basic brewing

Chemistry professor Brad Sturgeon walks us through the basics of using thermometers, hydrometers and refractometers.

James is flying solo, and he's in a hurry! The solution is a very quick and hoppy Amarillo Ale.

Chris Colby of Brew Your Own magazine gives us an update on what he's learned about doing partial mashes with a countertop cooler.

James brews a Simcoe Ale with bread yeast, and Steve bakes bread with beer yeast.

We continue our tasting with Michael Tonsmeire, the Mad Fermentationist from Washington D.C. This week, all the beers are fermented with Brettanomyces.

Michael Tonsmeire, the Mad Fermentationist from Washington D.C., shares some of his beers made with other-than-normal yeast. In this episode: Kvass, Flanders Red, and a Strong, Dark Belgian.

We turn beers skunky in the sun to test if brown glass really does protect beer from harmful light.

We talk to home brewer and amateur bee keeper Ryan Wilson about how to get insects to make the sweet stuff for our meads and braggots.

Creative Consultants Bob Corscadden and James Gardner of jimbob give us tips on "selling" the idea of drinking homebrew and other good beers in this day of mass-marketed big-boy beers.

Matt Brynildson of Firestone Walker gives us advice on blending beers to create new brews and explains his brewery's system of oak aging.

Brewer Thomas Larsen leads us through a tour of the first brewpub in Denver, Colorado.

Chris Colby of Brew Your Own magazine gives us some tips on brewing beer with another brewed beverage - coffee.

Thomas Larsen of Wynkoop Brewing Company in Denver gives us his take on making wonderful beers with interesting ingredients.

Steve goes wild in the kitchen and on the deck cooking up a big spread of barbeque, integrating beer as an ingredient.

John Legnard of The Sandlot at Coors Field gives us brewing tips and lets us in on what it's like to brew at a small brewery owned by one of the big guys.

We sample delicious meads and mead-based experiments with home meadmaker Mike Lozano of Aurora, Colorado.

We tour the small, experimental brewery at the home of the Colorado Rockies. Birthplace of Blue Moon.

This week, we have an assortment of sound from the National Homebrewers Conference in Denver. We talk to David Myers of Redstone Meadery, Tony Simmons of Pagosa Brewing and Vinnie Cilurzo from Russian River.

Our coverage of the National Homebrewers Conference in Denver continues with brewing tips from David Houseman and tasting tips from Lauren Salazar of New Belgium.

Home brewing clubs get to show off their brews and their creativity at the second night of the National Homebrewers Conference.

John Palmer, Rick Bobbitt and Scott Jackson talk about their experiment at the National Homebrewers Conference pairing beer styles with appropriate water chemistry.

Two chemistry professors, Bradley Sturgeon and Paul Charlesworth, join BBR veterans James Spencer, Andy Sparks, Steve Wilkes and Mark Smith to share the results of an experiment putting IBU prediction formulas through their paces.

We sample beers and talk to home brewers as they enjoy Pro Night at the National Homebrewers Conference in Denver.

Peter Bouckaert, brewmaster of New Belgium Brewery, addresses the National Homebrewers Conference in Denver and takes Charlie Papazian to task on beer styles.

Neva Parker, laboratory manager for White Labs yeast, explains her experiment putting three yeast strains through various temperatures and gravities.