Basic Brewing™

December 31, 2013 - Fruitcake Barleywine
James and Steve scale up a favorite from the past - a strong beer made with fruit and spices from a fruitcake recipe.

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December 13, 2013 - Milk Stout Creme Brulee
James and Steve share a blended braggot, and Steve cooks up a creme brûlée based on milk stout ingredients.

- Milk Stout Creme Brulee recipe (pdf)

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Thanksgiving Extra - Ghost Pepper Jelly
James and Steve celebrate Thanksgiving by tasting amazingly hot chili pepper jelly sent in by a viewer.

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November 18, 2013 - Mole Stout Chili
James steps up his small batch Mole Stout into a full size batch, and Steve uses it to cook up amazing chili with posole and rellenos.

- Stout and Chili Recipes (pdf)

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October 31, 2013 - Franken-braggot
James and Steve bring two worlds together in real time: beer and mead.

- Steve's IPA Recipe

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October 17, 2013 - Rye Homebrews
James and Steve revisit two low alcohol session beers brewed with rye to make them satisfying and tasty.

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September 27, 2013 - Smoked Peach Ale
Steve shares a refreshing homebrew made with peaches, smoked malt, and brown sugar.

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September 18, 2013 - Spur of the Moment Saison
James brews up a hodgepodge saison and packages it in an aluminum pint bottle-can thingy.

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August 30, 2013 - Mead Update
James and Steve sample some meads in progress in Steve's kitchen, some from previous episodes.

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August 15, 2013 - Fossil Cove Sour
Ben Mills, owner and brewer of Fossil Cove Brewing in Fayetteville, Arkansas, scales up the sour mash Berliner Weisse recipe that James and Steve brewed on this podcast.

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July 30, 2013 - Philadelphia Brewery Tour
James, Steve, and Andy are shown around five Philadelphia breweries by Bryan Kolesar of thebrewlounge.com.

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July 8, 2013 - NHC Club Night
James, Steve, and Andy check out Club Night at the National Homebrewers Conference in Philadelphia.

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May 31, 2013 - Belgian Starter II
James and Steve taste the starter Belgian beer from a previous episode and put its dregs to use in a bigger beer.

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May 21, 2013 - Sunflower Ale
James shares a beer with Steve that he brewed with a very unusual ingredient: malted sunflower seeds from the Colorado Malting Company.

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April 30, 2013 - Starter Belgian
James and Steve taste their Mole Stout and start a small Belgian-style beer for use as a starter.

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April 20, 2013 - Specialty Grain Experiment
James and Steve dose a single malt and single hop beer with specialty grain teas to test their effect.

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March 29, 2013 - Candied Bacon Pizza
James shares his two molasses beers, while Steve whips up a pizza with bacon candied with molasses.

- Beer and Pizza Recipes

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March 22, 2013 - Holy Mole
James and Steve rack a small batch stout onto cinnamon, ancho chili, cacao nibs, and vanilla to create a mole beer.

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February 28, 2013 - Tasting New Albion
James and Steve taste their small batch New Albion clone and brew up another tasty pale ale for next month's tasting.

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February 16, 2013 - Spiced Cyser
Steve brews up a quick and tasty spiced cyser - a cross between a cider and a mead.

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January 28, 2013 - New Albion Ale
James and Steve brew up a six-pack of New Albion Ale - America's first craft beer. And, they challenge viewers to do the same.

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January 14, 2013 - Playing with Molasses
James and Steve put a new twist on Belgian-ish beer by adding molasses to the mix.

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