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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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For the 27th Hop Sampler, the usual suspects compare three deliciously fruity hops: NZ Pacific Sunrise, Strata, and Comet.
Homebrewer Detlef Koertge is inspired to brew German lager style beers after a visit with a professional lager brewer in his home country.
Josh Secaur of Gambit Brewing in St. Paul, Minnesota, answers the Mash Your Luck challenge with a Black IPA nod to the Star Wars universe.
Homebrewer Scott Housel answers the Mash Your Luck challenge with a Graf, a cider/beer hybrid inspired by author Stephen King.
Dr. Scott Lafontaine from the University of Arkansas joins James along with Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing and author Chris Colby to sample James' rice lager and talk about the role of rice in brewing and its future.
Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing shares the second half of a tasting round featuring beers that are big and flavorful.
Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing shares a flight of three beers that are light in character and quick to produce.
Homebrewer Mitchel Jensen shares some of his hop freezer bounty as we compare Zappa, Bergamot, and Experimental 25.
We dig into the archives to find excerpts of shows that featured Jack McAuliffe, the founder of modern craft beer, who passed away this past month.
James heads to Tulsa to taste the results of the Mash Your Luck challenge with members of the Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers.
Homebrewer Scott Housel answers the Mash Your Luck challenge with three beers that share common ingredients - two share the same yeast, and two share the same mash.
The usual suspects sample single-hop beers brewed with Crystal, US Delta, and Zythos hops.
The cast of characters from this past week sticks around to sample James' Canada Maple Lager and his Mash Your Luck UK Triple IPL.
After a long hiatus, James and Steve share a Hop Sampler (Nugget, Harlequin, Cryo Pop) with regulars from the Recipe Development and Mash Your Luck shows.
Steve Wilkes joins Detlef Koertge and James to evaluate the results of their experiment comparing different equipment and mash schedules to brew a Helles.
James is joined by Greig McGill of Brewaucracy and Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing as they share their thoughts about the Craft Brewers Conference.
James heads to Tulsa for a meeting of the Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers (FOAM) as they spin the wheel for Mash Your Luck.
Homebrewer Detlef Koertge enlists James' help to design an experiment testing whether his elaborate step mashes are worth the effort.
Scott Housel meets the Mash Your Luck challenge with a big, hoppy American Amber Ale. He also rolls the dice again for another round.
James heads to his hometown of Hot Springs, Arkansas, to sample sake at a national gathering of sake brewers.
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i could see this method being used for a small batch kettle sour or sour mash method. i would put my wort back in a bag, add my lacto or uncrushed grains, press all the air out, and set it back into the water bath at 95-120 degrees. thanks for the inspiration! I'm going to be experimenting with this for sure!
Great show, fun and informative Steve and James are a riot when they get together.
Seriously, this guy needs to stop saying "you know"
Great episode from someone dedicated to advancing brewing. For those interested in the brew in a bag method, join our community over at biabrewer.info
Great, informative and fun episode!
Great show, keep up the good work!
Wonderfully approachable discussion of brewing and beer. James and Steve are entertaining and informative in just theright balance. I highly recommend them to everyone interested in brewing.
I'm learning things all the time from this podcast. James does a great job covering a wide range of topics from simple extract kit brewing to tweeky conversations like sanitization methods and enzymatic properties of grains. The interviews and discussions are focused on techniques and in depth detailed background information, facts, figures, chemical properties, etc, etc.. and yet I don't feel like I'm lost in some college-level chemistry lecture!
Good production, good content, what more could you ask for? I've learned more than I'll probably ever use by listening to this podcast and enjoyed every minute.
the basic brewing podcast is simply outstanding. i look forward to it every week. james' voice is like that of an old friend, discussing our hobby of mutual passion. he gets terrific guests that address topics of interest to homebrewers of all skill levels. james brings an incredibly high level of professionalism to this podcast and it is of terrific quality. if you're a homebrewer, or just considering giving it a try, browse some of the early shows and be inspired!