basic brewing

Our man in the field, Brian Warren, recaps the recent mead festival in Boulder, Colorado, and bring us interviews with commercial mead makers.

We continue our night of bad beer tastes as we dive into part two of our trying the FlavorActive Enthusiast beer taste troubleshooting kit.

We talk to Chris Colby of Brew Your Own magazine about one of our favorite styles - American Pale Ales. Great taste and easy to brew.

David Myers, Chairman of the Mead for Redstone Meadery, joins us to talk about the beginnings of Redstone, the International Mead Festival, and brewing mead at home.

James and Steve bottle their six-pack IPA experiment and decide a bet from the guys at Big Foamy Head.

Andy Sparks, Steve Wilkes, and Chris Milum join James to take the FlavorActiv Enthusiast beer taste troubleshooting kit for a test run. The group tastes off flavors that could be found in homebrew and talks about how to prevent them.

James Spencer flies solo in this first stand-alone Basic Brewing Video episode. James dry hops the six-pack IPA.

John Palmer, author of How to Brew, joins us to talk about lagering at home. John also defends his choice of aluminum for brewpots.

James Spencer and Steve Wilkes brew an experimental six pack's worth of extract IPA on the stovetop.

Steve Wilkes joins James Spencer as they brew a little beer - literally. The guys brew up three quarts of IPA as a fun experiment.

Ray Daniels, author of Designing Great Beers joins us to talk about hop bitterness and the factors in brewing that affect it.

Chris Colby of Brew Your Own magazine introduces us to Vienna Lagers and how to make them at home.

Homebrew clubs are the topic this episode as we talk to Brian Ellis of Kuykendahl Gran Brewers, a Houston homebrew club.

James Spencer and Steve Wilkes taste the results of an experiment in hopping extract batches and also try three batches of the same recipe.

We try our first test with video as we taste the results of our small extract batch hopping experiment. We also taste three different batches of the same recipe and read holiday wish lists.

In this episode, we're invited to a big brew at the house of Casey from Siloam Springs. Also, Casey shows us how to make an all grain starter in a French press coffee maker.

We continue our conversation about all grain brewing with John Palmer, author of How to Brew. This week, we cover lautering and sparging.

John Palmer, Author of How to Brew joins us for the first half of a discussion of all grain brewing. We cover from milling to mashing this week.

Chris Colby from Brew Your Own magazine goes over his list of ten difficult beers to brew at home. Also, Bob Hansen from Briess Malt and Ingredients joins us with extract brewing tips.

We finish our chat with Dave Logsdon of Wyeast as he answers listener questions. Also, we answer other questions from the mailbag and introduce our new T-shirts!

Our conversation continues with Dave Logsdon of Wyeast as we begin to answer questions from listeners on how to get the most out of yeast.

This week, we begin our three-part series on yeast based on our conversation with Dave Logsdon of Wyeast. We talk to Dave about the history of Wyeast and single-stage vs. two-stage fermentation.

We talk kegging with Andy Sparks. Andy walks us through the process of using Cornelius Kegs to serve up our favorite brews.

We complete our coverage of the Great American Beer Festival by talking to Vinnie Cilurzo of Russian River Brewing about American Wild Ales, David Myers of Redstone Meadery about mead, and Ray Daniels of the Brewers Association about Poor Richard's Ale.

We begin our coverage of the Great American Beer Festival with an overview of the event, an interview on how professionals evaluate hops, and a peek behind the scenes of Utopias from Samuel Adams with one of its brewers.