{"podcast":{"title":"The Beer Craft, Homebrewing Podcast","slug":"the-beer-craft-homebrewing-podcast-7057278","podcast_index_feed_id":7057278,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/549992/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/549992","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/c/6/b/1c6b79f4bf7ef9aed959afa2a1bf1c87/new_podcast_cover-20251113-rhsclwt8cl.png","author":"Ben Holm","episode_count":69,"summary":"Your weekly pint of beer and brewing wisdom from Ben Holm and Andrew Ziegler. Each week, a new episode shares the history, brewing tips, and a look at the Pacific Northwest beer scene. Brought to you by Northwest Brewers Supply.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T12:21:17.881311+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beer-craft-homebrewing-podcast-7057278"},"episode":{"title":"This is Modern Alchemy","slug":"this-is-modern-alchemy","published_at":"2026-04-30T01:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beer-craft-homebrewing-podcast-7057278/this-is-modern-alchemy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beer-craft-homebrewing-podcast-7057278","url":"https://b367848b-fa6d-4674-b5f1-5594c96afd52.libsyn.com/this-is-modern-alchemy","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/b367848b-fa6d-4674-b5f1-5594c96afd52/TBC_Ep66_s2_e18.mp3?dest-id=4745927","summary":"The ancient alchemists never figured out how to turn lead into gold, but they did help crack open the door to modern chemistry, laboratory science, and the very human habit of asking, \"What happens if I put this with that?\" Which, honestly, sounds a lot like brewing. In this episode of The Beer Craft, Ben and Andrew look at beer through the lens of old alchemy: taking base materials, applying heat, time, transformation, and a little misplaced confidence, then hoping something amazing comes out the other side. We still haven't figured out how to turn lead into gold, but malt, hops, water, and yeast can get us pretty close. Want to go deeper into the actual ingredients behind the magic? BYO's Beer Ingredient Bundle includes workshop replays on yeast, water, malt, and hops from brewing experts. https://byo.com/product/byo-beer-ingredient-boot-camp-bundle-2023-includes-4-online-boot-camps/?ref=84 Affiliate link. Helps the show, costs you nothing. \"Twisted\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ \"RetroFuture Dirty\" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","meta_description":"The ancient alchemists never figured out how to turn lead into gold, but they did help crack open the door to modern chemistry, laboratory science, and th…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3201,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-beer-craft-homebrewing-podcast-7057278/episodes/this-is-modern-alchemy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-beer-craft-homebrewing-podcast-7057278/this-is-modern-alchemy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}