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The Brewing Network and Basic Brewing Radio
I've been listening to podcasts from The Brewing Network and Basic Brewing Radio for the last few weeks. I want to highly, highly recommend them to any of the brewers on the forum.
A one-hour radio broadcast packs an incredible amount of great information into a really user-friendly format. I've learned a ton: everything from sanitation practices to IBU/Gravity ratios.
The Brewing Network's Jamil Show is particularly great. Jamil Zainasheff and his broadcast partner go through individual beer styles in each episode. I would recommend listening to the appropriate show before you brew your next beer style.
The Brewing Network: http://www.thebrewingnetwork.com/jamil.php
Basic Brewing Radio: http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?page=radio
I hope that you all find these as information as I have!
I agree Jamil is the man. Great shows. Anytime I make a new beer, especially a new style that I haven't made before, I always check to see if Jamil has a show on it. I don't usually use his recipe to the letter but it makes a great place to start from, and his "here's the thing" is always great.
Wow...this rocks. Thank you.
I haven't tried to duplicate one of his recipes yet either. It is really great to understand how certain ingredients impact the final product.
As an all-grain brewer, it is really cool to hear how award-winning brewers design the grain bill very specifically to do certain things. It has really changed the way I look at putting grain bills together...no more adding crystal malt just because that's what everyone else is doing.
I love to learn why...not just copy a recipe!
Every once in a while I check out the Brewing Network and download a couple shows.. I haven't heard of Basic Brewing Radio so I'm going to need to check that out so thanks for the referral. I download shows and put them on my MP3 player so I can listen to them at the gym or in the car. I usually have to listen to them while I'm driving by myself because no one else finds them very interesting...especially the girlfriend. But I don't find people complaining when I show up at a party with a case of 3 or 4 different beers I made.
Both of these shows are great. The Brewing Network is funny as hell. I also recommend Basic Brewing's All Grain dvd if you're thinking about going AG soon. It helped me visualize the process much better than anything I had read before I made the switch.
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