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One-off experiments & channel history
Not everything fits neatly into a series. The Basement Files collects the one-off experiments and channel milestones — starting with the video that kicked the whole thing off, and the time four beers got deliberately cooked in summer shipping to answer a question every homebrewer who ships beer has quietly worried about.
#01 · The Underground Brewery · June 12, 2024
Where it all started: Drew introduces the basement in Lake Mills, Wisconsin, and the online club he found after moving too far from his old homebrew group. It's also brew day for the 2024 fruit experiment — two pounds of hand-picked strawberries into a shared wheat beer.
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#02 · with Billy @ GamnDood Brewing · August 10, 2024
What actually happens to homebrew baking in a delivery truck in July? Four beers get shipped in 92°F heat with a data logger riding along, then face a triangle test to see if anyone can taste the difference.
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#03 · with Jayne · July 28, 2026
Jayne takes over the channel for her birthday — freshly cleared to eat gluten again — and puts a whole shelf of grocery-store snack cakes up against a beer list Drew picked entirely on his own. Neither of them knows how it's going to go. Neither will you, until you press play.
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Sponsor and official homebrew supply shop of the Brewtubers — the club behind the experiments on this channel. A family-owned homebrew supply store in Danvers, Massachusetts since 1972, with one of the biggest yeast selections around — order any malt they carry in any quantity, and orders placed before 11 a.m. ship the same day. Visit beer-wine.com and tell them the Brewtubers sent you in the order comment box.
