01-05-23 - Mead and Cider Roundup
James and Steve sample non-beer things they've made recently and experiment with ways to add sweetness and acidity at serving time.
Jan 04, 2023•57 min
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Basic Brewing Radio is a weekly chat about homebrewing - brewing the best beer and mead in the world in your own home.
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Episodes
12-29-22 - Brewing Disasters 2022
James and Steve read tales of brewing gone bad from listeners, and they drink some delicious homebrew to pair with it from Scott Housel.
Dec 28, 2022•1 hr 40 min
12-15-22 - Homebrew Evolution
James visits with Marshall Schott, founder of Brulosophy, about the state of homebrewing and the advancements we've seen in the past several years.
Dec 14, 2022•1 hr
12-08-22 - Recipe Development, Raspberry Wheat
Chris Colby, author of The Homebrew Recipe Bible and editor of beerandgardeningjournal.com, tastes James' winter ale and formulates a recipe for a raspberry wheat.
Dec 07, 2022•54 min
12-01-22 - Adam's Winter Grab Bag
Adam Ross from Twin Span Brewing shares four delicious beers and a tasty seltzer that use a variety of brewing techniques.
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 2 min
11-17-22 - Recipe Development, Belgian Tripel
Matt Giovanisci from Brew Cabin joins James to sample a Belgian Wit and plan a delicious Belgian Tripel.
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 17 min
11-10-22 - Holiday Tincture Sampler
James and Steve sample some seasonal tinctures in a holiday beer that James and Chris Colby formulated on this show last month.
Nov 09, 2022•48 min
11-03-22 - Pressure Fermenting
Adam Ross from Twin Span Brewing in Iowa shares some beers with James and Steve that were fermented under higher pressure.
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 16 min
10-27-22 - Mead Oak Experiment
Mead man Tim Leber leads James and Steve through an experiment comparing American, French and Hungarian Oak in a simple mead.
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 3 min
10-20-22 - Rose's Beer Garden
James and some old friends join Rose Schweikhart in the Beer Park next to Superior Bathhouse Brewery to sample beers in a National Park.
Oct 19, 2022•55 min
10-13-22 - Recipe Development, Holiday Ale
Chris Colby of beerandgardeningjournal.com walks James through the process of formulating a recipe for a spiced holiday beer.
Oct 12, 2022•59 min
10-06-22 - Dark Tincture Sampler 02
James and Steve sample a dark beer flavored with tinctures of five different flavors you probably don't associate with dark beers.
Oct 05, 2022•53 min
09-29-22 - Recipe Development, Belgian Wit
James and Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin taste Matt's American Amber Ale and collaborate on an unconventional Belgian Witbier recipe.
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 9 min
09-15-22 - Tulsa Craft Beer Invitational
James and Steve head to the parking lot of High Gravity Fermentations to sample beers at the Tulsa Craft Beer Invitational.
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 26 min
09-08-22 - Oklahoma Beer, A Handcrafted History
Brian Welzbacher, Oklahoma beer historian, talks about the challenging history of beer and brewing in the Sooner State.
Sep 07, 2022•54 min
09-01-22 - Recipe Development, Dry Stout
Chris Colby, author of The Homebrew Recipe Bible and Methods of Modern Homebrewing, walks us through formulating a recipe for a delicious dark beer.
Aug 31, 2022•57 min
08-25-22 - Small Batch Home Malting
Sherwin Santiano of the Canadian Malting Barley Technical Center, who trains professional maltsters, gives us tips on malting our own barley at home.
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr
08-18-22 - Mead Day Chat
Ricky the Meadmaker of Groennfell and Havoc meaderies joins James and Steve on Mead Day Eve to chat about their favorite honey beverages.
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr
08-11-22 - Hop Farm Brewing Pt. 2
We continue our conversation with Malcolm Frazer of Hop Farm Brewing in Pittsburgh with two English Milds and a NEIPA.
Aug 10, 2022•47 min
08-04-22 - Hop Farm Brewing Pt. 1
Malcolm Frazer and Melissa Larrick from Hop Farm Brewing in Pittsburgh lead us through a delicious flight of lighter colored beers.
Aug 03, 2022•1 hr 6 min
07-28-22 - Judging Ciders
Matt Jannett of Fenn Valley Vineyards talks about his life as a winemaker and a recent experience judging a cider competition.
Jul 27, 2022•1 hr 3 min
07-21-22 - Pittsburgh Club Night
We hit the floor (not literally) at Homebrew Con Club Night in Pittsburgh to try delicious traditional and not-so-traditional beers and meads.
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 11 min
07-14-22 - Homebrew Sake and Hybridizing Yeast
We join Dr. Matt Winans of Imperial Organic Yeast R and D at Homebrew Con in Pittsburgh to talk making sake at home and Imperial's work to combine different yeast strains into a new one.
Jul 13, 2022•47 min
07-07-22 - Recipe Development, American Amber Ale
Matt Giovanisci joins James to collaborate on formulating a recipe from scratch for a hoppy American favorite.
Jul 06, 2022•1 hr 1 min
06-30-22 - Homebrew Con Day One
We head to Pittsburgh for Homebrew Con and collect a series of fun and informative interviews from day one of the conference.
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 3 min
06-16-22 - Dive Bär
North American transplants David Shotlander and Jonathan Klassen talk about brewing in Gland, Switzerland and taking their brewery to the next level.
Jun 15, 2022•54 min
06-09-22 - Vaulted Oak Brewing
We head to Charlotte, North Carolina, to celebrate the first anniversary of Vaulted Oak Brewing with brewer David Carey and co-founder Kiel Arrington.
Jun 08, 2022•56 min
06-02-22 - Dark Tincture Sampler
James and Steve go dark as they test tinctures of toasted coconut, mint, and wild blueberries in a darker beer.
Jun 01, 2022•47 min
05-19-22 - Italian Grape Ale
Our Italy correspondent, Tony Manzi of the UBeeRadio podcast, introduces us to the world of Italian Grape Ale – a sometimes tart and funky intersection of wine and beer.
May 18, 2022•57 min
05-12-22 - Recipe Development - Yeast
Chris Colby, author of The Homebrew Recipe Bible, Methods of Modern Homebrewing, and How to Make Hard Seltzer, gives us an overview of using yeast in recipe development.
May 11, 2022•56 min
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