Tuesday
Beer and bread share similar ingredients, but it’s believed that beer may have preceded bread-making— 10,000 years ago at the dawn of agricultural farming. In this episode, veteran beer-making instructor Jeremy Fry, from one of the oldest homebrew supply houses in the country (F. H. Steinbart Company), demonstrates the art of making artisan beer.

Wednesday
A fateful 4 week trip to England in 2004 inspired Ted Sobel with the idea to import the British pub house back to America. 2 years later his dream became reality with the opening of the Brewers Union Local 180. Join us for a night of fun at the only commercial brewery in the country that exclusively produces cask-conditioned beers.

Thursday
Publican Ted Sobel shows us the beer engine that he uses to pull his “live beer” into imperial pint glasses for his patrons.

Most of the videos featured on Cooking Up a Story were produced, filmed, and edited by Rebecca Gerendasy. Fred Gerendasy contributed as a writer to many of the posts and occasionally as the interviewer. Visit Rebecca Gerendasy Clay – Art and Fred Gerendasy Photography to see their current work.