Basic Brewing Radio

Home brewer Paul English shares his experiment comparing beers brewed with five different base malts and no other grains.

Home brewer Kai Troester continues a two-part discussion on pH in brewing by taking us into the mash tun.

Home brewer Kai Troester begins a two-part discussion on pH in brewing by starting with the basics.

Andy Sparks and the Mad Fermentationist, Michael Tonsmeire, share their homebrew Berliner Weisse beers and talk about brewing the nicely tart ales.

James is joined by Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, along with home brewers Kai Troester and Zot O'Connor, as they look at the results of the starch test collaborative experiment.

James and BYO Editor Chris Colby get together to chat about different ways to keep your lagers chilly during fermentation.

AHA Director Gary Glass brings us up to date on legislation across the country dealing with our favorite hobby. Gary also talks about the upcoming National Homebrewers Conference in San Diego.

Home brewer Charles Hoffman and James conduct an experiment comparing the effects of different mash times on a single recipe. Chris Colby and Kai Troester help interpret the results.

Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, and James invite you to take part in Collaborative Experiment Seven. Also, Steve Wilkes joins James to talk cider, lagering, and other homebrew business.

Home brewer Darnell Brawner shares the results of an experiment testing whether preheating grain with strike water is beneficial.

James talks with Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, as they examine the data from the sixth BYO-BBR Collaborative Experiment.

Home brewer Adam Draeger shares his experiment comparing blueberry extract against real blueberries for flavoring a wheat beer base.

In a presentation recorded in Melbourne, Australia, Thomas Kraus-Weyermann from Weyermann Malts gives background on the malting process and its products.

James and Steve enjoy a vertical tasting of end-of-the-year holiday barleywines, starting with the present and ending in 2007.

Michael Tonsmeire, the Mad Fermentationist, and Nathan Zeender continue their visit with an update on their barrel aged beers.

Michael Tonsmeire, the Mad Fermentationist, and Nathan Zeender join us to talk about Kvass, a traditional beer brewed with bread.

The guys endure severe weather to evaluate the Brew Your Own - Basic Brewing Radio experiment aging beer in different temperatures.

James and Steve celebrate the release of their new Extract Brewing and Partial Mashing DVD with a couple homebrews and listener e-mail.

James heads to Broken Arrow, Oklahoma to observe members of the Fellowship of Oklahoma Ale Makers as they brew with hot rocks. He also samples an awesome Berliner Weisse homebrew.

James and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, announce the new collaborative mashing experiment and talk about winter beers.

Home brewer Drew Filkins shares his technique of using alternative ingredients to put the bubbles in his brew.

James and Andy talk about the basics of kegging from Andy's article in the November Brew Your Own magazine.

Jeremiah Dillingham and Matt Reba from Open Source Control Systems talk about automating your brewday and their Brewtroller project.

Jesse Williams, brewer for New Albian Brewery in Indiana, talks about adventurous beers he's brewed without using hops.

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