05-05-22 - Brewing with Kernza
Casey Letellier of Ivory Bill Brewing in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, talks about brewing with Kernza – the first perennial grain. Casey also talks about his recipe development strategy.
May 04, 2022•53 min
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04-28-22 - Recipe Development, Adjuncts
Chris Colby, author of the Homebrew Recipe Bible and Methods of Modern Homebrewing, gives us an overview of adjuncts used in developing recipes.
Apr 27, 2022•59 min
04-21-22 - Recipe Development, Water Made Simple
Matt Giovanisci of the Brew Cabin blog and YouTube channel shares his simplified approach to brewing water chemistry.
Apr 20, 2022•56 min
04-14-22 - Recipe Development, Tonsmeire on Hops
Mike Tonsmeire, the Mad Fermentationist and co-founder of Sapwood Cellars, talks about his hopping strategies in modern hoppy beers.
Apr 13, 2022•58 min
04-07-22 - Citrus Zest Tincture Sampler
James and Steve sample tinctures made with lime, Meyer lemon, and organic Minneola tangelo. We also sample Ivory Bill Meyer Lemon Wheat and talk to brewer Casey Letellier about it.
Apr 06, 2022•50 min
03-31-22 - Recipe Development - Specialty Malts and Grains
Chris Colby, author of the Home Brew Recipe Bible and Methods of Modern Homebrewing, walks us through the most commonly used specialty malts and grains.
Mar 30, 2022•56 min
03-24-22 - Twelve Top Tasting Tips
Briony Liebich from flavourlogic.com give us some great advice on honing our senses when we taste our favorite beverage.
Mar 23, 2022•51 min
03-17-22 - Recipe Development from Story to Glass
Matt Giovanisci of the Brew Cabin YouTube channel and brewcabin.com talks about his approach taking abstract inspiration onto paper and into the fermenter.
Mar 16, 2022•1 hr 1 min
03-10-22 - Recipe Development and Base Malts
Chris Colby, author of The Home Brew Recipe Bible and Methods of Modern Homebrewing, gives us an overview of the most basic of beer ingredients.
Mar 09, 2022•56 min
03-03-22 - Fruit Tincture Sampler
James and Steve use tincures made from dark sweet cherries, strawberries and jalapeños to liven up a basic pale ale.
Mar 02, 2022•48 min
02-24-22 - Recipe Development By the Numbers
Chris Colby, author of The Homebrew Recipe Bible and Methods of Modern Homebrewing, explains the numbers related to writing recipes and brewing beer.
Feb 23, 2022•50 min
02-17-22 - Brewing with Rye
Mika Laitinen, author of Viking Age Brew and brewingnordic.com, talks about the challenges and rewards of brewing with rye.
Feb 16, 2022•51 min
02-10-22 - Ozark Beer Company Update
Andy Coates brings us up to date on hazy beers, small batch blended barrels, and new gear at Ozark.
Feb 09, 2022•54 min
02-03-22 - Pepper Tincture Sampler
James and Steve play with tinctures made with dried chilis to dose into a tasty little pale ale.
Feb 02, 2022•54 min
01-27-22 - Fermentation Troubleshooting
Alex Gruber from Imperial Organic Yeast technical support walks us through the process of diagnosing troubled fermentations.
Jan 26, 2022•53 min
01-20-22 - Julia Herz, AHA Executive Director
We get to know Julia Herz as she takes the reins as Executive Director of the American Homebrewers Association.
Jan 19, 2022•45 min
01-13-22 - Ponche Barleywine and Pressure Brewing
Adam Ross from Twin Span Brewing talks about his barleywine infused with Mexican punch along with a rosemary and spruce beer and brewing under pressure.
Jan 12, 2022•44 min
01-06-22 - Old Toe Sucker
James attends a brew day at Fossil Cove Brewing to witness the recreation of a historic New Albion Brewing recipe with craft beer pioneer Jack McAuliffe.
Jan 05, 2022•46 min
12-30-21 - Annual Disaster Show
It's the longest one ever! James and Steve sit on the porch and read a stack of stories about brewing gone wrong sent in by listeners from around the world.
Dec 29, 2021•1 hr 59 min
12-09-21 - Juleol
Chris Colby, author of How to Make Hard Seltzer and the Homebrew Recipe Bible, talks about traditional Christmas beers from Norway.
Dec 08, 2021•45 min
12-02-21 - Beer Yeast Sampler
James and Steve compare beers made with Active Dry and Rapid Rise bread yeast against one made with US-05.
Dec 01, 2021•52 min
11-18-21 - U. S. Open Beer Championship
Dow Scoggins and Michael Conger from the U. S. Open Beer Championship talk about their competition and give a bit of advice for competing and judging.
Nov 17, 2021•58 min
11-11-21 - Expanding Crisis
Sean Slape of Crisis Brewing Company catches us up on his work to expand his once tiny brewery into a successful small brewery through brewing delicious beers.
Nov 10, 2021•54 min
11-04-21 - Mountain Fork Brewery
Johann the Brewer from Mountain Fork Brewery talks about brewing traditionally-inspired beers with river water in southeastern Oklahoma.
Nov 03, 2021•53 min
10-28-21 - Space Yeast Mead
Dan Schreffler of Space Time Mead and Cider Works shares a mead made with yeast sent to the edge of space along with three other delicious meads.
Oct 27, 2021•57 min
10-21-21 - Building a "Perfect" Keezer
Matt Giovanisci of the Brew Cabin YouTube channel walks us through how he built a keezer that is ideal for his home brewery.
Oct 20, 2021•58 min
10-14-21 - Partigyle Techniques
Peter Symons, author of Guile Brews, talks about the process of using brewing software to design partigyle beers.
Oct 13, 2021•55 min
10-07-21 - Hatch Wit and Steve's Shop
Steve shares a Belgian Wit chili pepper experiment and sums up his time as owner of Steve's Brew Shop.
Oct 06, 2021•57 min
09-30-21 - Natural State Beer Gold
We catch up with Mark and Ryan Smith at Natural State Beer following their taking GABF gold for their maibock.
Sep 29, 2021•58 min
09-23-21 - Tulsa Craft Beer Invitational
We travel to Tulsa to sample beers from the Oklahoma breweries gathered for the festival in High Gravity's parking lot.
Sep 22, 2021•53 min
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