Archive for the 'Food' Category

02-23-06 Basic Brewing Radio – International Mead Festival Recap

Our man in the field, Brian Warren, recaps the recent mead festival in Boulder, Colorado, and bring us interviews with commercial mead makers.

02-16-06 Basic Brewing Radio – Bad Beer Tasting – Pt. 2

We continue our night of bad beer tastes as we dive into part two of our trying the FlavorActive Enthusiast beer taste troubleshooting kit.

02-09-06 Basic Brewing Radio – American Pale Ales

We talk to Chris Colby of Brew Your Own magazine about one of our favorite styles – American Pale Ales. Great taste and easy to brew.

02-02-06 Basic Brewing Radio – Mead with David Myers

David Myers, Chairman of the Mead for Redstone Meadery, joins us to talk about the beginnings of Redstone, the International Mead Festival, and brewing mead at home.

01-26-06 Basic Brewing Radio – Bad Beer Tasting – Pt. 1

Andy Sparks, Steve Wilkes, and Chris Milum join James to take the FlavorActiv Enthusiast beer taste troubleshooting kit for a test run. The group tastes off flavors that could be found in homebrew and talks about how to prevent them.

01-19-06 Basic Brewing Radio – John Palmer on Lagering

John Palmer, author of How to Brew, joins us to talk about lagering at home. John also defends his choice of aluminum for brewpots.

01-12-06 Basic Brewing Radio – A Six Pack of IPA

James Spencer and Steve Wilkes brew an experimental six pack’s worth of extract IPA on the stovetop.

01-05-06 Basic Brewing Radio – Hop Bitterness

Ray Daniels, author of Designing Great Beers joins us to talk about hop bitterness and the factors in brewing that affect it.

12-29-05 Basic Brewing Radio – Vienna Lagers

Chris Colby of Brew Your Own magazine introduces us to Vienna Lagers and how to make them at home.

12-22-05 Basic Brewing Radio – KGB Homebrew Club

Homebrew clubs are the topic this episode as we talk to Brian Ellis of Kuykendahl Gran Brewers, a Houston homebrew club.