Basic Brewing Video
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April 24, 2026 - NZ Motueka Belgian
April 10, 2026 - Asian Caesar
March 13, 2026 - Braggot de Garde
Steve combines a burnt honey mead with a Belgian-inspired beer to create a big, delicious braggot.
February 27, 2026 - Muscadine Country Wine
Steve uses muscadine fruit and table sugar to make a deliciously light and drinkable country wine.
February 13, 2026 - Kegging vs Bottling Experiment
James and Steve compare a nicely hoppy Pale Ale from a force-carbonated keg and a sugar-primed bottle.
January 30, 2026 - Masa Cream Ale
Steve uses corn masa to lighten up the body and flavor of a crisp and delicious cream ale.
January 16, 2026 - Norwegian Robust Porter
James brews up a big, deliciously dark beer based on a recipe from a Norwegian brewery.
December 12, 2025 - Malty Red IPA
Steve takes a malty approach to an American IPA with toasty notes and a hint of brown sugar flavor.
November 21, 2025 - Quick Holiday Saison
James brews up a very quick and delicious extract beer with the flavors of the holidays coming from Belgian yeast.
October 31, 2025 - Boo Berry Rises Again
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.
October 17, 2025 - Never Mind Pseudo Lager
Steve brews up a delicious golden lager-ish beer as a salute to our Canadian neighbors up north.
September 19, 2025 - Ozark Hill Dog Stout
Steve brews his take on an Irish Stout in honor of his big dog, Buddy.
September 5, 2025 - Yuzu Ginger Japanese Rice Lager
James uses broken sake rice pieces along with yuzu and ginger flavors to craft a deliciously drinkable Japanese-inspired lager.
August 15, 2025 - English-American Pale Ale
Steve has his hands across the waters as he puts a slight American twist on a traditional English-style Pale Ale.
July 18, 2025 - UK Triple IPL
James responds to the Mash Your Luck challenge by brewing a big double-mashed lager with almost a pound of UK Harlequin hops.
July 4, 2025 - Accidental Ice Beer
Steve shares a delicious lager that he accidentally froze in his refrigerator.
June 20, 2025 - Canada Maple Lager
James and Steve taste a lager with a nod to our neighbors to the north, brewed with Canada pale malt and maple syrup.
April 11, 2025 - Chocolate Cherry Saffron Mead
Steve shares a delightfully drinkable session-ish mead made from New Mexico honey, tart cherry juice, cacao nibs, and saffron.
March 28, 2025 - Spiced Kveik Pale Ale
Steve brews up a tasty, traditionally-hopped pale ale with a little something extra.
March 14, 2025 - Springtime Bock
James brews up a tasty and malty lager to celebrate the upcoming spring.
February 28, 2025 - Hoppy Belgian Golden Ale
James overcomes a couple of brewing hurdles to make a deliciously hoppy Golden Ale with Belgian spice character.
February 14, 2025 - Brown Forest Light
James and Steve taste a low-alcohol tart cherry beer with chocolate notes that James brewed to meet the Mash Your Luck challenge.
December 27, 2024 - La Cerveza Oscura del Mundo
James responds to the Mash Your Luck challenge with a big, black beer with south-of-the-border flavors.
December 13, 2024 - Starter Pilsner
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.
November 22, 2024 - Honey IPA II
It's take two of a hoppy honey-infused beer as James and Steve taste a slightly modified recipe from a previous brew.
October 25, 2024 - Bochet Braggot
Steve takes the Mash Your Luck challenge and uses burnt honey to bring dark color and flavor to this big, delicious beer.
October 11, 2024 - Mash Your Luck "Malt Liquor"
James and Steve taste the beer James brewed from characteristics randomly chosen from the Mash Your Luck Challenge. It's different, but tasty.
September 27, 2024 - Accidental Braggot
Steve avoids a brewing disaster by modifying a recipe through a challenging fermentation and produces a delicious honey-based beer.
September 13, 2024 - Kveik Honey IPA
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.
August 2, 2024 - Fruit Stout Pasteurization Experiment
James and Steve sample a fruit stout that has been primed in the bottle with fruit juice and heat pasteurized to preserve fruit flavor.
July 19, 2024 - Kveik Double IPA
James and Steve sample a deliciously hoppy big beer fermented warm with Kveik on the porch.
June 14, 2024 - 100% Wheat Raw White IPA
James and Steve sample a hoppy raw beer brewed with only wheat malt as the grain bill.
May 31, 2024 - Super Simple Spring Kölsch
Steve shares the most simple beer that he's ever brewed – a deliciously drinkable cold-conditioned Kölsch.
May 17, 2024 - Small Batch Belgian Single
James shares a delicious Belgian-style Single brewed on the stovetop in a small volume batch.
April 26, 2024 - Hoppy Raw Ale
James and Steve sample a hoppy raw beer inspired by traditional Scandinavian brewing techniques.
April 12, 2024 - Oat Stout Battle
James and Steve go head-to-head to see who can brew the best stout with oats.
March 29, 2024 - Grapefruit Soda "Shandler"
James and Steve blend a tasty extract pale ale with Fresca to get a light and very drinkable summer beverage.
March 15, 2024 - Vanir Mead Ingredient Kit
James and Steve try a delicious mead made with an ingredient kit from Vermont meadery groennfell.com.
February 23, 2024 - Gingerbread Wit
James and Steve taste a wonderfully spicy and drinkable wheat beer that features the flavors of winter celebrations.
February 9, 2024 - Old School Pale Ale
Steve goes back to the old ways of homebrewing to brew a deliciously drinkable basic English Pale Ale.
January 26, 2024 - Brown Sugar Sweet Stout
Steve serves up a deliciously dark, sessionable Sweet Stout brewed with brown sugar and molasses.
January 12, 2024 - Pre-prohibition American Lager
James and Steve sample a beautiful and delicious beer meant to pay homage to older American recipes.
December 15, 2023 - Smoked Rotbier
James and Steve sample a small batch of German Red Beer that was brewed with cherry smoked malt and lager yeast.
December 1, 2023 - No Chill Kentucky Common
Inspired by a trip to Canada, James and Steve taste a classic beer style from Kentucky brewed with corn.
November 10, 2023 - Recipe Development Porter
James and Steve go back to homebrew basics with a deliciously dark brew featuring balanced roast and bitterness.
October 27, 2023 - Arkansas Porch Steamer
James and Steve taste a salute to Anchor Steam Beer that has been fermented on the warm porch with a blend of Kveik yeasts.
October 13, 2023 - Red Honey IPA
James and Steve taste a delicious reddish hoppy beer brewed with local honey.
September 22, 2023 - Steve's Hot Dog Beer
Steve takes a shot at creating a Chicago hot dog beer using a tincture of ingredients added at bottling time.
September 8, 2023 - Matt's Cold IPA
Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin shares a deliciously hoppy beer that's part lager, part brut IPA and all tasty.
August 18, 2023 - Honey Peach IPA
James and Steve taste a very hoppy pale ale made with local honey and peach juice from the steam juicer.