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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May 18, 2016 • 55min
05-19-16 Homebrew All Stars
Denny Conn and Drew Beechum, authors of Homebrew All Stars, divine which category of brewer Steve and James fit into.
May 11, 2016 • 41min
05-12-16 Chris Colby NZ Keynote
Chris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Jounal, dives into the details on foam – how it's created and the positive and negative factors affecting it.
May 4, 2016 • 41min
05-05-16 John Palmer NZ Keynote
John Palmer, homebrew guru, shares his top five brewing priorities in his keynote presentation at the New Zealand Homebrew Conference.
Apr 27, 2016 • 60min
04-28-16 Chris White NZ Keynote
White Labs Yeast founder, Dr. Chris White, shares some yeast science and practical homebrewing advice at the New Zealand Homebrew Conference.
Apr 20, 2016 • 44min
04-21-16 NZ Sour Panel
In this panel from the New Zealand Homebrewers Conference, pro and home brewers share advice and experience in brewing delicious sour beers.
Apr 13, 2016 • 58min
04-14-16 How Enzymes Work
Chris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Journal, dives deeply into science as he describes how enzymes work on a microscopic level and how that applies to your mash tun.
Apr 6, 2016 • 55min
04-07-16 Brulosophy Vorlauf and Cold Sparge
Ray Found from Brulosophy.com shares two experiments: one on the effects of spent grains in the boil and another on sparging with room temperature water.
Mar 30, 2016 • 42min
03-31-16 Common Sense Brewing
James moderates a panel from NZHC with Tasty McDole, Will Gallaspy and Nick Wiseman on brewing with common sense.
Mar 23, 2016 • 53min
03-24-16 Nelson Marchfest Brew-Off
We head to New Zealand for the first homebrew conference in Nelson and take part in a brewing demonstration.
Mar 16, 2016 • 49min
03-17-16 Episode 500
While James, Andy and Chris head to New Zealand, we celebrate our first 500 episodes with this look back.
