07-23-09 WAHA Decoction Experiment - Basic Brewing Radio

07-23-09 WAHA Decoction Experiment - Basic Brewing Radio

Author: James Spencer July 24, 2009 Duration: 54:01
James and Steve taste a decoction experiment conducted by members of the Washington Homebrewers Association and get guidance from Michael Ferguson of BJ's.

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07-12-12 Experimental Hops [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:21
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07-05-12 No Chill Experiment [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 52:55
Home brewers Bob Stempski and Noam Shalev compare beers brewed with traditional chilling techniques with no-chill batches.
06-28-12 Fruit Mead Experiment [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 45:57
Home brewer Tim Leber shares his experiment comparing fruit added to a mead in the primary and in the secondary.
05-24-12 Secondary Experiment Results [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:15
James and Chris Colby, editor of Brew Your Own magazine, take a look at the results of the BYO-BBR Collaborative Experiment testing the effect of racking to a secondary fermenter.
05-17-12 Sasquatch Ale [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 43:50
Mark Emiley of the Washington Homebrewers Association gives us a preview of the Seattle American Homebrewers Conference and tells us what Sasquatch would drink.
05-10-12 Jack McAuliffe and New Albion Brewery [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 47:12
Craft brewing pioneer Jack McAuliffe shares the story of his founding America's first microbrewery - New Albion of Sonoma, California.
05-03-12 Really Old Milwaukee [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 46:10
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04-26-12 Tanglewood Branch Beer Company [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:26
We continue our series on the emerging local beer scene in northwest Arkansas with a visit to Tanglewood Branch Beer Company and owner J.T. Wampler.