Basic Brewing Radio
James Spencer
Basic Brewing Radio is a weekly chat about homebrewing - brewing the best beer and mead in the world in your own home.
Episodes
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Feb 5, 2020 • 53min
02-06-20 Whistling Springs Brewing
In the second part of a chat with brewer Chris Nogy, James samples beers from Whistling Springs in southern Missouri.
Jan 29, 2020 • 39min
01-30-20 Hop Stand Length Experiment
James and Steve test the results of an experiment comparing different hop stand lengths in the Hop Sampler recipe.
Jan 22, 2020 • 49min
01-23-20 Dark Hills Gluten Free Brewery
Chris Nogy of Dark Hills Brewery talks about brewing gluten free beers on a farm in southern Missouri.
Jan 15, 2020 • 51min
01-16-20 Dry Hopping Hazy Pale Ales
Scott Janish of Sapwood Cellars and author of The New IPA – A Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor gives us tips on dry hopping delicious hazy beers.
Jan 8, 2020 • 50min
01-09-20 Wine for Beer Lovers
Jim Laughren, author of A Beer Drinker's Guide to Knowing and Enjoying Fine Wine, gives us beer folks some tips on demystifying the wine side.
Jan 1, 2020 • 55min
01-02-20 Granola Bar Experiment
Brook Baber and Dave Bauter share their nine-part experiment using three different flavors of granola bar to brew beer.
Dec 18, 2019 • 1h 4min
12-19-19 Annual Disaster Show
James and Steve get together to read 20 letters of brewing woe submitted by listeners.
Dec 11, 2019 • 42min
12-12-19 A Pint at the Museum
Theresa McCulla from the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian describes collecting stories and objects of American craft beer and homebrewing.
Dec 4, 2019 • 53min
12-05-19 Simple Grain Bills
Casey Letellier from Ivory Bill Brewing talks about his strategy to move away from plain two-row to more interesting base malts.
Nov 20, 2019 • 40min
11-21-19 Hop Sampler - Lemon Drop, Bravo, Columbus
James and Steve taste Hop Sampler 14 with accidental oxidation on one of the batches.
