Mary Izett and Chris Cuzme continue to identify off-flavors on this week's episode of Fuhmentaboudit! Once again, Mary and Chris are joined by BR Rolya, and also by newcomer and brewer extraordinaire, John Naegele. Hear about the importance of sanitation in homebrewing. How does clean equipment prevent against acetobacter? Tune in to hear the gang taste beer doped with vinegar in order to learn to identify for acetic infections! Later, Mary and Chris talk John about one of his other hobbies- making vinegar. Where does vinegar come from, and how did John's wine surplus inspire him to make vinegar at home? Is it possible to make beer from vinegar? Find out on this week's episode of Fuhmentaboudit! This episode has been sponsored by Catskill Provisions.

"If you're teaching yourself off-flavors, you want them to be prevalent, so they stick in your senses and your memory." [18:30] -- Mary Izett on Fuhmentaboudit!

Bill Fitch, wine director of Vinegar Hill House and recently opened Hillside talks about his experiences in the wine industry. He discusses the trends of wine, especially in Brooklyn and the Brooklyn food and wine scene. Bill had to have surgery to gain a sense of smell, and upon gaining his sense of scent, was obsessed with smell which led him to wine. In Portland Oregon, he had his first wine related job in a wine cellar, learning all he could about wines. He came to NYC in 1998 and worked at Il Bucco. Soon after, he began putting together wine lists for various NYC restaurants. Currently, he splits his time between Paris and New York City. Today's show was sponsored by Whole Foods Market.

I was a kindergarden teacher in the Waldorf and Montessori method... I The enthusiasm is learned and picked up by the children. I like that, everyone is in a certain stage of their wine education." [23:00]

--Bill Fitch on In the Drink

Cleveland’s own Chef Jonathon Sawyer is a homegrown food rockstar, and he's joining Michael Harlan Turkell on today's THE FOOD SEEN. His restaurants and ventures, The Greenhouse Tavern, Noodlecat, Brick & Mortar Pop-ups, Sawyer’s Street Frites at Browns Stadium, Tavern Vinegar Co. have turned his city into more than just the location for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, it’s now a budding destination for cuisine in the Cuyahoga County as well. Burn on, big river, burn on. Today's program has been brought to you by S. Wallace Edwards & Sons

"The better your cooks are, the better your bowls of pasta will be. It's elementary." [7:00]

"Carbon zero is the goal and anything we have to do to reach that goal is fair game." [20:00]

"Anywhere you would use a lime or a lemon - try using vinegar." [29:00]

-- Johnathon Sawyer on THE FOOD SEEN