Master Brewers Podcast
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About the show
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.
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Episodes
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Episode 298: Re-evaluating the malt quality COA for an uncertain climate future
January 8th, 2024 | 49 mins 25 secs
Adjusting expectations and processes to navigate an increasingly delicate malt supply chain.
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Episode 150: TPO Gone Wild? Managing Oxygen Ingress on Smaller Scale Canning Lines
January 2nd, 2024 | 24 mins 22 secs
Our 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.
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Episode 297: Is it Really Lager/Ale?
December 26th, 2023 | 40 mins
Different paths of evolution and answers to questions about the genetic identity of commercially available yeast strains.
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Episode 147: Dry Hop Geyser Survivors
December 18th, 2023 | 36 mins 37 secs
Dry hop geyser survivors talk about their experiences and how you can avoid repeating their dangerous mistakes.
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Episode 296: Stratification
December 11th, 2023 | 39 mins 16 secs
Mechanisms and Strategies to Manage Temperature Stratification in Brewery Vessels
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Episode 142: What's In Your Can?
December 4th, 2023 | 29 mins 45 secs
To 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.
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Episode 295: "Ghost Dimpling"
November 27th, 2023 | 24 mins 35 secs
Real-world can seamer troubleshooting courtesy of Master Brewer's award-winning technical brewing forum.
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Episode 137: How a Beer Comes to Life
November 20th, 2023 | 48 mins 38 secs
Jason Perkins talks about beer development at Allagash Brewing Co.
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Episode 294: Benchmarking and Reducing CO2 Consumption
November 13th, 2023 | 42 mins 50 secs
Frequent MBAA course lecturer, Gabriel Dominguez, offers tips to reduce your brewery's CO2 consumption.
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Episode 293: RO Sustainability at Firestone Walker
November 6th, 2023 | 42 mins 46 secs
A simple engineering solution with complex implementation.
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Episode 130: Yeast Genome Changes During Serial Repitching
October 30th, 2023 | 40 mins 16 secs
Maitreya Dunham and Tom Schmidlin talk about an exciting study that aims to better understand yeast mutations during serial repitching.
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Episode 115: Today's Challenges in Beer Quality
October 23rd, 2023 | 50 mins 53 secs
Author of Quality Management: Essential Planning for Breweries and founder of Top Note Tonic, Mary Pellettieri, discusses how innovation challenges quality systems.
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Episode 292: Authenticity vs Technology
October 16th, 2023 | 50 mins 37 secs
Charlie Bamforth discusses authenticity vs technology in lager beer production.
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Episode 110: The Microbiological Impact of Dry Hopping Beers with Pelletized and Whole Cone Cascade Hops
October 9th, 2023 | 26 mins 42 secs
Does 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.
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Episode 291: The Master Brewers Innovation Fund
October 2nd, 2023 | 45 mins 55 secs
Master 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.
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Episode 106: Electrical Safety in the Brewery
September 25th, 2023 | 22 mins 59 secs
The 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.