gmcapone
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I can't seem to submerse myself into enough info lately. Does anyone know of a good home brew show or podcast? I already watched all of the Home Brewer TV podcasts. It really wasn't that great but only one I knew of.
I listen to two- Basic Brewing Radio, and Brew Strong. They are both available on iTunes. I participate and listen to Final Gravity and I like it, but there seems to be a lot more information (and less goofing around) on the first two.
Marlowefire said:I honestly don't understand the commercials on the brewing network. They know we can just fast forward through them right? Those shows are way better on 2x speed btw. JZ uhhhh.... Stops his uhhhhh train..... Of uhhhhh though a lot. 2x speed makes him and Palmer sound normal.
passedpawn said:Basic Brewing radio streams fine (audio and video) from the www.basicbrewing.com site (if you don't want to deal with the iTunes).
Basic Brewing has a lot of good info, there's something about James Spencer that doesn't work for me, but that's just a personal thing, and again, lots of good info there.
To this I would add Brad Smith's podcast from beersmith.com.
I've listened to a ton of the Brewing Network shows (mostly Brew Strong, CYBI, and the Sunday Session), and what I like about Brad is he's straightforward and to the point. Most of his podcasts are about a half hour, and contain the same amount of content as the hour long BN shows. Most of the BN shows have about 10 minutes of screwing around at the beginning, and at least 10 minutes worth of ads (which is OK - it keeps them free!). Also, I love JZ (especially BCS and Yeast), but I find that he gives the run-around on a lot of topics. Most likely it's because he knows SO much more about brewing than I do, but sometimes I'd like for him to be clearer on how he does things, realizing that we will take the parts that work for our system and leave those that don't.
Additionally, Brad hosts very talented people on each show. Recent guests have been Gordon Strong, JP, JZ, and Denny Conn. It's great to get different perspectives and specialty expertise.
I've never listened to the Basic Brewing radio shows. I'll have to check those out!
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