Basic Brewing Radio
896 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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03-14-19 Scaling Up with Sapwood Cellars
March 13, 2019 00:00 - 59 minutes - 27.4 MBMad Fermentationist Michael Tonsmeire talks about the brewery he co-founded in Columbia, Maryland, and the challenges of scaling up from homebrew.
03-07-19 Lab Testing HSBUs
March 06, 2019 00:00 - 51 minutes - 23.8 MBDavid Curtis of Bell's General Store in Kalamazoo talks about Select Centennial Hops and shares lab IBU tests of beers brewed for the Hop Sampler series.
02-28-19 Astarte Bronze-Age-Style Beer
February 27, 2019 00:00 - 43 minutes - 20 MBHomebrewer AJ Hart took part in an experimental archeology project on bronze age brewing techniques in Cyprus and collaborated with her husband, Justin, to bring those ideas home.
02-21-19 Chiller Stirring Experiment
February 20, 2019 00:00 - 33 minutes - 15.3 MBEngineer Alex Roberts joins James again to test the effects on stirring a wort while it's being chilled by an immersion chiller. They also reverse the chiller's water flow.
02-14-19 Golden Ale Yeast Experiment
February 13, 2019 00:00 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MBKyle Swallow of Twin Lakes Homebrew Club and Rapps Barren Brewing in Mountain Home, Arkansas, talks about an experiment fermenting one Golden Ale wort with 13 different yeasts.
02-07-19 Year-Long Stout Collaboration
February 06, 2019 00:00 - 46 minutes - 21.1 MBHomebrewer Chris McKenzie shares his experience collaborating with five other homebrewers in a year-long experiment to design the perfect stout.
01-31-19 Hawk Moth Brewing
January 30, 2019 00:00 - 48 minutes - 22.4 MBJames talks to Bradley Riggs of Hawk Moth Brewing in Rogers, Arkansas - a brewery focused on small batch, old-world-style, wood-aged beers.
01-24-19 Hop Sampler - Willamette, Amarillo, Falconer's Flight
January 23, 2019 00:00 - 44 minutes - 20.6 MBJames and Steve sample an old American standby against a relative newcomer and a hop blend.
01-17-19 Monster Cereal Beer Roundup
January 16, 2019 00:00 - 40 minutes - 18.7 MBWe sample a batch of five monster cereal beers brewed from Frankenberry, Boo Berry and Count Chocula.
01-10-19 Mead Yeast Sampler - US-05, S-33, BE-134
January 09, 2019 00:00 - 40 minutes - 18.5 MBSteve splits a batch of mead and pitches three different dry beer yeasts to test the effects of each.
01-03-19 Ivory Bill Brewing
January 02, 2019 00:00 - 59 minutes - 27.3 MBWe visit Ivory Bill Brewing in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, where long-time friend of the podcast, Casey Letellier, and his partner, Dorothy Hall, are serving up delicious open-fermented, gluten-reduced, English-inspired beers.
12-20-18 Annual Disaster Show
December 19, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBSteve and James read a ton of letters about homebrewing disasters from listeners across the globe.
12-13-18 Hop Sampler - Lemondrop, German Mandarina Bavaria, and Simcoe
December 12, 2018 00:00 - 46 minutes - 21.4 MBSteve and James taste a batch of hops chosen by Steve's son, Chase, and introduce the concept of Hop Stand Bittering Units (HSBUs).
12-06-18 Loki Yeast Temperature Experiment
December 05, 2018 00:00 - 48 minutes - 22.1 MBCasey Helwig and Jess Caudill from Imperial Organic Yeast help James and Steve evaluate an experiment fermenting a kveik strain at two different temperatures.
11-29-18 AHA 40th Anniversary
November 28, 2018 00:00 - 43 minutes - 19.9 MBAmerican Homebrew Association Director Gary Glass joins us to talk about four decades of the AHA, ongoing homebrew legislation issues, and the upcoming Homebrew Con and National Homebrew Competition.
11-15-18 Hop Sampler - Centennial, Citra, Galaxy
November 14, 2018 00:00 - 37 minutes - 17.3 MBIn our fifth show of the series, we taste some higher alpha hops and get a surprise result.
11-08-18 Competition Karate
November 07, 2018 00:00 - 44 minutes - 20.4 MBChris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Journal, shares his strategies to take home more hardware from homebrew competitions.
11-01-18 IBUs vs Wort Gravity and Hop Stand Temps
October 31, 2018 00:00 - 58 minutes - 27 MBDr. Chris Hamilton of Hillsdale College in Michigan shares results of his experiments testing the effects of increased wort gravity and different hop stand temperatures on IBU measurements. He also updates us on his research with Clarity Ferm on gluten in beer.
10-25-18 Chiller Flow Experiment
October 24, 2018 00:00 - 41 minutes - 19 MBEngineer Alex Roberts helps James conduct an experiment looking at the effect of varying the flow rate of water through an immersion chiller when chilling wort.
10-18-18 Ricky the Meadmaker, Too Controversial
October 17, 2018 00:00 - 57 minutes - 26.2 MBRicky the Meadmaker from Groennfell Meadery in Vermont talks about an article detailing his techniques that was deeemed "too controversial" to print.
10-11-18 Makgeolli - Korean Rice Wine
October 10, 2018 00:00 - 46 minutes - 21.2 MBHomebrewer Tommy Caillouet introduces us to an easy-to-brew alcoholic rice beverage that has its roots in ancient Korea.
10-04-18 Wheat and Rye Flour Experiment
October 03, 2018 00:00 - 51 minutes - 23.5 MBHomebrewer Brook Baber drew upon his background as a baker to brew beers using wheat and rye flour in the mash.
09-27-18 Spontaneous Sours Hopping Rate Experiment
September 26, 2018 00:00 - 58 minutes - 26.7 MBHomebrewer Caleb Buck of archaicpursuit.com shares some delicious sour beers and startling early results of his sour IBU experiment.
09-20-18 Hop Sampler - Crystal, Glacier, German Huell Melon
September 19, 2018 00:00 - 43 minutes - 19.8 MBJames and Steve taste the fourth in the series featuring single hops brewed into three small batches.
09-13-18 Fal Allen on Brewing Gose
September 12, 2018 00:00 - 56 minutes - 25.8 MBAnderson Valley Brewing Company brewmaster Fal Allen talks about his new book, Gose: Brewing a Classic German Beer for the Modern Era.
09-06-18 Mead Yeast Experiment
September 05, 2018 00:00 - 42 minutes - 19.4 MBSteve shares an experiment fermenting a split batch of mead with three dry wine yeasts.
08-30-18 Mead Bottle Pasteurization Experiment
August 29, 2018 00:00 - 42 minutes - 19.7 MBHome meadmaker Tim Leber shares his experiment using sous vide to pasteurize mead after bottling.
08-23-18 Zero Tolerance Gluten Free Club
August 22, 2018 00:00 - 57 minutes - 26.3 MBHomebrewers Joe Morris, Ed Golden and Bob Keifer join us to share their techniques and recipes for brewing delicious beers without gluten.
08-16-18 Occidental Brewing
August 15, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 29.4 MBWe visit Occidental Brewing in Portland, Oregon, to talk to brewer Sam Carroll about brewing delicious German-style beers.
08-09-18 Sake-Beer Hybrid
August 08, 2018 00:00 - 48 minutes - 22.2 MBHomebrewer Kevin McEvoy shares his experiment combining sake and beer fermentations into a single beverage with components of each.
08-02-18 Pichia Apotheca Hybrid Yeast
August 01, 2018 00:00 - 47 minutes - 21.6 MBDr. Maitreya Dunham of the University of Washington joins us to talk about a new yeast hybrid her lab has isolated from an open fermentation beer. Tim Leber and Norm Kwasinski share mead and beer brewed with the yeast.
07-26-18 Insane in the Yeast Strain
July 25, 2018 00:00 - 47 minutes - 21.8 MBWe join Imperial Organic Yeast and Everybody's Brewing to sample two split-wort experiments.
07-19-18 Hop Sampler - UK Fuggle, German Hallertau and Perle
July 18, 2018 00:00 - 44 minutes - 20.6 MBJames and Steve taste the third in the Hop Sampler series, featuring hops from the UK and Germany.
07-12-18 Cascade Brewing
July 11, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 30.9 MBWe sample delicious sour beers at Cascade Brewing in Portland, Oregon, with Head Brewer Mike Mathis and Lead Blender Kevin Martin.
07-05-18 Portland Club Night
July 04, 2018 00:00 - 58 minutes - 26.9 MBWe roam the floor of Homebrew Con Club Night to sample delicious, and sometimes odd, beers and visit with their talented, sometimes odd, brewers.
05-31-18 Eclectic IPA with Dick Cantwell
May 30, 2018 00:00 - 48 minutes - 22.2 MBBrewer and author Dick Cantwell talks about his book, Eclectic IPA: Pushing the Boundaries of India Pale Ale, which includes IPA recipes with fruit, vegetables, spices, and other tasty ingredients.
05-24-18 Hop Sampler - Apollo, Calypso, and Experimental 07270
May 23, 2018 00:00 - 40 minutes - 18.8 MBJames and Steve go round two into comparing small batches brewed with single hops. This week increases the alpha acids with Apollo, Calypso, and Experimental 07270.
05-17-18 Brut IPA
May 16, 2018 00:00 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MBChris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Journal and author of The Home Brew Recipe Bible and The Methods of Modern Homebrewing, introduces us to a new dry, sparkling version of our favorite style.
05-10-18 Jesse Gagnon at West Mountain
May 09, 2018 00:00 - 54 minutes - 25 MBThe former head brewer at Ozark Beer Company talks about why he shifted his career path toward a smaller place and shares beers and tips.
05-03-18 Hop Sampler - Cascade, Cluster and Mount Hood
May 02, 2018 00:00 - 38 minutes - 17.7 MBJames and Steve break in a new feature to the podcast by sampling small batches brewed with Cascade, Cluster and Mount Hood hops.
04-26-18 Steve Mead Update
April 25, 2018 00:00 - 51 minutes - 23.8 MBSteve Wilkes of Steve's Brew Shop shares his latest round of meads, which include blueberry and cherry - one of them oaked. We also revisit a cyser to see how it's aging.
04-19-18 JoCo Brown Ale and Gose Experiments
April 18, 2018 00:00 - 44 minutes - 20.3 MBHomebrewer Joe Covey joins us again to share his split batch experiments comparing two yeasts in a brown ale and the effect of adding cherries to a gose.
04-12-18 Crisis Brewing
April 11, 2018 00:00 - 56 minutes - 25.8 MBBrewer Sean Slape has used his engineering background and elbow grease to build a small-scale electric brewery just opening in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and already has plans to expand.
04-05-18 Brewing Darker Beers
April 04, 2018 00:00 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MBChris Colby, author of The Homebrew Recipe Bible and Methods of Modern Homebrewing gives us rants and tips for brewing beers with dark grains.
03-29-18 Prestonrose Farm and Brewery
March 28, 2018 00:00 - 58 minutes - 26.6 MBJames travels to Paris . . . Arkansas, to visit with Liz Preston and her husband, Preston, about the brewery in their front yard and their efforts to bring good beer and organic farming to their region.
03-22-18 Beer Craft with Jon Finch
March 21, 2018 00:00 - 49 minutes - 22.9 MBJon Finch, author of Beer Craft - The No-Nonsense Guide to Making and Enjoying Damn Good Craft Beer at Home, talks about brewing in the UK, beer cocktails and using beer in food.
03-15-18 RIS Collaboration
March 14, 2018 00:00 - 41 minutes - 19 MBJames and Steve sample a big bourbon-barrel-aged Russian Imperial Stout that they contributed to and talk to barrel owner and project coordinator Reece Morrison.
03-08-18 DC Homebrewers Adjunct Experiment
March 07, 2018 00:00 - 52 minutes - 23.9 MBOmar Al-Nidawi, education co-chair of the DC Homebrewers Club, talks about an experiment comparing a dozen different brewing adjuncts. James and Steve are joined by Reece Morrison to sample.
03-01-18 Hop Stand Temperature Experiment
February 28, 2018 00:00 - 46 minutes - 21.3 MBJames and Steve sample and evaluate a small batch experiment comparing three beers brewed with hop stands set at different temperatures.
02-22-18 SQZBX Brewery and Pizza Joint
February 21, 2018 00:00 - 54 minutes - 25 MBBrewer Zac Smith likes his beer like he likes his pizza and radio: local. James talks to Zac about his Reinheitsgebot-inspired approach to brewing quaffable session beers.