Basic Brewing Video

Adam Avery takes us around Avery Brewing Company in Boulder, Colorado. James is joined by Andy Sparks of The Home Brewery to introduce the tour....

James and Steve taste the results of the mead yeast experiment after one month in the fermenters to see how the five yeast strains worked....

We head to Fort Collins, Colorado to tour New Belgium Brewing - the home of Fat Tire, Sunshine Wheat, 1554, La Folie, and other great beers....

It begins again! We employ five different yeasts to see how they ferment and flavor five small mead batches....

We head to Boulder, Colorado for a tour and tasting at Redstone Meadery. You've seen us make mead, now see how the pros do it....

We talk about three ways to get a smoky flavor into your homebrews, and Steve whips up a smoked salmon pasta with a mouth-watering appetizer....

Dale Katechis, the "Dale" behind Dale's Pale Ale and other tasty brews, gives us a tour around Oskar Blues, the first American microbrewery to put beer in cans....

We check in one last time with the 2006 Mead Experiment and talk a bit about small batches....

Kevin DeLange gives us a tour of his award-winning brewery in Aurora, Colorado....

Steve and James brew up a six-pack's worth of Robust Porter and talk about ten useful gadgets for home brewing....

We're invited to a group brew celebrating Teach a Friend to Homebrew Day, and we're treated to a tour of a cool homebrew system by Mark Smith, the event's host....

Steve spends a day in the kitchen using five homebrews as ingredients in a traditional holiday meal. James and Steve pair the wonderful dishes with an oyster stout and a spiced ale...