Basic Brewing Video

James shares a beer with Steve that he brewed with a very unusual ingredient: malted sunflower seeds from the Colorado Malting Company....

James and Steve taste their Mole Stout and start a small Belgian-style beer for use as a starter....

James and Steve dose a single malt and single hop beer with specialty grain teas to test their effect....

James shares his two molasses beers, while Steve whips up a pizza with bacon candied with molasses....

James and Steve rack a small batch stout onto cinnamon, ancho chili, cacao nibs, and vanilla to create a mole beer....

James and Steve taste their small batch New Albion clone and brew up another tasty pale ale for next month's tasting....

Steve brews up a quick and tasty spiced cyser - a cross between a cider and a mead....

James and Steve brew up a six-pack of New Albion Ale - America's first craft beer. And, they challenge viewers to do the same....

James and Steve put a new twist on a Belgian-ish beer by adding molasses to the mix....

James brews an experimental six-pack porter with Nutella, and Steve whips up a Nutella German apple pancake....

Steve walks us through the simple process to create a mead with fresh ginger, almond extract, and vanilla extract....

We visit Gorst Valley Hops in Wisconsin - a company that is reintroducing commercial hop growing to the upper Midwest....