Basic Brewing™

December 11, 2020 - Apple Wine
Steve steps up an ordinary apple cider into a big, delicious beverage using dextrose to boost the gravity.

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November 26, 2020 - New Zealand Rye Wit
James brews up a delicious, hoppy, low-gravity beer based on a recipe from a long-time Basic Brewing Radio listener in New Zealand.

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November 13, 2020 - No-Chill Dampfbier
James brews a tasty beer using a barley base with wheat beer yeast to bring wheat-ish flavors.

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October 30, 2020 - Zombie Hard Seltzer
James shares a mango flavored hard seltzer that he rescued from a stuck fermentation.

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October 16, 2020 - Porchtoberfest Kveik Ale
James brews up a delicious beer inspired by German ingredients and fermented warm with kveik yeast on the porch.

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September 25, 2020 - Bottling Yeast Experiment
Steve shares an experiment looking at the effects of adding conditioning yeast to a dunkel at bottling time.

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September 14, 2020 - Bread Yeast Cyser
James uses delicious local honey and bread yeast to make a tasty mead with apple juice.

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August 28, 2020 - Hot Porch IPA
James brews up a delicious hoppy beer on his summertime porch with an old packet of Imperial Kveiking yeast.

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July 31, 2020 - No-Chill Tripel Saison
James brews up a big, delicious golden ale that straddles two Belgian-inspired styles.

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July 24, 2020 - Black Is Beautiful Imperial Stout
James brews up a big, delicious, socially conscious beer based on a recipe from Weathered Souls Brewing in San Antonio.

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June 26, 2020 - Brew in a Bag Keptinis

James brews up an ale based on a traditional Lithuanian style that uses the oven to add flavor to the mash.

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June 12, 2020 - 15-Minute Hallertau Blanc Cream Ale

James brews up a very quick and easy Cream Ale with flaked maize and juicy Hallertau Blanc hops.

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May 11, 2020 - James' Brown Ale

James and Steve continue to drink from a distance as they sample a Brown Ale brewed from a listener recipe.

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April 27, 2020 - 15-Minute Kveiking Pale Ale

James and Steve practice distant social drinking as they sample a SMASH beer brewed with Pale Ale malt and Cascade hops, only boiling for 15 minutes.

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April 10, 2020 - Karo Syrup Mild Ale

James brews up a mild ale based on a recipe from 1886 using Dark Karo Syrup.

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March 17, 2020 - Black Lager and Corned Beef

James and Steve celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a black lager paired with corned beef and cabbage from the Instant Pot.

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March 13, 2020 - The Malt Sampler

James and Steve sample the first in their series of small all grain batches designed to evaluate malt characteristics. (Steve feels much better now.)

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February 28, 2020 - No-Chill Maibock and Chicken Tacos

James brews up a tasty, malty lager and pairs it with shredded chicken tacos with salsa verde from the Instant Pot.

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February 7, 2020 - Smoked Pale Ale Yeast Experiment

Steve shares an accidental split batch experiment comparing Imperial Dry Hop and Napoleon yeast strains.

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January 24, 2020 - Cryo Amarillo Pale Ale

James uses Amarillo Cryo hops to dry hop in the fermenter to brew a juicy and delicious IPA.

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