Basic Brewing Radio

Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, tells us about a series of articles dedicated to breakfast foods we can use to brew.

Home brewer Mark Zap has been awarded a grant to create a work of art: a brewing sculpture.

Steve Wilkes is planning a charity beer dinner, and he takes a moment while things are in the oven to walk us through the process.

Author Stan Hieronymus joins us to talk about his book, Brewing with Wheat - The "Wit" and "Weizen" of World Wheat Styles.

Home brewer Sean Terrill shares the results of his experiment testing how aeration affects the amount of yeast cells generated in starters.

We bring in a panel of experts and data from home brewers to test the effects of a partial boil and adding extract late to the brewpot.

Mike Nealy, president and founder of Malt Munching Mash Monsters, shares the results of his club's experiment comparing nine sugars in Belgian Beer.

Les Howarth, author of The Home Brewer's Recipe Database, joins us to talk about his book that lists the ingredients of nearly 3,000 beers.

Home brewer Scott Mathis shares his experiment splitting a pale ale wort and fermenting it with six different yeasts.

Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, talks about conditioning malt for better milling and answers listener e-mails.