

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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Oct 17, 2018 • 57min
10-18-18 Ricky the Meadmaker, Too Controversial
Ricky the Meadmaker from Groennfell Meadery in Vermont talks about an article detailing his techniques that was deeemed "too controversial" to print.

Oct 10, 2018 • 46min
10-11-18 Makgeolli - Korean Rice Wine
Homebrewer Tommy Caillouet introduces us to an easy-to-brew alcoholic rice beverage that has its roots in ancient Korea.

Oct 3, 2018 • 51min
10-04-18 Wheat and Rye Flour Experiment
Homebrewer Brook Baber drew upon his background as a baker to brew beers using wheat and rye flour in the mash.

Sep 26, 2018 • 58min
09-27-18 Spontaneous Sours Hopping Rate Experiment
Homebrewer Caleb Buck of archaicpursuit.com shares some delicious sour beers and startling early results of his sour IBU experiment.

Sep 19, 2018 • 43min
09-20-18 Hop Sampler - Crystal, Glacier, German Huell Melon
James and Steve taste the fourth in the series featuring single hops brewed into three small batches.

Sep 12, 2018 • 56min
09-13-18 Fal Allen on Brewing Gose
Anderson Valley Brewing Company brewmaster Fal Allen talks about his new book, Gose: Brewing a Classic German Beer for the Modern Era.

Sep 5, 2018 • 42min
09-06-18 Mead Yeast Experiment
Steve shares an experiment fermenting a split batch of mead with three dry wine yeasts.

Aug 29, 2018 • 43min
08-30-18 Mead Bottle Pasteurization Experiment
Home meadmaker Tim Leber shares his experiment using sous vide to pasteurize mead after bottling.

Aug 22, 2018 • 57min
08-23-18 Zero Tolerance Gluten Free Club
Homebrewers Joe Morris, Ed Golden and Bob Keifer join us to share their techniques and recipes for brewing delicious beers without gluten.

Aug 15, 2018 • 1h 4min
08-16-18 Occidental Brewing
We visit Occidental Brewing in Portland, Oregon, to talk to brewer Sam Carroll about brewing delicious German-style beers.


