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July 1, 2008 - NHC Club Night
Homebrew clubs strut their stuff in Cincinnati at the National Homebrewers Conference. James and Steve sample their wares.
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June 26, 2008 - NHC Pro Night
James and Steve work the crowd at the National Homebrewers Conference Pro Night in Cincinnati.
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May 27, 2008 - Base Malt Experiment II
Our Base Malt Experiment continues as we compare beer with and wtihout hops.
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May 15, 2008 - Base Malt Experiment
We get unexpected results when we compare unhopped beers made with three different base malts.
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April 29, 2008 - Low-Tech Hop Trellis
James and Steve risk their lives building a new trellis, and James gives a tour of his hopyard.
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April 14, 2008 - Brewery Tour: Choc Beer
Field trip! James and Steve head to Krebs, Oklahoma to tour the home of Choc Beer.
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March 31, 2008 - Homegrown Hop Trellis
James joins Andy Sparks in his yard as Andy shows off his fancy homegrown hop trrellis.

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March 17, 2008 - Ancho Lamb and Partigyle Brews
Steve pairs Ancho Chili Country-Style Braised Lamb Ribs with a pair of beers from a recent partigyle brewday.

- Download the recipes as a pdf.

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February 28, 2008 - CPR for Yeast
Got old yeast? Try making starters to bring it back to a full and fruitful life.

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January 28, 2008 - Specialty Grains
James and Steve steep up some specialty grains to compare how they look and taste.

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December 21, 2007 - Barleywine Fruitcake
In the second part of our two-part holiday series, the small batch barleywine from James goes into making a fruitcake from Steve.

- Download our recipes as a pdf.

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December 14, 2007 - Wassail!
In the first part of our two-part holiday series, Steve makes wassail with a small batch barleywine that James brewed.

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November 19, 2007 - Flemish Beer Stew
Steve cooks up a delicious, hearty beef stew with beer as a holiday meal alternative.

- Download Steve's Recipe as a pdf.

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October 25, 2007 - Beer and Cheese
James and Andy pair beer with cheese, and Andy shows us how to make cheese - a fresh mozzarella.
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October 10, 2007 - 15-minute Amarillo Ale
James flies solo, and he's in a hurry! The solution is a very quick and hoppy Amarillo Ale.
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September 28, 2007 - Trading Places: Beer and Bread Yeast
James makes a Simcoe Ale with bread yeast, and Steve makes bread with beer yeast.
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September 14, 2007 - Skunking Beers
We turn beers skunky in the sun to test if brown glass really does protect beer from harmful light.
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August 29, 2007 - Brewery Tour: Wynkoop Brewpub
Brewer Thomas Larsen leads us through a tour of the first brewpub in Denver, Colorado.
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August 15, 2007 - Steve Cooks BBQ with Beer!
Steve goes wild in the kitchen and on the deck cooking up a big spread of barbeque, integrating beer as an ingredient.
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August 1, 2007 - Brewery Tour: SandLot at Coors Field
We tour the small, experimental brewery at the home of the Colorado Rockies. Birthplace of Blue Moon.
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July 18, 2007 - NHC 2007: Club Night
Home brewing clubs get to show off their brews and their creativity at the second night of the National Homebrewers Conference.
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July 4, 2007 - NHC 2007: Pro Night
We sample beers and talk to home brewers as they enjoy Pro Night at the National Homebrewers Conference in Denver.
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May 30, 2007 - Brewery Tour: Boulevard Brewing
We travel to Kansas City, Missouri to visit Boulevard Brewing Company and to see their brand-new brewhouse.
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May 16, 2007 - Partigyle Brewing
Two beers from one mash! James and Steve brew up a big beer and a small beer from the same grain.
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May 2, 2007 - Brewery Tour: Great Divide

James, Andy and Brian take a look around Great Divide Brewing in Denver, Colorado.
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April 18, 2007 - Peach Mead and Vanilla Porter

James and Steve taste a peachy mead and a porter made with vanilla beans. Also, Steve insults a South American navy.
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April 4, 2007 - Brewery Tour: Avery Brewing

Adam Avery shows us around Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado. James is joined by Andy Sparks of The Home Brewery to introduce the tour.
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March 21, 2007 - Tasting the Mead Yeast Experiment
James and Steve taste the results of the mead yeast experiment after one month in the fermenters to see how the five yeast strains worked.
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March 7, 2007 - Brewery Tour: New Belgium
We head to Fort Collins, Colorado to tour New Belgium Brewing - the home of Fat Tire, Sunshine Wheat, 1554, Le Folie, and other great beers.
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February 21, 2007 - The Mead Yeast Experiment Begins
It begins again! We employ five different yeasts to test how they will ferment and flavor five small mead batches.
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February 7, 2007 - Brewery Tour: Redstone Meadery
We head to Boulder, Colorado to get a tour and tasting at Redstone Meadery. You've seen us make mead, now see how the pros do it.

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January 24, 2007 - Smoky Beers and Tasty Pasta
We talk about three different ways to get a smoky flavor into your homebrews, and Steve whips up a smoked salmon pasta with a mouth-watering appetizer.

Steve's Pepper Canapé Recipe (pdf)

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January 10, 2007 - Brewery Tour: Oskar Blues
Good beer in a can? No. GREAT beer in a can. Dale Katechis, the "Dale" behind Dale's Pale Ale and other tasty brews, gives us a tour around Oskar Blues, the first American microbrewery to put beer in cans.

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December 27, 2006 - Mead Update and Small Batches
We check in one last time with the great 2006 mead experiment and talk a bit about small batches. We also sample an all grain small batch IPA.

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December 13, 2006 - Brewery Tour: Dry Dock Brewing
Kevin DeLange of Dry Dock Brewing Company gives us a tour of his award-winning brewery in Aurora, Colorado.

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November 29, 2006 - Six-pack Porter and Brewing Gadgets
Steve and James brew up a six-pack's worth of Robust Porter and talk about ten useful gadgets for home Brewing.

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November 15, 2006 - Group Brew and Home Brewery Tour
We're invited to a group brew celebrating Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day, and we're treated to a tour of a cool homebrew system by Mark Smith, the event's host.

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November 1, 2006 - A Homebrew Holiday

Steve spends a day in the kitchen using five homebrews as ingredients in a traditional holiday meal. James and Steve pair the wonderful dishes with an oyster stout brewed by a viewer and a spiced ale brewed by James.

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October 18, 2006 - At Home with Charlie Papazian
Homebrewing guru Charlie Papazian shows us around his home brewery. Then, we sit down to sip a couple of homebrews and chat about homebrewing and beer in general.

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October 4, 2006 - Great American Beer Festival
We travel to Denver to sample the goodness of the 25th Great American Beer Festival. Almost 400 brewers, more than 1,600 beers, and three happy podcasters.

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September 12, 2006 - Brewing Beer with Honey
It's a sweet episode. James and Steve check in on the mead experiment. Steve also talks about Brewing beer with honey, and the guys sample a couple of examples.

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August 31, 2006 - Homegrown Hops and Harvest Ale
James and Steve sample a Harvest Ale made from Cascade hops grown in James' yard, and the guys talk about Brewing with fresh hops right off the bine.

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August 7, 2006 - Beer for Dessert!
Beer's not just for breakfast anymore. Following Randy Mosher's advice, James and Steve pair up four beers with the sweet stuff, and Steve shows us his take on a New Orleans favorite.

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July 18, 2006 - Club Night at NHC 2006
Home brewers take center stage in Orlando at the National Homebrewers Conference Club Night. Follow James and Steve as they sample great homebrews and meet the wonderful folks who brewed them.

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July 11, 2006 - Pro Brewers Night at NHC 2006
It's the first installment from our two-part report from the National Homebrewers Conference in Orlando, Florida. In this episode, James and Steve talk to homebrewers as they sample the work of professional brewers.

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June 20, 2006 - Playing with Hops
James and Steve ignore maternal advice and play with their hops! The guys conduct an experiment in late hopping a very small batch to see how the bitterness, flavor and aroma are affected. They also briefly pop the top on the ancho chili mead to see how it's coming along.

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June 2, 2006 - Flavoring the Mead
The great Mead Experiment continues as James and Steve split their mead into smaller batches and use ancho chilis, blood oranges, black cherry, allspice, apricots, and saffron to add great flavor and color. They also sample a bit of the plain mead. *BONUS* Check out the outtakes from the Stepping into All Grain DVD.

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May 16, 2006 - American Brown Ale and Gumbo Ya-Ya!
James brews up an American Brown Ale, using a recipe from Jeff Bearer of Craft Beer Radio. Steve cooks up a rich, New Orleans-inspired gumbo to pair with the brew, using some of the brown ale as an ingredient.

 

 

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April 2006 - Making a Mead

The great Mead Experiment begins! James and Steve break away from beer in this episode to start exploring mead. This ancient honey wine is great in a simple form or when flavored with fruits, grains, or other wonderful things.

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March 9, 2006 - Opening the IPA

James pops the top on the IPA (will it blow?), and Steve prepares a scallop and shrimp dish to go along with it.

Download both recipes here.

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February 2, 2006 - Bottling the IPA

Steve and James bottle their six-pack IPA experiment and settle a bet with the guys from Big Foamy Head.

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January 26, 2006 - Dry-hopping the IPA

James Spencer flies solo in this first stand-alone Basic Brewing video episode. James dry hops the six-pack IPA.

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January 12, 2006 - A Six-pack of IPA

Steve Wilkes joins James Spencer as they brew a little beer - literally. The guys brew up three quarts of IPA as a fun experiment.

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December 15, 2005 - Tasty Experiments

In our first video podcast, James Spencer and Steve Wilkes taste the results of an experiment in hopping extract batches and also try three batches of the same recipe. They also read holiday wish lists from listeners (or viewers).

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