Archive for the 'Food' Category

09-28-06 Basic Brewing Radio – Our Chat with Charlie Papazian

We join homebrew guru Charlie Papazian near a beautiful stream at his house to share his homebrew and his thoughts about the hobby.

09-21-06 Basic Brewing Radio – Fruit Beers with Randy Mosher

Randy Mosher, author of Radical Brewing, talks to us about fruit beers and getting the most out of them. Randy also gives us his favorite approach to pumpkin beers.

09-14-06 Basic Brewing Radio – Making Ciders and Countertop Mashing

Ben Watson, author of Cider, Hard and Sweet: History, Traditions, and Making Your Own, introduces us to the world of homemade ciders. Also, Chris Colby of Brew Your Own magazine lets us in on his method of partial mashing using an unmodified two-gallon drink cooler.

09-07-06 Basic Brewing Radio – Single-Hop Small Batch Experiment

Andy Sparks and Steve Wilkes join James to taste the results of homebrewer Michael Tonsmeire’s single-hop small batch experiment.

08-31-06 Basic Brewing Radio – Brewing with the Ginger Beer Plant

Homebrewer Raj Apte lets us in on the long-lost process of brewing with the Ginger Beer plant. This way of brewing soft drinks at home was commonplace decades ago.

08-24-06 Basic Brewing Radio – Going Big: Life After 1.064

Bob Hansen, technical services manager of Briess Malt and Ingredients Company, shares thoughts on his presentation from NHC on making big beers.

08-17-06 Basic Brewing Radio – Extract Brewing Strategies

Chris Colby of Brew Your Own magazine joins us to share his favorite strategies for getting the best beer out of a split-boil extract brewing session.

08-10-06 Basic Brewing Radio – First Wort Hopping and Dry Hopping

The last interview from Orlando: James talks to Matt Brynildson of Firestone Walker Brewing and John Mallet of Bell’s Brewery about first wort hopping and dry hopping.

08-03-06 Basic Brewing Radio – NHC Coverage Part Three

More interviews from the National Homebrewers Conference: Homebrewer Raj Apte on his “one-dollar homebrew barrel” and author John Palmer on wort fermentability.

07-27-06 Basic Brewing Radio – NHC Coverage Part Two

NHC coverage continues as James and Steve interview professional brewers and other professionals connected wtih the brewing industry.