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 150: TPO Gone Wild? Managing Oxygen Ingress on Smaller Scale Canning Lines
02/01/2024 Duration: 24minOur friends at Goose Island talk about their journey reducing TPO on small scale canning lines. This episode was recorded live during the 2019 Master Brewers Conference. Special Guests: Brooke Bell and Mike Kania.
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Episode 297: Is it Really Lager/Ale?
26/12/2023 Duration: 40minDifferent paths of evolution and answers to questions about the genetic identity of commercially available yeast strains. Special Guest: Fabio Faria-Oliveira.
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Episode 147: Dry Hop Geyser Survivors
18/12/2023 Duration: 36minDry hop geyser survivors talk about their experiences and how you can avoid repeating their dangerous mistakes. Special Guests: Cody Green, Daniel Sharp, George de Piro, Jessica Young, Lee Lonnes, and Victor Rini.
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Episode 296: Stratification
11/12/2023 Duration: 39minMechanisms and Strategies to Manage Temperature Stratification in Brewery Vessels Special Guest: Travis Audet.
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Episode 142: What's In Your Can?
04/12/2023 Duration: 29minTo rinse or not to rinse - what's in your can? Our friends at Community Beer take us on a journey to eliminate microbes @ can filling. Special Guests: Jamie Fulton and Mark Bagazinski.
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Episode 295: "Ghost Dimpling"
27/11/2023 Duration: 24minReal-world can seamer troubleshooting courtesy of Master Brewer's award-winning technical brewing forum. Special Guest: David Garab.
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Episode 137: How a Beer Comes to Life
20/11/2023 Duration: 48minJason Perkins talks about beer development at Allagash Brewing Co. Special Guest: Jason Perkins.
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Episode 294: Benchmarking and Reducing CO2 Consumption
13/11/2023 Duration: 42minFrequent MBAA course lecturer, Gabriel Dominguez, offers tips to reduce your brewery's CO2 consumption. Special Guest: Gabriel Dominguez.
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Episode 293: RO Sustainability at Firestone Walker
06/11/2023 Duration: 42minA simple engineering solution with complex implementation. Special Guest: Evan Meffert.
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Episode 130: Yeast Genome Changes During Serial Repitching
30/10/2023 Duration: 40minMaitreya Dunham and Tom Schmidlin talk about an exciting study that aims to better understand yeast mutations during serial repitching. Special Guests: Maitreya Dunham and Tom Schmidlin.
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Episode 115: Today's Challenges in Beer Quality
23/10/2023 Duration: 50minAuthor of Quality Management: Essential Planning for Breweries and founder of Top Note Tonic, Mary Pellettieri, discusses how innovation challenges quality systems. Special Guest: Mary Pellettieri.
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Episode 292: Authenticity vs Technology
16/10/2023 Duration: 50minCharlie Bamforth discusses authenticity vs technology in lager beer production. Special Guest: Charlie Bamforth.
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Episode 110: The Microbiological Impact of Dry Hopping Beers with Pelletized and Whole Cone Cascade Hops
09/10/2023 Duration: 26minDoes dry hopping inoculate your beer with beer spoiling bacteria? Do the anti-microbial properties of hops offer enough protection? Can dry hopping fix a dirty beer? This week on the show, our friends from Shiner set out to better understand the microbiological impact of dry hopping. Special Guest: Laura Hill.
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Episode 291: The Master Brewers Innovation Fund
02/10/2023 Duration: 45minMaster Brewers wants to fund your next innovation. Hear how the program works, as well as an overview of several projects that have already been funded. Special Guests: Doug Wilson, Kurt Driesner, Lauren Torres, Mark Jaeggi, Mike Billon, Molly Browning, Ryan Bross, and Tom Shellhammer.
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Episode 106: Electrical Safety in the Brewery
25/09/2023 Duration: 22minThe MBAA Brewery Safety Committee brings you the story of a real-life electrical accident in a brewery, as well as tips and other resources for keeping brewers safe. Special Guests: Brian Godfrey and David Gonzalez.
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Episode 290: Pat Hayes
18/09/2023 Duration: 37minCatch up with Pat Hayes before he delivers the keynote address during the Master Brewers Conference in Seattle Oct 6. We discuss some exciting new releases coming just before Pat’s retirement, the OSU barley project, how Pat ended up becoming a barley breeder in the first place, and more. Special Guest: Patrick Hayes.
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Episode 108: Sensory Programs - Finding Value From Day 1
11/09/2023 Duration: 58minHas your brewery put off building a sensory program because it seems overwhelming? Lindsay Barr is here with the tips and baby steps you need to make immediate progress. We also take a peek under the hood of the ASBC Sensory Subcommittee and hear about some of the awesome new tools they've produced. Whether your brewery needs to start from scratch or already has a functional sensory program, this interview with Lindsay is sure to help you take things to the next level. Special Guest: Lindsay Barr.
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Episode 289: HZY1
04/09/2023 Duration: 45minThe identification of the gene that determines whether or not a yeast strain is haze-positive. Special Guest: Laura Burns.
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Episode 288: Sensory for Mixed Fermentations
28/08/2023 Duration: 40minA discussion of flavors found in mixed fermentations. Special Guest: Jen Blair.
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Episode 104: The Hidden Secrets of New England IPA
21/08/2023 Duration: 28minJohn Paul Maye discusses results from the analysis of haze in a dozen New England IPAs and how the haze traps non-polar hop compounds to create the unique flavors of this beer style. This work was recently presented at the 2018 Brewing Summit, where Dr. Maye was awarded best presentation. Special Guest: John Paul Maye.