Master Brewers Podcast

John Palmer & Ashton Lewis help us demystify the passivation of stainless steel, separate fact from fiction, and pick up some pointers for keeping your stainless steel healthy. Special Guests: Ashton Lewis and John Palmer.

Does FAN (from hops?!?) put the creep in dry hop creep? Special Guest: Paul Chlup.

Everything you've always wanted to know about spent grains. Special Guest: Bill Cromie.

Is the ubiquitous hydrometer the right tool for the job? How can you improve the accuracy & precision of your measurements? Special Guest: Michael Mosher.

This is the story of how Fritz Maytag, father of the American beer revolution, transformed "the last medieval brewery in the world" into one of the most modern breweries on the planet. Special Guest: Fritz Maytag.

A plant breeding experiment that’s been running continuously since 1896 produces some unexpected results. Special Guests: Darin Riggs, Matt Riggs, and Steve Moose.

Aaron Justus is back to lead us on an awesome journey tracking IBUs throughout the brewing process. This episode is full of surprises, and I guarantee you're going to learn something. Special Guest: Aaron Justus.

Follow Joe Walts on his journey building lauter simulations to better predict & improve brewhouse efficiency. Special Guest: Joe Walts.

Val Peacock talks about the biggest problem in hop quality - hop drying. You'll also hear from Bill Arendt, the Wisconsin hop grower who built a better mousetrap. Special Guests: Bill Arendt and Val Peacock.

The story behind the development of the first NA beer from Sam Adams Special Guest: Eryn Bottens.

Half of Odell's small but impressive quality team joins us to discuss what they do. Special Guests: Lauryn Rivera and Tess Downer.

Advice for how to navigate brewery construction Special Guests: Andy Hooper and Jordan Schiess.

Kevin Sibbett discusses a lauter tun upgrade at Yuengling, the process of optimizing brewhouse efficiency, troubleshooting malt handling, and understanding mill gaps and grist composition. Special Guest: Kevin Sibbett.

It doesn't matter how good you are at counting cells if the sample wasn't prepared and handled properly. Bill Maca takes us on a deep dive into the most important part of yeast cell counts that nobody talks about. Special Guest: Bill Maca.

A powerful tool for making quality decisions. Special Guest: Travis Audet.

Cécile Chenot discusses observations from thiol research at Université Catholique de Louvain Special Guest: Cécile Chenot.

A thorough test of an age-old debate, conducted on modern beer styles Special Guest: Ali Schultz.

From a consumer safety standpoint, glass shards from broken bottles present one of the most serious risks that a brewery may encounter. In order to mitigate the considerable risk to consumers, any brewery that runs a glass bottle filler should develop and implement a formal burst bottle mitigation procedure for their packaging department. Members of the Craft Brewers Glass Quality Group describe the basic outline of such a procedure and resources to enable breweries to develop their own burst bottle mitigation program. Special Guests: Ben Bailey, Shawn Theriot, and Tim Lozen.

Mitch Steele has advice for craft brewers who want to produce non-alcoholic products. Special Guest: Mitch Steele.

Boston Beer determines how to accurately measure sessionability before releasing a new brand. Special Guest: Micaela Kraft.