Olly Smith: Ale Trails - Episode Guide

Olly travels from Virginia City to Las Vegas via Tonopah and Rhyolite, exploring secrets of production and sampling beer - in the country where beer is an institution!

Olly visits the Brew Haha festival in Anderson and the Euphoria Festival in Greenville to experience the South Carolina craft beers. He learns all about the importance of yeast and draws on his vast wine experience to gauge comparisons.

Oregon is regarded by beer connoisseurs as a must-visit state when it comes to US craft beers. It even has a state university dedicated to hops. Olly Smith jumps in his mustang and joins in the hop picking in the Willamette Valley.

From the Windy City to the state capital, Olly Smith continues his Ale Trail. Starting in Chicago, Olly finds out how emigration has crafted the beer tastes of this great city. A visit to a full-blown Oktoberfest caps off his Illinois trail.

While visiting Atlanta, Athens and Savannah, Olly Smith discovers Georgia's passion for craft ales. He is joined by Ale Sharpton, a brewer and rapper who tells his own story of how becoming a master brewer changed his life.