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experiencing the world one pint at a time discovery channel raises a glass for brewed, new series on the world of beer announced for fall 2010

(silver spring, md.) beer is the drink of the masses. If you look into a glass of beer you can see the past, present and future of mankind. Cicero lauded it, genghis khan fought for it and now discovery channel celebrates it with a world premiere series, brewed, exploring the culture, history and variety of beer.

Meet sam calagione: Maverick entrepreneur, family man and owner of dogfish head brewery in rehoboth beach, delaware. As an ambassador to the world of craft beer, sam travels the world to experience what every culture brings to its own special brew.

In brewed, sam shows viewers the other side of the bottle, sharing the stories of beer sub-cultures as well as exploring life inside the dogfish head brewery. Brewed goes behind the scenes at dogfish head as sam's merry band of creative brewmasters concoct new taste varieties.

"brewed taps more than just kegs and barrels, it unlocks a fascinating history of beer making, showcasing the ingenuity and passion behind our love affair with those alluring suds and how it played a role in building civilizations," said clark bunting, president and general manager of discovery channel.

Running a successful business also requires inspiration, so brewed hits the road for the ultimate beer tasting road trip. Along with archeologist and beer expert pat mcgovern, sam sets out to recreate "ancient ales" that have been discovered at sites around the world from egypt to peru. He travels to rome to research old world italian beers as inspiration for a new site in new york with mario batali. A visit to new zealand introduces the idea of making the "first tomato based beer." and back home, sam is tasked to come up with a commemorative beer called "bitches brew" to celebrate the 40th anniversary release of miles davis' famous recording.

"beer has always been my passion. It is so much more than what you see in the glass. I'm excited to share the diligence, daring and creativity that we pour into our work," said calagione.

Brewed is produced for discovery channel by zero point zero productions. Chris collins and lydia tenaglia are executive producers. Tim pastore is executive producer for discovery channel.

About zero point zero
zero point zero is a television and film production company founded in 2003 by executive producers chris collins and lydia tenaglia. Since its inception the company has produced over 300 hours of nationally and internationally airing television programs, including the critically acclaimed and award winning series: Anthony bourdain no reservations and diary of a foodie. In 2009 zero point zero received five emmy nominations, including a primetime nomination for best non-fiction series for anthony bourdain no reservations series and a win for best cinematography. Other recent productions include the 2009 emmy-winning diary of a foodie and 2010 emmy nominated, adventure's with ruth for pbs; the 2010 series, brewed, for discovery and frontierman for history channel. This year the company will produce a landmark 100th episode of no reservations, which features celebrity chef and new york times best-selling author anthony bourdain's travels and explorations of food and culture around the world. Specializing in distinct storytelling with a handcrafted look and feel zero point zero has produced television shows in over 100 countries around the world.

About discovery channel
discovery channel is dedicated to creating the highest quality non-fiction content that informs and entertains its consumers about the world in all its wonder, diversity and amazement. The network, which is distributed to 100.1 million u.s. Homes, can be seen in over 180 countries, offering a signature mix of compelling, high-end production values and vivid cinematography across genres including, science and technology, exploration, adventure, history and in-depth, behind-the-scenes glimpses at the people, places and organizations that shape and share our world. For more information, please visit http://www.discovery.com

about discovery communications
discovery communications (nasdaq: Disad, disbd, disck) is the world's number one nonfiction media company reaching more than 1.5 billion cumulative subscribers in over 170 countries. Discovery empowers people to explore their world and satisfy their curiosity through 100-plus worldwide networks, led by discovery channel, tlc, animal planet, science channel, planet green, investigation discovery and hd theater, as well as leading consumer and educational products and services, and a diversified portfolio of digital media services including howstuffworks.com. For more information, please visit http://www.discoverycommunications.com

sweet!
 
Cool, good thing its Sam and not Sam Adams.............. can you imagine the beating the haters would give if that were the case?

When is this show airing?
 
Even though it's a show about Dogfish Head, if it's on the Discovery Channel I'm sure they'll still have a Sam Adams commercial every 1 minute. Watch that channel for 10 minutes and tell me you don't see a Sam Adams commericial...... It's impossible. Better than Budweiser though.

Should be a great show though. I hope they go into details and don't gloss over everything.
 
Zero Point Zero also produces No Reservations.
Quality production.

This from a production guy.


ok... envious production guy. :)
 
OK so I am REALLY excited about this! I love Sam. Love his writing. Love DFH.

but......................

Why wouldn't they pick up Three Sheets? They seem like very similar shows. I know that Three Sheets was pitched to Travel and this is Discovery but they are both owned by Discovery Communications. Don't get me wrong because I am so happy that this type of programming is making its way to cable but I don't understand why Three Sheets had to go.
 
+1 on the DVR list. Really looking forward to this after seeing Beer Wars. Sam has a great approach to brewing and sharing his passion of beer with others! Should be a great series.
 
OK so I am REALLY excited about this! I love Sam. Love his writing. Love DFH.

but......................

Why wouldn't they pick up Three Sheets? They seem like very similar shows. I know that Three Sheets was pitched to Travel and this is Discovery but they are both owned by Discovery Communications. Don't get me wrong because I am so happy that this type of programming is making its way to cable but I don't understand why Three Sheets had to go.

I have loved Three Sheets since I discovered it on the Mojo network years ago. Supposedly they are working on bringing it back on the Travel Channel. Last I heard they were going to re-air some of the best episodes to gauge viewership and if those do well enough, they were going to make new episodes.

I agree though, this new show does sound a lot like Three Sheets. I'm hoping this one will be a little more indepth and behind the scenes. Three Sheets did some of that, but was mostly about pub hopping, regional drinks and local hangover food. I think the two could co-exist and still be fun to watch.
 
OK so I am REALLY excited about this! I love Sam. Love his writing. Love DFH.

but......................

Why wouldn't they pick up Three Sheets? They seem like very similar shows. I know that Three Sheets was pitched to Travel and this is Discovery but they are both owned by Discovery Communications. Don't get me wrong because I am so happy that this type of programming is making its way to cable but I don't understand why Three Sheets had to go.

I saw Three Sheets. I don't think the host could keep up that kind of drinking...er uh....production schedule for too many more seasons. Ever seen the old show on Comedy Central with Dave Attel? I forget them name, but basically he just stayed up and wandered around some random city seeing the sights and drinking all night. He said he quit doing the show because he just couldn't keep up anymore.
 
I am really excited to see this show and look forward to the entertainment. However, I am less enthused about having to listen to the obnoxious bar patron, who after seeing this show, now knows all there is to know about beer. Usually, when this happens I just try to nod my head and smile.

But the show looks good, and you cant harp on expanding the US interest in homebrewing/brewing
-Jefe-
 
Boy, and I thought there was a lot of commentary when Alton Brown did his beer episode......this will be a thread-o-rama.
 
BTW Three Sheets is back on the Travel Channel starting tonight. They will be showing all 52 episodes, and if it does well, may fund another season...

I'm very much looking forward to Brewed...
 
Thread number 5 on this show. One thing to realize is that a lot of us beer geeks get emails and tweets, press releases, and other things directly from the breweries, brewers and even industry trades, and that by the time it makes it to the more public news agencies (the "mainstream media") more than likely it's been 2-3 days since the more industry related news already released it (that's how the mainstream media got word of it anyway, from the same sources we did) AND more than likely it was posted on this forum, the very day the word came out.

More than likely the site you posted, got the same press release the first poster of this info on here did.

That's the nature of this place, we're like the uber site for beer geeks if we're not making the news we're breaking the news.
 
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