Basic Brewing Radio
Hosted by James and Steve · James Spencer
4.8from 602 ratings
- 981
- Episodes
- 84
- Transcribed
- 602
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2005
- First episode
- 3M
- YouTube views
About Basic Brewing Radio
Basic Brewing Radio is a weekly chat about homebrewing - brewing the best beer and mead in the world in your own home.
- Publisher
- James Spencer
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Jul 2005
- Latest episode
- 23 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
84 of 981 episodes have a transcript.
23 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
09-24-26 - NA Beer and Food Safety
9 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
09-10-26 - Going Dark
26 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
08-27-26 - FOAM Mash Your Luck II
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09-24-26 - NA Beer and Food Safety
Published 23 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And the traditional food safety world, 4.6 is a line in the sand. That is the level of pH that would inhibit the growth and toxin production of Clostridium botulinum, which is public enemy number one for low acid foods. So that is a very important food safety level that you would never see in any other beverage product. But because non-alcoholic beer has not typically been regulated as closely, it has been something that we've seen fall through the cracks in some of these market screenings. So two pH levels, pH 4.2, which is our best recommendation, and pH 5, which is the worst case that we've seen. […]
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Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Scott Lafontaine
- Andrew Maust
- Adam Ross
- Josh Secaur
- Sean Terrill
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 2,821,822
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 516 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 86 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 94 / 100
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- Quality
- 93
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 97
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Who hosts Basic Brewing Radio?
James and Steve host the show. Published by James Spencer.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Basic Brewing Radio take guests?
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