When I started my Year of Beer, one of the first things I did was do a search on Netflix to see if there were any documentaries  or TV shows that would be worth getting to help me in my journey.  Beer Nutz is one of the first things that showed up in my search so I added it to my ridiculously long queue and bumped it up to the top.  After it already shipped, I went back to look at it and the reviews were not good.  Oh well, it was too late at that point, the 1st DVD of the series was already on it’s way.

I just finished watching the first DVD (there are 2 in total) and it’s not as bad as what some of the reviews said but it’s not great either.  The places they visit are really neat, lot of great breweries and lot’s of great beer.  I think the places they picked were among the best those cities had to offer but the information they provide is rather shallow.  They taste the beer but rarely give you an insightful look into what the beer tastes like.  You never see them really describe the beer in a meaningful way.  They have this wacky Beer Nutz “keg” rating where they rate each person or place they encounter and determine just how much of a Beer Nut that person is but it seems like a completely arbitrary rating.  They assign a rating based an enthusiasm more than quality of beer.  Every time they rated anything, it took away from the show rather than added to it.

All in all, I am glad I watched the first disc but I am not sure I will bother getting the second.