Basic Brewing Radio show

Basic Brewing Radio

Summary: Basic Brewing Radio is a weekly show about craft beverages and brewing them in your own home. We take the mystery and fear out of brewing the best beer in the world. Look for our podcast in the iTunes Music Store - it's free!

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Podcasts:

 02-04-21 - Wort Tests | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:40

Casey Helwig from Imperial Organic Yeast walks us through three standard procedures to test the quality of our wort.

 01-28-21 - Yeast Nutrition and Health | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 54:16

Chris Colby, author of How to Make Hard Seltzer, addresses some of the factors in keeping yeast happy and healthy in fermentations.

 01-21-21 - Man Made Mead Myths | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:50

Garrett from the Man Made Mead YouTube channel walks us through four experiments he's done challenging traditional wisdom in brewing meads.

 01-14-21 - Gezellig Brewing Company | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 52:33

James talks with Grant Heuer, Lucas Greta and Betsy Duffy from Gezellig Brewing in Newton, Iowa, about their recent extremely sucessful competition performance.

 01-07-21 - Hop Sampler - Amarillo, Hallertau Mittelfruh Blend | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 46:38

James and Steve taste individual examples and a blend of a traditional European hop and a relatively new American one.

 12-31-20 2020 Brewing Disasters | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:59:36

James and Steve round out a disastrous year with two full hours of brewing disaster letters from listeners.

 12-17-20 Decocting Munich Dunkel | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:13

Glenn Cole, brewer at Hofbrauhaus in St. Louis, takes us through the elaborate decoction process he uses to brew Dunkel.

 12-10-20 Dream Homebrewing Space | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 46:22

Homebrewer Matt Giovanisci talks about living the dream of turning a spare garage into a perfect spot to brew.

 12-03-20 New Zealand Rye Wit | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 51:47

Longtime listener Greig McGill of Brewaucracy in Hamilton, New Zealand, collaborates with James on a deliciously hoppy low-gravity rye and wheat beer.

 11-19-20 Malt Sampler - Midnight Wheat, Black Prinz, Black Patent | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 43:32

James and Steve sample three dark beers made with malts designed to contribute color over roastiness.

 11-12-20 Tej Ethiopian Mead | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 43:03

Homebrewer Bruce Hanley shares his version of a traditional Ethiopian mead made of honey with gesho leaves and stems.

 11-05-20 Malt Vinegar | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 35:46

Amahl Turczyn, author of A Year of Good Beer - a page-a-day calendar, joins us to talk about the process of turning beer in to vinegar.

 10-29-20 Hop Sampler - Simcoe, Citra Blend | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 49:39

In the 18th episode of the series, James and Steve taste a Hop Sampler with two very popular hops and a blend of the two.

 10-22-20 Midwest Legend | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 45:15

Glenn Cole of Midwest Ale Works talks about a beer designed to raise money and awareness for farmers and communities devastated by this past summer's derecho.

 10-15-20 Pumpkin and Spice Revisited | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 47:20

Chris Colby, author of How to Make Hard Seltzer, gives us ideas to brew some tasty holiday beers and answers questions about flavoring seltzer and using potatoes in brewing.

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