Master Brewers Podcast

How to get away with a mid-fermentation dry-hop AND harvest healthy yeast for repitching. Special Guest: Jessica Young.

Ben Edmunds describes his unique & effective approach to brewing hoppy beer. Special Guest: Ben Edmunds.

How to keep your brewery from becoming condominiums. Special Guest: Bill Maca.

A study examining the impacts of wort gravity, IBUs, and serial repitching of California Ale yeast. Special Guests: Luis Castro and Nichole Bryant.

Why you need a fermentation recipe just as much as you need a recipe in the brewhouse. Special Guest: Tim Faith.

Why 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.

What happens the world's most popular yeast strain gets fermented at different temperatures and pitch rates? Special Guest: Anne Flesch.

Have you ever noticed that the more you dry-hop, the worse your foam is? Special Guest: John Paul Maye.

Important tools every brewer should have within reach, as we all struggle to deal with increasing competition, costs, variability in raw materials, and strive to operate more sustainable breweries. Special Guest: Mark Sammartino.

Our friends at Hopsteiner continue to unlock the secrets of New England IPA Special Guests: Christina Schmidt and Martin Biendl.

We take a deep dive into the impact Mg can have on the Maillard reactions occurring in the brewhouse and during malting. Special Guests: Euan Thomson and Hannah Charnock.

What does a brewer who is new to brewing hard seltzer need to know about yeast & fermentation? And more importantly, what the heck is actually in yeast nutrient? Which type of nutrient do you need and how much should you be using? Special Guests: Avi Shayevitz, Brittney Christianson, and Eric Abbott.

When Keith Miller got blasted in the face with caustic, he was blinded instantly. This could happen to any brewer. Imagine yourself crawling on the brewery floor, completely blind, in desperate search of a safety shower. What happens in the seconds immediately following an injury like this determines whether or not you'll be blind for the rest of your life. Understanding the risks and being fully prepared for an accident like this greatly increases the odds of regaining your eyesight. Special Guests: Keith Miller and Scott Millbower.

Dextrose, cane sugar, beet sugar, corn syrups, back sweetening with stevia, and more Special Guest: Scott Helstad.

3 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.

4 real-life off-flavor scenarios from Highland Brewing Company, how each issue was discovered & remedied, and the role that sensory data played in each case. Special Guest: Anna Sauls.

We catch up with a guy who's been studying thiols since before most of us understood why they matter. If you're chasing tropical flavors in beer, this episode is a must listen. Special Guest: Laurent DAGAN.

How The Matt Brewing Company deals spent hop material & other things you wish you knew before you built a brewery. Special Guest: Jim Kuhr.

We take a look at the carbon footprint of barley and hear about how a maltster's procurement contracts have drastically reduced that carbon footprint at no cost to farmers. We'll also hear about some case studies from the malthouse, as well as how & why every brewery should take a practical approach to sustainability. Special Guest: Nigel Davies.

Aaron Justus from Ballast Point discusses targeting sulfate to chloride ratios to enhance hop & malt character. This research, which informed recipe development for gold medal winner Manta Ray, was presented during the 2017 Master Brewers Conference. Special Guest: Aaron Justus.