Basic Brewing Radio

We hit the floor (not literally) at Homebrew Con Club Night in Pittsburgh to try delicious traditional and not-so-traditional beers and meads.

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.

Matt Giovanisci joins James to collaborate on formulating a recipe from scratch for a hoppy American favorite.

We head to Pittsburgh for Homebrew Con and collect a series of fun and informative interviews from day one of the conference.

North American transplants David Shotlander and Jonathan Klassen talk about brewing in Gland, Switzerland and taking their brewery to the next level.

We head to Charlotte, North Carolina, to celebrate the first anniversary of Vaulted Oak Brewing with brewer David Carey and co-founder Kiel Arrington.

James and Steve go dark as they test tinctures of toasted coconut, mint, and wild blueberries in a darker beer.

Our Italy correspondent, Tony Manzi of the UBeeRadio podcast, introduces us to the world of Italian Grape Ale – a sometimes tart and funky intersection of wine and beer.

Chris Colby, author of The Homebrew Recipe Bible, Methods of Modern Homebrewing, and How to Make Hard Seltzer, gives us an overview of using yeast in recipe development.

Casey Letellier of Ivory Bill Brewing in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, talks about brewing with Kernza – the first perennial grain. Casey also talks about his recipe development strategy.