Basic Brewing Radio
898 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 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
09-20-12 Brewing with Jack McAuliffe
September 19, 2012 00:00 - 38 minutes - 17.6 MBJames and Andy brew up a recipe based on New Albion ale under the supervision of New Albion founder Jack McAuliffe.
09-13-12 Saddlebock Brewing
September 12, 2012 00:00 - 45 minutes - 20.7 MBWe continue our series on the emerging craft beer culture in northwest Arkansas with Steve Rehbock of Saddlebock Brewing.
09-06-12 White House Homebrew and Brewing with Seeds
September 05, 2012 00:00 - 47 minutes - 22 MBBeer guy Brad Magerkurth talks about getting a homebrew from the President and Chris Colby gives tips on brewing with seeds and nuts.
08-30-12 Late Hops, Different Yeast
August 29, 2012 00:00 - 41 minutes - 19.3 MBHome brewer Tyrone Harris shares his experiment adding a bunch of hops to a wort after the boil, then splitting it and fermenting with six different yeasts.
08-23-12 Gorst Valley Hops Visit
August 22, 2012 00:00 - 38 minutes - 17.4 MBJames pays a visit to the experimental hopyard of Gorst Valley Hops in Wisconsin to talk to horticulturist James Altwies.
08-16-12 Great Taste of the Midwest
August 15, 2012 00:00 - 47 minutes - 22 MBJames travels to Madison, Wisconsin to join Bob Stempski for one of the best beer events in the U.S.
08-09-12 Moonlight Meadery
August 08, 2012 00:00 - 54 minutes - 24.9 MBMichael Fairbrother from Moonlight Meadery shares his experience in going from being a home brewer to the owner of a quickly growing meadery. He also answers your questions.
08-02-12 Chilling Experiment
August 01, 2012 00:00 - 39 minutes - 18.3 MBJames, Andy Davison of the Australian National Homebrew Conference, and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine launch a collaborative experiment to test the effects of different wort chilling methods.
07-26-12 Sour Mash Berliner Weisse
July 25, 2012 00:00 - 47 minutes - 21.7 MBMontreal home brewer Sean Coates turns a stinky mash into a refreshing, tart summer brew.
07-19-12 Extreme Aging Experiment
July 18, 2012 00:00 - 36 minutes - 16.6 MBZot O'Connor presents examples from a two-year continuation of our experiment on aging beers in different conditions.
07-12-12 Experimental Hops
July 11, 2012 00:00 - 50 minutes - 23.1 MBKarl Vanevenhoven from Yakima Chief shares some experimental hops and tells us how new hop varieties are born and developed.
07-05-12 No Chill Experiment
July 04, 2012 00:00 - 52 minutes - 24.3 MBHome brewers Bob Stempski and Noam Shalev compare beers brewed with traditional chilling techniques with no-chill batches.
06-28-12 Fruit Mead Experiment
June 27, 2012 00:00 - 45 minutes - 21.1 MBHome brewer Tim Leber shares his experiment comparing fruit added to a mead in the primary and in the secondary.
06-13-12 Extra: Kim Lutz of Maui Brewing
June 12, 2012 00:00 - 13 minutes - 6.36 MBJames takes a break from vacation to interview Kim Lutz, lead brewer of the Maui Brewing Company brewpub.
05-24-12 Secondary Experiment Results
May 23, 2012 00:00 - 46 minutes - 21.2 MBJames and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, take a look at the results of the BYO-BBR Collaborative Experiment testing the effect of racking to a secondary fermenter.
05-17-12 Sasquatch Ale
May 16, 2012 00:00 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBMark Emiley of the Washington Homebrewers Association gives us a preview of the Seattle American Homebrewers Conference and tells us what Sasquatch would drink.
05-10-12 Jack McAuliffe and New Albion Brewery
May 09, 2012 00:00 - 47 minutes - 21.6 MBCraft brewing pioneer Jack McAuliffe shares the story of his founding America's first microbrewery - New Albion of Sonoma, California.
05-03-12 Really Old Milwaukee
May 02, 2012 00:00 - 46 minutes - 21.2 MBKevin Cullen and Paul Mech of Discovery World in Milwaukee, Wisconsin tell us about their program to bring ancient brewing recipes back to life.
04-26-12 Tanglewood Branch Beer Company
April 25, 2012 00:00 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBWe continue our series on the emerging local beer scene in northwest Arkansas with a visit to Tanglewood Branch Beer Company and owner J.T. Wampler.
04-19-12 Andy's Barrel
April 18, 2012 00:00 - 45 minutes - 20.8 MBAndy Sparks talks about his new eight-gallon bourbon barrel and his plans for the first beer to go inside it.
04-12-12 Hop Bursting IBU Test
April 11, 2012 00:00 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MBHome Brewer Kim Odland from Norway has brewed a beer with an enormous amount of hops added at the end of the boil. Brad Sturgeon from Monmouth College puts it through his lab to look at its IBUs.
04-05-12 Solera Tasting Pt. 2
April 04, 2012 00:00 - 55 minutes - 25.3 MBThe Mad Fermentationist, Michael Tonsmeire, and fellow brewer Nathan Zeender share some more barrel-aged sour beers with blended ingredients. Also, Kyle Clark reports on Wisconsin homebrew legislation.
03-29-12 Reverse Mashing
March 28, 2012 00:00 - 37 minutes - 17.4 MBBrewer Sean Terrill joins us to share the results of his experiment comparing step mashing and reverse mashing in producing fermentable worts.
03-15-12 Secondary Experiment and Fast All Grain Brewing
March 14, 2012 00:00 - 45 minutes - 20.9 MBChris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, joins James to launch the BYO-BBR Collaborative Experiment on secondary fermenters. They also talk about trimming time off your all grain brew day.
03-08-12 Solera Tasting Pt. 1
March 07, 2012 00:00 - 49 minutes - 22.9 MBThe Mad Fermentationist, Michael Tonsmeire, and fellow brewer Nathan Zeender share some barrel-aged sour beers with blended ingredients.
03-01-12 Hop Infused Vodka
February 29, 2012 00:00 - 40 minutes - 18.4 MBHome brewer Bob Stempski shares his technique for infusing vodka with hops to explore different varieties and add some punch to homebrew and commercial beers.
02-23-12 Trub Experiment Results
February 22, 2012 00:00 - 1 hour - 27.9 MBJames and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, go over the results of the BYO-BBR Collaborative Experiment on kettle trub in the fermenter.
02-16-12 Cold Brewing
February 15, 2012 00:00 - 38 minutes - 17.5 MBOttawa, Canada home brewer Pete Hickey joins us to tell us how he brews in the extremely cold Canadian winter.
02-09-12 Triangle Zombie
February 08, 2012 00:00 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MBIt's a trifecta: We have a triangle test of a fermenter experiment, sample our Zombie Apocalypse beer, and hear about brewing on a frozen Wisconsin lake.
02-02-12 Bourbon Stout Experiment
February 01, 2012 00:00 - 44 minutes - 20.5 MBHome brewer Patrick Bresnahan shares his bourbon stout experiment, trying to find the proper amount of bourbon to add to the beer.
01-26-12 Kentucky Belgians
January 25, 2012 00:00 - 47 minutes - 21.9 MBHome brewer Christopher Owen shares the Belgian yeast experiment he conducted with the Louisville, Kentucky LAGERS club.
01-19-12 Core Brewing
January 18, 2012 00:00 - 46 minutes - 21.1 MBJesse Core of Core Brewing in Springdale, Arkansas, tells us about his jump into pro brewing.
01-12-12 Sour Blend Experiment
January 11, 2012 00:00 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBMatt Becker of New Brew Thursday shares his experiment brewing and blending beers made with commercial and homemade sour culture blends.
01-05-12 Trub Experiment Intro
January 04, 2012 00:00 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MBChris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, starts the year off with a new collaborative experiment and tips on tweaking your process.
12-22-11 Homebrew Disasters
December 21, 2011 00:00 - 1 hour - 31.4 MBJames and Steve read letters from listeners about batches of brew that didn't go the way they had been planned.
12-15-11 Homebrew Invasion
December 14, 2011 00:00 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBBrewers Kasey Loman and Jen Royer invade the home of non-brewers and brew up a batch of beer.
12-08-11 Andy's Brewery
December 07, 2011 00:00 - 47 minutes - 21.9 MBAndy Sparks shows off his home brewery in progress: a remote-controlled, high-tech electric dream machine.
12-01-11 Fermenter Experiment Results
November 30, 2011 00:00 - 52 minutes - 24.1 MBJames and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, go over the data from the experiment comparing different fermenter types.
11-17-11 Brewing Software II
November 16, 2011 00:00 - 43 minutes - 19.7 MBJames and Steve read listener recommendations about software designed to better your brew.
11-10-11 Brewing As a Monk
November 09, 2011 00:00 - 49 minutes - 22.8 MBSadhaka Rajanatha of Kauai's Hindu Monastery shares some 17-year-old mead and his experiences as brewer for his fellow monks.
11-03-11 No Sparge Brewing
November 02, 2011 00:00 - 50 minutes - 23.3 MBChris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, fills us in on the technique of mashing with all your brewing water and not rinsing.
10-27-11 Melon Blood
October 26, 2011 00:00 - 41 minutes - 18.9 MBA behind-the-scenes look at the Basic Brewing Video episode, where James and Steve brew a watermelon wheat beer using only watermelon juice as the brewing water.
10-20-11 Spontaneous Homebrew
October 19, 2011 00:00 - 50 minutes - 23.2 MBHome brewer Ken Valley shares beer that he allowed Mother Nature to innoculate instead of pitching yeast.
10-13-11 Outlaw Homebrew
October 12, 2011 00:00 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBJames heads to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to cover the second annual Outlaw Homebrew Competition at the Keg and Barrel brewpub.
10-06-11 Brewing French
October 05, 2011 00:00 - 50 minutes - 23.3 MBJames and Andy enjoy good conversation, weather, and beer with Phillip Lamb, who shares information on French Brewing.
09-29-11 Fermenter Experiment and Lager Yeast
September 28, 2011 00:00 - 45 minutes - 20.6 MBChris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, helps us launch the next collaborative experiment comparing the performance of different fermenters. Also, the roots of lager yeasts.
09-22-11 Wheat Wednesdays
September 21, 2011 00:00 - 49 minutes - 22.7 MBAdam Draeger of the Yak and Yeti brewpub in Arvada, Colorado, joins us to talk about his journey going pro and his techniques of adding fruit to wheat beers in a weekly feature at his pub.
09-15-11 Canning Wort
September 14, 2011 00:00 - 43 minutes - 20.1 MBJames sits down with Andy Sparks and Dave Johnson to talk about canning wort for starters as the pressure cooker steams in the background.
09-08-11 Email and Chickenuts
September 07, 2011 00:00 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MBJames and Steve catch up on email and find a missing gem from Club NIght at NHC - Chickenuts.
09-01-11 Brewing Saison
August 31, 2011 00:00 - 52 minutes - 24.1 MBMichael Tonsmeire, the Mad Fermentationist, and Nathan Zeender join James and Andy to sample homebrew Saison and talk about how to brew it.