If you would have asked me five years ago what the on-trend brewing thing would be in 2021,

I would have guessed something with the letters I, P and A. And I would have been wrong.

Laugh all you want, but Hard Seltzer is here to stay.

An Imperial Yeast new seasonal seasonal strain W.04 Paramount can help

Brewers get the most out of their water fermentations. A clean and aggressive fermenter,

Paramount will produce an excellent celtzer with low fusal alcohols, plus it's gluten-free.

If you tried making seltzer with standard ale or lager strains, you know the struggle.

And Imperial Yeast is here to help with W.04 Paramount.

Learn more about this novel strain at

Imperial Yeast.com and pick up your W.04 drink, it's good enough to brew with. It's likely nearly every brewer out there has heard this

trope at one time or another and if you're like me it was used to justify ignoring

the very ingredient that makes up the largest proportion of beer. Well over over the last few years, the general perspective about the impact water chemistry

has on beer appears to have shifted a bit, something that seemingly corresponds with the development

of a particular style.

You're listening to the Bruosophy podcast. I'm your host

Marshall Schott and joining me to discuss sulfate to chloride ratios, especially as it relates to

hazy New England IPA as contributor Andy Carter. Hey Marshall, yeah Well, water, the essence of life really.

You know, we spend so much time drinking water because we have to drink it to survive.

And then sometimes it's just kind of thrown by the wayside for brewing so it's good to look at this

re-evaluate it and maybe remind everyone what's going on when you add minerals to your water.

Absolutely when the whole hazy IPA thing really started to blow up a few years ago a bunch of us

brewers were curious to

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