Brew Masters - Sam Caglione's New Discovery Channel Brewing Realit

[Jez]

Check your usual sites for the new Sam Caglione reality brewing TV show called "Brew Masters" which aired last night in the USA.

I've already got my copy & will be watching the first episode later tonight entitled "Bitches Brew".

Jez

 

[felten]

It was interesting, I hadn't heard good things about it but I was pleasantly surprised.

Though I dislike how they blow every situation out of proportion, you get a run down of every possible thing that can go wrong, "we only have X amount of time to do this or Y will happen and then the world will end" kind of thing that discovery does in it's shows (howe&howe tech, american chopper), but then 5 minutes later everything works out fine and it turns out it wasn't a problem at all. But that's just me.

 

[WarmBeer]

Arghhh, I really wanted to like this, but the scripted "drama", and the text overlays on the screen made my eyes and ears bleed (well, figuratively, derp).

A shame, it could have been an interesting documentary on one of the pioneers of the US craftbrew renaissance, but instead it's an exercise in marketing over substance, targeted at the ritalin generation.

 

[Bribie G]

I might give it a miss. It's a pity that Discovery, one of the true pioneers of pay TV channels has sunk to its current depths, not even transmitted in proper widescreen (stretched out lo-def postage stamp format if that makes sense) and after every ad break (for ab-circle pros and funeral plans) they have to reiterate everything that happened before the break for the benefit of people with a 30 second short term memory.

 

[DUANNE]

had a watch ofthis last nite and thought it wasnt to bad considering. the one thing that blew me away was the size of dfh's operation.

 

[keifer33]

I watched this and found it entertaining in the sense of a tv show but definetly found it scripted to buggery and all to convenient. Definetly a marketing show aimed at highlighting microbreweries to the dumb masses. Nothing technical about it nor overly informative into the actual brewing. And who treats a keg of beer by just throwing it into a rusty pick up on the way to a fine craftbeer show.

 

[Bizier]

Definetly a marketing show aimed at highlighting microbreweries to the dumb masses.

I wish someone would do that here.

I will check it out for sure.

 

[Barley Belly]

SE01EP01 h34r:

Just finished watching

 

[BitterBulldog]

Watched it tonight & loved it!

Damn, I wanna go to Delaware & get tanked at the dogfish restaurant & then go climb up the treehouse out front of the brewery!
Tbs Ep also made
Me go open an Imperial Stout

 

[outbreak]

I wanted to like it as I really like Sam's attitude and the way he markets his business, but seriously how does it differ frim American Chopper? I know they need material to write about but I reallythought they may have gone in a different direction.

 

[Frag_Dog]

I wanted to like it as I really like Sam's attitude and the way he markets his business, but seriously how does it differ frim American Chopper? I know they need material to write about but I reallythought they may have gone in a different direction.

I agree that it seems to have a simmilar format to American Chopper. I don't think there would have been much of an option. I think the general public isn't going to tune in every week to hear someone drone on for an hour about hop utilization and mash ph.

Its a proven format so I imagine thats why they went with it.

 

[Zizzle]

Damn, I wanna go to Delaware & get tanked at the dogfish restaurant & then go climb up the treehouse out front of the brewery!

If any AHBers end up in Delaware, make some noise, a few of us here have some contacts at DFH and Evolution brewing.

Get the personal after hours tour and maybe meet Sam.

Great bunch of guys. I spent a few days out there last year. Stayed with a couple of the brewers who live across the road from the brewery at the start of my motorcycle trip across the USA.

Got given a heap of beers, as many as I could carry in the saddle bags. Highlight was definitely the vertical of Word Wide Stout. Had 2005, 2007 and 2009 vintages. Killer.

As for the show, yeah I didn't think it that great. Not very real, fake drama, and that recap after every break really sucks.

 

[chadjaja]

Heads up, the second ep has now been aired and can be watched from the dark depths of the internet

 

[Frag_Dog]

I've downloaded it, but havn't watched it yet. The Walking Dead was also avaliable last night and it won the viewing rights!

 

[keifer33]

Haha had the same dilemma and walking dead also won in my case.

 

[outbreak]

I enjoyed episode 2 much more than episode 1, something different in terms of the plot line.

 

[mwd]

For those that do not have Discovery Episode 2 Chica.

Pity it does not show up on EZTV site.

 

[felten]

This one was a lot better, I like how a brewery that large still finds a use for the old corona mill

 

[mwd]

Looks like it is a good place to live if you are a beer loving American the brew pub is well frequented.

 

[keifer33]

New one released just then.

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