Basic Brewing Radio

Four professional brewers share their perspectives and tactics on starting a commercial brewery from scratch.

Mark Stutrud of Summit Brewing in St. Paul addresses the 2010 National Homebrewers Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

James and Steve profile the Prairie Homebrewing Companions of Fargo, North Dakota in front of a live audience at the National Homebrewers Conference.

James, Steve, and Blake Lyon evaluate the experiment that attempts to determine whether Irish Moss or other fining agents make a difference in homebrew.

James joins Steve for an attempt to brew a mead, a wine, and a beer on the same day on a holiday weekend.

Kai Troester joins us to give us his thoughts and techniques about the time-honored process of decoction mashing.

James enlists the help of Steve Wilkes, Andy Sparks, and Alex Roberts to answer items from the mailbag as the four sip rare beers.

Home Brewer Sean Terrill joins us again to follow up on his yeast starter aeration experiment. Also, Sean shares the results of his pitching rate experiment, recruiting dozens of home brewers to help evaluate.

James Altwies of Gorst Valley Hops joins us to tell us how his company is bringing commercial hops back to Wisconsin. Also, James answers your questions about growing hops at home.

Home brewer Jeff Karpinski gives us tips on going electric in our home breweries and how to build heat sticks.