Brew Masters
Hit the road for the ultimate beer-tasting road trip. Sam and his team travel to Egypt to recreate "ancient ales," New Zealand for the "first tomato-based beer", and Italy to research Old World beers -- all in the quest to create the most original and delicious beers around!
- 2010-2012
- 1 season
- Discovery Channel
- Documentary
Hit the road for the ultimate beer-tasting road trip. Sam and his team travel to Egypt to recreate "ancient ales," New Zealand for the "first tomato-based beer", and Italy to research Old World beers -- all in the quest to create the most original and delicious beers around!
Season 1 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2010 - 2012
Episode 1
Bitches Brew
Sun, Nov 21, 2010 44 mins
Sam Calagione and Dogfish Head Brewery collaborate with Sony Records to create a new fusion beer to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Miles Davis' album, "Bitches Brew." With a very tight deadline, they must formulate, produce and ship 50,000 bottles.
Episode 2
Chicha
Sun, Nov 28, 2010 44 mins
Sam heads to Peru to explore an ancient corn based brew called Chicha. Then, it's all hands on deck in Delaware when the Dogfish staff uses human saliva to brew their own Chicha.
Episode 3
Punkin & Portamarillo
Mon, Nov 29, 2010 44 mins
Sam travels to New Zealand to make an indigenous brew for Beervana, the annual craft-brewing competition. Meanwhile, at the Milton brewery, fears of dumping a significant amount of Punkin' Ale loom when it ends up in the wrong type of glass bottles.
Episode 4
Grain to Glass
Thu, Dec 9, 2010 44 mins
First "cedar-fied" beer is debuted and delays occur when 9,000 gals of 120 Minute IPA is flagged by authorities.
Episode 5
Ancient Ale
Thu, Dec 16, 2010 44 mins
Dogfish Head is about to brew a batch of "Chateau Jihau", a 9000 year-old recipe based on pottery jars recovered from a village in Northern China. Sam heads to Egypt in order to bring back to life beer from one of man's earliest civilizations.
Episode 6
Three Beers for Batali
Tue, Jun 5, 2012
Italian craft breweries are examined. Dogfish Head Brewery opens its newest restaurant: a rooftop brewpub in New York City's Eataly, and creates a series of specialty beers for the pub.