Basic Brewing Radio

Dan Carey, Brewmaster of New Glarus Brewing Company in New Glarus, Wisconsin, shares his tips on aging beer in oak chips and in oak barrels....

Gary Glass, Director of the American Homebrewers Association, joins us to talk about Big Brew, National Competition and National Conference....

We read listener reviews of brewing software, and Andy Sparks talks about the Boulder Strong Ale Festival....

Chris Colby from Brew Your Own Magazine takes us behind the scenes with the two personalities of one of our favorite styles: English and American IPAs....

Noted batch sparging advocate Denny Conn gives us his side of the batch/fly-sparging debate and answers listener questions and concerns about the process....

David Logsdon from Wyeast takes us through the life cycle of our favorite micoorganism and lets know how we can help our yeast thrive and make great beer....

Charlie Talley of Five Star Chemicals tells us best practices in using household bleach and Star San in sanitizing equipment....

Murl Landman of National Chemicals talks to us about sanitization in general and using Iodophor specifically....

Steven Pauwels of Boulevard Brewing Company in Kansas City, Missouri lets us in on home brewing tips as he talks about some adventurous brews he has planned....

Ken Smith of the Boston Beer Company tells us about how he came up with his winning Boysenberry Wheat, which has been included in the Samuael Adams Long Shot six pack....

Chris Colby of Brew Your Own magazine tells how we can turn seed into malt in our own kitchens....

We travel to Kansas City, Missouri (actually Olathe, Kansas) to attend the 24th annual homebrew competition of the Kansas City Biermeisters....