
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

Oct 19, 2022 • 55min
10-20-22 - Rose's Beer Garden
James and some old friends join Rose Schweikhart in the Beer Park next to Superior Bathhouse Brewery to sample beers in a National Park.

Oct 12, 2022 • 59min
10-13-22 - Recipe Development, Holiday Ale
Chris Colby of beerandgardeningjournal.com walks James through the process of formulating a recipe for a spiced holiday beer.

Oct 5, 2022 • 53min
10-06-22 - Dark Tincture Sampler 02
James and Steve sample a dark beer flavored with tinctures of five different flavors you probably don't associate with dark beers.

Sep 28, 2022 • 1h 9min
09-29-22 - Recipe Development, Belgian Wit
James and Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin taste Matt's American Amber Ale and collaborate on an unconventional Belgian Witbier recipe.

Sep 14, 2022 • 1h 26min
09-15-22 - Tulsa Craft Beer Invitational
James and Steve head to the parking lot of High Gravity Fermentations to sample beers at the Tulsa Craft Beer Invitational.

Sep 7, 2022 • 54min
09-08-22 - Oklahoma Beer, A Handcrafted History
Brian Welzbacher, Oklahoma beer historian, talks about the challenging history of beer and brewing in the Sooner State.

Aug 31, 2022 • 57min
09-01-22 - Recipe Development, Dry Stout
Chris Colby, author of The Homebrew Recipe Bible and Methods of Modern Homebrewing, walks us through formulating a recipe for a delicious dark beer.

Aug 24, 2022 • 1h
08-25-22 - Small Batch Home Malting
Sherwin Santiano of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Center, who trains professional maltsters, gives us tips on malting our own barley at home.

Aug 17, 2022 • 60min
08-18-22 - Mead Day Chat
Ricky the Meadmaker of Groennfell and Havoc meaderies joins James and Steve on Mead Day Eve to chat about their favorite honey beverages.

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.