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 343: Brewing Lager at Heater Allen
22/09/2025 Duration: 49minThe keys to brewing lager at Heater Allen Brewing. Special Guest: Lisa Allen.
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Episode 221: The Best of Both Worlds
15/09/2025 Duration: 33minHow to get away with a mid-fermentation dry-hop AND harvest healthy yeast for repitching. Special Guest: Jessica Young.
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Episode 342: Canning Essentials
08/09/2025 Duration: 49minFilling, seaming, and hygiene for your canning line. Special Guests: Grant Smith and Kyron Zawodny.
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Episode 217: Dry Hopping & Yeast Health
01/09/2025 Duration: 30minWhy dry hopping & yeast health are at odds with each other, what to look out for, and how to make the best of this challenging combination. Special Guest: John Giarratano.
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Episode 341: So, You Want To Open A Kitchen?
25/08/2025 Duration: 40min12 years of lessons learned, trials & tribulations, points to consider if you're thinking about opening/adding a kitchen. Special Guest: Abby George.
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Episode 215: Hops & Foam
18/08/2025 Duration: 36minHave you ever noticed that the more you dry-hop, the worse your foam is? Special Guest: John Paul Maye.
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Episode 340: Communicating How Genetic Engineering Works to Consumers
11/08/2025 Duration: 40minWorried about how consumers will react to your GMO beer? Special Guest: Nick Harris.
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Episode 200: Reconsidering the Congress Mash
04/08/2025 Duration: 49minShould the numbers on your malt COA be produced from a mash that's more similar to your brewery mashes? Did you know that's already happening when you buy UK malt? Listen up, then join the conversation (https://community.mbaa.com/communities/community-home/digestviewer/viewthread?GroupId=37&MessageKey=c1d189f2-57d6-4047-8b26-f993a3f04a11&CommunityKey=cb7fc054-5008-4b01-87f3-588d3c711e07&tab=digestviewer&ReturnUrl=%2fcommunities%2fcommunity-home%2fdigestviewer%3ftab%3ddigestviewer%26CommunityKey%3dcb7fc054-5008-4b01-87f3-588d3c711e07). Special Guests: Glen Fox and Mary-Jane Maurice.
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Episode 339: Alternative Grains and Sugars
28/07/2025 Duration: 42minMillet, canary seed, amaranth, chia, einkorn, farro, fonio, teff, purple corn, agave, birch sap, and more. Special Guest: Aaron Hyde.
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Episode 214: Analysis of Commercial NEIPAs
21/07/2025 Duration: 46minOur friends at Hopsteiner continue to unlock the secrets of New England IPA Special Guests: Christina Schmidt and Martin Biendl.
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Episode 338: Cost Savings Through Analysis
14/07/2025 Duration: 50minAnalytical strategies for craft brewers. Special Guest: Spencer Grimm.
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Episode 049: Breathe, Breathe, Breathe, Scream
07/07/2025 Duration: 45minKerry Caldwell suffered severe injuries from an accident in the brewhouse. She was airlifted and overcame the 34% chance of survival calculated by the hospital. This episode is both the story of her accident and a description of a simple, inexpensive device that should be installed in your brewery to prevent similar accidents. Special Guests: Kerry Bloxham (Caldwell) and Scott Zetterstrom.
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Episode 337: CIP Flow Rates – when “rules of thumb” break
30/06/2025 Duration: 37minWhat’s your optimal flow rate during CIP and what happens if you don’t hit it? Special Guest: Travis Audet.
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Episode 220: Consistent Fermentations
23/06/2025 Duration: 52minHow to keep your brewery from becoming condominiums. Special Guest: Bill Maca.
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Episode 336: Financial Literacy for Brewers
16/06/2025 Duration: 48minCould open-book management transform your brewery? Special Guest: Audra Gaiziunas.
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Episode 210: Benchmarking Sustainability
09/06/2025 Duration: 01h04min3 different perspectives from breweries large & small. You'll hear about the BA's Benchmarking tool, other resources to support your sustainability journey, and how to take some baby steps if you haven't made any progress yet. Special Guests: Charlie Hoxmeier, Hannah Johnson, and Lizzy Waters.
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Episode 335: RVA
02/06/2025 Duration: 32minShould you be paying more attention to fermentable sugars instead of total extract? Special Guest: Trevor Cowley.
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Episode 203: Cloudy with a Chance of Production
26/05/2025 Duration: 51minOur friends at Highland Brewing talk about the network of people, tools, forecasts, and workflows that build their production schedule. Special Guests: Abbey Temoshchuk Reynolds and Matt McComish.
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Episode 334: Haná
19/05/2025 Duration: 48minWhat happens when you resurrect an old world landrace barley variety and give it to a bunch of brewers in CA? Special Guests: Colin Johnston and Josh Wurzbacher.
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Episode 207: Spent Hops Disposal Dilemma
12/05/2025 Duration: 44minHow The Matt Brewing Company deals spent hop material & other things you wish you knew before you built a brewery. Special Guest: Jim Kuhr.