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Will and Joe Quinlan, brothers and cofounders of the Big Friendly in Oklahoma City—they just make beer. Will loves saison, so they make a few saisons every year. Joe loves barrel-aged stouts, so they make a few of those every year. Their distribution is minuscule and production is very small—their back-to-back GABF Brewery and Brewer of the Year awards are in the 250–500 barrel category—but despite their small size, they take a meticulous approach to beermaking.
In this episode, the brothers each recount their approach and process, discussing:
- how they build mixed-fermentation cultures out of separate stock strains
- resting and conditioning saison
- using flavor- and aroma-forward New Zealand hops in saison
- tuning sourdough yeast for beer fermentation
- barrel-conditioning saison
- editing the malts in barrel-aged stouts
And more.
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