Michael Dawson from Northern Brewer Homebrew Supply & Brewing TV gets some one-on-one time with Summit Brewing Company’s Mark Stutrud to discuss Summit’s new year-round American IPA release “Saga IPA.”
Good times ensue.

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Brewing TV is celebrating May Day with homebrew. BTV associate Joe Giambruno drops some knowledge and history as he goes old-school on a double-decocted maibock at Northern Brewer Minneapolis. Joe and Chip then join homeboy Andrew Bartelson for tasting notes at his annual May Day Parade party in South Minneapolis. Brew, Share & Enjoy!

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Brewing TV turns two years old in proper style – brewing a beer! Jake, Mike, Chip and the brew dogs gather to make Keeler’s Reverse Burster Altbier. During the brew session, we look back on two years of BTV production. We also field some FAQs from our fans. There’s even a contest and a birthday [...]

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In this episode of Brewing TV, Chip brews his annual favorite Chocolate Stout with real chocolate additions. Most of the beer gets kegged, but some is aside for an eising experiment. He’s joined by his buddy, local chef Zander Dixon, for tasting notes on both versions and a discussion about the eis process. Get eisy!

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Northern Brewer‘s Michael Dawson and Chip Walton give their Brewing TV tasting notes on Cherry Stout from New Glarus Brewing Company. We’ll post more of these Beer Reviews when they are locally-applicable (including road trips to Hudson, WI). More not-so-local beer reviews can be found at BTV’s YouTube page.

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[ April 18, 2012; 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm. ]
Jake, Mike & Chip from Brewing TV will be kicking it at Northern Brewer Minneapolis (6021 S. Lyndale Ave) Wednesday night meeting and greeting Twin Cities homebrewers and BTV fans. Event is from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. There will be a raffle at 6:30 p.m. for some BTV goodies and other cool surprises. Come hang [...]

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This episode of Brewing TV all about the Double IPA (aka Imperial India Pale Ale). Brewing TV associates Kris England and Nathan Smith team up to brew a split-batch of DIPA as part of a dry-hop and yeast experiment. Then Dawson joins Kris for tasting notes and a bit of discussion about the important elements [...]

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What’s this: a homebrew challenge? In the latest episode of Brewing TV, Keeler and Dawson go head-to-head brewing mystery beers on a subzero brew day. Two months later, they put each other’s keen sense of beer dorkery to task with a taste-test. Plus, Fox 9′s M.A. Rosko stops by Jake’s kitchen and we bust [...]

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St. Paul Summer Beer Fest 2012 will be here before you know it. Fest tickets go on sale March 30th at 5 p.m. Here’s a little video to remind us all how much fun it is! If you were there last year, you may see yourself here.

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What happens when three Minnesotans are “snowed-in” during a roadtrip to Denver? SNOW DAY! Brewing TV is forced to abandon plans for one episode — but salvage a day in Denver with visits to Denver Beer Company, Great Divide Brewing Company, and our first distillery Stranahan’s Colorado Whiskey. And we sit down for a chat [...]

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Brewing TV was lucky enough to get in on a sneak peek at Summit Brewing Company‘s Unchained Batch 09 – Dunkel Weizen. The beer is available on draught starting next week and in bottles the week of March 19th.

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Better Beer Society and Brewing TV worked together on this video on “How to Pour a Proper Pint.” It’s produced more for restaurant and bar staff usage, but is still good advice for anyone serving beer from a tap — commercially or at home. Raise a glass to beer bars, taphouses and industry servers doing [...]

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This episode of Brewing TV finds the guys in Aurora, CO living it up with the folks at Dry Dock Brewing Company. Talk about a brewery with a close ties to the homebrewing community – Dry Dock grew out of small homebrew shop to become one of the country’s most awarded small breweries. Find [...]

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Brewing TV is getting ready for St. Patrick’s Day with stout on the brain! For the occasion, Jake and Mike brew two beers. One is a Dry Irish Stout on par with the modern Guinness Draught, which we serve on nitrogen through a stout faucet. The other beer is a Single Stout Porter, based on [...]

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Here’s one for the homebrewers trapped somewhere between extract and all-grain homebrewing. Brewing TV goes deep undercover on some BIAB action! After reading so much about how easy and fun it can be, Jake Keeler decides to give the “Brew In A Bag” method a try. To put it bluntly – he’s hooked! Join us [...]

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