

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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Apr 11, 2012 • 48min
04-12-12 Hop Bursting IBU Test
Home Brewer Kim Odland from Norway has brewed a beer with an enormous amount of hops added at the end of the boil. Brad Sturgeon from Monmouth College puts it through his lab to look at its IBUs.

Apr 4, 2012 • 55min
04-05-12 Solera Tasting Pt. 2
The Mad Fermentationist, Michael Tonsmeire, and fellow brewer Nathan Zeender share some more barrel-aged sour beers with blended ingredients. Also, Kyle Clark reports on Wisconsin homebrew legislation.

Mar 28, 2012 • 38min
03-29-12 Reverse Mashing
Brewer Sean Terrill joins us to share the results of his experiment comparing step mashing and reverse mashing in producing fermentable worts.

Mar 14, 2012 • 46min
03-15-12 Secondary Experiment and Fast All Grain Brewing
Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, joins James to launch the BYO-BBR Collaborative Experiment on secondary fermenters. They also talk about trimming time off your all grain brew day.

Mar 7, 2012 • 50min
03-08-12 Solera Tasting Pt. 1
The Mad Fermentationist, Michael Tonsmeire, and fellow brewer Nathan Zeender share some barrel-aged sour beers with blended ingredients.

Feb 29, 2012 • 40min
03-01-12 Hop Infused Vodka
Home brewer Bob Stempski shares his technique for infusing vodka with hops to explore different varieties and add some punch to homebrew and commercial beers.

Feb 22, 2012 • 1h 1min
02-23-12 Trub Experiment Results
James and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, go over the results of the BYO-BBR Collaborative Experiment on kettle trub in the fermenter.

Feb 15, 2012 • 38min
02-16-12 Cold Brewing
Ottawa, Canada home brewer Pete Hickey joins us to tell us how he brews in the extremely cold Canadian winter.

Feb 8, 2012 • 42min
02-09-12 Triangle Zombie
It's a trifecta: We have a triangle test of a fermenter experiment, sample our Zombie Apocalypse beer, and hear about brewing on a frozen Wisconsin lake.

Feb 1, 2012 • 45min
02-02-12 Bourbon Stout Experiment
Home brewer Patrick Bresnahan shares his bourbon stout experiment, trying to find the proper amount of bourbon to add to the beer.


