Basic Brewing Video

James carries on the tradition of brewing a beer with a monster cereal. This one goes a little sour with Boo Berry and Rakau hops.

James uses enzymes in an attempt to lower the final gravity of a pale ale to imitate the dryness of "brut" beers.

James brews up a tart and tasty beer on his porch in the heat of the summer with yeast from Lithuania, by way of a listener in Denmark.

James puts a more modern twist on a recipe shared by Ed Nicholson four years ago using homegrown habanero peppers in a tasty hot sauce.

James and his son, Drew, share a beer they brewed together. Steve and his son, Chase, help sample on the patio.

Following success with his Rosemary IPA, James brews another eclectic IPA with cucumber and Meyer lemon.

In the heat of summer, James and Steve sample a big, dark beer that has been flavored with an oak spiral.

James brews up an "eclectic" IPA with rosemary from the garden and pairs it with pork chops in creamy mushroom wine sauce from the Instant Pot.

Steve turns a mistake in filling an order at his shop into a delicious, dark, beer-mead hybrid.

James and Steve sample a hoppy ale based on a previous short-boil, late-hopped beer. What will rye bring to the table?

James and Steve taste a homebrew Pilsner that features rice cooked in the Instant Pot as an adjunct.

James and Steve sample an extract beer that has been brewed with no boil – just a hop stand at pasteurization temperature.

James and Steve sample a Hazy IPA that was only boiled for thirty minutes and double-hopped with Simcoe and Denali during a 30-minute hop stand.

James and Steve power through a fun brew day full of missteps to make four beers out of a single mash. They also introduce a new feature: "Did I Ruin It?"

James and Steve taste the melomel (fruit mead) with flavors inspired by the country of Turkey that Steve started on the October 13, 2017 episode of the show.