11-21-19 Hop Sampler - Lemon Drop, Bravo, Columbus
James and Steve taste Hop Sampler 14 with accidental oxidation on one of the batches.
Nov 20, 2019•40 min
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11-14-19 Natural State Beer Company
James talks to Mark Smith, alumnus of the Basic Brewing podcasts, and Head Brewer Will Sonneman about Natural State Beer Company, which opens soon.
Nov 13, 2019•42 min
11-07-19 Hot Side Hopping for Hazy IPAs
Scott Janish, author of The New IPA - A Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor, talks about hopping on the hot side for hazy, juicy beers.
Nov 06, 2019•50 min
10-31-19 Hop Sampler - Northern Brewer, Chinook, Warrior
James and Steve celebrate Halloween by tasting Hop Sampler number thirteen.
Oct 30, 2019•42 min
10-24-19 Rebel Kettle
James samples offbeat and delicious beers in Little Rock with Rebel Kettle founder John Lee.
Oct 23, 2019•41 min
10-17-19 Lost Forty Visit
James visits with Grant Chandler, quality manager of Lost Forty Brewing, and samples beer from Arkansas' largest brewery.
Oct 16, 2019•57 min
10-10-19 Ambitious Brew - A History of American Beer
Author and historian Maureen Ogle talks about the revision of her book documenting the history of the American beer culture and industry.
Oct 09, 2019•57 min
10-03-19 West African Sorghum Beer
Homebrewer Ryan Deaver tells us about Tchoukoutou, a fresh, sour sorghum beer he discovered while living in Benin.
Oct 02, 2019•42 min
09-26-19 Brewing for Distilling
Aaron Mayer of Pine Bluffs Distilling talks about the process of brewing beer for spirits with local malt from Wyoming Malting Company.
Sep 25, 2019•53 min
09-19-19 Hop Sampler - Liberty, Azacca, Jarrylo
James and Steve taste the twelfth in their series of comparing a set of three hops brewed in small batches.
Sep 18, 2019•34 min
09-12-19 Hops Breeding and Genetics
Chris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Journal, takes us through the process of creating new hop varieties and putting them through the paces.
Sep 11, 2019•39 min
09-05-19 Boston Mountain Brewing
Matt Thompson tells us how he and his business partner went from novice homebrewers to professional brewers and brewery owners in a very short time.
Sep 04, 2019•52 min
08-29-19 Brewing Sahti Farmhouse Ale
Mika Laitinen, author of Viking Age Brew - The Craft of Brewing Sahti Farmhouse Ale, gives us tips on brewing this ancient Finnish beer.
Aug 28, 2019•49 min
08-22-19 DC Homebrewers Crystal Malt Experiment
Omar Al-Nidawi shares his club's English Bitter experiment comparing Caramunich 1, Dingemans Cara 45, Carastan and Opal 44. Also, there's a 100 percent Red X beer.
Aug 21, 2019•42 min
08-15-19 Hazy Beer Stability
Scott Janish of Sapwood Cellars and author of The New IPA: A Scientific Guide to Hop Aroma and Flavor gives us tips on preserving hazy hoppy goodness.
Aug 14, 2019•42 min
08-08-19 Mike Tonsmeire Meetup
James and Steve sit down with the Mad Fermentationist to talk hoppy beers, sour beers and Sapwood Cellars.
Aug 07, 2019•55 min
08-01-19 Providence Social Club
James and Steve sample some tasty beers at the Social Club of Providence Homebrew Con and talk to the brewers who made them.
Jul 31, 2019•46 min
07-25-19 Hop Sampler - Styrian Golding, Styrian Celeia, French Strisselspalt
James' son, Drew, joins the panel as they taste three beers made with low alpha acid European hops.
Jul 24, 2019•42 min
07-18-19 Insane in the Yeast Strain
Casey Helwig from Imperial Organic Yeast leads James and Steve through two split-wort experiments at Homebrew Con that compare six different yeasts.
Jul 17, 2019•42 min
07-11-19 RIBS NEIPA Yeast Experiment
Members of the Rhode Island Brewing Society share their experiment comparing six different yeast strains in New England IPAs.
Jul 10, 2019•52 min
07-04-19 Club Night in Providence, Rhode Island
James and Steve explore Homebrew Con's incredible night of delicious brews and creative brewers.
Jul 03, 2019•58 min
05-30-19 Hop Sampler - Saaz, Cashmere, Green Bullet
James and Steve add a bonus round to the hop sampler as they taste three hops that you'd think would be easy to pick out.
May 29, 2019•39 min
05-23-19 Stouts vs Porters
Chris Colby of Beer and Wine Journal explores our favorite dark beers and gives us recipe tips. Also, Gary Glass of the AHA shares a homebrew legislation update.
May 22, 2019•51 min
05-16-19 Tulsa Craft Beer Invitational
We travel to the parking lot of High Gravity (Pippin's Taproom) to sample from commercial breweries and homebrewers across Oklahoma.
May 15, 2019•52 min
05-09-19 African Guest Sampler
Homebrewer Steve Frank submits our first guest Hop Sampler ever, featuring African Queen, Southern Aroma, Southern Passion and Sabro.
May 08, 2019•1 hr
05-02-19 Core Homecoming
Homebrewer and alumnus of Basic Brewing Radio, Jamie Conway, joins the team at Core Brewing, where they're refocusing their company's priorities.
May 01, 2019•46 min
04-25-19 Hop Sampler - Galena, Denali, El Dorado
It's Hop Sampler number nine, pitting three nicely fruity hop varieties against each other.
Apr 24, 2019•46 min
04-18-19 Kombucha, the Root of All Starters
Homebrewer Doug Wawrzynski tells us how he's using kombucha to kick-start sour fermentations, such as sauerkraut, sourdough and kettle-soured beers.
Apr 17, 2019•54 min
04-11-19 Sparrow Malting
Brad Coker is starting up a new craft malthouse in northwest Arkansas. He shares his techniques of malting small batches of grain at home.
Apr 10, 2019•55 min
04-04-19 Catching Up with Fossil Cove
James samples beers with Ben Mills of Fossil Cove Brewing in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and learns about the brewery's recent expansion.
Apr 03, 2019•59 min
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