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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Jan 22, 2014 • 32min
01-23-14 Beer Cheese Experiment
Homebrewer Matthew Jannette shares his experiment combining two of our favorite things: beer and cheese.
Jan 15, 2014 • 46min
01-16-14 NHC Registration
Gary Glass, director of the American Homebrewers Association, explains the new registration procedure for the National Homebrew Competition and looks forward to the National Homebrewers Conference in June.
Jan 8, 2014 • 1h 2min
01-09-14 Ken Schramm on Mead
Ken Schramm, author of The Compleat Meadmaker and owner of Schramm's Mead joins us to talk about his new commercial venture and answer your mead making questions.
Jan 1, 2014 • 54min
01-02-14 Brewing Barleywines
Chris Colby of Beer and Wine Journal shares tips on brewing high gravity barleywines.
Dec 18, 2013 • 1h 1min
12-19-13 Homebrew Disasters '13
James and Steve read listener disaster letters and taste some bottles of homebrew past from James' cellar.
Dec 11, 2013 • 55min
12-12-13 Homebrew Toxicology Pt. 2
Toxicologist Paul joins us again to follow up on your questions about possible toxic materials in homebrew.
Dec 4, 2013 • 53min
12-5-13 Fruit Saisons
Homebrewer Bryan Gold shares tips on brewing his award-winning saison and saisons with fruit.
Nov 20, 2013 • 40min
11-21-13 Blending Braggots
James and Steve blend finished beers and honey beverages before bottling to find a tasty braggot.
Nov 13, 2013 • 53min
11-14-13 Homebrew Toxicology
Paul, a homebrewer and toxicologist, answers your concerns about materials and chemicals we use in our favorite hobby.
Nov 6, 2013 • 53min
11-07-13 IPA Experiment Results
Chris Colby and Denny Conn join James to go over the results of adding increasing amounts of gypsum to an American IPA.
