511: Brennan Perry of Tenma Explores the Multiverse of Single-Hop and Single-Malt Lagers

When he and wife Dana Martindale purchased the brewery that would become Tenma Beer Project a few years ago, Brennan Perry had to adjust—it was the smallest brewhouse he’d ever used. After stints at Stone, Beachwood, and others, he’d developed a disciplined approach to production brewing. But with this new chapter, he wanted to test, learn, and bring customers along for an ever-changing experience that still felt rooted. A few years in, he’s still adapting, with a new European malt supplier, decoctions for many of his lagers, and more.

In this episode, Perry discusses:

• brewing five different brands of single-hopped, German-style pils
• finding European malt with process-dependent flavor expression
• first-wort hopping lager and IPA for integrated bitterness
• the quirks of Saphir, Hersbrucker, Tettnanger, Mittlefrüh, and more
• adjusting boil timing based on alpha acids
• applying technical approaches from lager brewing to West Coast IPA
• blending malts for the perfect IPA base
• accounting for the lower perceived bitterness in advanced hop products

And more.

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