basic brewing

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.

Dr. Scott Herness of Ohio State University joins us to talk about the science of tasting and how that relates to beer. Also, we read listener mail.

We preview the Great American Beer Festival with Gary Glass of the Brewers Association. Also, we answer listener mail and get reaction from our sanitation show.

Steve Wilkes joins us for our sanitation show as we discuss sanitizing brewing equipment and read listener input.

We continue our chat with Gerard Lemmens of Brewers Supply Group as he gives us practical tips on using hops in home brewing.

Gerard Lemmens from Brewers Supply Group joins us to give us some background on hops and trends in the hop industry.

We talk to Bob Hansen from Briess Malt and Ingredients Company about how malt extract is made and how to buy the best extract and maintain its quality.

We talk to Bob Hansen from Briess Malt and Ingredients Company about the malting process and about how specialty malts get their flavors.

We continue our chat with Paul Gatza of the Brewers Association to talk about the American Homebrewers Association and brewing in the USA. Also, we hear the story of a homebrewer who decided to go pro.

Mead Day is the topic. We talk to Paul Gatza, director of the Brewers Association and sample homemade meads on the porch with Steve Wilkes.

We conclude our discussion on the basics of homebrewing with Andy Sparks, talking about hops, mostly. We also talk about a special offer for podcast listeners and look ahead to our show celebrating National Mead Day.

We continue our discussion on the basics of homebrewing with Andy Sparks, talking about the nuts and bolts of brewing, ales vs. lagers, and more.

We begin our discussion of homebrewing with Andy Sparks of The Home Brewery.