Synopsis
Each week, thousands of brewers download The Master Brewers Podcast to hear interviews with the industry's best & brightest in brewing science, technology, and operations. The show is known for featuring technical deep dives, a bit of brewing history, cutting edge research, hard lessons learned, important industry contributors, and no fluff. If you make beer for a living, this show is for you.
Episodes
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Episode 260: Beer & Health
02/03/2026 Duration: 51minYou and I both know that beer has a lot of nutritional value, but are we prepared to speak intelligently about that? How do we get consumers to look past beer's stereotypes and click-bait headlines?Special Guest: Glen Fox.
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Episode 354: Hop Selection
23/02/2026 Duration: 01h04minBehind the scenes at hop selection with insights from Russian River, Breakside, Ghost Town, Haas, and Yakima Chief Hops.Special Guests: Ben Edmunds, Bridget Gates, Jeff Dailey, Justin Burdt, and Vinnie Cilurzo.
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Episode 242: Brewing Purposefully with Wood
16/02/2026 Duration: 33minHow our guest uses wood in brewing, how Louis Pasteur ruined beer, and how maybe when the liquid in a barrel can't become a beer, it can get another purpose.Special Guest: Peter Bouckaert.
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Episode 353: Dialing in PUs with Yeast Ascopores
09/02/2026 Duration: 48minJust how much pasteurization is actually needed for your NA products?Special Guest: Grzegorz Rachon.
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Episode 015: Simplifying the Understanding of Malt COAs
02/02/2026 Duration: 01h13minIndustry veteran Joe Hertrich talks about what matters most on your malt Certificates of Analysis.Special Guest: Joe Hertrich.
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Episode 352: Modern West Coast IPA at Breakside
26/01/2026 Duration: 59minRecipe, process, and key considerations when brewing modern West Coast IPA.Special Guest: Ben Edmunds.
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Episode 238: Winter Barley
19/01/2026 Duration: 01h05minAn exciting, new 2-row winter variety coming out of Virginia Tech, the advantages winter barley brings to growers, maltsters, and brewers, the challenges ahead, and how you can get involved. Special Guests: Ashley McFarland, Nicholas Santantonio, Trey Hill, and Zach Gaines.
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Episode 351: Training in the Brewery: A Food Safety Fundamental
12/01/2026 Duration: 40minHow Two Roads approaches training in the brewery. What to train, who trains, how to prove it, and how to make it stick on the floor. Special Guest: Jen Pesavento.
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Episode 243: Terrified of Being Torrified
05/01/2026 Duration: 52minBSG's adjunct professor & head comedian explain the difference between terms like rolled, flaked, toasted, micronized, and torrified; How it's all made, what's "mash ready," what's not, and why. Special Guests: Allen Young and Ashton Lewis.
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Episode 350: Russian River's CO2 Surplus
29/12/2025 Duration: 01h12minHow would like to be in the position of figuring out how to sell your excess CO2 rather than just accepting the price, quality, and availability from a supplier? Special Guests: Garrison Fratoni, Kim Christian Dalum, and Vinnie Cilurzo.
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Episode 235: Flavorings That Go BOOM in the Night
22/12/2025 Duration: 35minEveryone is doing it. Are you doing it safely? Special Guest: Mark Jaeggi.
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Episode 349: Nontraditional Yeast for NA Beer
15/12/2025 Duration: 01h19sAn analysis of every commercially available non-alcoholic yeast strain. Special Guests: Andrew Maust and Scott Lafontaine.
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Episode 234: New Year's Resolution
08/12/2025 Duration: 34min2 real-life brewery horror stories and 3 guys who hope you'll make a new year's resolution to take brewery safety seriously. Special Guests: Brian Faivre and Eric Moore.
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Episode 348: Sustainable Stabilization
01/12/2025 Duration: 44minThe Lagunitas approach to sustainable stabilization Special Guest: Sam Thompson.
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Episode 229: Is Hop Creep Caused by Microorganisms?
24/11/2025 Duration: 35minAre we one step closer to understanding the origin of Hop Creep? Special Guest: Charlie Bamforth.
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Episode 347: PFAS in Beer
17/11/2025 Duration: 57minThe Linkage between Municipal Water and Brewing Location on PFAS in beer. Special Guests: Emanuele Sozzi and Jennifer Hoponick Redmon.
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Episode 233: Deconstructing Le Petit Prince
10/11/2025 Duration: 50minFranco-Belgian style table beer & how Jester King brews their version Special Guest: Jeffrey Stuffings.
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Episode 346: N2 Generation at pFriem
03/11/2025 Duration: 01h05minWhat happens when there’s not enough CO2 available for your brewery? Special Guest: Campbell Morrissy.
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Episode 226: Stainless Steel
27/10/2025 Duration: 01h03minUnderstanding stainless steel alloys, corrosion, vacuum failures, and more. Special Guest: Ashton Lewis.
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Episode 345: Dialing in FAN at Hendler Family Brewing
20/10/2025 Duration: 27minWhat happened when a brewery started measuring FAN and how you can do it too. Special Guest: Damase Olsson.