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Brew Dogs Premiere
« on: September 28, 2013, 05:44:15 pm »
I'm watching the premiere of "Brew Dogs" ( based around the Scottish guys from Brewdog).  They're doing the first episode at Stone in San Diego. Nice.  Greg Koch figures pretty prominently, which is nice too. They're actually brewing a batch with Greg, so it attempts to be fairly educational. Pretty entertaining - hope it stays that way.
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Re: Brew Dogs Premiere
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2013, 08:35:19 am »
Saw it, thought it was insightful and pretty amusing. Not sure I'd put kelp in my beer, though... I guess it's still better than beaver anus, no?
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Re: Brew Dogs Premiere
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2013, 08:43:34 am »
Yeah the kelp was a stretch.  Pretty good show anyway.
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Re: Brew Dogs Premiere
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2013, 08:52:03 am »
Didn't they brew on a train?  I didn't watch long enough to get why that was.
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Re: Brew Dogs Premiere
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2013, 08:55:39 am »
Yep.  They said that it had allegedly never been done before.  Per the railway regulations, they did it with electric kettle heating instead of propane.
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Re: Brew Dogs Premiere
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2013, 09:26:22 am »
I did like the show.  I thought the plot was kind of hokey (seemed to mirror the formula for every other TLC-like realty show), but I liked the hosts and Greg Koch was awesome.  I think it offered more beer info than the Sam Calagione show a couple of years ago.  I also liked the food and beer pairing segment, along with the top 5 places in San Diego to go to.  I will definitely watch every week.
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Re: Brew Dogs Premiere
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2013, 09:42:52 am »
Is their beer any good? Because the hype and gimmick really f'ing turns me off.

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Re: Brew Dogs Premiere
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2013, 09:46:28 am »
Is their beer any good? Because the hype and gimmick really f'ing turns me off.

Yeah, my cable doesn't carry the show and I'm not sure I'd watch it anyway.  Kind of a "jump the shark" thing AFAIAC.
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Re: Brew Dogs Premiere
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2013, 09:50:38 am »
What's it Dixon says? "It's beer, not a popularity contest."

Not to take away from y'all's tv viewing enjoyment, to b sure. ;)

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Re: Brew Dogs Premiere
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2013, 09:57:31 am »
I watched it and really didn't like it too much.  As mentioned above, that brewing on the train thing and brewing w/ kelp was gimmicky.  Not the worst show on TV, but I'll probably skip the next episodes. 

Personally, I'm still waiting for the Denny and Keith reality show.  ;D
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Re: Brew Dogs Premiere
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2013, 10:01:29 am »
Personally, I'm still waiting for the Denny and Keith reality show.  ;D

Damn, now THAT would be good!

Actually, about a year ago the AHA put  reality TV crew from LA in touch with me.   They wanted to do a show about men who were passionate about their hobbies. I made a couple demos that they liked, but in the end I couldn't fake the stuff they wanted me to.  They wanted a guy with a big fancy system who was in conflict with his wife about the hobby.  I just couldn't pull that off, so I passed.
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Re: Brew Dogs Premiere
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2013, 10:15:57 am »
The reality of brewing is as much as I like to do it it just isn't fun to watch someone brew beer.

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Re: Brew Dogs Premiere
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2013, 10:16:55 am »
Yep.  They said that it had allegedly never been done before. 

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Re: Brew Dogs Premiere
« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2013, 10:18:50 am »
The reality of brewing is as much as I like to do it it just isn't fun to watch someone brew beer.

... and then we wait two weeks... really guys, that's it... ahh come on turn off the cameras already... I'm outa here... Dude! I'm in the fing bathroom... THUD!!
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Re: Brew Dogs Premiere
« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2013, 10:42:11 am »
Haven't seen it yet. I'll check it out when I can. Brewing beer is serious AND fun. That's a difficult fusion for TV. Not saying it can't be done. It's one or the other IMO. Science or entertainment.

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