

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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Aug 7, 2024 • 53min
08-08-24 - Smoke and Wine Beers
Scott Housel asks James, along with Adam Ross and Austin Wadkins of Twin Span Brewing, for advice on brewing two fun and obscure beers.

Jul 31, 2024 • 56min
08-01-24 - What Is Lager?
Peter Symons, author of True Blue Brews - The Origins of Australian Beer, seeks a looser definition of "lager."

Jul 24, 2024 • 45min
07-25-24 - Inland Empire Brewers Mash Your Luck
Jason Dunn and Doug Walker from the Inland Empire Brewers homebrew club in California let fate choose the parameters for an upcoming competition.

Jul 17, 2024 • 47min
07-18-24 - Recipe Development, Honey IPA
Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin and Josh Secaur of Gambit Brewing Company join James to taste his Double IPA and formulate another hoppy kveik beer.

Jul 10, 2024 • 48min
07-11-24 - Mash Your Luck Malt Liquor
Chris Colby joins James to taste the Fruit Stout pasteurization experiment and to formulate a big American Malt Liquor.

Jun 26, 2024 • 54min
06-27-24 - Mash Your Luck Partigyle Stouts
Scott Housel shares two beers - one big and one small - based on the Mash Your Luck challenge of Steve Wilkes.

Jun 19, 2024 • 56min
06-20-24 - White IPA Roundup
James is joined by Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin and Swim University and Josh Secaur of Gambit Brewing in St. Paul, Minnesota, as they compare their White IPAs.

Jun 12, 2024 • 49min
06-13-24 - Recipe Development, Pasteurized Fruit Stout
Chris Colby and Steve Wilkes join James to taste Steve's Kölsch and to formulate an experimental beer using pasteurization to preserve fruit flavor.

Jun 5, 2024 • 53min
06-06-24 - Recipe Development, Double IPA
Matt Giovanisci and Josh Secaur join James to formulate a big, hoppy beer and to sample homebrew from Matt.

May 29, 2024 • 35min
05-30-24 - Keg Fill Priming Experiment
James and Steve evaluate an experiment adding priming sugar to beers bottled from a keg.


