Master Brewers Podcast

What happens when an allergen is grown on the farm next door? Special Guest: Wade Begrow.

Sierra Nevada studies the impact of dry hopping at different stages of fermentation. Special Guests: Maria Moutsoglou and Will Cayler.

This week on the show, Gene editing for brewers... and where things might be headed for barley & hops. Special Guests: Steve Strauss and Tom Shellhammer.

What's the actual shelf life of the hops in your cooler, and what happens if you keep them there for a few more years? Special Guest: Mark Zunkel.

Is your brewery just doing things the way they've always been done, or is someone like Paige optimizing processes to uncover new efficiencies and tremendous savings? Special Guest: Paige Lesondak.

There are lots of different approaches to producing NA beer. Justin McKellar walks us through the tradeoffs of each method. Special Guest: Justin McKellar.

You 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.

The quest to determine the origin of hop creep takes an interesting twist. Special Guest: Matt Cottrell.

The popularity of heavily-hopped beer styles has put USA hops front and center, but threats are looming; wildfire, climate change, water availability, the loss of hop farming families, and the ongoing shift from public to private hops. Hop growers Darren Gamache (VGF) and John Segal (Segal Ranch), master brewer Karl Ockert, and hop consultant Eric Sannerud joined John Bryce on stage during the 2022 Brewing Summit to discuss these topics and more. Special Guests: Darren Gamache, Eric Sannerud, John Segal, and Karl Ockert.

When Madtree Brewing Co. expanded from a 15 bbl brewhouse to a 100 bbl brewhouse, they experienced intermittent acetaldehyde spikes in one of their brands. Becca Ransohof & Trent Leslie walk us through the troubleshooting process that resolved the issue. Special Guests: Becca Ransohoff and Trent Leslie.

What is ISTT water and what can it do for us? Special Guests: Carl Halterman and Jeff Gunn.

The discovery of new alpha and beta acids. Special Guest: John Paul Maye.

Graham Stewart discusses the mechanics of yeast stress during the 2019 Master Brewers Conference in Calgary Special Guest: Graham Stewart.

OSU probes the sustainability of hops, from kiln cycles to double dry hopping. Special Guests: Lindsey Rubottom and Tom Shellhammer.

Oliver Meinhold takes us back to the basics of cleaning & sanitation in the brewery. Special Guest: Oliver Meinhold.

Like it or not, you're in the wastewater business. Special Guest: Campbell Morrissy.

Do you know how much DO is in your wort? What percentage of injected oxygen is solubilized? Derek Dawson set out to answer these questions at Modern Times Beer. Special Guest: Derek Dawson.

A recent Master Brewers Technical Quarterly paper explores the answer. Special Guests: Aaron Staples, Alec Mull, Alex Adams, Rob Sirrine, and Scott Stuhr.

The previous episode explained how and why North American 2-row barley evolved to take on 6-row traits. This week Joe Hertrich explains why that's problematic for all-malt brewers and what can be done about it. Special Guest: Joe Hertrich.

Since 1972 North American 2-row barley has slowly but steadily evolved into something that has more in common with 6-row than traditional European 2-row barley. Find out why this is great news for adjunct brewers and problematic for all-malt brewers. Special Guest: Joe Hertrich.