Ben Bell of Origami Sake gives James a tour of the tasting tent at the annual gathering of the North American sake industry.

03-07-24 - American Craft Sake Festival

Haven Schultz joins James and Steve as they taste the beers of Bru Club members that met the Mash Your Luck challenge.

02-29-24 - Tasting Bru Club Mash Your Luck

From Finland, Mika Laitinen, author of Viking Age Brew, tells us how to skip the boil to brew a delicious hoppy beer using historic techniques.

02-22-24 - Hoppy Raw Ale

Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin and James get metal as they talk about canning your homebrew.

02-15-24 - Canning Homebrew

Chris Colby joins James to formulate the recipe for a delicious Belgian-inspired beer and to taste James' Oat Malt Stout.

02-08-24 - Recipe Development, Belgian Single

Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin and Josh Secaur of Gambit Brewing join James to formulate a refreshing hybrid brew and to sample Matt's Gingerbread Wit.

02-01-24 - Recipe Development, Grapefruit Soda Shandler

Homebrewer Scott Housel helps James evaluate the Mash Your Luck beer from Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing - a UK-inspired high gravity lager.

01-25-24 - Mash Your Luck, Anglo Imperial Lager

James and Steve taste an experiment comparing dry hops floating on top of and sunk into a pale ale.

01-18-24 - Pink Dry Hopping Experiment

James talks to Andrew Burns of Dakota County Technical College in Minnesota about his course to bring homebrewers to the professional level.

01-11-24 - Formal Brewing Education

James and Steve sit down with Desiree and Dave from High Gravity in Tulsa to sip delicious beers and talk homebrew past, present, and future.

01-04-24 - Moist January

James and Steve delve into stories of brewing gone wrong from homebrewers from around the world and sample tasty homebrew from Scott Housel.

12-28-23 - Brewing Disasters

Homebrewer Scott Housel shares five beers created from a single base saison with James and Adam Ross of Twin Span Brewing.

12-21-23 - Saison Variations

James and Chris Colby are joined by beer author and historian Peter Symons to evaluate the Pre-prohibition American Lager from a previous episode and formulate a Stout using malted oats.

12-14-23 - Recipe Development, Oat Malt Stout

James and Steve visit with Kort Castleberry, who is now head brewer at New Province Brewing and Flyway Brewing's new Fayetteville, Arkansas, location about his dual responsibilities.

12-07-23 - Flyway Fayetteville

Special guest Josh Secaur from Gambit Brewing in St. Paul joins James and Matt to compare Kentucky Commons and help formulate a Winter Ale recipe.

11-30-23 - Recipe Development, Holiday Ale

James and Steve pit two traditional English favorite hops against each other and then blend them to see how they pair together. They also taste a listener-brewed beer with "Pink" hops.

11-16-23 - Hop Sampler - EKG vs Fuggle

Haven Schultz from The Bru Club joins James to talk about his organization and roll the virtual dice for a club challenge.

11-09-23 - Mash Your Luck with The Bru Club

James is joined by Chris Colby of beerandgardeningjournal.com as they taste their Smoked Rotbier and formulate a recipe for a long lost American style.

11-02-23 - Recipe Development, Pre-prohibition American Lager

James talks to Matt Giovanisci of Brew Cabin as they sample the Arkansas Porch Steamer and formulate a beer based on a trip to Canada.

10-26-23 - Recipe Development, Kentucky Common

The Hop Sampler is back! James and Steve sample three delicious hops from Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S.

Get Started

Download the App