05-04-06 Basic Brewing Radio – Poor Richard’s Ale
Tony Simmons of Pagosa Brewing Company, creator of Poor Richard’s Ale, joins us to talk about his historic brew and the challenges of getting a new brewery off the ground.
Tony Simmons of Pagosa Brewing Company, creator of Poor Richard’s Ale, joins us to talk about his historic brew and the challenges of getting a new brewery off the ground.
Stan Hieronymus, author of Brew Like a Monk: Trappist, Abbey, and Strong Belgian Ales and How to Brew Them, tells us about his book and gives us tips on how to brew wonderful Belgian beers at home.
From grain to glass in one week? Chris Colby from BYO magazine tells us how to brew a finished, drinkable beer in seven days.
Kevin DeLange of The Brew Hut and Drydock Brewing Company helps us clear up the process of mini-mashing and what makes it different from steeping in an extract batch.
Dave Wills of Freshops walks us through the process of planting, growing, and harvesting our own hoppy goodness at home.
We get help from Gary Glass of the American Homebrewers Association to answer a listener’s question about putting too much of a good thing into our brews.
Gary Glass of the AHA joins us to talk about how and why to enter the National Homebrew Competition.
We travel to Austin, Texas to taste the results of Brian Warren’s experiment on Hot Side Aeration.
Tess and Mark Szamatulski, authors of Clone Brews and Beer Captured join us to talk about making copies of our favorite brews.
Andy Sparks joins us to talk about adjuncts – those fermentable ingredients we add to beer in addition to water, yeast, barley malt, and hops.