboudit!