Basic Brewing™

December 12, 2014 - Partigyle Brewing Part Two
We continue our series as Steve brews up a smaller second beer from a single mash.

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December 12, 2014 - Partigyle Brewing Part One
Steve brews up two beers from one mash. In the first installment, he addresses the first runnings.

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November 21, 2014 - Sour Wort Berliner Weisse
James brews a tart session ale using a sour wort process, and Steve cooks up a blueberry and lavender syrup to add to the beer as a balance.

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October 31, 2014 - Pomegranate Pale Ale
James and Steve don the least imaginative Halloween costumes to sample a pale ale brewed with pomegranate juice. They also revisit a 100% rye saison from a previous show.

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September 19, 2014 - Habanero Hot Sauce and Scotch Ale
James brews up a malty Scotch Ale, and Steve heads to the kitchen with special guest, Ed Nicholson, to cook up an amazing habenero hot sauce to pair with it.

- Scotch Ale and Hot Sauce recipes

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September 2, 2014 - Hardware Store Jug Pale Ale
James and Steve sample a pale ale fermented in a three-gallon plastic spring water jug.

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August 8, 2014 - Cream Ale and Fish Tacos
James and Steve go camping with a Cream Ale bottled in aluminum bottles and fish tacos smoked on a grill.

- Beer and Tacos Recipes (pdf)

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July 21, 2014 - Pilot Malt House
Craft malting is on the rise. We visit a new craft maltster near Grand Rapids, Michigan, that uses very low-tech methods as a way to get into the business.

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July 7, 2014 - Club Night Grand Rapids
We explore Club Night at the National Homebrewers Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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May 30, 2014 - Rye Saisons
James and Steve take two different approaches to using rye and saison yeast to create some tasty beers - one using only rye as the malt.

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May 9, 2014 - Split Stout Experiment
James and Steve sample an experiment that compares two non-traditional yeast selections for the stout style.

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April 18, 2014 - Easy Peasy Pilsner
James brews up a very simple and tasty lager, and Steve pairs it with homemade sauerkraut and other German fare.

- Recipe PDF

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March 28, 2014 - Coffee Molé Stout
James and Steve taste a stepped-up version of the speedy small-batch all grain stout from the previous episode.

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March 21, 2014 - Speedy All Grain Stout
James and Steve sample the speedy Mosaic Pale Ale from last episode, and James shows a speedy way to brew a six-pack of all grain beer.

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February 28, 2014 - Speedy Homebrewing
James and Steve brew up a delicious six-pack IPA in less than an hour, from start of brewing to end of cleanup.

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February 17, 2014 - Homebrew Kegging
James and Steve dissect a homebrew keg and talk about cleaning and replacing important parts.

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January 31, 2014 - Pineapple Saison and Stir Fry
James shares a pineapple saison that he brewed, and Steve cooks up a seafood stir fry to pair with it.

- Saison and Stir Fry Recipe (pdf)

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January 20, 2014 - Simple Small Batch Mead
James and Steve taste a very simple mead made from local honey that would be great for first-time mead makers.

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