Basic Brewing Radio

Basic Brewing Radio

Basic Brewing Radio is a weekly chat about homebrewing - brewing the best beer and mead in the world in your own home.

Episodes

07-24-14 Open Fermentation at Arcadia Brewing

December 24, 2025 • 42 mins
Vaughn Stewart, brewing manager of Arcadia Brewing in Kalamazoo, Michigan, talks about open fermentation and repitching yeast for many generations.
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07-10-14 Hopping Technique Experiment Part Two

December 24, 2025 • 36 mins
We join homebrewer David Curtis in Kalamazoo, Michigan, to evaluate the second round of his experiment comparing different hopping techniques.
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07-17-14 Local Michigan Ingredients

December 24, 2025 • 50 mins
We join homebrewers and pros to sample and talk about hops and malt grown and produced in Michigan.
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08-14-14 Mead Boiling Experiment

December 24, 2025 • 53 mins
Home mead maker Tim Leber shares the result of his experiment comparing meads made with musts that have been boiled and have not.
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08-21-14 Michigan Water Experiment

December 24, 2025 • 46 mins
Homebrewer Alex Baker shares his experiment brewing the same recipe with water from different springs across Michigan.
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08-07-14 Lose Weight, Not Beer

December 24, 2025 • 47 mins
Chris Colby, editor of Beer and Wine Journal, shares his successful weight loss plan that allows him to keep his favorite beverage, while losing pounds.
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07-31-14 No Chill Aging Experiment

December 24, 2025 • 40 mins
Homebrewer Bob Stempski shares his experiment comparing beers brewed with no-chill worts aged for eight and four months with a fresh batch.
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08-28-14 Funky Apple Blossom

December 24, 2025 • 47 mins
Brewer Nathan Traw of Apple Blossom Brewing Company shares some funky beers, including one fermented with sourdough starter.
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07-03-14 Michael Tonsmeire at Club Night

December 24, 2025 • 49 mins
The Mad Fermentationist talks about his new book, "American Sour Beers," as we take a tour of sour homebrew at the National Homebrewers Conference.
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12-18-25 - Archived Brews and Artificial Intelligence

December 16, 2025 • 57 mins
Author Peter Symons joins us to talk about his fifth book of brewing history and homebrew recipes and his use of AI to help put it together.
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12-04-25 - Brewing Wild and High

December 2, 2025 • 50 mins
Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin heads to the mountains to go back to his roots of home brewing.
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11-27-25 - Hop Sampler, NZ Pacific Sunrise, Strata, Comet

November 26, 2025 • 61 mins
For the 27th Hop Sampler, the usual suspects compare three deliciously fruity hops: NZ Pacific Sunrise, Strata, and Comet.
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11-13-25 - German Lager Quest

November 11, 2025 • 55 mins
Homebrewer Detlef Koertge is inspired to brew German lager style beers after a visit with a professional lager brewer in his home country.
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10-30-25 - Save the Purrgils

October 28, 2025 • 66 mins
Josh Secaur of Gambit Brewing in St. Paul, Minnesota, answers the Mash Your Luck challenge with a Black IPA nod to the Star Wars universe.
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10-16-25 - The Dark Flower

October 14, 2025 • 60 mins
Homebrewer Scott Housel answers the Mash Your Luck challenge with a Graf, a cider/beer hybrid inspired by author Stephen King.
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10-02-25 - Broken Rice Japanese Lager

September 30, 2025 • 55 mins
Dr. Scott Lafontaine from the University of Arkansas joins James along with Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing and author Chris Colby to sample James' rice lager and talk about the role of rice in brewing and its future.
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09-18-25 - Big and Complex

September 16, 2025 • 58 mins
Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing shares the second half of a tasting round featuring beers that are big and flavorful.
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09-04-25 - Light and Fast

September 2, 2025 • 59 mins
Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing shares a flight of three beers that are light in character and quick to produce.
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08-21-25 - Hop Sampler 26

August 19, 2025 • 55 mins
Homebrewer Mitchel Jensen shares some of his hop freezer bounty as we compare Zappa, Bergamot, and Experimental 25.
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08-07-25 - Remembering Jack McAuliffe

August 5, 2025 • 56 mins
We dig into the archives to find excerpts of shows that featured Jack McAuliffe, the founder of modern craft beer, who passed away this past month.
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