Brewed (wt)
Sam Calagione and his staff at Dogfish Head Brewery search the world for fresh, imaginative and even ancient ideas for the creation of new beers.
Episodes
S1 | E1
Bitches Brew
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." They must formulate, produce and ship 50,000 bottles within a very tight deadline.
S1 | E2
Chicha
Sam Calagione heads to Peru to learn the traditional and proper methods of brewing Chicha, a corn-based beer, and plans to unveil his own version at Dogfish Head’s brewpub in three weeks.
S1 | E3
Punkin and Portamarillo
Sam Calagione travels to New Zealand to make an indigenous brew for Beervana, an annual craft-brewing competition, and fears of dumping a significant amount of Punkin’ Ale loom when it ends up in the wrong type of glass bottles.
S1 | E4
Grain to Glass
Sam Calagione and Dogfish Head Brewery create a new, “cedar-fied” beer out of surfboard wood scraps, and the team faces a major setback when 9,000 gallons of their signature beer, 120 Minute IPA, gets flagged by quality control authorities.
S1 | E5
Ancient Ale
Sam Calagione and Dogfish Head Brewery prepare to make a batch of “Chateau Jiahu,” a 9,000 year-old recipe based on pottery jars recovered from a village in Northern China. Sam heads to Egypt to revive a beer from one of man’s earliest civilizations.