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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Nov 12, 2014 • 47min
11-13-14 Mad Berliner Weisse
Mad Fermentationist Michael Tonsmeire joins us to share homebrew Berliner Weisse brewed with rhubarb and lemon.
Nov 5, 2014 • 45min
11-6-14 Beer and Food Course
Julia Herz of the Brewers Association previews the Beer and Food Course that she has written with Chef Adam Dulye. Juila gives us advice on pairing beer and food and on aging craft beer and homebrew.
Oct 29, 2014 • 29min
10-30-14 Scaling Up with Rare Form
Kevin Mullen of Rare Form Brewing in Troy, New York, talks about working with homebrewers to bring their recipes to life on a larger scale.
Oct 22, 2014 • 48min
10-23-14 Foraging with Scratch Brewing
Ryan Tockstein of Scratch Brewing in Ava, Illinois, talks about using local ingredients, including those foraged in the woods around his brewery.
Oct 15, 2014 • 44min
10-16-14 Sour Beer and Wine Hybrid
Homebrewer James Sites shares his experiment blending sour beer and wine to create a new combination.
Oct 8, 2014 • 43min
10-09-14 Carbonation
We go back to basics with Chris Colby of Beer and Wine Journal as we talk about proper carbonation in beers.
Oct 1, 2014 • 50min
10-02-14 Proper Terminology
BIAB pioneer Pat Hollingdale makes an appeal for more standardized terminology when sharing brewing recipes.
Sep 24, 2014 • 53min
09-25-14 Experimental Homebrewing
Denny Conn and Drew Beechum share tips from their book, Experimental Homebrewing: Mad Science in the Pursuit of Great Beer.
Sep 17, 2014 • 45min
09-18-14 Short Boil Experiment
Homebrewer Jeff Muse compares a pale ale recipe with extract that has been boiled for 60 minutes against another where the extract has only been boiled for 15.
Sep 10, 2014 • 56min
09-11-14 Post-Bottle Critter Dosing
Homebrewer Dan Kuczmarski shares an experiment trying to dry out sweet beers by adding Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus after bottling.
