Basic Brewing Radio

We bring you interviews with all of the finalists in the Sam Adams homebrew competition and the announcement of the winners in Denver.

This week, a revisit of James and Andy's trip to Denver for the Great American Beer Festival.

Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, explains parameters surrounding the initial temperatures of all grain brewing.

James talks with John Neal and Sam Sorrells from the Keg and Barrel in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. They're carving a foothold for good beer on a small scale.

James has a pint or two with home brewer Sean Terrill as they discuss measuring specific gravity and ask for your help.

James heads to Salt Lake City to take part in the second annual Beehive Brew-Off homebrew competition, celebrating legal homebrew in Utah.

Steve Wilkes spends a few minutes behind the scenes of the National Homebrewers Conference banquet with Homebrew Chef Sean Paxton.

Five professional brewers answer questions from the crowd at the "Going Pro" panel at the National Homebrewers Conference.

Four professional brewers share their perspectives and tactics on starting a commercial brewery from scratch.

Mark Stutrud of Summit Brewing in St. Paul addresses the 2010 National Homebrewers Conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

James and Steve profile the Prairie Homebrewing Companions of Fargo, North Dakota in front of a live audience at the National Homebrewers Conference.

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 joins Steve for an attempt to brew a mead, a wine, and a beer on the same day on a holiday weekend.

Kai Troester joins us to give us his thoughts and techniques about the time-honored process of decoction mashing.

James enlists the help of Steve Wilkes, Andy Sparks, and Alex Roberts to answer items from the mailbag as the four sip rare beers.

Home Brewer Sean Terrill joins us again to follow up on his yeast starter aeration experiment. Also, Sean shares the results of his pitching rate experiment, recruiting dozens of home brewers to help evaluate.

James Altwies of Gorst Valley Hops joins us to tell us how his company is bringing commercial hops back to Wisconsin. Also, James answers your questions about growing hops at home.

Home brewer Jeff Karpinski gives us tips on going electric in our home breweries and how to build heat sticks.

Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, joins James to talk about Collaborative Experiments number four and five.

Gary Glass, director of the American Homebrewers Association, brings us up to date on legislation affecting home brewers across the country.

Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, tells us about a series of articles dedicated to breakfast foods we can use to brew.

Home brewer Mark Zap has been awarded a grant to create a work of art: a brewing sculpture.

Steve Wilkes is planning a charity beer dinner, and he takes a moment while things are in the oven to walk us through the process.

Author Stan Hieronymus joins us to talk about his book, Brewing with Wheat - The "Wit" and "Weizen" of World Wheat Styles.

Home brewer Sean Terrill shares the results of his experiment testing how aeration affects the amount of yeast cells generated in starters.