Basic Brewing Radio - German Brewing History

Kaiser · 10-23-2009, 08:31 PM

I just checked and saw that my last interview with James Spencer is this weeks Basic Brewing Radio episode:

http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?page=radio

It’s about the old German brewing text from 1860 that I translated earlier this year. (http://braukaiser.com/wiki/index.php?title=German_Brewing_between_1850_and_19 00_:_Malting_and_Wort_Production). I haven’t listened to it yet b/c my iPod car adaptor is broken but James always does a good job editing the interviews.

Given the time that passed between writing the article and the interview I actually had to read up on it again. At some points I actually fell asleep reading my own stuff. That can’t be good

Kai

Jim Karr · 10-23-2009, 09:10 PM

I read all 29 pages yesterday afternoon (yes it was slow at work). I found it an extremely well-written, interesting read.

What intrigued me the most was the absolute absence of sharing information between the brewers of that day. Brewers of our current culture share almost to a fault.

Kaiser · 10-27-2009, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Karr

What intrigued me the most was the absolute absence of sharing information between the brewers of that day. Brewers of our current culture share almost to a fault.

Yes, a lot of information is shared but there also is still a lot of secrecy, especially in large commercial breweries.

Kai

**HotbreakHotel** · 10-27-2009, 05:17 PM

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a lot of secrecy, especially in large commercial breweries

Do you mean like this?

Schneider-Weisse Secret Recipe

**Shooter** · 10-28-2009, 12:05 AM

I have this episode waiting on my iPod. I was already anticipating listening to it, but, now, I have even more of a reason to listen!!

**kappclark** · 10-28-2009, 02:56 AM

Kai-

I discovered I can get the Better Brewing radio on my new Squeezebox, so imagine my surprise when I saw that you were the guest speaker...very interesting - well done.

BTW -- did Ray McNeill ever give you that keg for your answer to what was the difference between a Lager and and Ale ?? (smile)..

EricCSU · 10-28-2009, 05:38 AM

Sounds great Kai! Very interesting.

Eric

**bad coffee** · 10-30-2009, 01:32 AM

Kai, listened to it last night. Great podcast.

B

**Shooter** · 10-30-2009, 02:20 AM

Listened to it earlier today, very interesting stuff!