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Basic Brewing Radio™ 2021
December 30, 2021 - 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.
- Download your Disaster Show Bingo Card pdf here.
December 9, 2021 - Juleøl
Chris Colby, author of How to Make Hard Seltzer and the Homebrew Recipe Bible, talks about traditional Christmas beers from Norway.
December 2, 2021 - Beer Yeast Sampler
James and Steve compare beers made with Active Dry and Rapid Rise bread yeast against one made with US-05.
November 18, 2021 - 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.
November 11, 2021 - 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.
November 4, 2021 - Mountain Fork Brewery
Johann the Brewer from Mountain Fork Brewery talks about brewing traditionally-inspired beers with river water in southeastern Oklahoma.
October 28, 2021 - 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.
October 21, 2021 - 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.
October 14, 2021 - Partigyle Techniques
Peter Symons, author of Guile Brews, talks about the process of using brewing software to design partigyle beers.
October 7, 2021 - 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.
September 30, 2021 - Natural State Beer Gold
We catch up with Mark and Ryan Smith at Natural State Beer following their taking GABF gold for their maibock.
September 23, 2021 - 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.
September 16, 2021 - Hop Oils with Scott Janish
Scott Janish, author of The New IPA and co-founder of Sapwood Cellars, talks about his experiments adding hop oils to beer post-fermentation.
September 9, 2021 - Dark Sugar Sampler
James and Steve brave the summertime hot porch to sample three Belgian-inspired beers brewed with offbeat dark sugars.
September 2, 2021 - Eureka Springs Brewery
Father-son team Jeff and Matt Joseph are building on years of homebrewing experience in their brewery in Eureka Springs, Arkansas.
August 26, 2021 - Brewing with Cannabis
Dr. Keith Villa, founder of Blue Moon and CERIA Brewing and author of Brewing with Cannabis, gives us tips on brewing non-alcoholic beers and adding THC.
August 19, 2021 - Forms of Fruit
Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing presents the pros and cons of a long list of different forms of fruit for use in brewing.
August 12, 2021 - The Science of Kveik
Dr. Matt Winans, R & D Scientist at Imperial Organic Yeast, answers questions about traditional Norwegian farmhouse yeast.
August 5, 2021 - Beer Yeast Meads
Steve shares three delicious meads he made this past year with different strains of yeast typically used for brewing beer.
July 29, 2021 - Core Barrels, Seltzers, and Canned Cocktails
Steve and James pay a visit to Core Brewing in Springdale, Arkansas, to sample some big barrel-aged beers, refreshing hard seltzers, and ready-to-drink cocktails.
July 22, 2021 - Creature Craft Soda
We talk to Kim Welch of Creature Craft Soda in Joplin, Missouri, about her innovative kombucha, water kefir and other delicious fermented products.
July 15, 2021 - Water Profile Sampler - 100 Percent Wheat
James and Steve taste wheat beers with malty, bitter, and balanced water profiles. They also add a fourth with filtered tap water.
July 8, 2021 - The "Perfect" NEIPA
Matt Giovanisci of the Brew Cabin YouTube channel talks about his three-year quest to brew his perfect example of a New England IPA.
June 24, 2021 - Biotransformation and GM Yeast
Scott Janish, author of The New IPA and co-founder of Sapwood Cellars, talks about new genetically-engineered yeast strains designed to unlock more hop flavor and aroma in beers.
June 17, 2021 - Five Honeys, Five Meads
Meadmaker Tim Leber takes James and Steve through a tasting of meads made with five honeys: sweet clover, coriander blossom, carrot blossom, quince blossom, and mustard blossom.
June 10, 2021 - CERIA Non-Alcoholic and Cannabis-Infused Beers
Keith Villa, founder of Blue Moon Brewing and author of Brewing with Cannabis: Using THC and CBD in Beer, talks about his latest venture bringing cannabis products to brewing.
June 3, 2021 - Partial Mash Promulgation
Chris Colby, author of How to Make Hard Seltzer, says partial mashing is still relevant in today's homebrewing world.
May 27, 2021 - Water Profile Sampler - RO and Roasted Barley
James and Steve take another run at comparing malty, balanced and bitter water profiles. This time with reverse osmosis water and a bit of roasted barley.
May 20, 2021 - Kegging with Dave
Dave Knott of High Gravity in Tulsa (highgravitybrew.com) answers listener questions about kegging equipment and techniques.
May 13, 2021 - Hop Timing Experiment, Take Two
Homebrewer Brent Langdon shares his experiment comparing hops added at 30, 20, 10 and zero minutes in the boil.
May 6, 2021 - Adam's Grab Bag
Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing in Iowa shares an Oyster Stout, a Brut IPA with Wine Must, a Hoppy Maibock, and a big Belgian-style Quad.
April 29, 2021 - Pre-Prohibition Beers
Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing in Iowa introduces us to two examples of beers that are inspired by brewing before prohibition.
April 22, 2021 - Water Profile Sampler
Listener Dansey Nickel sent us three water profiles to try in the Malt Sampler recipe – malty, bitter and balanced. Can James and Steve taste the difference?
April 15, 2021 - Wild Meads
Jake Gorton, brewhouse manager and packaging director of Groennfell and Havoc Meaderies, shares five techniques to use wild microbes to ferment honey.
April 8, 2021 - Hairless Dog NA
Jeff Hollander, CEO of Hairless Dog Brewing Company, talks about brewing a beer with craft character and no alcohol.
April 1, 2021 - Colby's Spring Brews
Chris Colby, author of How to Make Hard Seltzer and The Homebrew Recipe Bible, talks about his favorite beers to brew as the weather warms up.
March 25, 2021 - Brew in a Ziplock Bag
Homebrewer Johannes Fahrenkrug ads a twist (or maybe a zip) to brewing with sous vide by mashing inside Ziplock bags.
March 18, 2021 - Brewing with Fruit Purees
Chris Hodge of Oregon Fruit Products answers listener questions about using fruit purees in beer and mead.
March 11, 2021 - Apple Blossom Reborn
James sits down to sample a flight with Alton Huebner, brewer of the newly-reopened Apple Blossom Brewing Company.
March 4, 2021 - Cider-Graf Malt and Yeast Experiment
Homebrewer Nick Johnson shares his ambitious experiment brewing graf with apple juice along with four malt extracts and five yeast strains.
February 25, 2021 - Sugar Creek Malt Sampler
James and Steve sample small batches brewed with specialty malts from Sugar Creek Malt Company – lavender smoke, crystal rye, and bourbon barrel aged chocolate malt.
February 18, 2021 - Swedish Hop Sampler
James and Steve taste small batches with Swedish hops sent by listener Marcus: Svalof Mauritz, Korsta and Hulla Norrgard.
February 11, 2021 - Sugar Creek Malt Company
Caleb Michalke and John Beal from Sugar Creek Malt Company in Indiana talk about using traditional techniques to create some innovative malts.
February 4, 2021 - Wort Tests
Casey Helwig from Imperial Organic Yeast walks us through three standard procedures to test the quality of our wort.
January 28, 2021 - Yeast Nutrition and Health
Chris Colby, author of How to Make Hard Seltzer, addresses some of the factors in keeping yeast happy and healthy in fermentations.
January 21, 2021 - Man Made Mead Myths
Garrett from the Man Made Mead YouTube channel walks us through four experiments he's done challenging traditional wisdom in brewing meads.
January 14, 2021 - Gezellig Brewing Company
James talks with Grant Heuer, Lucas Greta and Betsy Duffy from Gezellig Brewing in Newton, Iowa, about their recent extremely sucessful competition performance.
January 7, 2021 - Hop Sampler - Amarillo, Hallertau Mittelfruh Blend
James and Steve taste individual examples and a blend of a traditional European hop and a relatively new American one.