Brewing Historically Inspired Smoked Beers with Our Mutual Friend (Audio)

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In Denver’s lively RiNo neighbrhood, Our Mutual Friend has won fans and accolades by offering a wide range of characterful beers, from hazy IPAs and barrel-aged barleywines to lagers and mixed-culture saisons. Along the way, OMF also has gained a cult following for its interest in traditional, leseer-known, historically inspired styles—many of them brewed with locally smoked craft malts.

In this 49-minute course, OMF head brewer and co-owner Jan Chadkowski shares his approach to brewing smoky and rustic yet highly drinkable beers. Along the way, he covers:

• finding information on historical beer styles
  
• working with the equipment you have and the ingredients you can get
  
• making adjustments for modern smoked malts
  
• tips on brewing with juniper berries
  
• yeast selection for appropriate character
  
• specs and tips on smoky stjørdalsøl and grodziskie
  
• working with eccentric, deeply smoky Stjørdal-style malt
  
• stjørdalsøl’s long-aging potential
  
• adapting grodziskie to your modern brewery and ingredients
  
• tips on brewing with 100 percent wheat
  
• dialing in grodziskie for balance
  
• clarifying and carbonating grodziskie
  
• bonus tips on brewing smoked helles (including a “turbid decoction”)