Basic Brewing Radio

By James Spencer

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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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04-15-21 - Wild Meads

04.14.2021

Jake Gorton, brewhouse manager and packaging director of Groennfell and Havoc Meaderies, shares five techniques to use wild microbes to ferment honey.

Basic Brewing Radio episodes:

04.14.2021 04-15-21 - Wild Meads Jake Gorton, brewhouse manager and packaging director of Groennfell and Havoc Meaderies, shares five techniques to use wild microbes to ferment honey.
04.07.2021 04-08-21 - Hairless Dog NA Jeff Hollander, CEO of Hairless Dog Brewing Company, talks about brewing a beer with craft character and no alcohol.
03.31.2021 04-01-21 - Colby's Spring Brews Chris Colby, author of How to Make Hard Seltzer and The Homebrew Recipe Bible, talks about his favorite beers to brew as the weather warms up.
03.24.2021 03-25-21 - Brew in a Ziplock Bag Homebrewer Johannes Fahrenkrug ads a twist (or maybe a zip) to brewing with sous vide by mashing inside Ziplock bags.
03.17.2021 03-18-21 - Brewing with Fruit Purees Chris Hodge of Oregon Fruit Products answers listener questions about using fruit purees in beer and mead.
03.10.2021 03-11-21 - Apple Blossom Reborn James sits down to sample a flight with Alton Huebner, brewer of the newly-reopened Apple Blossom Brewing Company.
03.03.2021 03-04-21 - Cider-Graf Malt and Yeast Experiment Homebrewer Nick Johnson shares his ambitious experiment brewing graf with apple juice along with four malt extracts and five yeast strains.
02.24.2021 02-25-21 - Sugar Creek Malt Sampler James and Steve sample small batches brewed with specialty malts from Sugar Creek Malt Company – lavender smoke, crystal rye, and bourbon barrel aged chocolate malt.
02.17.2021 02-18-21 - Swedish Hop Sampler James and Steve taste small batches with Swedish hops sent by listener Marcus: Svalof Mauritz, Korsta and Hulla Norrgard.
02.10.2021 02-11-21 - Sugar Creek Malt Company Caleb Michalke and John Beal from Sugar Creek Malt Company in Indiana talk about using traditional techniques to create some innovative malts.
02.03.2021 02-04-21 - Wort Tests Casey Helwig from Imperial Organic Yeast walks us through three standard procedures to test the quality of our wort.
01.27.2021 01-28-21 - Yeast Nutrition and Health Chris Colby, author of How to Make Hard Seltzer, addresses some of the factors in keeping yeast happy and healthy in fermentations.
01.20.2021 01-21-21 - Man Made Mead Myths Garrett from the Man Made Mead YouTube channel walks us through four experiments he's done challenging traditional wisdom in brewing meads.
01.13.2021 01-14-21 - Gezellig Brewing Company James talks with Grant Heuer, Lucas Greta and Betsy Duffy from Gezellig Brewing in Newton, Iowa, about their recent extremely sucessful competition performance.
01.06.2021 01-07-21 - Hop Sampler - Amarillo, Hallertau Mittelfruh Blend James and Steve taste individual examples and a blend of a traditional European hop and a relatively new American one.
12.30.2020 12-31-20 2020 Brewing Disasters James and Steve round out a disastrous year with two full hours of brewing disaster letters from listeners.
12.16.2020 12-17-20 Decocting Munich Dunkel Glenn Cole, brewer at Hofbrauhaus in St. Louis, takes us through the elaborate decoction process he uses to brew Dunkel.
12.09.2020 12-10-20 Dream Homebrewing Space Homebrewer Matt Giovanisci talks about living the dream of turning a spare garage into a perfect spot to brew.
12.02.2020 12-03-20 New Zealand Rye Wit Longtime listener Greig McGill of Brewaucracy in Hamilton, New Zealand, collaborates with James on a deliciously hoppy low-gravity rye and wheat beer.
11.18.2020 11-19-20 Malt Sampler - Midnight Wheat, Black Prinz, Black Patent James and Steve sample three dark beers made with malts designed to contribute color over roastiness.
11.11.2020 11-12-20 Tej Ethiopian Mead Homebrewer Bruce Hanley shares his version of a traditional Ethiopian mead made of honey with gesho leaves and stems.
11.04.2020 11-05-20 Malt Vinegar Amahl Turczyn, author of A Year of Good Beer - a page-a-day calendar, joins us to talk about the process of turning beer in to vinegar.
10.28.2020 10-29-20 Hop Sampler - Simcoe, Citra Blend In the 18th episode of the series, James and Steve taste a Hop Sampler with two very popular hops and a blend of the two.
10.21.2020 10-22-20 Midwest Legend Glenn Cole of Midwest Ale Works talks about a beer designed to raise money and awareness for farmers and communities devastated by this past summer's derecho.
10.14.2020 10-15-20 Pumpkin and Spice Revisited Chris Colby, author of How to Make Hard Seltzer, gives us ideas to brew some tasty holiday beers and answers questions about flavoring seltzer and using potatoes in brewing.
10.07.2020 10-08-20 English Imperial Stout Mike Tonsmeire, the Mad Fermentationist and co-founder of Sapwood Cellars, gives us tips on going back to the roots of the Imperial Stout style.
09.30.2020 10-01-20 Dampfbier and Tepache Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing talks about a German barley beer pretending to be a wheat beer and a traditional Mexican pineapple drink.
09.23.2020 09-24-20 Gotahold Brewing We head to Eureka Springs, Arkansas, to visit with Dave Hartmann and Wendy Reese Hartmann who decided to leave the big brewery life and get small.
09.16.2020 09-17-20 Malt Sampler - Red Wheat, White Wheat, Two-Row James and Steve dive into the fourth malt sampler comparing two wheats and American two-row, and Steve gets on his soapbox.
09.09.2020 09-10-20 How to Make Hard Seltzer Chris Colby, author of How to Make Hard Seltzer, talks about the challenges that come with brewing this fizzy brew.
09.02.2020 09-03-20 Caleb's Bees We visit the farm of Caleb Hutcherson where he keeps bees that he has collected from wild swarms and invasive hives.
08.26.2020 08-27-20 Fermenting Veggies with Sandor Katz Sandor Katz, author of Wild Fermentation and The Art of Fermentation, joins us to talk about using lactic fermentation to preserve vegetables and make them more tasty.
08.19.2020 08-20-20 Carbon Dioxide Chris Colby, author of How To Make Hard Seltzers, goes back to basics about our favorite brewing gas.
08.12.2020 08-13-20 ANXO-Heurich Liberty Cider Heurich House Museum in Washington DC collaborates with ANXO Cidery to revive a prohibition-era cider. Cider maker Sam Fitz walks us through the proces and talks about single-variety non-adjunct ciders.
08.05.2020 08-06-20 Doug W. A longtime friend shares his journey of recovery.
07.30.2020 07-30-20 Hop Sampler, Galaxy and Centennial Blend James and Steve blindly sample small batches with two delicious and popular hops by themselves and a third batch that's a blend between the two.
07.23.2020 07-23-20 Low ABV Using Extreme Mash Temps Homebrewer Mark Stevens shares an experiment using extreme low and high mash temps to limit the alcohol on tasty pale ales.
07.15.2020 07-16-20 Black Is Beautiful Imperial Stout Marcus Baskerville of Weathered Souls Brewing in San Antonio talks about his Black Is Beautiful Imperial Stout and the social initiative connected with it.
07.08.2020 07-09-20 Kveik Harvesting Mika Laitinen, author of Viking Age Brew - The Craft of Brewing Sahti Farmhouse Ale, walks us through the steps of harvesting, storing and reusing Kveik and other farmhouse yeasts.
07.01.2020 07-02-20 Space Yeast Homebrewer Nick Tier sent some brewing yeast above the atmosphere and brewed a beer with it. James and Steve test the results.
06.24.2020 06-25-20 Malt Sampler - Pilsner, 2-Row, 6-Row James and Steve evaluate the third in the Malt Sampler series, which was more fun and informative than expected.
06.17.2020 06-18-20 Space Time Mead and Cider Works Dan Schreffler of Space Time Mead and Cider shares four delicious beverages – three based on honey and one made from maple syrup.
06.10.2020 06-11-20 Bentonville Brewing Comes Home After a temporary move to neighboring Rogers, Arkansas, Bentonville Brewing now has a physical-distancing-friendly new location in their home town.
06.03.2020 06-04-20 Tim Leber Experiments, Part Two James and Tim taste the second round of meads. These are made with fruit – naranjilla, maranon, and a tropical fruit blend.
05.27.2020 05-28-20 Tim Leber Experiments, Part One Mead maker Tim Leber joins James to share the first of a two-part series. James and Tim taste kveik mead (hopped and unhopped), ice cider, and a beet mead.
05.20.2020 05-21-20 Malt Sampler - Vienna, 10L Munich, 20L Munich James and Steve taste the second round of the malt sampler, comparing three small batches brewed with different base malts. Also, Steve talks about his recent illness, and Gary Glass previews Homebrew Con Online.
05.13.2020 05-14-20 Cleaning Principles Jonathan Ettlie from National Chemicals talks about the TACT WINS strategy of cleaning and whether homebrew sanitizers are effective against coronavirus.
05.06.2020 05-07-20 Norfork Brewing and Paw Paw Yeast Kristy Huff and Ben Folta from Norfork Brewing in Norfork, Arkansas, talk about big capacity, small town brewing and fermenting with a local native yeast.
04.29.2020 04-30-20 Keptinis and Other Oven Beers Lars Marius Garshol, author of Larsblog and Historical Brewing Techniques – The Lost Art of Farmhouse Brewing, talks about his work documenting traditional beers and trying duplicate them at home.
04.22.2020 04-23-20 Isolation Cooking with Beer Phil Nigash, formerly of My Life as a Foodie - now of cyclingoc.com, talks with James about smart cooking with beer during social distancing.

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Basic Brewing Radio episodes:

04-15-21 - Wild Meads

04-08-21 - Hairless Dog NA

04-01-21 - Colby's Spring Brews

03-25-21 - Brew in a Ziplock Bag

03-18-21 - Brewing with Fruit Purees

03-11-21 - Apple Blossom Reborn

03-04-21 - Cider-Graf Malt and Yeast Experiment

02-25-21 - Sugar Creek Malt Sampler

02-18-21 - Swedish Hop Sampler

02-11-21 - Sugar Creek Malt Company

02-04-21 - Wort Tests

01-28-21 - Yeast Nutrition and Health

01-21-21 - Man Made Mead Myths

01-14-21 - Gezellig Brewing Company

01-07-21 - Hop Sampler - Amarillo, Hallertau Mittelfruh Blend

12-31-20 2020 Brewing Disasters

12-17-20 Decocting Munich Dunkel

12-10-20 Dream Homebrewing Space

12-03-20 New Zealand Rye Wit

11-19-20 Malt Sampler - Midnight Wheat, Black Prinz, Black Patent

11-12-20 Tej Ethiopian Mead

11-05-20 Malt Vinegar

10-29-20 Hop Sampler - Simcoe, Citra Blend

10-22-20 Midwest Legend

10-15-20 Pumpkin and Spice Revisited

10-08-20 English Imperial Stout

10-01-20 Dampfbier and Tepache

09-24-20 Gotahold Brewing

09-17-20 Malt Sampler - Red Wheat, White Wheat, Two-Row

09-10-20 How to Make Hard Seltzer

09-03-20 Caleb's Bees

08-27-20 Fermenting Veggies with Sandor Katz

08-20-20 Carbon Dioxide

08-13-20 ANXO-Heurich Liberty Cider

08-06-20 Doug W.

07-30-20 Hop Sampler, Galaxy and Centennial Blend

07-23-20 Low ABV Using Extreme Mash Temps

07-16-20 Black Is Beautiful Imperial Stout

07-09-20 Kveik Harvesting

07-02-20 Space Yeast

06-25-20 Malt Sampler - Pilsner, 2-Row, 6-Row

06-18-20 Space Time Mead and Cider Works

06-11-20 Bentonville Brewing Comes Home

06-04-20 Tim Leber Experiments, Part Two

05-28-20 Tim Leber Experiments, Part One

05-21-20 Malt Sampler - Vienna, 10L Munich, 20L Munich

05-14-20 Cleaning Principles

05-07-20 Norfork Brewing and Paw Paw Yeast

04-30-20 Keptinis and Other Oven Beers

04-23-20 Isolation Cooking with Beer

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