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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Jul 25, 2012 • 47min
07-26-12 Sour Mash Berliner Weisse
Montreal home brewer Sean Coates turns a stinky mash into a refreshing, tart summer brew.
Jul 18, 2012 • 36min
07-19-12 Extreme Aging Experiment
Zot O'Connor presents examples from a two-year continuation of our experiment on aging beers in different conditions.
Jul 11, 2012 • 50min
07-12-12 Experimental Hops
Karl Vanevenhoven from Yakima Chief shares some experimental hops and tells us how new hop varieties are born and developed.
Jul 4, 2012 • 53min
07-05-12 No Chill Experiment
Home brewers Bob Stempski and Noam Shalev compare beers brewed with traditional chilling techniques with no-chill batches.
Jun 27, 2012 • 46min
06-28-12 Fruit Mead Experiment
Home brewer Tim Leber shares his experiment comparing fruit added to a mead in the primary and in the secondary.
Jun 12, 2012 • 14min
06-13-12 Extra: Kim Lutz of Maui Brewing
James takes a break from vacation to interview Kim Lutz, lead brewer of the Maui Brewing Company brewpub.
May 23, 2012 • 46min
05-24-12 Secondary Experiment Results
James and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, take a look at the results of the BYO-BBR Collaborative Experiment testing the effect of racking to a secondary fermenter.
May 16, 2012 • 44min
05-17-12 Sasquatch Ale
Mark Emiley of the Washington Homebrewers Association gives us a preview of the Seattle American Homebrewers Conference and tells us what Sasquatch would drink.
May 9, 2012 • 47min
05-10-12 Jack McAuliffe and New Albion Brewery
Craft brewing pioneer Jack McAuliffe shares the story of his founding America's first microbrewery - New Albion of Sonoma, California.
May 2, 2012 • 46min
05-03-12 Really Old Milwaukee
Kevin Cullen and Paul Mech of Discovery World in Milwaukee, Wisconsin tell us about their program to bring ancient brewing recipes back to life.
