

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.
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May 29, 2019 • 39min
05-30-19 Hop Sampler - Saaz, Cashmere, Green Bullet
James and Steve add a bonus round to the hop sampler as they taste three hops that you'd think would be easy to pick out.

May 22, 2019 • 51min
05-23-19 Stouts vs Porters
Chris Colby of Beer and Wine Journal explores our favorite dark beers and gives us recipe tips. Also, Gary Glass of the AHA shares a homebrew legislation update.

May 15, 2019 • 52min
05-16-19 Tulsa Craft Beer Invitational
We travel to the parking lot of High Gravity (Pippin's Taproom) to sample from commercial breweries and homebrewers across Oklahoma.

May 8, 2019 • 60min
05-09-19 African Guest Sampler
Homebrewer Steve Frank submits our first guest Hop Sampler ever, featuring African Queen, Southern Aroma, Southern Passion and Sabro.

May 1, 2019 • 46min
05-02-19 Core Homecoming
Homebrewer and alumnus of Basic Brewing Radio, Jamie Conway, joins the team at Core Brewing, where they're refocusing their company's priorities.

Apr 24, 2019 • 46min
04-25-19 Hop Sampler - Galena, Denali, El Dorado
It's Hop Sampler number nine, pitting three nicely fruity hop varieties against each other.

Apr 17, 2019 • 54min
04-18-19 Kombucha, the Root of All Starters
Homebrewer Doug Wawrzynski tells us how he's using kombucha to kick-start sour fermentations, such as sauerkraut, sourdough and kettle-soured beers.

Apr 10, 2019 • 55min
04-11-19 Sparrow Malting
Brad Coker is starting up a new craft malthouse in northwest Arkansas. He shares his techniques of malting small batches of grain at home.

Apr 3, 2019 • 59min
04-04-19 Catching Up with Fossil Cove
James samples beers with Ben Mills of Fossil Cove Brewing in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and learns about the brewery's recent expansion.

Mar 27, 2019 • 50min
03-28-19 Hop Sampler - Motueka, Rakau, and Nelson Sauvin
James and Steve taste hops from New Zealand, and James faces a possible equipment contamination.


