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Basic Brewing - Brew Your Own Experiments
November 8, 2012 - ANHC Chilling Experiment
James and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, join in an experiment at the Australian National Homebrew Conference to test chilling techniques.
August 2, 2012 - Chilling Experiment
James, Andy Davison of the Australian National Homebrew Conference, and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine launch a collaborative experiment to test the effects of different wort chilling methods.
- James' no-chill container (This link is not an endorsement. It's simply an example of a no-chill container.)
May 24, 2012 - Secondary Experiment Results
James and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, take a look at the results of the BYO-BBR Collaborative Experiment testing the effect of racking to a secondary fermenter.
- Photos of the Belgian Fermenters (pdf)
March 15, 2012 - Secondary Experiment and Fast All Grain Brewing
Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, joins James to launch the BYO-BBR Collaborative Experiment on secondary fermenters. They also talk about trimming time off your all grain brew day.
February 23, 2012 - Trub Experiment Results
James and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, go over the results of the BYO-BBR Collaborative Experiment on kettle trub in the fermenter.
January 5, 2012 - Trub Experiment Intro
Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, starts the year off with a new collaborative experiment and tips on tweaking your process.
December 1, 2011 - Fermenter Experiment Results
James and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, go over the data from the experiment comparing different fermenter types.
September 29, 2011 - Fermenter Experiment
Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, helps us launch the next collaborative experiment comparing the performance of different fermenters. Also, the roots of lager yeasts.
July 28, 2011 - BYO-BBR Yeast Rehydration Experiment
Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own Magazine, and Sean Terrill, head brewer of Silverton Brewing Company, help James examine the results of the latest collaboration experiment.
- Jacques Bertens experiment results (pdf)
- Vinnie Sempronio's time lapse video (wmv)
May 26, 2011 - BYO-BBR Glassware Experiment
Will glassware affect the character of your beer? Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, joins James and Steve to investigate.
April 14, 2011 - New Experiments and Scandinavian Brewing
Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, helps James launch two new collaborative experiments and talks about Scandinavian beers.
March 3, 2011 - BYO-BBR Conversion Experiment
James is joined by Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, along with home brewers Kai Troester and Zot O'Connor, as they look at the results of the starch test experiment.
- Data overview spreadsheet
- Brandon Dufala's videos: Playlist
February 3, 2011 - BYO-BBR Conversion Experiment Intro
Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, and James invite you to take part in Collaborative Experiment Seven. Also, Steve Wilkes joins James to talk cider, lagering, and other homebrew business.
January 20, 2011 - BYO-BBR Mashing Experiment
James talks with Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, as they examine the data from the sixth BYO-BBR Collaborative Experiment.
- Listener Data
December 2, 2010 - BYO-BBR Bottle Aging Experiment
The guys endure severe weather to evaluate the Brew Your Own - Basic Brewing Radio experiment aging beer in different temperatures.
November 4, 2010 - Mashing Experiment and Winter Brews
James and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, announce the new collaborative mashing experiment and talk about winter beers.
- An example of a BIAB nylon bag
June 10, 2010 - BYO-BBR Irish Moss Experiment
James, Steve, and Blake Lyon evaluate the experiment that attempts to determine whether Irish Moss or other fining agents make a difference in homebrew.
- James and Steve's fermenter photos
April 22, 2010 - Irish Moss and Aging Beers
Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, joins James to talk about Collaborative Experiments number four and five.
March 4, 2010 - BYO-BBR Experiment III
We bring in a panel of experts and data from home brewers to test the effects of a partial boil and adding extract late to the brewpot.
January 7, 2010 - Beer Foam
Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, joins us to talk about factors affecting foam on beer. Also, we catch up on the BYO-BBR Collaborative Experiment.
December 10, 2009 - Mixing Yeast and Experiment III
Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine talks about an experiment mixing yeast strains in homebrew. Also, we launch our third collaborative experiment.
November 12, 2009 - BYO-BBR Yeast Pitching Experiment
Chris Colby, Andy Sparks, and Mark Smith join James to evaluate the second collaborative experiment with Brew Your Own Magazine.
July 30, 2009 - Yeast Biology and History
Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, sheds some light on the scientific workings and background of our favorite fungus. We also talk about the next phase of the collaborative experiments.
May 28, 2009 - BBR-BYO Experiment Results
James Spencer, Steve Wilkes, and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, taste James' experiment beer and read the results from brewers around the world.
March 26, 2009 - BBR-BYO Collaborative Experiment
James travels to Bastrop, Texas, home of Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine. James and Chris introduce an experiment that invites participation from home brewers everywhere.
May 24, 2007 - Designing Brewing Experiments
Chris Colby from Brew Your Own magazine walks us through the process of designing experiments in brewing to get accurate, useful results.
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