Videos

This page contains a collection of informational videos for sour and funky brewing.

MTF Live

Live Q&A panels conducted by Art Whitaker broadcasted on the MTF Facebook group (change "Realtime Comments" to "Most Recent" to see all comments without playing the video). Also, check out our podcast and our YouTube channel.

Guest Speaker(s)	Overview/Notable Subjects Covered	Date
Brandon Jones on Wild Fermentation and THP Devin Bell and Dan Pixley on Quick Sour Techniques Milk The Funk Q&A Part 1 and Part 2 Jeff Mello and Isaac Brannon on QC On a Budget Matt Albrecht on Brewery Coopering Part 1 and Part 2 Matt Williams on Ancient Grains	Southern Brewers Conference 2017	08/25/2017
James Howat from Black Project Spontaneous Ales, Mitch Ermatinger from Speciation Artison Ales, Eddie Chimi and Derrick Morse of Mantra Artison Ales, John and Nate from Freewill Brewing Co., Brandalynn Armstrong from Armstrong Brewing Co.	Wide range of topics, including what threats each brewer perceives is the greatest to their business, solera processes, fruiting processes, microbe management and pitching methods, QC for sour beer and clean beer production in the same facility, etc.	05/04/2017
"North of the Border". Tariq Ahmed (owner of Revel Cider), Richard Preiss (cofounder of Escarpment Labs), Mark Horsley (Brewmaster at Bench Brewing), Kevin Freer (Brewmaster at Block 3 Brewing), Matthew Gibson (manager of corporate sales and marketing at Nickel Brook Funk Lab).	Ontario, Canada sour/wild brewing scene discussion, both beer and "wild" cider. Richard touches on kveik and obscure microbes.	04/10/2017
Brandon Jones of Yazoo Brewing Co and Jay Goodwin of The Rare Barrel.	MTF/Embrace The Funk Collaboration.	03/03/2017
Bob Sylvester of Saint Somewhere Brewing, Khris Johnson of Green Bench Brewery, Garrett Crowell formerly of Jester King, and Jake Miller formerly of Prairie (starts at ~22 minutes in).	General FAQ, with insights on kettle souring and industry terminology debates.	02/07/2017
Eddie Chimi and the rest of the crew at Mantra Artisan Ales.	The first coolship filling for Mantra Artisan Ales.	01/22/2017
Interview with David Thornton and Keston Helfrich of SouthYeast Labs and Carolina Bauernhaus Ales.	Bioprospecting and local farmhouse brewing.	10/07/2016

Wiki Kwiki

Similar to the MTF Live videos, but smaller and also available on the MTF The Podcast.

Guest Speaker(s)	Overview/Notable Subjects Covered	Date
Dan Wade of Wooden Robot Brewery	Foeder beer, brewing with local malts	06/05/2018

Shows and Presentations

BasicBrewing

• Sour Mash Berliner Weisse.
• Sour Wort Berliner Weisse.
• Fossil Cove Sour.
• 100% Rye Tart Hoppy Ale.

BeerSmith

• Sour Beer Brewing with Mike Mraz.
• Brewing Saison Beer with Nathan Smith.
• Wild Yeast Beer Brewing with Booth’s Homebrewing.
• Sour Beer Brewing with Michael Tonsmeire.
• Brewing Sour Beers with Michael Dawson.
• Barrel Aged Sours with CJ Shamas.

BrewingTV

• Episode 49: Sour Beers.
• Episode 42: King's Coolship.

Chop & Brew

• Episode 37: Influence of Mashing on Sour Beer Production (Tonsmeire presentation at NHC 2014).
• Episode 25: Meet the Brewer - Keith Ciani.

Craft Commander

• Craft Commander interviews Michael Tonsmeire.
• Craft Commander interviews Jeff Mello of Bootleg Biology.
• Interview with Mitch Ermatinger from Speciation Artisan Ales.

Foeder For Thought

• 2018 Foeder For Thought.

Various

• MTF Facebook Videos.
• Six Pack Stories: Sour Showdown - panel of notable commercial brewers on sour terminology and marketing, and addressing the concerns of misleading customers regarding some kettle soured beers.
• Chad Yakobson Brettanomyces Presentation 2012 Music City Brew Off (provided by Embrace the Funk).
• Shawn McBride's Sour Beer Presentation.
• Sour Beers (aka "Pickled Beers"), presentation by Iain Hill of Strange Fellows Brewing in Vancouver.
• Perspective on Brewing Berliner Weisse Style Beer, by Jess Caudill of Wyeast.
• CBM University Interview with Michael Tonsmeire part one and part two.
• Pints and Quarts - American Sour Beers, interview with Michael Tonsmeire.
• Jeff Mello Bootleg Biology Yeast Wrangling Kit demonstration.
• Sour beer panel at the Firestone Walker invitational Beer Fest.
• Demonstration of gas diffusion; shows why "CO2 blankets" are very short term.

Commercial Brewer Interviews

• Spontaneous Fermentation Tasting at 2016 GABF with Chase Healey and Jeff Stuffings.
• Wild Wild Brett Orange : Crooked Stave on location with Chad Yakobson.
• A Conversation with Ron Jeffries of Jolly Pumpkin, Shelton Brothers.
• Short overview from New Belgian Brewing on their Lactobacillus culture.
• Four Brewers with Jesse Friedman of Almanac Beer Co.
• The Beer Temple with Mike Karnowski from Zebulon Artisan Ales.

Homebrewers

• Sui Generis videos on yeast culturing and banking.
• Dan ABA's Sour Brewing Playlists.
• Travis ColoradoFlyFisherman's Sour Barrel Playlist.
• Brewing Berliner Weisse part one and part two by BrewBeerandDrinkIt.
• Lactic Acid homebrew experiment - Sour Wit, by Don Osborn.
• Don Osborn's GigaYeast experience.
• GigaYeast Sour Cherry Funk, by Don Osborn.
• Michael Tonsmeire (The Mad Fermentationist).

See Also

Additional Articles on MTF Wiki

• Podcasts
• Books
• Scientific Publications
• Blogs
• HomebrewCon Seminars