

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.
Episodes
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Apr 12, 2017 • 51min
04-13-17 Recipe Formulation: Playing with Gravity
James and Steve sit down during a brew day to talk about how to calculate and predict starting and finishing gravity levels of beers.

Apr 5, 2017 • 47min
04-06-17 Indiana Water Experiment
Homebrewer Aaron Winey shares his experiment brewing an American blonde ale using water from four different sources.

Mar 29, 2017 • 41min
03-30-17 Callister and Lightheart Brewing
Homebrewer-turned-pro Nathaniel Senff of Lightheart Brewing talks about being a part of the collaborative Callister Brewing in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Mar 22, 2017 • 51min
03-23-17 Casey Goes Pro, Part Two
In this second part of a two-parter, Casey Letellier, currently brewing at West Mountain Brewing Company, talks about his plans to open his own – Ivory Bill Brewing.

Mar 15, 2017 • 44min
03-16-17 Casey Goes Pro, Part One
In this first part of a two-parter, Casey Letellier, currently brewing at West Mountain Brewing Company, talks about his plans to open his own – Ivory Bill Brewing.

Mar 8, 2017 • 45min
03-09-17 Kettle Fermentation
Homebrewer Scott Koue shares his experience in fermenting beer in the same kettle that he used to boil the wort.

Mar 1, 2017 • 46min
03-02-17 Homebrew Stout Collaboration
Homebrewers Ron Schmidt and Jamie Conway share their collaborative stout that was split to age on vanilla and a rye whiskey barrel.

Feb 22, 2017 • 45min
02-23-17 Frost Fest 2017
James wanders around Frost Fest in Fayetteville, Arkansas, to sample beers and get some homebrewing tips from professional brewers.

Feb 15, 2017 • 43min
02-16-17 Hop Tweaking
Chris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Journal and author of the Homebrew Recipe Bible, talks about hop substitution and ways to change up the hopping of your beers.

Feb 8, 2017 • 55min
02-09-17 Mead Best Practices
Ricky the Meadmaker from Groennfell and Havoc Meaderies in Vermont talks about sharing his recipes online and shares his best meadmaking practices.


