Basic Brewing Video

James uses French hops from a past Hop Sampler to brew a delicious (and strong) Saison perfect for hot weather.

Steve started out to brew a Belgian Wit, but time and other distractions changed his recipe mid-stream.

James uses a lager with a lemony flavor as the base for a traditional Mexican-inspired beer cocktail.

James brews a refreshing lager for summertime with broken sake rice pieces and Lemondrop hops for flavor.

James adds a bunch of New Zealand hops after the boil along with a Belgian yeast for a tasty pale ale.

James puts an Asian twist on a Clamato-based Canadian favorite mixed drink. Look out, Bloody Mary!

Steve combines a burnt honey mead with a Belgian-inspired beer to create a big, delicious braggot.

Steve uses muscadine fruit and table sugar to make a deliciously light and drinkable country wine.

James and Steve compare a nicely hoppy Pale Ale from a force-carbonated keg and a sugar-primed bottle.

Steve uses corn masa to lighten up the body and flavor of a crisp and delicious cream ale.

James brews up a big, deliciously dark beer based on a recipe from a Norwegian brewery.

Steve takes a malty approach to an American IPA with toasty notes and a hint of brown sugar flavor.

James brews up a very quick and delicious extract beer with the flavors of the holidays coming from Belgian yeast.

James brings up a seven-year-old bottle of Boo Berry Tart from the basement to taste with Steve and see how time has affected it.

Steve brews up a delicious golden lager-ish beer as a salute to our Canadian neighbors up north.

Steve brews his take on an Irish Stout in honor of his big dog, Buddy.

James uses broken sake rice pieces along with yuzu and ginger flavors to craft a deliciously drinkable Japanese-inspired lager.

Steve has his hands across the waters as he puts a slight American twist on a traditional English-style Pale Ale.

James responds to the Mash Your Luck challenge by brewing a big double-mashed lager with almost a pound of UK Harlequin hops.

Steve shares a delicious lager that he accidentally froze in his refrigerator.

James and Steve taste a lager with a nod to our neighbors to the north, brewed with Canada pale malt and maple syrup.

Steve shares a delightfully drinkable session-ish mead made from New Mexico honey, tart cherry juice, cacao nibs, and saffron.

Steve brews up a tasty, traditionally-hopped pale ale with a little something extra.

James brews up a tasty and malty lager to celebrate the upcoming spring.

James overcomes a couple of brewing hurdles to make a deliciously hoppy Golden Ale with Belgian spice character.

James and Steve taste a low-alcohol tart cherry beer with chocolate notes that James brewed to meet the Mash Your Luck challenge.

James responds to the Mash Your Luck challenge with a big, black beer with south-of-the-border flavors.

James brews a very simple and satisfying lager beer to grow up the yeast he needs for a special high gravity end-of-the-year dark beer.

It's take two of a hoppy honey-infused beer as James and Steve taste a slightly modified recipe from a previous brew.

Steve takes the Mash Your Luck challenge and uses burnt honey to bring dark color and flavor to this big, delicious beer.

James and Steve taste the beer James brewed from characteristics randomly chosen from the Mash Your Luck Challenge. It's different, but tasty.

Steve avoids a brewing disaster by modifying a recipe through a challenging fermentation and produces a delicious honey-based beer.

James uses the heat of his summer porch and local honey along with a bunch of Centennial hops to brew up a deliciously drinkable Kveik beer.

James and Steve sample a fruit stout that has been primed in the bottle with fruit juice and heat pasteurized to preserve fruit flavor.

James and Steve sample a deliciously hoppy big beer fermented warm with Kveik on the porch.

James and Steve sample a hoppy raw beer brewed with only wheat malt as the grain bill.

Steve shares the most simple beer that he's ever brewed – a deliciously drinkable cold-conditioned Kölsch.

James shares a delicious Belgian-style Single brewed on the stovetop in a small volume batch.

James and Steve sample a hoppy raw beer inspired by traditional Scandinavian brewing techniques.

James and Steve go head-to-head to see who can brew the best stout with oats.

James and Steve blend a tasty extract pale ale with Fresca to get a light and very drinkable summer beverage.

James and Steve try a delicious mead made with an ingredient kit from Vermont meadery groennfell.com.

James and Steve taste a wonderfully spicy and drinkable wheat beer that features the flavors of winter celebrations.

Steve goes back to the old ways of homebrewing to brew a deliciously drinkable basic English Pale Ale.

Steve serves up a deliciously dark, sessionable Sweet Stout brewed with brown sugar and molasses.

James and Steve sample a beautiful and delicious beer meant to pay homage to older American recipes.

James and Steve sample a small batch of German Red Beer that was brewed with cherry smoked malt and lager yeast.

Inspired by a trip to Canada, James and Steve taste a classic beer style from Kentucky brewed with corn.

James and Steve go back to homebrew basics with a deliciously dark brew featuring balanced roast and bitterness.

James and Steve taste a salute to Anchor Steam Beer that has been fermented on the warm porch with a blend of Kveik yeasts.