Basic Brewing Video

James and Steve deconstruct a traditional sandwich made with homemade ingredients and paired with a 100% rye beer. We also have a visit from the past.

James and Steve use a French press coffee maker to experiment with fresh flavors in two beer styles.

Andy Sparks shows off his new bourbon barrel and a cool stand he made for it out of scrap lumber.

James and Steve sample an experiment comparing a "stepped up" Mr. Beer kit against the original recipe.

Steve celebrates St. Patrick's Day by cooking up some corned beef and cabbage to pair with his smoked chili porter.

James and Steve celebrate Leap day on the patio and talk about how brewers can plan to brew on a moment's notice.

Steve prepares a special creme brulee Valentine's Day treat selected by our Facebook followers to pair with James' Belgian Amber.

James and Steve assist new home brewer Tim Hudson with his first batch and sample their doctored Mr. Beer American wheat.

James and Steve take a Mr. Beer kit and use grain and hops to pump up the recipe.

James and Steve sample a sour beer cocktail that's a lighter take on our annual year-end tradition.

No sparging? No worries! James tries out a technique to put a bit more malt character in his American Mild.

James puts Steve on the spot as he tries to pick the odd, but tasty, sample in an experiment.

James and Steve salute veterans on Veterans Day by pairing awesome homebrew with less-than-awesome food.

James and Steve celebrate Halloween by brewing a watermelon wheat beer in a gruesome new way.

James travels to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to visit the Keg and Barrel brewpub, home of the Outlaw Homebrew Competition.

It's an extravaganza! Home brewed beer along with homemade pretzels and mustard made with beer.

Andy Sparks and Dave Johnson put Andy's new pressure cooker to work, canning wort for use in yeast starters.

James and Steve brew up some kombucha: tea fermented with a culture of bacteria and yeast.

James, Steve, and Andy visit Stone Brewing and Lost Abbey while in San Diego for the National Homebrewers Conference.

James, Steve, and Andy sample awesome homebrew at the National Homebrewers Conference in San Diego.

James, Steve, and Andy sample the wares of the pros at the National Homebrewers Conference in San Diego.

James and Steve sample a hoppy, quick Pale Ale with American hops and experiment with rehydrating dry yeast.

James and Steve bottle their 100 percent wheat Belgian Wit and reflect on a stormy week.

James and Steve offer spicy twists to a British Bitter and a Belgian Wit.

Steve shares his Vienna Lager recipe, and James serves up a tasty homemade sauerkraut dish.

James and Steve enjoy a sour beer with some sour food - homemade sauerkraut.

After being snow-bound for most of the month, James and Steve emerge to sample a batch of apple jack.

James and Steve take a step into cider making by making a very simple cider.

James and Steve flashback to June when they visited Surly Brewing Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

James and Steve celebrate the end of the year by sampling a hoppy 100% wheat beer and this past year's holiday barleywine.

James and Steve pair the Zombie Belgian beer from Halloween with ginger snaps for Christmas.

James revisits Dry Dock Brewing in Aurora, Colorado - a brewery that has grown by leaps and bounds since we first visited in 2006.

Home brewing goes back to the stone age as brewers use lots of fire and rocks to brew tasty beer.

James and Steve use starters to bring the dregs of a Belgian beer back to life . . . again!

James and Andy relax on Andy's deck and report on their trip to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver.

James and Steve visit Vine Park brewery in St. Paul, Minnesota - a place that's halfway between home and pro brewing.

James travels to Salt Lake City, Utah to give a behind-the-scenes look at the state's second legal homebrew competition.

Steve goes behind the scenes of the National Homebrewers Conference banquet to talk brining with Homebrew Chef Sean Paxton.

Club night is the most fun at the National Homebrewers Conference. Club members get to show off in Minneapolis.

James and Steve wander the floor at the National Homebrewers Conference Pro Night in Minneapolis.

Who needs Hope and Crosby? James and Steve share an adventure on the road to NHC 2010.

James and Steve take two different approaches to brewing a traditional style - Porter.

James and Steve power up a new toy - an electric heat stick, and they put it to the test against natural gas.

Steve cooks up a delicious seafood bisque to pair with his homebrew Hefeweizen. And a side of anchovy butter toast.

Can you use 100 percent wheat to brew a beer without flirting with disaster? James gives it a shot.

Steve's building a menu for a beer dinner, and he's taking us step-by-step through the process. This episode: appetizers.

James and Steve sample a homebrew elderflower session beer and a commercial elderberry pyment.

Steve and James combine a cereal mash and the brew-in-a-bag method to brew up an American Pilsner with homegrown corn meal.

James shows off the most extreme small-batch holiday barleywine yet, and Steve makes ice cream with it.

In the second part of our tour of SakeOne, we go from the fermenter to the tasting room.