
Basic Brewing Radio
Basic Brewing Radio is a weekly chat about homebrewing - brewing the best beer and mead in the world in your own home.
Latest episodes

Aug 10, 2022 • 47min
08-11-22 - Hop Farm Brewing Pt. 2
We continue our conversation with Malcolm Frazer of Hop Farm Brewing in Pittsburgh with two English Milds and a NEIPA.

Aug 3, 2022 • 1h 6min
08-04-22 - Hop Farm Brewing Pt. 1
Malcolm Frazer and Melissa Larrick from Hop Farm Brewing in Pittsburgh lead us through a delicious flight of lighter colored beers.

Jul 27, 2022 • 1h 3min
07-28-22 - Judging Ciders
Matt Jannett of Fenn Valley Vineyards talks about his life as a winemaker and a recent experience judging a cider competition.

Jul 20, 2022 • 1h 11min
07-21-22 - Pittsburgh Club Night
We hit the floor (not literally) at Homebrew Con Club Night in Pittsburgh to try delicious traditional and not-so-traditional beers and meads.

Jul 13, 2022 • 47min
07-14-22 - Homebrew Sake and Hybridizing Yeast
We join Dr. Matt Winans of Imperial Organic Yeast R and D at Homebrew Con in Pittsburgh to talk making sake at home and Imperial's work to combine different yeast strains into a new one.

Jul 6, 2022 • 1h 1min
07-07-22 - Recipe Development, American Amber Ale
Matt Giovanisci joins James to collaborate on formulating a recipe from scratch for a hoppy American favorite.

Jun 29, 2022 • 1h 3min
06-30-22 - Homebrew Con Day One
We head to Pittsburgh for Homebrew Con and collect a series of fun and informative interviews from day one of the conference.

Jun 15, 2022 • 54min
06-16-22 - Dive Bär
North American transplants David Shotlander and Jonathan Klassen talk about brewing in Gland, Switzerland and taking their brewery to the next level.

Jun 8, 2022 • 56min
06-09-22 - Vaulted Oak Brewing
We head to Charlotte, North Carolina, to celebrate the first anniversary of Vaulted Oak Brewing with brewer David Carey and co-founder Kiel Arrington.

Jun 1, 2022 • 47min
06-02-22 - Dark Tincture Sampler
James and Steve go dark as they test tinctures of toasted coconut, mint, and wild blueberries in a darker beer.
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