Basic Brewing Radio
892 episodes - English - Latest episode: 10 days ago - ★★★★★ - 499 ratingsBasic Brewing Radio is a weekly chat about homebrewing - brewing the best beer and mead in the world in your own home.
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Episodes
04-18-24 - Recipe Development, Kölsch
April 17, 2024 00:00 - 32 minutes - 14.9 MBChris Colby, author of the Homebrew Recipe Bible, joins James to taste the Hoppy Raw Ale and to formulate a Kölsch for Steve Wilkes.
04-11-24 - Recipe Development, Hoppy Raw Ale
April 10, 2024 00:00 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MBChris Colby joins James to taste their Belgian Single and to formulate a Hoppy Raw Ale.
04-04-24 - Whirlpool Hopping Experiment
April 03, 2024 00:00 - 53 minutes - 24.5 MBMatt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin shares a whirlpool hopping experiment in his quest to brew the perfect hazy IPA.
03-28-24 - Mead Hop Sampler
March 27, 2024 00:00 - 53 minutes - 24.4 MBGarrett Freeman from Man Made Mead shares a mead hop sampler with James and Steve that shows off five tasty hops.
03-21-24 - Mash Your Luck and Food Safety
March 20, 2024 00:00 - 43 minutes - 19.8 MBScott Housel shares his Mash Your Luck beer with Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing and James, and they talk about food safety with low- and non-alcohol beers.
03-14-24 - Recipe Development, Saison
March 13, 2024 00:00 - 53 minutes - 24.5 MBMatt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin and Josh Secaur of Gambit Brewing join James to taste the Fresca Shandler and formulate a saison recipe.
03-07-24 - American Craft Sake Festival
March 06, 2024 00:00 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MBBen Bell of Origami Sake gives James a tour of the tasting tent at the annual gathering of the North American sake industry.
02-29-24 - Tasting Bru Club Mash Your Luck
February 28, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 33.6 MBHaven Schultz joins James and Steve as they taste the beers of Bru Club members that met the Mash Your Luck challenge.
02-22-24 - Hoppy Raw Ale
February 21, 2024 00:00 - 54 minutes - 24.8 MBFrom Finland, Mika Laitinen, author of Viking Age Brew, tells us how to skip the boil to brew a delicious hoppy beer using historic techniques.
02-15-24 - Canning Homebrew
February 14, 2024 00:00 - 53 minutes - 24.3 MBMatt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin and James get metal as they talk about canning your homebrew.
02-08-24 - Recipe Development, Belgian Single
February 07, 2024 00:00 - 44 minutes - 20.2 MBChris Colby joins James to formulate the recipe for a delicious Belgian-inspired beer and to taste James' Oat Malt Stout.
02-01-24 - Recipe Development, Grapefruit Soda Shandler
January 31, 2024 00:00 - 54 minutes - 25.1 MBMatt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin and Josh Secaur of Gambit Brewing join James to formulate a refreshing hybrid brew and to sample Matt's Gingerbread Wit.
01-25-24 - Mash Your Luck, Anglo Imperial Lager
January 24, 2024 00:00 - 56 minutes - 25.8 MBHomebrewer Scott Housel helps James evaluate the Mash Your Luck beer from Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing - a UK-inspired high gravity lager.
01-18-24 - Pink Dry Hopping Experiment
January 17, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 27.7 MBJames and Steve taste an experiment comparing dry hops floating on top of and sunk into a pale ale.
01-11-24 - Formal Brewing Education
January 10, 2024 00:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBJames talks to Andrew Burns of Dakota County Technical College in Minnesota about his course to bring homebrewers to the professional level.
01-04-24 - Moist January
January 03, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 31.4 MBJames and Steve sit down with Desiree and Dave from High Gravity in Tulsa to sip delicious beers and talk homebrew past, present, and future.
12-28-23 - Brewing Disasters
December 27, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 53 MBJames and Steve delve into stories of brewing gone wrong from homebrewers from around the world and sample tasty homebrew from Scott Housel.
12-21-23 - Saison Variations
December 20, 2023 00:00 - 52 minutes - 24.3 MBHomebrewer Scott Housel shares five beers created from a single base saison with James and Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing.
12-14-23 - Recipe Development, Oat Malt Stout
December 13, 2023 00:00 - 57 minutes - 26.3 MBJames and Chris Colby are joined by beer author and historian Peter Symons to evaluate the Pre-prohibition American Lager from a previous episode and formulate a Stout using malted oats.
12-07-23 - Flyway Fayetteville
December 06, 2023 00:00 - 44 minutes - 20.2 MBJames and Steve visit with Kort Castleberry, who is now head brewer at New Province Brewing and Flyway Brewing's new Fayetteville, Arkansas, location about his dual responsibilities.
11-30-23 - Recipe Development, Holiday Ale
November 29, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 32.1 MBSpecial guest Josh Secaur from Gambit Brewing in St. Paul joins James and Matt to compare Kentucky Commons and help formulate a Winter Ale recipe.
11-16-23 - Hop Sampler - EKG vs Fuggle
November 15, 2023 00:00 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MBJames and Steve pit two traditional English favorite hops against each other and then blend them to see how they pair together. They also taste a listener-brewed beer with "Pink" hops.
11-09-23 - Mash Your Luck with The Bru Club
November 08, 2023 00:00 - 45 minutes - 20.8 MBHaven Schultz from The Bru Club joins James to talk about his organization and roll the virtual dice for a club challenge.
11-02-23 - Recipe Development, Pre-prohibition American Lager
November 02, 2023 00:00 - 49 minutes - 22.6 MBJames is joined by Chris Colby of beerandgardeningjournal.com as they taste their Smoked Rotbier and formulate a recipe for a long lost American style.
10-26-23 - Recipe Development, Kentucky Common
October 25, 2023 00:00 - 54 minutes - 24.8 MBJames talks to Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin as they sample the Arkansas Porch Steamer and formulate a beer based on a trip to Canada.
10-19-23 - Hop Sampler - Vic Secret, Idaho 7, Nectaron
October 18, 2023 00:00 - 54 minutes - 25 MBThe Hop Sampler is back! James and Steve sample three delicious hops from Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S.
10-12-23 - Blind Mice Revisited
October 11, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBWe visit with Casey Letellier on the fifth anniversary of Ivory Bill Brewing and take a trip back in time to almost 18 years ago.
09-28-23 - Man Made Meads
September 27, 2023 00:00 - 44 minutes - 20.3 MBJames and Steve are guests on Garrett Freeman's Man Made Mead show and sample some of his delicious meads.
09-21-23 - Recipe Development, Smoked Rotbier
September 20, 2023 00:00 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MBChris Colby of beerandgardeningjournal.com joins James to develop a recipe for a smoked version of a Nuremberg Red Lager. They also taste James' Porter.
09-14-23 - Fayetteville Beer Works
September 13, 2023 00:00 - 50 minutes - 23.2 MBJames and Steve head to Fayetteville Beer Works to talk to Brian O'Connell about his new brewery with no hot side brewing equipment.
09-07-23 - Mash Your Luck
September 06, 2023 00:00 - 58 minutes - 27 MBAdam Ross of Twin Span Brewing joins James to put a random spin on recipe development. James and Adam also talk pressure fermentation.
08-31-23 - Recipe Development, California Common
August 30, 2023 00:00 - 46 minutes - 21.2 MBMatt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin joins James to formulate a hot porch version of the famous steamy style.
08-24-23 - Recipe Development, Porter
August 23, 2023 00:00 - 57 minutes - 26.1 MBChris Colby of beerandgardeningjournal.com joins James to formulate a recipe for an old favorite style.
08-17-23 - Pressure Fermentation Experiment
August 16, 2023 00:00 - 50 minutes - 23 MBHomebrewer Scott Housel shares an experiment with James and Steve testing the effects of fermenting under higher pressure.
08-10-23 - Lost Cause Meadery
August 09, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 27.5 MBJames, Steve and Tim Leber visit Lost Cause Meadery in San Diego to sample out-of-this-world meads and then get advice from founder Billy Beltz on making delicious meads at home.
08-03-23 - Recipe Development, Red IPA
August 02, 2023 00:00 - 49 minutes - 22.6 MBJames and Matt Giovanisci from Brew Cabin formulate a hoppy red ale and sample Matt's Cold IPA.
07-27-23 - All About Diacetyl
July 26, 2023 00:00 - 37 minutes - 17.1 MBAlex Gruber, Tech Support Specialist at Imperial Yeast, gives us all the buttery details about diacetyl - what it is, where it comes from, and how to remove it from our beer.
07-20-23 - Barrett Tillman of BlackMan Brewing
July 19, 2023 00:00 - 44 minutes - 20.3 MBBarrett Tillman of BlackMan Brewing talks about nomadic brewing and forming partnerships to share his story and build his brand.
07-13-23 - Fruit Extraction Experiment
July 12, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBMead Man Tim Leber shares an experiment comparing three methods to extract fruit flavor for a beer or mead.
07-06-23 - Recipe Development, Honey Peach IPA
July 05, 2023 00:00 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MBChris Colby of beerandgardeningjournal.com joins us to sample the Texas Table Beer and formulate a big peachy IPA.
06-29-23 - Club Night San Diego
June 28, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 36.6 MBJames and Steve meet new folks, catch up with old friends, and sample tasty things at San Diego Homebrew Con.
06-15-23 - Mead Grab Bag, Part 02
June 14, 2023 00:00 - 38 minutes - 17.8 MBSteve Wilkes and Tim Leber share meads in this third recording of a day of meads from the breakfast nook.
06-08-23 - Ballpark Brew Fest
June 07, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 27 MBJames and Steve head to Schaumburg, Illinois, to sample local brews and try Ken Kazmierski's hot dog beer in its native environment.
06-01-23 - Recipe Development, Cold IPA
May 31, 2023 00:00 - 59 minutes - 27.1 MBMatt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin joins James to formulate a Citra-forward hoppy IPA.
05-25-23 - Metropolitan Brewing
May 24, 2023 00:00 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MBDoug Hurst of Metropolitan Brewing in Chicago sits down with James, Steve, and Greig McGill to share samples and tips on brewing deliciously clean lagers.
05-18-23 - Chicago Dog Beer Summit
May 17, 2023 00:00 - 43 minutes - 19.7 MBJames and Steve travel to Chicago to sample a vertical tasting of a homebrew with the flavors of an authentic Chicago Hot Dog.
05-11-23 - Recipe Development, Texas Table Beer
May 10, 2023 00:00 - 50 minutes - 23.1 MBChris Colby of beerandgardeningjournal.com joins James to design a recipe for a small and satisfying session beer.
05-04-23 - Orthodox Farmhouse Brewing
May 03, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 29.8 MBJames and Steve visit Orthodox Farmhouse Brewing in Washington County, Arkansas, and sample delicious beers with co-founder Jesse Gagnon.
04-27-23 - Recipe Development, Pond Hopper Golden Ale
April 26, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 27.8 MBMatt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin joins James to formulate a trans-continental beer based on British Golden Ale.
04-20-23 - Mead Grab Bag
April 19, 2023 00:00 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBTim Leber and Steve Wilkes share some delicious meads they made with desert honey, spruce and cherries.