04-18-19 Kombucha, the Root of All Starters
Homebrewer Doug Wawrzynski tells us how he's using kombucha to kick-start sour fermentations, such as sauerkraut, sourdough and kettle-soured beers.
04-11-19 Sparrow Malting
Brad Coker is starting up a new craft malthouse in northwest Arkansas. He shares his techniques of malting small batches of grain at home.
04-04-19 Catching Up with Fossil Cove
James samples beers with Ben Mills of Fossil Cove Brewing in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and learns about the brewery's recent expansion.
03-28-19 Hop Sampler – Motueka, Rakau, and Nelson Sauvin
James and Steve taste hops from New Zealand and ponder about the lack of foam on this batch of beers.
03-21-19 DC Homebrewers SMASH
Omar Al-Nidawi shares beers from the DC Homebrewers Club experiment brewing different styles with Pilsner malt and Sterling hops.
03-14-19 Scaling Up with Sapwood Cellars
Mad Fermentationist Michael Tonsmeire talks about the brewery he co-founded in Columbia, Maryland, and the challenges of scaling up from homebrew.
03-07-19 Lab Testing HSBUs
David Curtis of Bell's General Store in Kalamazoo talks about Select Centennial Hops and shares lab IBU tests of beers brewed for the Hop Sampler series.
02-28-19 Astarte Bronze-Age-Style Beer
Homebrewer AJ Hart took part in an experimental archeology project on bronze age brewing techniques in Cyprus and collaborated with her husband, Justin, to bring those ideas home.
02-21-19 Chiller Stirring Experiment
Engineer Alex Roberts joins James again to test the effects on stirring a wort while it's being chilled by an immersion chiller. They also reverse the chiller's water flow.
02-14-19 Golden Ale Yeast Experiment
Kyle Swallow of Twin Lakes Homebrew Club and Rapps Barren Brewing in Mountain Home, Arkansas, talks about an experiment fermenting one Golden Ale wort with 13 different yeasts.