In this special episode of the podcast, we brought together segments with two brewers who both won gold medals at the recent Great American Beer Festival—Dustin Baker of Roadmap Brewing in San Antonio, Texas, and Adrian Garrett, head brewer of Precarious Beer Project in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Baker of Roadmap discusses:

adjusting the malt bill to build malt flavor in despite brewhouse limitations
brewing award-winning pilsner with a single infusion mash and no decoction
building appropriate sulfur character with L28 yeast
slowing down transfers to be gentle with the beer
the importance of fresh ingredients

and more.

Garrett of Precarious discusses:

design inspiration for cold IPA
the flavor contribution of puffed jasmine rice
cool pooling for smoother hop flavor and aroma notes
blending old and new with CTZ, Cascade, Mosaic, and Amarillo
overcoming hop creep with ALDC enzyme
dry hop biotransformation with 34/70 yeast
the importance of packaging and transportation of competition beers

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267: GABF Gold! Roadmap and Precarious Share Their Approaches to Gold-Medal-Winning Pilsner and Cold IPA

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