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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Steve and James sample another round of single-hopped small batches, adding some time in the boil to the recipe.

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02.19.2020 02-20-20 Hop Sampler - Sterling, Triumph, Horizon Steve and James sample another round of single-hopped small batches, adding some time in the boil to the recipe.
02.12.2020 02-13-20 Count Chocula Experiment Homebrewers Adam Amdor and Roy Ventullo share their experiment comparing milk stouts with and without Count Chocula cereal and one beer with cereal added into the fermenter post fermentation.
02.05.2020 02-06-20 Whistling Springs Brewing In the second part of a chat with brewer Chris Nogy, James samples beers from Whistling Springs in southern Missouri.
01.29.2020 01-30-20 Hop Stand Length Experiment James and Steve test the results of an experiment comparing different hop stand lengths in the Hop Sampler recipe.
01.22.2020 01-23-20 Dark Hills Gluten Free Brewery Chris Nogy of Dark Hills Brewery talks about brewing gluten free beers on a farm in southern Missouri.
01.15.2020 01-16-20 Dry Hopping Hazy Pale Ales Scott Janish of Sapwood Cellars and author of The New IPA – A Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor gives us tips on dry hopping delicious hazy beers.
01.08.2020 01-09-20 Wine for Beer Lovers Jim Laughren, author of A Beer Drinker's Guide to Knowing and Enjoying Fine Wine, gives us beer folks some tips on demystifying the wine side.
01.01.2020 01-02-20 Granola Bar Experiment Brook Baber and Dave Bauter share their nine-part experiment using three different flavors of granola bar to brew beer.
12.18.2019 12-19-19 Annual Disaster Show James and Steve get together to read 20 letters of brewing woe submitted by listeners.
12.11.2019 12-12-19 A Pint at the Museum Theresa McCulla from the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian describes collecting stories and objects of American craft beer and homebrewing.
12.04.2019 12-05-19 Simple Grain Bills Casey Letellier from Ivory Bill Brewing talks about his strategy to move away from plain two-row to more interesting base malts.
11.20.2019 11-21-19 Hop Sampler - Lemon Drop, Bravo, Columbus James and Steve taste Hop Sampler 14 with accidental oxidation on one of the batches.
11.13.2019 11-14-19 Natural State Beer Company James talks to Mark Smith, alumnus of the Basic Brewing podcasts, and Head Brewer Will Sonneman about Natural State Beer Company, which opens soon.
11.06.2019 11-07-19 Hot Side Hopping for Hazy IPAs Scott Janish, author of The New IPA - A Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor, talks about hopping on the hot side for hazy, juicy beers.
10.30.2019 10-31-19 Hop Sampler - Northern Brewer, Chinook, Warrior James and Steve celebrate Halloween by tasting Hop Sampler number thirteen.
10.23.2019 10-24-19 Rebel Kettle James samples offbeat and delicious beers in Little Rock with Rebel Kettle founder John Lee.
10.16.2019 10-17-19 Lost Forty Visit James visits with Grant Chandler, quality manager of Lost Forty Brewing, and samples beer from Arkansas' largest brewery.
10.09.2019 10-10-19 Ambitious Brew - A History of American Beer Author and historian Maureen Ogle talks about the revision of her book documenting the history of the American beer culture and industry.
10.02.2019 10-03-19 West African Sorghum Beer Homebrewer Ryan Deaver tells us about Tchoukoutou, a fresh, sour sorghum beer he discovered while living in Benin.
09.25.2019 09-26-19 Brewing for Distilling Aaron Mayer of Pine Bluffs Distilling talks about the process of brewing beer for spirits with local malt from Wyoming Malting Company.
09.18.2019 09-19-19 Hop Sampler - Liberty, Azacca, Jarrylo James and Steve taste the twelfth in their series of comparing a set of three hops brewed in small batches.
09.11.2019 09-12-19 Hops Breeding and Genetics Chris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Journal, takes us through the process of creating new hop varieties and putting them through the paces.
09.04.2019 09-05-19 Boston Mountain Brewing Matt Thompson tells us how he and his business partner went from novice homebrewers to professional brewers and brewery owners in a very short time.
08.28.2019 08-29-19 Brewing Sahti Farmhouse Ale Mika Laitinen, author of Viking Age Brew - The Craft of Brewing Sahti Farmhouse Ale, gives us tips on brewing this ancient Finnish beer.
08.21.2019 08-22-19 DC Homebrewers Crystal Malt Experiment Omar Al-Nidawi shares his club's English Bitter experiment comparing Caramunich 1, Dingemans Cara 45, Carastan and Opal 44. Also, there's a 100 percent Red X beer.
08.14.2019 08-15-19 Hazy Beer Stability Scott Janish of Sapwood Cellars and author of The New IPA: A Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor gives us tips on preserving hazy hoppy goodness.
08.07.2019 08-08-19 Mike Tonsmeire Meetup James and Steve sit down with the Mad Fermentationist to talk hoppy beers, sour beers and Sapwood Cellars.
07.31.2019 08-01-19 Providence Social Club James and Steve sample some tasty beers at the Social Club of Providence Homebrew Con and talk to the brewers who made them.
07.24.2019 07-25-19 Hop Sampler - Styrian Golding, Styrian Celeia, French Strisselspalt James' son, Drew, joins the panel as they taste three beers made with low alpha acid European hops.
07.17.2019 07-18-19 Insane in the Yeast Strain Casey Helwig from Imperial Organic Yeast leads James and Steve through two split-wort experiments at Homebrew Con that compare six different yeasts.
07.10.2019 07-11-19 RIBS NEIPA Yeast Experiment Members of the Rhode Island Brewing Society share their experiment comparing six different yeast strains in New England IPAs.
07.03.2019 07-04-19 Club Night in Providence, Rhode Island James and Steve explore Homebrew Con's incredible night of delicious brews and creative brewers.
05.29.2019 05-30-19 Hop Sampler - Saaz, Cashmere, Green Bullet James and Steve add a bonus round to the hop sampler as they taste three hops that you'd think would be easy to pick out.
05.22.2019 05-23-19 Stouts vs Porters Chris Colby of Beer and Wine Journal explores our favorite dark beers and gives us recipe tips. Also, Gary Glass of the AHA shares a homebrew legislation update.
05.15.2019 05-16-19 Tulsa Craft Beer Invitational We travel to the parking lot of High Gravity (Pippin's Taproom) to sample from commercial breweries and homebrewers across Oklahoma.
05.08.2019 05-09-19 African Guest Sampler Homebrewer Steve Frank submits our first guest Hop Sampler ever, featuring African Queen, Southern Aroma, Southern Passion and Sabro.
05.01.2019 05-02-19 Core Homecoming Homebrewer and alumnus of Basic Brewing Radio, Jamie Conway, joins the team at Core Brewing, where they're refocusing their company's priorities.
04.24.2019 04-25-19 Hop Sampler - Galena, Denali, El Dorado It's Hop Sampler number nine, pitting three nicely fruity hop varieties against each other.
04.17.2019 04-18-19 Kombucha, the Root of All Starters Homebrewer Doug Wawrzynski tells us how he's using kombucha to kick-start sour fermentations, such as sauerkraut, sourdough and kettle-soured beers.
04.10.2019 04-11-19 Sparrow Malting Brad Coker is starting up a new craft malthouse in northwest Arkansas. He shares his techniques of malting small batches of grain at home.
04.03.2019 04-04-19 Catching Up with Fossil Cove James samples beers with Ben Mills of Fossil Cove Brewing in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and learns about the brewery's recent expansion.
03.27.2019 03-28-19 Hop Sampler - Motueka, Rakau, and Nelson Sauvin James and Steve taste hops from New Zealand, and James faces a possible equipment contamination.
03.20.2019 03-21-19 DC Homebrewers SMASH Omar Al-Nidawi shares beers from the DC Homebrewers Club experiment brewing different styles with Pilsner malt and Sterling hops.
03.13.2019 03-14-19 Scaling Up with Sapwood Cellars Mad Fermentationist Michael Tonsmeire talks about the brewery he co-founded in Columbia, Maryland, and the challenges of scaling up from homebrew.
03.06.2019 03-07-19 Lab Testing HSBUs David Curtis of Bell's General Store in Kalamazoo talks about Select Centennial Hops and shares lab IBU tests of beers brewed for the Hop Sampler series.
02.27.2019 02-28-19 Astarte Bronze-Age-Style Beer Homebrewer AJ Hart took part in an experimental archeology project on bronze age brewing techniques in Cyprus and collaborated with her husband, Justin, to bring those ideas home.
02.20.2019 02-21-19 Chiller Stirring Experiment Engineer Alex Roberts joins James again to test the effects on stirring a wort while it's being chilled by an immersion chiller. They also reverse the chiller's water flow.
02.13.2019 02-14-19 Golden Ale Yeast Experiment Kyle Swallow of Twin Lakes Homebrew Club and Rapps Barren Brewing in Mountain Home, Arkansas, talks about an experiment fermenting one Golden Ale wort with 13 different yeasts.
02.06.2019 02-07-19 Year-Long Stout Collaboration Homebrewer Chris McKenzie shares his experience collaborating with five other homebrewers in a year-long experiment to design the perfect stout.
01.30.2019 01-31-19 Hawk Moth Brewing James talks to Bradley Riggs of Hawk Moth Brewing in Rogers, Arkansas - a brewery focused on small batch, old-world-style, wood-aged beers.

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Basic Brewing Radio episodes:

02-20-20 Hop Sampler - Sterling, Triumph, Horizon

02-13-20 Count Chocula Experiment

02-06-20 Whistling Springs Brewing

01-30-20 Hop Stand Length Experiment

01-23-20 Dark Hills Gluten Free Brewery

01-16-20 Dry Hopping Hazy Pale Ales

01-09-20 Wine for Beer Lovers

01-02-20 Granola Bar Experiment

12-19-19 Annual Disaster Show

12-12-19 A Pint at the Museum

12-05-19 Simple Grain Bills

11-21-19 Hop Sampler - Lemon Drop, Bravo, Columbus

11-14-19 Natural State Beer Company

11-07-19 Hot Side Hopping for Hazy IPAs

10-31-19 Hop Sampler - Northern Brewer, Chinook, Warrior

10-24-19 Rebel Kettle

10-17-19 Lost Forty Visit

10-10-19 Ambitious Brew - A History of American Beer

10-03-19 West African Sorghum Beer

09-26-19 Brewing for Distilling

09-19-19 Hop Sampler - Liberty, Azacca, Jarrylo

09-12-19 Hops Breeding and Genetics

09-05-19 Boston Mountain Brewing

08-29-19 Brewing Sahti Farmhouse Ale

08-22-19 DC Homebrewers Crystal Malt Experiment

08-15-19 Hazy Beer Stability

08-08-19 Mike Tonsmeire Meetup

08-01-19 Providence Social Club

07-25-19 Hop Sampler - Styrian Golding, Styrian Celeia, French Strisselspalt

07-18-19 Insane in the Yeast Strain

07-11-19 RIBS NEIPA Yeast Experiment

07-04-19 Club Night in Providence, Rhode Island

05-30-19 Hop Sampler - Saaz, Cashmere, Green Bullet

05-23-19 Stouts vs Porters

05-16-19 Tulsa Craft Beer Invitational

05-09-19 African Guest Sampler

05-02-19 Core Homecoming

04-25-19 Hop Sampler - Galena, Denali, El Dorado

04-18-19 Kombucha, the Root of All Starters

04-11-19 Sparrow Malting

04-04-19 Catching Up with Fossil Cove

03-28-19 Hop Sampler - Motueka, Rakau, and Nelson Sauvin

03-21-19 DC Homebrewers SMASH

03-14-19 Scaling Up with Sapwood Cellars

03-07-19 Lab Testing HSBUs

02-28-19 Astarte Bronze-Age-Style Beer

02-21-19 Chiller Stirring Experiment

02-14-19 Golden Ale Yeast Experiment

02-07-19 Year-Long Stout Collaboration

01-31-19 Hawk Moth Brewing

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