Basic Brewing Video

We turn beers skunky in the sun to test if brown glass really does protect beer from harmful light.

Brewer Thomas Larsen leads us through a tour of the first brewpub in Denver, Colorado.

Steve goes wild in the kitchen and on the deck cooking up a big spread of barbeque, integrating beer as an ingredient.

We tour the small, experimental brewery at the home of the Colorado Rockies. Birthplace of Blue Moon.

Home brewing clubs get to show off their brews and their creativity at the second night of the National Homebrewers Conference.

We sample beers and talk to home brewers as they enjoy Pro Night at the National Homebrewers Conference in Denver.

We travel to Kansas City, Missouri to visit Boulevard Brewing Company and to see their brand-new brewhouse.

Two beers from one mash! James and Steve brew up a big beer and a small beer from the same grain.

James, Andy and Brian take a look around Great Divide Brewing in Denver, Colorado.

James and Steve taste a peachy mead and a porter made with vanilla beans. Also, Steve insults a South American navy.

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.

Homebrewing guru Charlie Papazian shows us around his home brewery. Then, we sit down to sip a couple of homebrews and chat about homebrewing and beer in general.

We travel to Denver to sample the goodness of the 25th Great American Beer Festival. Almost 400 brewers, more than 1600 beers, and three happy podcasters.

It's a sweet episode. James and Steve check in on the mead experiment. Steve also talks about brewing beer with honey, and the guys sample a couple of examples.

James and Steve sample a Harvest Ale made from Cascade hops grown in James' yard, and the guys talk about brewing with fresh hops right off the bine.

Beer's not just for breakfast anymore. Following Randy Mosher's advice, James and Steve pair up four beers with the sweet stuff, and Steve shows us his take on a New Orleans favorite.

Home brewers take center stage in Orlando at the National Homebrewers Conference Club Night. Follow James and Steve as they sample great homebrews and meet the folks who brewed them.

It's the first installment from our two-part report from the National Homebrewers Conference in Orlando, Florida. In this episode, James and Steve talk to homebrewers as they sample the work of professional brewers.

James and Steve conduct an experiment in late hopping to see how the bitterness, flavor and aroma are affected. They also taste the ancho chili mead to see how it's coming along.

The Great Mead Experiment continues as James and Steve split the mead into smaller batches and flavor each with wonderous things.

James cooks up an American Brown Ale, and Steve uses some of the brew in his New Orleans-inspired Gumbo Ya-Ya.

James and Steve embark on their great Mead Experiment - brewing up a big batch of this wonderful honey beverage.

James pops the top on the six-pack IPA, and Steve prepares a shrimp and scallop dish to go along with it.

James and Steve bottle their six-pack IPA experiment and decide a bet from the guys at Big Foamy Head.

James Spencer flies solo in this first stand-alone Basic Brewing Video episode. James dry hops the six-pack IPA.

Steve Wilkes joins James Spencer as they brew a little beer - literally. The guys brew up three quarts of IPA as a fun experiment.

James Spencer and Steve Wilkes taste the results of an experiment in hopping extract batches and also try three batches of the same recipe.