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 357: Dark Beer
April 6th, 2026 | 44 mins 57 secs
What’s the secret to brewing award-winning dark, malty beers?
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Episode 232: 074 (US Vista)
March 30th, 2026 | 47 mins 37 secs
The hotly anticipated release of the USDA public hop breeding program's 1st tropical aroma bomb. What it took to finally get here, what the future looks like, and more.
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Episode 356: Carlsberg's New Barleys
March 23rd, 2026 | 50 mins 6 secs
How serious innovation at Carlsberg is changing the outlook and timeline for barley breeding.
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Episode 230: Under Pressure
March 16th, 2026 | 46 mins 8 secs
Using the dissolved CO2 content of active fermentations to control your process.
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Episode 355: Micro Stabilization with Chitosan Fiber
March 9th, 2026 | 45 mins 12 secs
An option for microbiological stabilization that might not be on your radar.
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Episode 260: Beer & Health
March 2nd, 2026 | 51 mins 35 secs
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?
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Episode 354: Hop Selection
February 23rd, 2026 | 1 hr 4 mins
Behind the scenes at hop selection with insights from Russian River, Breakside, Ghost Town, Haas, and Yakima Chief Hops.
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Episode 242: Brewing Purposefully with Wood
February 16th, 2026 | 33 mins 46 secs
How our guest uses wood in brewing, how Louis Pasteur ruined beer, and how maybe when the liquid in a barrel can't become a beer, it can get another purpose.
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Episode 353: Dialing in PUs with Yeast Ascopores
February 9th, 2026 | 48 mins 7 secs
Just how much pasteurization is actually needed for your NA products?
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Episode 015: Simplifying the Understanding of Malt COAs
February 2nd, 2026 | 1 hr 13 mins
Industry veteran Joe Hertrich talks about what matters most on your malt Certificates of Analysis.
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Episode 352: Modern West Coast IPA at Breakside
January 26th, 2026 | 59 mins 51 secs
Recipe, process, and key considerations when brewing modern West Coast IPA.
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Episode 238: Winter Barley
January 19th, 2026 | 1 hr 5 mins
An exciting, new 2-row winter variety coming out of Virginia Tech, the advantages winter barley brings to growers, maltsters, and brewers, the challenges ahead, and how you can get involved.
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Episode 351: Training in the Brewery: A Food Safety Fundamental
January 12th, 2026 | 40 mins
How Two Roads approaches training in the brewery. What to train, who trains, how to prove it, and how to make it stick on the floor.
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Episode 243: Terrified of Being Torrified
January 5th, 2026 | 52 mins 6 secs
BSG's adjunct professor & head comedian explain the difference between terms like rolled, flaked, toasted, micronized, and torrified; How it's all made, what's "mash ready," what's not, and why.
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Episode 350: Russian River's CO2 Surplus
December 29th, 2025 | 1 hr 12 mins
How would you like to be selling excess CO2 rather than accepting the price, quality, and availability from a supplier?
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Episode 235: Flavorings That Go BOOM in the Night
December 22nd, 2025 | 35 mins 39 secs
Everyone is doing it. Are you doing it safely?