The Humble Sea origin story instructed by cofounder and brewmaster Nick Pavlina is a typical one: Avid homebrewer turns professional on the urging of household and buddies. But that early expertise with brewing, brewing, and brewing some extra—on a one-barrel system—instilled a self-discipline for testing, evaluating, and adapting that stays with Humble Sea to this present day.
A 2022 World Beer Cup silver medal for Munich-style helles gave them the validation they hunted for the nascent lager program—however quite than anchor them in place, that success put extra wind of their experimental sails. They proceed to tinker with that beer, testing mash-step instances and temperatures in addition to fermentation parameters, in an ongoing quest to make it as excellent as potential.
In the meantime, they’ve hitched a journey on the swift present of hazy IPA—or, of their lingo, “foggy IPA”—however they’ve executed so in methods impressed by their West Coast locale. The end result has been vital progress, and the brewery now has 5 completely different ports they name dwelling.
On this episode, Pavlina and brewing operations director Nate Chesser talk about:
- creating a home lager fashion by assembling items of assorted traditions and the practices of brewer friends
- altering and adjusting their medal-winning helles regardless of its success
- embracing decoction for each its tangible and intangible advantages
- selecting and sourcing Noble hops for helles and pilsner
- fermenting lagers with a much less widespread yeast pressure
- constructing their preliminary “foggy” IPA out of a Pliny the Elder–impressed recipe
- leaning into their distinctive water profile
- spunding IPA for pure carbonation
And extra.
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