Derek Bougie | Four Brewers Podcast

Episode 270 – This week, Jason and John are on-location in Long Beach, California for the California Craft Beer Summit at Rock Bottom Brewery and Restaurant with head brewer, and friend of the show, Derek Bougie.

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This week on the show, friend of the show, Derek Bougie, from Rock Bottom Brewery in Long Beach, California joins us to talk about his new gig and share some his latest brews.

Pictured: Derek Bougie of Rock Bottom Brewery standing in from of a brew kettle while holding a beer. Photo by Greg Nagel.

BREW THE SHIT OUT OF IT.

Episode Chapters:
00:00: SupportTheShitOutOfIt.com
00:08: Theme Music
00:17: Begin Show
00:36: Derek Bougie, Head Brewer at Rock Bottom Brewery, Long Beach
04:34: Shattered Glass IPA – Rock Bottom Brewery
08:47: The Pressure Of Not Making Shitty Beer
13:23: Torn Curtain – Rock Bottom Brewery
18:37: Tide Is High – Rock Bottom Brewery
26:46: New Kind Of Kick – Rock Bottom Brewery
31:31: Hot Play-doh Talk
32:50: Brief CCBS Talk
33:59: Hot Crocs Talk
36:26: fourbrewers.com

Beers from this week’s episode:
Shattered Glass IPA – Rock Bottom Brewery
Torn Curtain – Rock Bottom Brewery
Tide Is High – Rock Bottom Brewery
New Kind Of Kick – Rock Bottom Brewery

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Season 4, Episode 52 – On this, the final week of 2017, we’re drinking our collaboration beer that we brewed with Brewcaipa Brewing Co, and having a mini-IPA showdown.

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You guys…this is pretty awesome.

We have our very own Hazy, New England-ish style IPA on tap at an actually brewery that you can go to and try!

That’s right, folks! Today, Friday, December 22, 2017, is the first official day that our collaboration beer with Brewcaipa Brewing Co is on tap, and we’re pretty stoked about it!

Without getting into too much detail (after all, we do talk about the collab in this week’s episode), this beer was quite ambitious for both us as homebrewers and Derek Bougie, the brewer at Brewcaipa. Jason was the most experienced among us with brewing the style on a small scale, so naturally, we leaned on him for the construction the recipe.

The recipe is quite simple, consisting of 2 row and Vienna malts, as well as rolled oats and unmalted wheat. The hops, on their other hand, are another story. This beer has 60 POUNDS OF HOPS IN IT. This is a ten barrel batch of beer which means there are around 2 pounds of hops per barrel in the dry hop. The beer is triple dry hopped with an equal blend of Citra, Equinox, and Pacifica hops, giving it a super-fruity aroma and flavor. This beer is awesome.

We’ll spare you the finer details about the beer and just get to the point: you should go to Brewcaipa and buy a pint of two. Derek and Brewcaipa were both massively generous to have us in their space to make this beer, and we can’t thank them enough.

The beer is on tap RIGHT NOW exclusively at Brewcaipa Brewing Co, and we can’t wait for you to try it.

We also made a vlog of the brewday at Brewcaipa with Derek! Check it out: