Basic Brewing Radio

Karl Vanevenhoven from Yakima Chief shares some experimental hops and tells us how new hop varieties are born and developed.

Home brewers Bob Stempski and Noam Shalev compare beers brewed with traditional chilling techniques with no-chill batches.

Home brewer Tim Leber shares his experiment comparing fruit added to a mead in the primary and in the secondary.

James takes a break from vacation to interview Kim Lutz, lead brewer of the Maui Brewing Company brewpub.

James and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, take a look at the results of the BYO-BBR Collaborative Experiment testing the effect of racking to a secondary fermenter.

Mark Emiley of the Washington Homebrewers Association gives us a preview of the Seattle American Homebrewers Conference and tells us what Sasquatch would drink.

Craft brewing pioneer Jack McAuliffe shares the story of his founding America's first microbrewery - New Albion of Sonoma, California.

Kevin Cullen and Paul Mech of Discovery World in Milwaukee, Wisconsin tell us about their program to bring ancient brewing recipes back to life.

We continue our series on the emerging local beer scene in northwest Arkansas with a visit to Tanglewood Branch Beer Company and owner J.T. Wampler.

Andy Sparks talks about his new eight-gallon bourbon barrel and his plans for the first beer to go inside it.