Basic Brewing Radio

James and Steve use tincures made from dark sweet cherries, strawberries and jalapeños to liven up a basic pale ale.

Chris Colby, author of The Homebrew Recipe Bible and Methods of Modern Homebrewing, explains the numbers related to writing recipes and brewing beer.

Mika Laitinen, author of Viking Age Brew and brewingnordic.com, talks about the challenges and rewards of brewing with rye.

Andy Coates brings us up to date on hazy beers, small batch blended barrels, and new gear at Ozark.

James and Steve play with tinctures made with dried chilis to dose into a tasty little pale ale.

Alex Gruber from Imperial Organic Yeast technical support walks us through the process of diagnosing troubled fermentations.

We get to know Julia Herz as she takes the reins as Executive Director of the American Homebrewers Association.

Adam Ross from Twin Span Brewing talks about his barleywine infused with Mexican punch along with a rosemary and spruce beer and brewing under pressure.

James attends a brew day at Fossil Cove Brewing to witness the recreation of a historic New Albion Brewing recipe with craft beer pioneer Jack McAuliffe.

It's the longest one ever! James and Steve sit on the porch and read a stack of stories about brewing gone wrong sent in by listeners from around the world.