Podcasts
This is a (hopefully) comprehensive list of podcasts and videos that focus on brewing sour and wild beer.
BasicBrewing Radio
| Title | Date (year-month) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| GABF Coverage with Andy Sparks - Pt. 2 | 2005-10 | Interview with Vinnie Cilurzo about wild brewing. |
| New Belgium Brewing | 2006-10 | Interview with Eric Salazar and Peter Bouckaert about La Folie. |
| NHC Coverage Part Three | 2006-08 | Interview with Raj Apte about his "one-dollar" homebrew barrel" with an oak dowel. |
| Offbeat Yeast Part One | 2007-09 | Interview with Michael Tonsmeire on Brett/sour beers. |
| Offbeat Yeast Part Two | 2007-09 | Interview with Michael Tonsmeire on Brett/sour beers. |
| Turbid Mashing | 2008-07 | Interview with Chris Colby. |
| Sour Mashing | 2008-09 | Interview with Chris Colby. |
| Beer Blending Experiment | 2008-12 | Interview with Michael Tonsmeire. |
| Fermenting in a Keg | 2009-01 | Interview with Chris Colby. |
| "Spontaneous" Fermentation | 2009-04 | Interview with Jason Perkins from Allagash. |
| Yeast Ranching | 2009-09 | Interview with Greg Pietsch. |
| Solera Brewing and Barrel Aging | 2009-10 | Interview with Michael Tonsmeire and Nathan Zeender. |
| Barrel Aging Update | 2010-12 | Interview with Michael Tonsmeire and Nathan Zeender. |
| Berliner Weisse | 2011-03 | Interview with Michael Tonsmeire. |
| Brett-Only Beers | 2011-05 | Interview with Don Osborn on 100% Brett beers. |
| Spontaneous Homebrew | 2011-10 | Interview with Ken Valley. |
| Sour Blend Experiment | 2012-01 | Interview with Matt Becker on blending beers made with commercial and homemade sour culture blends. |
| Solera Tasting Pt. 1 | 2012-03 | Interview with Michael Tonsmeire and Nathan Zeender. |
| Solera Tasting Pt. 2 | 2012-04 | Interview with Michael Tonsmeire and Nathan Zeender. |
| Sour Mash Berliner Weisse | 2012-07 | Interview with Sean Coates. |
| Sour GABF | 2010-10 | Interview with Michael Tonsmeire, Chad Yakobson of Crooked Stave, Jason Yester of Trinity Brewing, Will Meyers of Cambridge Brewing, Patrick Rue of The Bruery, and Christopher McGarvey of Front Street Brewery. |
| Cantillon's Jean van Roy | 2013-05 | Interview with JVR by Phillip Lamb. |
| Fossil Cove Sour | 2013-08 | Interview with Ben Mills of Fossil Cove on a sour mash beer. |
| Sour Solera Project | 2013-10 | Interview with Ethan Tripp on sampling 6 month pulls from a Solera and comparing them side by side. |
| Two-Year Sour Experiment | 2014-01 | Interview with Dan Pixley aka Dan ABA on youtube on small batch sour brewing and smaller Soleras. |
| Sourdough Beer Experiment | 2014-02 | Interview with Karl Kornfield about brewing beer with a sourdough starter yeast. |
| Brewing and Blending Gueuze | 2014-03 | Interview with Chris Colby on Gueuze brewing techniques. |
| Prairie Artisan Ales | 2014-03 | Interview with Chase Healey on his then up and coming funky brewery. |
| Hoppy Brett and Pasta Sour | 2014-04 | Interview with Gail Williams on experiments using Brettanomyces to preserve hop character and adding pasta to sours for starch contributions. |
| Michael Tonsmeire at Club Night | 2014-07 | Interviewing other homebrewers who brought sour beer to the 2014 AHA Conference. |
| Open Fermentation at Arcadia Brewing | 2014-07 | Interview with Vaughn Stewart on open fermentation and repitching yeast for many generations. |
| Funky Apple Blossom | 2014-08 | Brewer Nathan Traw of Apple Blossom Brewing Company shares some funky beers, including one fermented with sourdough starter. |
| Post-Bottle Critter Dosing | 2014-09 | Interview with Dan Kuczmarski on dosing high gravity brews that didn't attenuate with Brettanomyces and Lactobacillus. |
| Sour Beer and Wine Hybrid | 2014-10 | Interview with James Sites on blending sour beer and wine. |
| Mad Berliner Weisse | 2014-11 | Mad Fermentationist Michael Tonsmeire joins us to share homebrew Berliner Weisse brewed with rhubarb and lemon. |
| Mad Weird Fermentations | 2014-11 | Interview with Michael Tonsmeire on several different souring techniques. |
| Kriek: 3 Step Fermentation | 2015-01 | Interview with Matt Miller on his blog article about his technique for producing sour beer in about 6 months. |
BeerSmith Podcast
| Title | Date (year-month) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Brett and Sour Beer Brewing | 2011-06 | This week we talk about methods for making sour and wild beers using Brettanomyces yeast (Brett). Brett is used in many sour beers styles including Lambics, Gueze, Oud Bruin, Berliner Weisse, and others. My guests are Drew Beechum and Nathan Smith – both of whom have done extensive brewing using Brett. |
| Sour Beer Brewing with Mike Mraz | 2012-07 | This week my guest is Mike Mraz, an award winning homebrewer who joins us to talk about brewing sour beer styles. Mike will tell you how to brew those distinctive sour beers like Belgian Flanders, Lambics or Sours at home (video). |
| Brewing Saison Beer with Nathan Smith | 2012-11 | This week Nathan Smith joins me to talk about how to brew the perfect Saison or Farmhouse Ale. Saison is a light, refreshing beer that is highly drinkable and Nathan shares his secrets on how to brew a perfect one (video). |
| Wild Yeast Beer Brewing with Booth’s Homebrewing | 2013-12 | Francis Booth and Leslie Deppert from Booth’s Brewing join me this week to talk about making beer with wild yeast. Wild and native yeasts are used in many Belgian styles, and Francis and Leslie share their experience brewing beer at high temperature with wild yeast (video). |
| Sour Beer Brewing with Michael Tonsmeire | 2014-07 | Michael Tonsmeire joins me this week to discuss his new book “American Sour Beers” which was just published by the brewer’s association. Michael shares some great tips on brewing sour beers including both ingredients and techniques (video). |