#52: Lagers, Lore, and Legends

Graining In is fresh off the heels of its most successful Week
One episode to date, with Scott Janish! The Matty and Noah revel
in the success, try to find valuable lessons from the recent the
podcast's growth in listenership; instead, their predictably
petty takeaways are merely fixations on self esteem issues and
disbelief in the fact that Scott, a man who has dedicated his
brewing career to pushing the scientific understanding of IPAs,
isn't in love with lagers. Thankfully, the latter point proves to
be a good topic of discussion and the guys don't quite board the
technical train, but at least take a ride on the Brewing Science
& Psychology Shuttle Bus.
Noah and Matt discuss how lagers grew to become the definitive
"brewer's beer", the importance of place in beer enjoyment, each
share their favorite lager, and Noah rambles phonetic on his
philosophy with lager yeast selection, why he never homebrewed
lagers, the importance of decoction and alternative mash
schedules, talks temperature, and gushes about spunding
valves.
The response to a very technical conversation with Scott was
nothing short of eye opening, so hopefully this will be the first
of many episodes that live more in that practical arena, while
still appealing to brewers, drinkers, and just people in general
on a more consistent basis. Pastorianus On, Wayne!

Music: "Mountain Climb" by Jake Hill