The BEST episodes of Brew Dogs season 1

Every episode of Brew Dogs season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Brew Dogs season 1!

Scottish “beer evangelists” James Watt and Martin Dickie travel across America with a vital mission: to prove that the drink of the masses doesn’t need to taste mass-produced. In each episode of the hour-long series, James and Martin, who own the UK’s fastest-growing brewery, visit a different American beer town, celebrate distinctive craft beers and create their own locally-inspired draft.

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8.98

59 votes

#1 - Denver

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2013

The guys brew the ultimate Western beer -- a solar-powered, cactus-infused, meat pale ale -- at 14,000 feet, using only the sun’s rays to boil the brew.

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8.47

59 votes

#2 - Portland

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/2013

The BREW DOGS create a uniquely Oregonian beer -- a fresh-hopped, blackberry-infused Berlinerweisse -- while floating on a beer-keg raft down the Willamette River.

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8.29

87 votes

#3 - Seattle

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/15/2013

James and Martin brew the world’s most-caffeinated beer -- a big, bold, chocolate-coffee imperial stout -- on the top deck of the Bainbridge Island Ferry.

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8.25

108 votes

#4 - San Diego

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/24/2013

James and Martin set out to make a quintessential Southern California brew by using ingredients they harvest themselves, including kelp and the world’s hottest chili -- brewed while traveling 70mph on a train up the Pacific coast.

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7.97

31 votes

#5 - Boston

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/5/2013

Along with Sam Adams’ proprietor and legendary craft beer entrepreneur Jim Koch, Martin and James brew a Boston Clambake beer, infused with lobsters and clams and brewed on a tall ship sailing through Boston Harbor.

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7.86

98 votes

#6 - San Francisco

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/1/2013

The BREW DOGS get “foggy” in San Fran by making the world’s first vaporized beer. You don’t drink this beer, you inhale it!

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7.34

82 votes

#7 - Philadelphia

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/8/2013

James and Martin make The Most American Beer Ever Brewed. It’s brewed on a float during a Fourth of July parade -- and the final ingredient is added as fireworks light up the Philadelphia sky.

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