Basic Brewing Radio

Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, talks about filtering your beer to make it as clear as possible, and he shares his holiday cranberry wheat beer recipe.

Bob Stempski shares his experiment comparing hops added near the end of the boil with hops added in the keg.

Gordon Strong, author of Brewing Better Beer: Master Lessons for Advanced Homebrewers, shares his latest Christmas beer recipe and walks us through his creative process.

James and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, join in an experiment at the Australian National Homebrew Conference to test chilling techniques.

Sam Adams is re-releasing New Albion Ale, recognized as the first American craft beer. We attend the announcement in Denver.

We hear from all the finalists and the winners of the annual Sam Adams Longshot homebrew competition.

We get a tour of sour and funky beers at the Great American Beer Festival with Michael Tonsmeire, the Mad Fermentationist. We talk to Chad Yakobson of Crooked Stave, Jason Yester of Trinity Brewing, Will Meyers of Cambridge Brewing, Patrick Rue of The Bruery, and Christopher McGarvey of Front Street Brewery.

Our series on the budding northwest Arkansas craft beer scene continues with Ben Mills of Fossil Cove Brewing Company.

Dan Dettmers of Gorst Valley Hops tells us how to properly harvest, dry and store our homegrown hops.

James and Andy brew up a recipe based on New Albion ale under the supervision of New Albion founder Jack McAuliffe.

We continue our series on the emerging craft beer culture in northwest Arkansas with Steve Rehbock of Saddlebock Brewing.

Beer guy Brad Magerkurth talks about getting a homebrew from the President and Chris Colby gives tips on brewing with seeds and nuts.

Home brewer Tyrone Harris shares his experiment adding a bunch of hops to a wort after the boil, then splitting it and fermenting with six different yeasts.

James pays a visit to the experimental hopyard of Gorst Valley Hops in Wisconsin to talk to horticulturist James Altwies.

James travels to Madison, Wisconsin to join Bob Stempski for one of the best beer events in the U.S.

Michael Fairbrother from Moonlight Meadery shares his experience in going from being a home brewer to the owner of a quickly growing meadery. He also answers your questions.

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.

Montreal home brewer Sean Coates turns a stinky mash into a refreshing, tart summer brew.

Zot O'Connor presents examples from a two-year continuation of our experiment on aging beers in different conditions.

Karl Vanevenhoven from Yakima Chief shares some experimental hops and tells us how new hop varieties are born and developed.

Home brewers Bob Stempski and Noam Shalev compare beers brewed with traditional chilling techniques with no-chill batches.

Home brewer Tim Leber shares his experiment comparing fruit added to a mead in the primary and in the secondary.

James takes a break from vacation to interview Kim Lutz, lead brewer of the Maui Brewing Company brewpub.

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.

Mark Emiley of the Washington Homebrewers Association gives us a preview of the Seattle American Homebrewers Conference and tells us what Sasquatch would drink.