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Basic Brewing Video

353 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 113 ratings

Basic Brewing Video is about brewing great beers and meads at home and cooking up wonderful things to go with them.

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Episodes

April 12, 2024 - Oat Stout Battle

April 12, 2024 00:00 - 10 minutes - 128 MB Video

James and Steve go head-to-head to see who can brew the best stout with oats.

March 29, 2024 - Grapefruit Soda "Shandler"

March 29, 2024 00:00 - 11 minutes - 136 MB Video

James and Steve blend a tasty extract pale ale with Fresca to get a light and very drinkable summer beverage.

March 15, 2024 - Vanir Mead Ingredient Kit

March 15, 2024 00:00 - 10 minutes - 119 MB Video

James and Steve try a delicious mead made with an ingredient kit from Vermont meadery groennfell.com.

February 23, 2024 - Gingerbread Wit

February 23, 2024 00:00 - 9 minutes - 110 MB Video

James and Steve taste a wonderfully spicy and drinkable wheat beer that features the flavors of winter celebrations.

February 9, 2024 - Old School Pale Ale

February 09, 2024 00:00 - 8 minutes - 94.8 MB Video

Steve goes back to the old ways of homebrewing to brew a deliciously drinkable basic English Pale Ale.

January 26, 2024 - Brown Sugar Sweet Stout

January 26, 2024 00:00 - 8 minutes - 298 MB Video

Steve serves up a deliciously dark, sessionable Sweet Stout brewed with brown sugar and molasses.

January 12, 2024 - Pre-prohibition American Lager

January 12, 2024 00:00 - 9 minutes - 110 MB Video

James and Steve sample a beautiful and delicious beer meant to pay homage to older American recipes.

December 15, 2023 - Smoked Rotbier

December 14, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 127 MB Video

James and Steve sample a small batch of German Red Beer that was brewed with cherry smoked malt and lager yeast.

December 1, 2023 - No Chill Kentucky Common

December 01, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 121 MB Video

Inspired by a trip to Canada, James and Steve taste a classic beer style from Kentucky brewed with corn.

November 10, 2023 - Recipe Development Porter

November 10, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 123 MB Video

James and Steve go back to homebrew basics with a deliciously dark brew featuring balanced roast and bitterness.

October 27, 2023 - Arkansas Porch Steamer

October 27, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 121 MB Video

James and Steve taste a salute to Anchor Steam Beer that has been fermented on the warm porch with a blend of Kveik yeasts.

October 13, 2023 - Red Honey IPA

October 13, 2023 00:00 - 9 minutes - 115 MB Video

James and Steve taste a delicious reddish hoppy beer brewed with local honey.

September 22, 2023 - Steve's Hot Dog Beer

September 22, 2023 00:00 - 21 minutes - 246 MB Video

Steve takes a shot at creating a Chicago hot dog beer using a tincture of ingredients added at bottling time.

September 8, 2023 - Matt's Cold IPA

September 08, 2023 00:00 - 9 minutes - 114 MB Video

Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin shares a deliciously hoppy beer that's part lager, part brut IPA and all tasty.

August 18, 2023 - Honey Peach IPA

August 18, 2023 00:00 - 14 minutes - 166 MB Video

James and Steve taste a very hoppy pale ale made with local honey and peach juice from the steam juicer.

August 4, 2023 - Mulberry and Wedding Meads

August 04, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 141 MB Video

James and Steve taste two delicious examples of Steve's meads in the last show from the pond.

July 21, 2023 - Pond Hopper Golden Ale

July 21, 2023 00:00 - 7 minutes - 88.3 MB Video

James and Steve sample a beer formulated with Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin that features cross-oceanic ingredients.

July 7, 2023 - Texas Table Beer

July 07, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 124 MB Video

James and Steve sample a very low gravity small batch beer brewed from ingredients with Texas inspiration.

June 16, 2023 - Oaked IPA Experiment

June 16, 2023 00:00 - 12 minutes - 148 MB Video

Steve tests the effects of an oak flavor product on a traditional homebrew IPA recipe.

May 26, 2023 - Matt's Dark Mild

May 26, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 125 MB Video

James and Steve taste a deliciously dark English-inspired session beer from Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin.

May 12, 2023 - Steamed Blackberry Cream Ale

May 11, 2023 00:00 - 10 minutes - 121 MB Video

James and Steve taste the first beer featuring fruit juice collected in the steam juicer – a blackberry Cream Ale.

April 28, 2023 - What the Helles?

April 28, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 152 MB Video

James and Steve taste an accidental experiment comparing a dark bock brewed with a wrong ingredient to a lighter one with the correct grain bill.

April 7, 2023 - No-Chill Vienna Lager

April 07, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 153 MB Video

James brews a delicious amber lager from a recipe he and Chris Colby of beerandgardeningjournal.com developed on Basic Brewing Radio.

March 17, 2023 - Italian Pilsner

March 17, 2023 00:00 - 8 minutes - 93.2 MB Video

James and Steve taste a deliciously hoppy golden lager designed by James and Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin.

March 3, 2023 - Belgian Honey Tripel

March 03, 2023 00:00 - 11 minutes - 128 MB Video

James and Steve sample a big and delicious Belgian Tripel made with honey from Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin.

February 3, 2023 - Winter Ales

February 03, 2023 00:00 - 17 minutes - 194 MB Video

James and Steve face off to see who can brew the tastiest spiced winter ale to take the chill off as the temps are falling.

January 20, 2023 - Simple Winter Ciders

January 20, 2023 00:00 - 13 minutes - 156 MB Video

James and Steve share apple-based beverages and try a way of backsweetening them at the time of serving.

December 9, 2022 - Mead Backsweetening Experiment

December 09, 2022 00:00 - 15 minutes - 174 MB Video

Steve shares an experiment comparing the effects of wine conditioner and glycerine on a fairly low gravity simple mead.

November 18, 2022 - No-Barley Belgian Wit

November 18, 2022 00:00 - 9 minutes - 109 MB Video

James brews a Belgian Wit with only wheat and oats in the grain bill based on a recipe he and Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin formulated on Basic Brewing Radio.

November 4, 2022 - American Amber Ale

November 04, 2022 00:00 - 10 minutes - 117 MB Video

Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin shares the beer he and James formulated on Basic Brewing Radio.

October 21, 2022 - Jalapeño Strawberry Mead

October 21, 2022 00:00 - 16 minutes - 187 MB Video

James uses jalapeño and strawberry tinctures to make a delicious mead from local honey.

October 7, 2022 - Isle of Capri Mead

October 05, 2022 00:00 - 13 minutes - 153 MB Video

Steve uses Imperial I22 Capri, a new hybrid yeast, to make a deliciously drinkable 10.5% ABV mead with a hint of citrus.

September 15, 2022 - Extract Kveik Pale Ale

September 15, 2022 00:00 - 12 minutes - 141 MB Video

Steve shares a delicious partial-boil, short-length boil, no-chill kveik pale ale fermented at room temperature.

September 2, 2022 - Cool Kveik Cream Ale

September 02, 2022 00:00 - 8 minutes - 99.5 MB Video

James uses Kveik yeast at basement temperature to brew a deliciously clean and drinkable Cream Ale.

August 5, 2022 - 100 Degree Galaxy Kveik NEIPA

August 05, 2022 00:00 - 9 minutes - 115 MB Video

James uses the intense summer heat to quickly ferment a hoppy beer with free stuff he got from Homebrew Con.

July 15, 2022 - No-Boil Zamba Capri NEIPA

July 15, 2022 00:00 - 11 minutes - 132 MB Video

James uses a new hybrid yeast from Imperial Organic Yeast to brew a deliciously hoppy hazy beer.

June 17, 2022 - Restoration Kernza Ale

June 17, 2022 00:00 - 16 minutes - 191 MB Video

James and Steve taste a beer from Ivory Bill Brewing in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, brewed with Kernza – the world's first perennial grain.

June 3, 2022 - Lemon Custard Pie Ale

June 03, 2022 00:00 - 12 minutes - 145 MB Video

James takes up a challenge from Steve to brew a dessert beer inspired by a tasty lemony pie.

May 20, 2022 - Simcoe Two Hearted Ale

May 20, 2022 00:00 - 9 minutes - 112 MB Video

James makes a hop substitution in an IPA clone recipe to see how Simcoe differs from Centennial.

April 29, 2022 - Christmas Brett Kettle Sour

April 29, 2022 00:00 - 13 minutes - 151 MB Video

James works through a tricky kettle sour fermentation using Brettanomyces to jump start the process.

April 15, 2022 - Toasted Rye Doppelbock

April 15, 2022 00:00 - 9 minutes - 108 MB Video

James toasts some malted rye in the oven to add some complexity to a malty lager style.

March 18, 2022 - Tincture Sampler

March 18, 2022 00:00 - 10 minutes - 120 MB Video

James and Steve add tinctures made with jalapeño, strawberry, and dark sweet cherries to a passion fruit pilsner.

March 4, 2022 - Passion Fruit Pilsner

March 04, 2022 00:00 - 9 minutes - 107 MB Video

James uses passion fruit puree to tart up a clean Pilsner lager.

December 24, 2021 - Spiced Maple Cyser

December 24, 2021 00:00 - 12 minutes - 144 MB Video

Steve combines honey, maple syrup, cider, and spices to make a big, delicious holiday beverage.

December 10, 2021 - Revived Rosemary "Lager"

December 10, 2021 00:00 - 12 minutes - 145 MB Video

James uses a starter to revitalize an eight-month-old packet of yeast to brew a simple and delicious beer.

November 12, 2021 - Steve Marzen

November 12, 2021 00:00 - 10 minutes - 115 MB Video

Steve goes back to basics to brew a deliciously malty traditional German style.

October 29, 2021 - Pancake Syrup Dubbel

October 29, 2021 00:00 - 10 minutes - 125 MB Video

James uses pancake syrup, which was a recent favorite of a BBR experiment, to make a dark and delicious Belgian-inspired beer.

September 24, 2021 - Smoked Lavender Braggot

September 24, 2021 00:00 - 10 minutes - 118 MB Video

Steve uses advanced techniques to brew a delicious braggot with lavender smoked malt and local honey.

September 10, 2021 - Hot Porch Blackberry Seltzer

September 10, 2021 00:00 - 11 minutes - 129 MB Video

James takes a second stab at making a hard seltzer using kveik yeast and blackberry puree.

August 13, 2021 - Hot Porch Double NEIPA

August 13, 2021 00:00 - 11 minutes - 143 MB Video

James uses Imperial A46 Bartleby, a Norwegian Hornindal Kveik strain to ferment a big delicious beer on the hot summertime porch.